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Learn to Explain Ideas Visually in 21 Days
You'll create 21 viral-worthy visuals in 21 days. No design background required.
Learn from and create with Janis Ozolins.
By the end of this 3-week course, you'll learn everything you need to know to explain ideas visually.
You'll create 21 visuals that will make your audience stop, think, like, and share.
Meet your instructor
Janis Ozolins
Hey! For years I tried blogging and youtube but to me it felt like an uphill battle.
So, I decided to figure out how to represent ideas visually. After some trial and error, I was on to something. So I left my job and went full-time.
Today, my illustrations have been seen by millions of people and led me to work for Julian Shapiro, Shaan Puri, Matt D’Avella, Naval Ravikant, and others.
Despite never promoting myself as a freelancer opportunities kept rolling in more than I could handle.
On top of that people kept asking me how I come up with these simple and clever illustrations that drive so much engagement.
So…I’m creating this course and community. I’m holding nothing back. You'll learn everything I know.
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Why visuals work so well?
Fast Idea Delivery (save time for your audience)
Often visuals can communicate ideas in seconds that otherwise would take a blog post to explain.
People want to see cool ideas and people want to save time.
That's one of the reasons why explaining ideas visually works so well.
Adds Novelty to Ideas (amplify ideas)
Ideas hit differently with visuals. You can amplify ideas and bring new, better understanding to them.
This is also good if you're online credibility is low. Regardless of how unknown you might be if you'll package a good idea in easy-to-digest snappy visual people will tune in.
Words from alumni that have generated thousands and million of impressions:
Moina Abdul
Jun Han
Elliott Aleksander
Aidan Yeep
Prashant
Alex Maese
Who I made this course for:
01
Aspiring content creator who finds it difficult to write long articles or film videos. (like me)
02
Content creators who want to grow their audience, network, and influence.
03
Freelancers & creators who want to learn a skill that is in high demand in our fast pacing world.
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Key outcomes
You'll make 21 visuals in 21 days!
You'll be equipped with tools and principles and support to make it happen (even if you're a busy parent with a day job).
Established social presence.
Most students get initial traction quite fast. We'll do work and ship from day one. After 21 days you'll be in a different place with a clear path forward.
You’ll learn principles that make impactful visuals that people will love.
You’ll have a system on how to consistently generate novel ideas.
You’ll be equipped with tools to design visuals even as a non-designer.
You’ll learn how to position yourself to attract opportunities and fans.
You’ll learn common mistakes visual creators make and how to avoid them.
You’ll have loads of fun! (based on course students, true story)
Course overview
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Fundamentals
You’ll learn fundamentals that only a few people get right. These fundamentals will be your north star when explaining ideas visually. Knowing this stuff can take you from a mediocre visual to a viral hit.
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Generating Ideas
You'll learn how to consistently generate high-quality ideas. “I don't have ideas“ will be a concern of the past.
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Working With Ideas
You'll be equipped with tools and knowledge to visualize ideas in a way that "WOW" people.
We'll dive deep into the principles, guidelines and mental models I apply when explaining ideas visually.
04
Visualizing Ideas
I’m not a designer, and you don’t need to be one either. We’ll learn the basics of design which is more than enough to explain ideas visually.
Then I’ll share guidelines and examples on how to develop your style and constraints, so production is fast and results more impactful.
Plus, Figma templates that will help you ship work daily.
05
Behind The Scenes Videos
You'll see me do it in real-time. I’ll share multiple behind-the-scenes videos of how I go from a vague idea to a polished visual. You’ll see my thought and creation process.
06
LIVE Feedback and Q&A sessions.
Every week we'll do live feedback sessions and Q&A sessions so we improve every single day while shipping our visuals.
You'll also have access to previous recordings.
07
Private Community Access
Private Discord community for you to share your progress, get feedback, ask for help, and connect with others on a similar journey. You'll get my support here on a daily basis throughout this cohort.
"The course is to the point without any fluff and equips you with the right mindset and knowledge to get started instantly." - Moina Abdul
Course schedule
May 13, 2022 (Friday)
1:00pm - 3:00pm EST
Kick-Off the course and cover the main topics. Getting everything in place and preparing to start shipping on May 16.
May 16 - June 5, 2022 (Mondays & Thursdays)
1:00pm - 2:00pm EST
During these 21 days, we will ship work every day while working together and supporting each other. Twice a week we'll meet to cover more topics and have our LIVE Feedback and Q&A sessions.
June 6, 2022 (Monday)
1:00pm - 2:00pm EST
You did it! Let's celebrate and discuss how you can take this further.
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Learning is better with cohorts
Active, not passive
This course focuses on live workshops and hands-on projects
Learn with a cohort of peers
You’ll be learning in public through breakout rooms and an engaged community
Learn with a cohort of peers
Surround yourself with like-minded people who want to grow alongside you
