So far, we’ve worked with two image creation and editing programs, Photoshop and Illustrator. Now it’s time to turn to InDesign and see what it can do. InDesign is the industry choice for creating professional documents of all shapes and sizes.

See what you can create with InDesign

Explore InDesign basics

First up, learn how to create an appealing postcard! I encourage you to do the sample contained in the tutorials:

You will need these files in order to follow along with the tutorial

Click the image below to go to the tutorial, or click this link

After working through the tutorial to learn how it’s created and put together, I want you to DESIGN YOUR OWN! Yours should use the same tools, size, and layout as the sample, but SHOULD NOT RESEMBLE IT AT ALL! Yours should look entirely different.

This should look like the kind of card that you would buy on vacation and send home to some poor sucker who didn’t get to come with you. You’ve surely seen these in a gift shop or at the Forks or something.

I’d suggest using one of high quality photos from Unsplash to create a postcard for a destination that you would like to visit.

Have fun and be creative. Where would you like to visit?

Samples of finished postcards created by past students: