Courses

Graphic Design
How to transform ideas into visions

Trains Design professionals able to produce visual communication projects for brands, products and services.

Provides specialised skills in image editing tools, typography treatment and vectorial drawing.

Develops creative skills and techniques for the elaboration of visual identity projects for brands, publicity campaigns and editorial design.

Provides skills for creating and monitoring projects with and for real clients.

By concluding this training, you will have the possibility of participating in our European Mobility Project ERASMUS+.

ETIC_Algarve provides the possibility of attending a 320h Internship, for the trainees that fulfill the requirements of JUMP – Support to Professional Integration.
Course Plan
1 Year
320 hours
Classes from October to July
Monday, Wednesday &, Thursday, from 7:00pm to 10:00pm/11:00pm

Participant Limit

Min: 8
Max: 16
12 x 268,00€
+180€ Application fee

Professional Opportunities

  • Design Ateliers and publicity agencies.
  • Design and/or Communication departments of companies and institutions. 
  • Create our own business as a freelance designer.

Course Content

COLOUR AND TYPOGRAPHY

  • Psychology of colour. It’s applicability in the creation of a visual message
  • Type anatomy, families and their typography applicability

CREATIVE PROCESS AND STRATEGIC THINKING

  • Generate and develop design ideas
  • Develop a creative process
  • Contextualize design contents in space and time
  • Strategic design as a projectual methodology

VECTOR DESIGN

  • Learning about Adobe Illustrator
  • Interconnection with production processes

IMAGE COMPOSITION

  • Learning about Adobe Photoshop
  • Masks. Image correction and retouch
  • Using effects and distortions 

BRANDING 

  • Creation of a logo, symbol and their application on a corporate identity 
  • Developing an identity of a brand
  • Development of a Graphic standards manual 

ADVERTISEMENT

  • Advertisement: above the line / below the line
  • Campaign for press and outdoor publicity 
  • Creation of a publicity campaign

GRAPHIC PRODUCTION

  • Pre-print, print and finishing systems
  • Analysing various physical communication pieces (posters, brochures, books, magazines, labels, packaging)
  • Cutters - definition and use
  • How to specify a budget request for different cases
  • Interconnection between the technical specifications of the production systems and the technical specifications of the final files for printing.

EDITORIAL PROJECT

  • Learning about Adobe InDesign
  • Content implementation for editorial supports
  • Editorial communication exercise: newspaper, magazine, etc
  • Final artwork and file preparation for printing

PORTFOLIO, PITCHING AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

  • Communication Strategies and orality
  • Tools and Strategies for business creation
  • Creation and development of an individual portfolio

FINAL PROJECT

  • Development of a communication project of a brand or a product in a publicity environment. 

INTERNSHIP

  • Possibility to apply for a 320h Internship for the trainees who fulfill the requirements for JUMP – Professional Integration Support

Teachers

Teachers

Facilities and Equipment

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  • Classroom equipped with one computer per trainee, in a macOS or Windows environment
  • Graphic Drawing Tablets with display Huion Kamvas and Graphic Drawing Tablets Wacom
  • Softwares: Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, among others

Facilities and Equipment

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  • Classroom equipped with one computer per trainee, in a macOS or Windows environment
  • Graphic Drawing Tablets with display Huion Kamvas and Graphic Drawing Tablets Wacom
  • Softwares: Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, among others

Portfolios

Portfolios

Pricing ​​

Monthly Fees:
9 x 357,33€
+120€ Application fee
12 x 268,00€
+180€ Application fee
Special Discounts (not combinable):
-7,5%
save 241,20€
Application until 31/05
-10%
save 321,60€
Full payment until 31/05;
Former Trainees - Instalments;
(+120€ Application fee)
-5%
save 160,80€
Application until 31/07
-7,5%
save 241,20€
Full Payment until 31/07
(+ 120€ Application fee)
-2,5%
save 80,40€
Full Payment until 30/09
(+ 120€ Application fee)
-12,5%
save 402€
Full Payment - Former Trainees
(+ 120€ Application fee)

Application Process

The applications take place between the months of March and Octoboer, until the beginning of the school year and classes, as long as there are vacancies in the courses. 

These can be done after the verification of the admission conditions, upon the payment of the registration and submitting the following documents: 

  • Curriculum vitae / Biography
  • 1 passport photo (digital or printed)
  • Qualifications Certificate 
  • Documents from the Candidate and the Responsible for the payment (National Identification Card + Taxpayer Identification Number + Proof of Address: water, electricity or telephone bills or driving license) 
  • Completing and Signing the application form and the training contract

 

Schedule a personal interview at:

  • info@eticalgarve.com
  • 289 823 359 / 960 309 550

Optional - send an email answering the following questions: 

  • Why am I applying for this course? 
  • What are mdisk utiltyy motivations? 
  • What are my professionals aspirations? 

Attend the interview previously scheduled by the Pedagogical Director:

  • Present your portfolio
  • Await for the results of your application

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