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Graphic Design Classes for High School Students Live Online

Learn graphic design skills and master the industry-standard tools in our graphic design & motion graphics summer courses. Work on projects to build your skills as a graphic designer.

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Live Online Summer Courses

Learn graphic design this summer with NextGen in our hands-on graphic design programs tailored to high school students and teens. You'll work on projects to master the industry-standard tools including Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator.

  • Graphic Design Summer Course Live Online

    In this graphic design program for High School students, you'll master the most powerful tools in graphic design: Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop.

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    • $2,495
    • 60 hours
    • Weekdays only
    • Open to beginners
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  • Web Design Summer Course Live Online

    Get started in web design with this summer course. Students first learn to build and design webpages by coding HTML & CSS. Students will also learn to create webpage layouts in Sketch, as well as optimize web graphics for hi-res screens and fast downloads.

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    • $1,299
    • 30 hours
    • Weekdays only
    • Open to beginners
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After School Programs & Private Tutoring

Get private training from a design expert for personalized training or create your own small group classes. Contact us at hello@nextgenbootcamp.com or call 212-226-0884 to learn more about private tutoring options throughout the year.

  • Graphic Design After School Program (Live Online)

    In this Graphic Design after school program, students will learn to use the most popular tools in graphic design: Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop. 

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    • $1,299
    • 24 hours
    • Weeknights only
    • Open to beginners
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NYC Graphic Design Courses

Learn graphic design in-person in Midtown Manhattan this summer. Master the essential Adobe applications and start creating your own projects.

  • Graphic Design Summer Camp NYC

    Learn the graphic design theory and the essential Adobe applications, including Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator. In this summer course in NYC, high school students work on real-world design projects.

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    • $2,495
    • 50 hours
    • Weekdays only
    • Open to beginners
    Course information See upcoming dates

  • Web Design Summer Camp NYC

    Learn to design websites with Sketch and code the final product with HTML & CSS. In this summer course, high school students learn the essential skills to start designing and developing their own websites.

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    • $2,495
    • 50 hours
    • Weekdays only
    • Open to beginners
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  • Graphic & Web Design Summer Program NYC

    Learn graphic and web design this summer in NYC. In this 4-week course, high school students learn Adobe applications, graphic design theory, and web design with HTML & CSS.

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    • $3,990
    • 100 hours
    • Weekdays only
    • Open to beginners
    • Payment plan available
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Why Learn Graphic Design at NextGen

NextGen's summer courses for high school students feature industry-expert instructors and top-notch curriculum. You'll learn from experienced graphic designers and video editors and start working on projects from the first day/

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A Typical Day at NextGen
10:00am
Review & Daily Goals		 Review of the previous day’s material and the current day’s goals.
10:30am
Micro-Lecture 1		 Interactive lecture with short exercises to introduce the first topic of the day.
10:45am
Guided Practice		 Guided hands-on learning, where students apply the concepts from the previous lecture.
11:15pm
Review & Advanced Problem		 A quick review of the previous exercise and an advanced problem to focus and solidify the learning.
11:45pm
Guided Project Micro-lecture		 The instructor lays the foundation for the current project that the students will be working on in the afternoon.
12:15pm
Micro Lecture/Continue Coding		 Flexible time for the introduction of a new topic or students to continue working depending on the course.
1:00pm
End of the Day		 Students wrap up their day and instructors answer any final questions.

Which Graphic Design Class is Right for You?

At NextGen Bootcamp, we offer high school students several options to start learning graphic design. This summer, students can choose from our Graphic Design Summer Course and Web Design Summer Course. Both courses are available live online from anywhere, or in-person in New York City. You can interact with the instructor in real-time, ask questions, and let the instructor control your screen.

The graphic design course focuses on creating print designs, including social media ads, logos, brochures, flyers, and more. You'll learn how to layout a variety of documents in InDesign, create logos and illustrations in Illustrator, and edit/retouch photos in Photoshop. In the last part of the course, you'll learn graphic design theory and best practices, and start creating your own project with guidance from top designers. The graphic design course does not involve any coding.

