How to turn ideas into visions
The Graphic Design Course at ETIC_Algarve is a technical and creative programme designed for those who wish to develop skills in the field of design and build a career as a graphic designer. If you are looking for a graphic design course with a strong practical focus, here you will learn to create visual projects for brands, products and services, transforming ideas into graphic pieces with visual and strategic impact.
Throughout this design course, you will develop skills in visual communication, visual identity, editorial design, typography and graphic design, exploring the various creative approaches used in the design industry.
We bring industry experience into the course, with tutors who are currently working in the field, to ensure that the training is up-to-date, rigorous and aligned with the real-world challenges of the creative industry. On this Graphic Design course in the Algarve, you will develop practical projects and build a portfolio tailored to the professional market.
On the Graphic Design Course, you will learn:
- Creation of visual identity projects for brands and advertising campaigns
- Image editing, typography treatment and vector drawing
- Development of layouts for editorial design and visual communication
- Follow-up of projects with real clients
- Application of creative and technical processes in the execution of graphic pieces.
This design course prepares you to build a competitive portfolio and work in studios, agencies or as a freelancer in the field of graphic design.
At the end of the Graphic Design Technical Course, you will have the opportunity to take part in an ERASMUS+ European mobility project, gaining valuable international experience through an internship.
ETIC_Algarve also offers an optional 320-hour extracurricular internship through the JUMP – Professional Integration Support program, for a confident entry into the job market.
Support for Trainees
Concern for the well-being of trainees is a constant, which is why ETIC_Algarve has been providing its community with various services that contribute to their personal and human growth.
Whether in support of Insertion into the job market, or in Support of Personal Development, or through financial supports granted through the recent Training Grant, there are several ways we make available to trainees to facilitate and promote their growth.
Training Grant
JUMP Internships
Personal development
1 Year
320 hours
Classes from September to July
Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 7pm to 10pm/11pm
Number of Trainees
Maximum 16
And after the course?
Erasmus+
With the completion of this training you will have the possibility to participate in our ERASMUS+ European mobility project.
Career opportunities
- Design Ateliers and Advertising Agencies
- Design and/or Communication Departments of companies and institutions
- Creating your own business as a freelance designer.
Contents
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Typography and Colour
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- Colour psychology. Its applicability in creating the visual message
- The anatomy of the type, families and their typographic applicability
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Creative Process and Strategic thinking
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- Generate and develop ideas in Design
- Develop a creative process
- Understand and contextualise Design content in space and time
- Strategic Design as a design methodology
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Vector Drawing
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- Learning the Adobe Illustrator application
- Interconnection with production processes
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Image Composition
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- Learning the Adobe Photoshop application
- Masks. Image correction and retouching
- Use of effects and distortions
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Visual Identity
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- Symbol logo design and application in Corporate Identity
- Development of identity of a brand
- Development of a Manual of standardss
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Advertising
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- Advertising: above the line/below the line
- Campaign for press and outdoor advertising
- Advertising campaign design
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Graphic Production
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- Pre-press, printing and finishing systems
- Analysis of various physical communication pieces (posters, brochures, books, magazines, labels, packaging)
- Cutters – Definition and use
- How to specify a quote request for different cases
- Interconnection between the technical specifications of production systems and the technical specifications of final files for printing
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Editorial Project
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- Learning the Adobe InDesign application
- Implementation of content for editorial supports
- Digital editorial communication exercise and print: diary, magazine, etc.
- Final arts and file preparation for printing
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Portfolio, Pitching and Entrepreneurship
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- Communication and oral strategies
- Strategies and tools for business creation
- Creation and development of an individual portfolio
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Final Project
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- Development of a brand or product communication project in an advertising medium
Trainers
Resources and Equipment
- Room equipped with one computer per trainee, with macOS or Windows environment
- Huion Kamvas Screened Scanning Tables and Wacom Scanning Tables
- Softwares: Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, entre outros.
Portfolio
Values
Monthly Fees
9 x 357,33€
+€205 registration fee
12 x 268,00€
+€205 Registration fee
Special Discounts (not cumulative):
-7,5%
save 241,20€
- Registration immediate payment due by 31/05.
-5%
save 160,80€
- 9 or 12 imonthly instalments inscrições até 31/05
- Immediate payment by 31/07
-2,5%
save 80,40€
- 9 or 12 monthly instalments Immediate payment by 31/07
- Registration immediate payment due by 31/09.
-10%
save 321,60€
- former trainees
- Immediate payment
-7,5%
save 241,20€
- former trainees
- 9 or 12 monthly instalments
Other Conditions
Citizens not resident in Portugal: €120 registration fee + first instalment of 30% of the total course fee Payable upon registration + 9 monthly instalments
Application Process
- Schedule a personal interview, please contact info@eticalgarve.com or call 289 823 359 / 960 309 550.
- Completion of application form (sent by e-mail after appointment of interview)
- Attend the interview previously scheduled with the Pedagogical Director, in which you must present Portfolio, if you have
- Wait for notification of the outcome of your application. Applications are accepted between March and September, until the start of the academic year, and whilst places remain available on the courses. Applications may be submitted once the admission requirements have been met, subject to payment of the application fee and the submission of:
- Curreiculum / Biography
- 1 passport-type photograph, in digital format
- Certificate of qualifications
- Applicant’s documents (ID card / Citizen Card + Taxpayer Card + Proof of address: electricity, water or telephone bill, or driving licence)
- Completion and signing of the registration form and the training contract.
Are you interested?
Make a non-binding pre-registration.