Design › Design Skills

Learn about the various types of embossing and die cutting as well as the proper ways to set up your documents to achieve consistent results.

Learn to avoid pitfalls, improve your design process, respond to demanding clients, and solve the creative problems that are involved in building a brand's identity.

Designer Von Glitschka answers a series of questions on living a creatively curious life and leveraging moments of inspiration.

Simple techniques to improve your layouts and refresh your creative vision, from the founder of Before & After magazine.

Open a wide range of practical and creative options by learning how to add spot colors and varnishes to your print designs.

Simple graphic design techniques from Before & After magazine to make your page, screen, or presentation look and perform its best.

Explains good typographic practices, how to select and use type to add impact and power, how type is measured and sized, and how factors like spacing and alignment affect your design.

Join professional illustrative designer Von Glitschka as he shares his experience on how to research, sketch, build, and present vector graphics.

Introduces the printing process, from choosing the correct paper, inks, colors, and fonts and correctly laying out the project in Illustrator and InDesign to getting the final product from the printing press floor.