The Web Design Summer Course blends design and coding to allow high school students to create amazing websites from scratch. Students will learn Sketch, the leading application for designing user interfaces. This app allows users to quickly layout webpages before coding. Then participants will progress to coding their websites with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Finally, students will learn how to make their projects live for the world to see. The course is beginner-friendly. 

Learn More About Graphic Design

Graphic Design is visual communication through artwork or combined images and text. Both print and digital designers use similar processes and similar programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.

Graphic designers create product packaging, advertising materials in print and digital formats, logos, and much more.

Print designers typically create brochures, business cards, product packaging, subway banners, books, and other physical products or documents.

Graphic Designers use the same programs to develop digital designs such as web banners, social media graphics, and eBooks. In some cases, these designers will use different output formats for printed and digital designs.

In our graphic design summer courses, high schoolers will learn to work with industry-standard tools to create graphic design projects and hone their skills. With our hands-on learning approach, students will learn in classroom instruction and then apply the skills by working on real graphic design projects. 

The core Adobe apps designers that will be taught in our graphic design classes are:

Adobe Photoshop

Photoshop is the industry-standard photo editing app, but you can do a lot more with it than just manipulate photos. It’s very versatile and used by photographers, designers, videographers, and more to edit photos, create graphics, design websites, and build animated GIFs... just to name a few.

Photoshop is one of the standard apps every graphic designer knows. You can use it to create graphics for many types of uses such as social media, web, emails, video, and print. The graphics can contain photos, text, logos, icons, etc. Photoshop can open and export a wide variety of graphic file formats, so you can use it across many industries.

Photoshop is best known as a photo editor. You can do standard image improvements such as adjusting contrast, brightness, color, sharpness, or more advanced things such as moving elements from one background to another, removing unwanted elements, and adding in new elements (like a better face in a group photo). What you can do in Photoshop is only limited by your imagination and your Photoshop skills.

Photoshop also has uses in web design as you can design webpages and optimize graphics for web using Photoshop. Additionally, you create animated GIFs in Photoshop for social media, HTML emails, or any other use. 

Adobe InDesign

From long documents (such as books and magazines), to short documents (such as brochures and business cards), InDesign is great at creating layouts that combine text and graphics. InDesign is ideal for creating designs that will be printed but can also be used for digital output such as eBooks, PDF, and more.

InDesign is the king of long documents. You can import content from authors (Word files, Excel documents, etc.), style it, and layout pages. InDesign has many features to help along the way, such as paragraph styles, character styles, object styles, master pages, powerful find/change, tables, footnotes, table of contents, and much more. InDesign can even export eBooks as ePub files, which can be converted into Mobi files for the Amazon Kindle.

Small documents: InDesign can create small documents such as business cards, brochures, and more. InDesign’s amazing typography features are useful in any design that involves type, whether it's a poster or flyer. From one page to hundreds, InDesign is up to the task.

Professional PDFs: InDesign has many features that help you create professional PDFs for print, web, or email. You can also create PDF forms, or add interactive PDF features (which unfortunately do no work well on most mobile devices).

Adobe Illustrator

Illustrator is the industry-standard vector graphics and illustration app. Designers and illustrators use it to create logos, web graphics, fashion designs, product packaging, and so much more.

Even if you can’t draw things by hand, there’s still a lot of things you can do with Adobe Illustrator.

