The Art of Visual Design

This course is as irreverent and entertaining as it is rigorous and technical, which is not easy to pull off. But Elizabeth has made it a reality, complete with sparkles, pragmatism, and a touch of shade. As a hiring manager, I’ve seen countless portfolios from designers who are clearly missing foundational visual design skills – yet when new designers ask me for resources on how to learn, it’s been hard to recommend a learning resource that I truly loved. Not anymore! From now on, I’m sending people here. Even for veteran visual designers, the course helps resuscitate playfulness in creative spirit, show us things we may have missed the first time around, and rediscover / evolve our own personal style. I’m so excited to see it go out into the world and can’t wait to see what people create!!

The Art of Visual Design is a course that’s surprisingly suitable for designers already established in their careers! I’ve worked as a product designer in fintech and data for a few years now, and learned new and interesting things, brush up my knowledge & skills (typography in particular), and had fun along the way. My favorite part of the experience are Elizabeth’s live events (they’re so creative always a blast), and the community where we can talk design trends, complain, or post projects for feedback and follow each other’s progress.

I have loved the connections I’ve made during this course. I’ve met so many cool individuals from diverse backgrounds and it’s been neat to see everyone’s differing styles and processes. This community is really positive and is a great source for valuable feedback.  I feel like I am constantly identifying design inspiration out in the wild now and speculating what the reasons behind all of the design choices would be. I’m often proposing ways I would change it or aspects that I like about it. I would recommend this course to anyone who wants to feel confident about their visual design skills and wants to get ahead of the trends!

I love the fact that it takes design foundations & principles and makes them super easy to understand. Each lesson is followed by an interactive activity, it's not just watching a video lesson. This is a great class for anyone (starting to get into a design with more established designers)! Thanks for being awesome!

I’m a founder, and am responsible for building and designing our app. Prior to this, the only thing I designed was slide decks 🙈. TAoVD gave me the tools to build a beautiful consumer-focused MVP. The visual design concepts I learned in the course are also incredibly applicable across social media, branding, and photography. I’m no longer intimidated by any design challenges, which allows me to iterate 10x faster across our product and growth work. On top of all that, Elizabeth and the community are also super supportive. I highly recommend TAoVD to all startup founders!

As someone just starting their journey into design, the art of visual design was a great way to build a strong foundation. Elizabeth’s course is amazing for learners of any level. Her teaching methods are fresh and engaging which really help the learnings stay with you after each lesson. I feel much more confident staring down a blank canvas with all I’ve learned from the design course.

I feel more confident as a designer now that I’m better equipped to reason technically through the things I previously felt were good decisions on instinct. This has made a world of difference in my professional work. And because it’s a permanent resource, I frequently revisit sections of the course to review basic principles and concepts as I implement them. Generally, I'd recommend this to anyone keen on leveraging visual design as a professional skill, even in another discipline. This is 100% beginner-friendly, and 100% the right fit if you're looking to learn Figma really well.

There's a lot of industry UX design 'best practice' content online, but the Art of Visual Design course stands out by helping students understand how interface design as we know it today evolved from the constraints of modern computing at different stages. At a practical level, the course also challenges students to grapple with the tension between traditional visual design rules and the elusive concept of 'taste' that allows (and even encourages) you to bend the rules. Whether you're interested in getting super granular with typographic craft or you want to understand the elaborate ancestry of how products are designed today, this course will help you learn and practice the rules to understand why they exist — all while challenging you to experiment with subverting them.