Graphic Design with AI: Free Course

Design logos, social posts and festive creatives with Canva, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, ChatGPT and Gemini, then polish them with a designer's eye. Four free weeks.

About this course

A free course on designing with AI, built for Indian creators and small businesses. You will learn the design basics that AI cannot do for you (layout, colour, type and hierarchy), then use AI tools that work in India and start free, such as Canva and its AI features, Adobe Express and Adobe Firefly, and the image tools inside ChatGPT and Gemini. Projects include a logo for a local shop, Instagram and WhatsApp posts, and festive creatives for Diwali, Eid and Holi. Paid tools such as Midjourney are covered only as optional extras. Four weeks of interactive lessons end in a brand kit and festive campaign you can show clients.

Who it's for

Students, creators and small business owners in India who want to make their own designs.

Course syllabus: 4 weeks, 24 lessons

Week 1: Design foundations: a designer's eye

• What AI changes in design, and what it does not
• Hierarchy and layout: one focal point, the squint test, grids and white space
• Colour: 60-30-10, contrast you can read, brand colours and what colours mean in India
• Type: pairing two fonts, sizes for phones, Hindi Devanagari with Latin
• Canva tour: templates and why to break them, Brand Kit, layers, alignment, export
• Critique and fix: redesign a cluttered coaching-centre poster step by step

Week 2: Making images with AI

• How image models work, and the prompt recipe
• Adobe Firefly: text to image, references and Content Credentials
• Images inside ChatGPT and Gemini: iterate, edit, keep a series consistent
• Canva's AI tools: Magic Media, Dream Lab, Magic Edit, Eraser, Background Remover, Expand
• Fixing AI artefacts, upscaling, and when a real photo wins
• Copyright, licences, likeness, trademarks, stereotypes and disclosure

Week 3: Brand and social media

• What makes a logo work (and a brief for Sharma Kirana)
• AI for ideas, Canva for the clean build: vectors, SVG and a mini brand kit
• Instagram formats, safe zones, carousels and a template system
• Copy and design together: hook, one message, call to action, bilingual, accessible
• WhatsApp Business: profile, catalogue, Status and images that stay sharp
• YouTube thumbnails, export formats, file naming and sending files to clients

Week 4: Festive campaigns, print and your portfolio

• Plan a festive campaign calendar (and respect the festival)
• One template, three festivals: Diwali offer, Eid greeting, Holi story
• Print basics for the local print shop: 300 DPI, bleed, CMYK and the proof
• Hindi and bilingual design done right: matras, line height, mixing scripts
• Working with clients: briefs, revisions, pricing in rupees, portfolio, plain-words contracts
• Capstone: a brand kit plus a festive campaign for a local business, with self-critique

Certificate

The course is free. When you finish every lesson you can get a verified certificate for Rs 299 (GST included). It carries a QR code anyone can scan to verify it, so you can add it to your resume and LinkedIn.

Why Techwave Academy

Techwave Academy is a free, hands-on learning platform built for Indian students K-12 and self-learners. Every course is interactive: code runs in your browser, AI mentors explain every concept, and progress is tracked end-to-end. No installs, no signup walls, no hidden costs. Just learn.

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