50 free lessons in graphic design theory Options

[brooklyneast05]

i thought this had a ton of information so maybe you can find something interesting in there for you.

While many of us can create something that looks good in Photoshop or attractive when spliced into CSS, but do we actually understand the design theory behind what we create? Theory is the missing link for many un-trained but otherwise talented designers. Here are 50 excellent graphic design theory lessons to help you understand the 'Whys', not just the 'Hows'.

http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/web/50-to...-design-theory/

here's what all there is listed in there

Typography

1. Typography, Part 1
2. Five simple steps to better typography
3. Typography tips for graphic design students
4. Typeface Terminology
5. How do I choose paring fonts ?
6. Learning About Type
7. A Guide to Web Typography
8. On Choosing a Type
9. Who shot the serif?
10. Master Web Typography: 8 Detailed Typography Tips for the Web
11. Designing With a Grid Based Approach
12. Columns and Grids
13. The Grid: The Structure of Design
14. Feeling your way around grids
15. Grid Based Layouts
16. Five simple steps to designing grid systems1. Color Theory
17. Grids: Order Out of Chaos
18. Grid Based Design 101
19. Grid-Based Design: Six Creative Column Techniques
20. Seven Smooth Steps to Superb Grids


Color Theory

21. Color Theory
22. Color Theory: Overview
23. Color Theory: A brief tutorial
24. Basic color schemes - Introduction to Color Theory
25. Color Wheel Pro - See Color Theory in Action
26. Color Psychology
27. How Colors Impact Moods, Feelings, and Behaviors
28. Information Applied To Graphic Design: Color Psychology
29. How does color effect us?
30. Color Psychology in Marketing


Design Theory

31. Principles of Design
32. Graphic Design Basics
33. The Basics of Graphic Design
34. Want to know how to design? Learn The Basics.
35. Approaching Graphic Design
36. Graphic Design Fundamentals
37. Get Some Hierarchy in Your Design
38. Graphic Fundamentals, 1. The Big Punch
39. The History of Graphic Design and Its Audiences
40. In Search of Ethics in Graphic Design

UI & Usability

41. Call to Action Buttons
42. Complete Beginner's Guide to Information Architecture
43. A Few Lessons From Real World Usability
44. 12 Useful Techniques For Good User Interface Design
45. 10 Useful Techniques To Improve Your User Interface Designs
46. Investing in UX
47. The Layers of Design: the style layer
48. Evangelizing UX Across an Entire Organization
49. Closing the Usability Age Gap
50. Increasing Usability with User Feedback

[technicolour]

Wowwwwwww. This is some serious good stuff, man. Thankssssss.

[Tung]

jc you're an artist right. would you be willing be draw a self portrait of me for the right amount of money :)

[Joanne]

Man, some of these lessons were covered in my Intro to Graphic Design class last semester, but these actually sound ten times more interesting-sounding.

Anyway, thanks lots JC!

[Maccabee]

Awesome! Just what I needed.

[brooklyneast05]

jc you're an artist right. would you be willing be draw a self portrait of me for the right amount of money :)

probably not son. i have too much other work to be doing. didn't you draw one before?

Man, some of these lessons were covered in my Intro to Graphic Design class last semester, but these actually sound ten times more interesting-sounding.

Anyway, thanks lots JC!

for reallllllllll. that's how i feel with my class right now

[Gigi]

Super interesting. I only got a taste of that in Desktop Publishing in 11th grade, but I loved actually learning the theory behind graphic design rather than just randomly putting something together that ends up looking good.

[Mikeplyts]

Wow, this is awesome. Very interesting as well. Thanks, JC.

[Simba]

thanks for sharing broYe