Course

AI for Image & Visual Design

From beginner outputs to professional ones. Diffusion models, photography vocabulary, Midjourney and Nano Banana deep dives, style consistency, and licensing.

Length
~12 hours + capstone
Structure
9 modules · 35 lessons
Certificate
Verifiable on completion

Coming soon

This course is still in development. The structure below is a preview of what will be available — modules and lesson titles may change as we build it.

1

The Image Generation Landscape

  • 1How diffusion models actually work (intuition for prompting)
  • 2Tool tour: Midjourney, Nano Banana, FLUX, Stable Diffusion, DALL-E, Firefly, Ideogram
  • 3When to use which
  • 4ComfyUI: what it is and when it's worth your time
2

Photography & Visual Vocabulary for AI

  • 1Lenses, focal lengths, depth of field
  • 2Lighting types and direction
  • 3Shot types and composition
  • 4Color theory for AI prompting
  • 5Art and design movements as style references
3

Prompting for Images

  • 1Descriptive vs. directive prompting
  • 2Style references and weights
  • 3Negative prompts
  • 4Aspect ratios and dimensions
  • 5Iteration patterns
4

Midjourney Deep Dive

  • 1Parameters and modes
  • 2Style codes and SREF
  • 3Personalization (--p)
  • 4Image references and remix
  • 5Variation strategies
5

Nano Banana Deep Dive

  • 1Conversational image editing
  • 2Multi-image composition
  • 3Character consistency
6

Style Consistency

  • 1Building a brand style system
  • 2Character references across a project
  • 3Mood boards as a deliverable
  • 4Consistency across a 10-image campaign
7

Editing & Refinement

  • 1Inpainting and outpainting
  • 2Image-to-image
  • 3Upscaling (Topaz, Magnific)
  • 4When to fix in Photoshop instead
8

Commercial Use, Copyright, Licensing

  • 1What each platform allows
  • 2Training data debates and the legally-safest tools
  • 3Disclosure for commercial work
  • 4Building a licensing-aware workflow
9

Capstone

A complete branded asset pack — 10-image campaign + style guide.

  • 1Capstone Project