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    Stylescapes®

    Stylescapes®
    creative-skillsets

    Your design projects can be more profitable. Learn how to make more money doing what you love with fewer client revisions.

    Chris DoAuthor: Chris Do
    • 47 Short Video Lessons
    • 6 Downloadable resources
    • 9 Bonus assignments

    Tired of getting asked for too many changes to your work?

    We've all been there: that feeling of being caught in an endless cycle of revisions with a "nightmare client." It happens to the best of us. But this isn't a hopeless situation: with a few simple tweaks to your process, you can avoid the change-order spin cycle.

    Sick of not feeling confident when you design for clients?

    Showing your work for the first time to a new client can be nerve-wracking. Especially if you have missed the mark for past clients. Imagine what it would be like to know exactly what your clients wanted. How confident would you feel?

    The problem lies in your creative process.

    In order to produce predictably successful projects, you need to have a well-curated and repeatable process. And most likely, your process is missing something vital. A gap between the creative brief and the design work.

    Build a reference library to easily source imagery from
    Step 01

    Build a reference library to easily source imagery from

    If you've been in the creative field long enough, you know how difficult it can be to source inspiration for a project. In several video lessons, Chris walks you through his approach to building deep resource libraries. You'll learn how to quickly curate and save imagery from multiple sources.

    Design beautiful Stylescapes® that get client buy-in
    Step 02

    Design beautiful Stylescapes® that get client buy-in

    Stylescapes® are not your average moodboards. There is a science to this composition that lends itself to incredible presentations. By focusing on The Three C's—Curation, Composition, and Consistency—you will be able to craft a stylescape that inspires your next steps and allows your client to collaborate at an early stage.

    Learn how to critique your own work like Chris Do
    Step 03

    Learn how to critique your own work like Chris Do

    Ever wonder what it would be like to have Chris Do as your Creative Director? Want to know how he critiques work? You'll get all that and more with several student critique recordings. Chris will help you identify how to improve your stylescapes before the presentation.

    Learn how to present Stylescapes® to your clients
    Step 04

    Learn how to present Stylescapes® to your clients

    One of the most important parts of the stylescape process is the presentation. Crafting a narrative around your work will help your clients understand and remember what they see. Chris not only explains how to do this, but also shares real-world video recordings of him presenting to clients. You'll also get to watch other students present their work and get critiqued by Chris.

    Beginner to Intermediate

    Basic knowledge of design software such as Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator is recommended.

    Stylescapes® is designed for anyone who provides visual creative services Whether you work in house at a large corporation, or are freelancing for clients, you can integrate the Stylescapes® process and get approvals faster than ever. Stylescapes® is a perfect resource for:

    • Graphic Designers
    • UI, UX & Product Designers
    • Interior Designers & Architects
    • Motion Designers & Animators
    • Brand Strategists
    1

    Stop Guessing

    Speak the same language. By translating words into images, you will get alignment with your clients before you ever design anything.

    2

    Present Confidently

    Lose the rapid heart rate and sweaty palms. Present ideas early and collaboratively to help "scaffold" clients to the end result.

    3

    Get Approval Fast

    This collaborative and easy to use process will help your clients sign off on your work quickly: many times without any changes.

    Chris DoChris Do

    Chris Do is an Emmy award-winning director, designer, strategist, and educator. He's the Founder and CEO of The Futur—an online education platform that teaches the business of design to creative thinkers.

    Finally say goodbye to never-ending revisions and last-minute changes.

    What if you knew exactly what your client wanted?

    You've just landed your biggest design project to date. Your client gives you some key words to base your work off of: modern, clean, and simple. Surely, you know what those words mean and what they look like, and obviously the client does, too.

    You both talked about it.

    You break from the creative brief and get moving. For weeks, you pour your heart and soul into every little piece of this project. You're confident that this is your best work yet. This is going to blow your client away.

    Fast forward to presentation day, and you're pumped up. You're ready to watch your client collect their jaw from the floor.

    Then they utter the words that punch you right in the gut.

    "This isn't what I pictured at all. This is not what we talked about. What else do you have to show me?"

    How is that possible? Why did they suddenly realize that what you've shown them isn't what they want?

    Your client didn't just suddenly decide that—you were never aligned on the visual direction to begin with. All of a sudden, you start to feel it:

    "This client is a nightmare. They don't understand design. They don't understand my process."

    Yes, some clients are tough. You might not always see eye to eye. But we can't read their minds. We have to know how to speak the same language.

    Your process is missing something vital.

    Stylescapes help to close the imagination gap and get clients to see what you see. Both parties can get on the same page about the design direction from the get-go, and have something to reference throughout the project.

    If you're tired of designing with headaches and feeling trapped in an abyss of revisions, this is the course for you.

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    Stylescapes®

    with Chris Do

    $199

    WHAT YOU’LL GET

    • 47 Short Video Lessons
    • 6 Downloadable resources
    • 9 Bonus assignments