First, the graphic design plane
The design is divided into two stages. On the basis of the first stage of visual design, I will study the general situation and course introduction of UI industry, introduction of PS software and PS basic matting, pen matting, pen drawing, plane icon and realistic icon drawing, noise illustration with brush tools, PS advanced matting and character thinning, masking, color matching, filter, commercial poster making, introduction of AI software and basic tool operation, basic operation of AI drawing function, making vector elements and icons, AI brush tools/colors, and mixing tools/words/. In the second stage of visual design of brand operation, you will learn modern sketch and lighting, hand-drawn icons, hand-drawn commercial illustration and creative design, graphic creativity and illustration role design, illustration project analysis and application, font design, brand concept cognition, brand LOGO creativity, brand image design and application extension, brand publicity materials design, online brand publicity design, project integration and defense, etc.
Second, the web design
The course of web design is also divided into two stages. In the first stage, we will study the industry overview and pre-school preparation, Photoshop image processing software, illustrator vector graphics processing software, cinema 4D 3D software, vector illustration drawing and other courses. In the second stage, we will learn website overview, webpage design and production introduction, e-commerce design and shop decoration, web interface-thematic design, web website layout and thematic production, enterprise website design and production, background system design, WAP website design and H5 new media operation design. 3. E-commerce design E-commerce design courses include introduction to e-commerce, product shooting skills and post-refining, C4D three-dimensional scene and PS advanced composite poster creation, creating high-click main picture, refining product details page design selling points, high-quality visual goods store home page, promotion marketing planning and special page visual presentation, detonating promotion picture flow, project integration and defense. The course of UI interaction design also has two stages. In the first stage of product interaction UI design, we should learn sketch software practice, project whole process introduction, project product cognition, introduction to interaction design, interaction design method, PC-mobile project interaction prototype, project prototype design defense, PC-mobile interface design trend, ICON design, PC design specification and interface design, mobile design specification and interface design, and sketch annotation. In the second stage of actual combat advanced UI project, it is necessary to learn the career development management and project thinking of designers, the key points of brand thinking of works, and the data thinking that guides marketing design.
Fourth, theory: design psychology, color psychology, creative psychology, visual analysis report, basic knowledge of image design, UI theory, understanding user interface, user research, GUI native system interface design specification and so on.
The foundation you need is some simple art foundation and graphic design foundation, and the requirements are not high. You should have no problem in this situation, and programming is unnecessary. The general process is like this, roughly five stages, which will train you some basic needs. PS, Illustrator, DW and InDesign will all be used.
The UI industry is promising in terms of salary:
The starting salary of new UI designers is around 4000 ~ 6000. The salary of UI designers who have been in traction for more than half a year can reach 10W, and the annual salary of experienced UI designers can reach 20~30W after 2~3 years. According to a recent survey, the salary of UI design directors in well-known enterprises such as Huawei and Baidu exceeds one million, and the salary at the same level is generally higher than other IT and design positions, which has become a hot high-paying position at present.
If you want to enter the UI industry, it is recommended to study in several stages:
The first stage UI user design foundation (UI industry development and UI designer career planning, art foundation, graphic design foundation, graphic creative design, webpage design foundation, interactive website), software: Photoshop, Illustrator.
The second stage of mobile phone interface design (icon creative ideas and methods, icon creative design, theme icon design, Ios system, Android system, Windows phone system, UI design training course).
The third stage interaction class (UCD, advanced technology of interaction design)
The fourth stage of process design (interface development docking, process management, mobile media comprehensive development training)
The fifth stage is the comprehensive project training and employment stage (according to what you have learned, choose a mobile platform (IOS/Android/Winphone), design the software interface and WUI type, and complete the first draft of the design. Carry out acceptance according to the requirements determined at the initial stage of the project and sign the acceptance report. )