Some common uses for Illustrator are:

  • Drawing & Illustrations: One way to create a vector drawing/illustration is to draw it by hand and then trace it in Adobe Illustrator. You can also draw directly in Illustrator. Having artistic talent helps, but even if you can’t draw well in real life, you can still use Illustrator’s drawing tools to create things you might never have been able to create by hand.
  • Logos & Icons: It’s important to create logos as vectors, so they can be used at any size. Creating a logo in Photoshop as pixels would be a mistake because you’d limit the quality and size at which you can use the logo. Icons are used in websites, apps, print, and all types of design. Vector images can be scaled without loss of quality.
  • Web Graphics & social media: Vector graphics can be used in websites as SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics). Social media graphics often require converting your designs into pixel-based PNG or JPEG files, but it can still be easier to work with vectors during the design process.
  • Fashion Design: Fashion designers often use Illustrator to create patterns (controlling how art repeats within a pattern), explore color, and to show how patterns look in a dress, shirt, pants, etc.
  • Product packaging: Designers that create packaging appreciate Illustrator’s precision and many graphic features. Amazing typography, graphic effects, ability to import photos, and many more features let packaging designers create the beautiful packaging material that will be printed and used to sell and protect the products we purchase.

What Careers Can You Go Into with Graphic Design?

Upon earning a degree in graphic design, earning a certificate, or developing a portfolio, many graphic designers choose to work freelance or start an agency to do small graphic design jobs for companies that don’t need a full-time graphic designer.

Experienced designers may work as a Creative Director or Lead Designer. Some graphic designers pursue additional training and work as User Experience (UX) or User Interface (UI) Designers specializing in user-centric design. Other designers learn to code and also work as front-end developers that design websites.

Here are a few of the most common roles that graphic designers pursue:

  • Web Designer - Web designers use text, photos, and graphics to create visually appealing websites. A graphic designer may use web design tools or learn to code a site with HTML, CSS, and other languages.
  • Package Designer - A package designer may design labels, boxes, and containers for products that represent the brand and also display relevant information about the product.
  • Digital Designer - A digital designer designs materials for the web including social media posts, websites, blog posts, website ads and banners, reports, and online newsletters.
  • Logo Designer - Logo designers create logos to represent a concept, product, or service. The logo design may also include a business card or stationery design with the logo.
  • Brand Identity Designer - The brand identity designer ensures all visual elements of a brand align with the brand’s target consumer and mission statement. 
  • Layout Designer - A layout designer formats books, magazines, newsletters, reports, and other text documents with photos and graphics. 
  • Animation Designer - Some graphic designers use visual design, text, and audio to create videos, commercials, and other interactive designs. Designers may use a video creation tool or code if they have the ability.

Learn Creative & In-Demand Graphic Design skills

Learning graphic design skills can be very empowering and beneficial for your future for a variety of reasons.

Make Your Mark

There are very few career paths that allow you to think outside the box and use creativity with not many limits. As a graphic designer, you’ll be able to create, design, and express many messages that can influence thousands of people.

Spotting something you designed on a billboard or an advertisement is always exciting, especially knowing it’s exposed to such a large audience. You'll have opportunities to work with lots of brands as a graphic designer. 

Work Across Industries

Graphic design surrounds us in every part of our lives. When you’re in the shower, there’s graphic design on shampoo bottles; there’s a design on your Colgate toothpaste and so on. 

It’s safe to say that graphic designers never run out of work to do. Even more so, graphic designers are wanted in almost every industry, including fashion, warehouses, software, and trade shows. Life as a designer runs on options, and more importantly, choices of who we want to work with and whether we can make their brand stand out.

Focus on a Niche

Another great aspect of graphic design is having the ability to branch out and focus on one category. Graphic designers have broad niches, including logo design, brand identity, flash design, art directing, and even photoshop art. While it’s best to always focus on a niche in your industry, you’ll have a lot of options to start with. 

Once you start learning the fundamentals of graphic design, you’ll feel a certain pull or attraction to one specific aspect of graphic design which will help determine your niche. For example, when you start your courses, you may realize you genuinely enjoy designing logos or playing with photoshop and that will be one of your "signs."

In-demand Skills

Graphic designers are becoming more popular due to increasing demand. With so much exposure to billboards, advertisements, and digital promotions, it’s no secret that highly qualified graphic designers are sought after. Due to this positive reality, becoming a graphic designer is not only an exciting career choice, but it also ensures that you won’t run out of projects to pursue and jobs to apply for.

If you prefer to work as a freelancer, there is no shortage of companies looking out for them, too. Whatever you decide, and whichever work environment you prefer to be in, the world is at your fingertips. Once you begin your journey as a graphic designer, remember that you won’t know where you want to specialize right away, and because of the endless choices you’ll have, the decision may be difficult.

Keep working on your skills, building your portfolio, and finding what you like to do most. 

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is NextGen doing to ensure the health of students and staff on campus?

    Please check out our Covid-19 page for more information.

  • Who teaches NextGen classes?

    All of our programs are taught by expert instructors who have extensive teaching experience and industry knowledge.

  • How large are NextGen classes?

    NextGen's classes range in size but always follow an 8:1 student to teacher ratio.

  • Where are NextGen’s classes located?

    NextGen’s courses are available in-person in NYC (with strict health safety practices) or live online. The course title indicates the location.

  • What coding and/or computer skills do students need to register?

    All of our courses are open to students with little to no background in coding! Some students come in with no coding experience at all while others have extensive experience in one or more programming language. Our courses are designed for everyone to learn and be challenged!

  • Do you offer payment plans and financial aid?

    We do not offer payment plans or financial aid at this time.

  • Do students need their own laptop?

    This depends on the location of the class, so look out for more details when you are registering for your specific course! In many cases, we provide computers for all students. Students are always welcome to bring their own laptop.

  • I am having difficulty signing up, what do I do?

    If you are having trouble with your camp registration, send an instant message to our online chat feature at the bottom right corner of the page. You can also send an email to hello@nextgenbbootcamp.com or call us at (212) 226-0884.

Attend Training Live Online

You can attend training live online at the scheduled time the course is offered (New York, Eastern Time) through screen-sharing software Zoom (free for you).

  • Classes are activity-based and taught by a live instructor.
  • You can hear the instruction, ask questions, and share your screen—all in real-time.

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Graphic Design Class Calendar

All times are listed in Eastern Time unless otherwise specified.

February 2021
Graphic Design After School Program (Live Online)
February 4–May 20
Thursdays 5:30–7pm
Online Only
$1,299
24 Hours
Live Online

In this Graphic Design after school program, students will learn to use the most popular tools in graphic design: Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop. 

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July 2021
Graphic Design Summer Course Live Online
July 6–30
Monday to Friday 10–1pm
Online Only
$2,495
60 Hours
Live Online

In this graphic design program for High School students, you'll master the most powerful tools in graphic design: Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop.

Add to cart
Web Design Summer Course Live Online
July 12–23
Monday to Friday 10–1pm
Online Only
$1,299
30 Hours
Live Online

Get started in web design with this summer course. Students first learn to build and design webpages by coding HTML & CSS. Students will also learn to create webpage layouts in Sketch, as well as optimize web graphics for hi-res screens and fast downloads.

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Graphic Design Summer Camp NYC
July 19–30
Monday to Friday 10–4pm
$2,495
50 Hours
Live Online

Learn the graphic design theory and the essential Adobe applications, including Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator. In this summer course in NYC, high school students work on real-world design projects.

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August 2021
Graphic Design Summer Course Live Online
August 2–27
Monday to Friday 10–1pm
Online Only
$2,495
60 Hours
Live Online

In this graphic design program for High School students, you'll master the most powerful tools in graphic design: Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop.

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Web Design Summer Camp NYC
August 2–13
Monday to Friday 10–4pm
$2,495
50 Hours
Live Online

Learn to design websites with Sketch and code the final product with HTML & CSS. In this summer course, high school students learn the essential skills to start designing and developing their own websites.

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Who We Are

NextGen Bootcamp, a subsidiary of Noble Desktop, is a computer science education company dedicated to providing middle and high school students with a state-of-the-art education in coding and digital design. Our programs include hands-on, immersive summer camps as well as both in-school and after-school courses that are customized to meet our students’ needs.

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