Skillshare Courses

Introduction to Character Design: Drawing a Unique Cast

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Draw original characters: simplify anatomy and proportion, convey personality through expression and gesture, diversify a cast by shape and silhouette, and construct character and expression sheets.

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• 19 minutes
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Let It Snow: Learn to Paint 5 Simple Yet Beautiful Snowy Watercolor Paintings

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Paint five simple snowy landscapes in watercolour, Polaroid style, covering the materials and palette colours needed for each step-by-step project.

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• 2 hours 37 minutes
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The 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Freelancing

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Ten practical lessons on starting freelancing, covering readiness, defining an offer, finances, clients, work habits, investment, payment delays, and resilience.

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• 34 minutes
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The Foundations of Voiceover - Voice Acting Essentials

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Learn voiceover fundamentals: build daily habits, warm up voice and body, master mic technique, analyse and mark up copy, and use actioning to shape performance.

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• 1 hour 58 minutes
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Microsoft Excel: Learn Power Query Basics!

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Clean and reshape messy data in Excel Power Query: trim text, parse URLs, split and unpivot columns, group by, import from folders, and merge tables with joins.

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• 3 hours 5 minutes
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Painting Figures with the Power of Photoshop

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Paint the human figure digitally: render arms, hands, torso, legs and feet, then complete female, male and charcoal-style pieces through sketch, ink, value and polish stages.

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• 2 hours 52 minutes
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FL Studio 12: Blazing Beatmaking Beginner Basics

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Learn FL Studio from scratch: navigate the interface, work the step sequencer, browser, piano roll and VSTs, set tempo, and lay down beat patterns.

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• 1 hour 26 minutes
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Drawing Comic Art - Understanding Line, Shape, and Form

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Practice comic art in a sketchbook: line energy and line language, primitive shapes turned into forms, and rendering noses, lips, and eyes with graphite.

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• 1 hour 2 minutes
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5 Free Websites for Creating Irresistible Graphic Design Images

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Learn five free online platforms for quickly creating social media graphics and photos without hiring a designer, plus sources for free project images.

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• 23 minutes
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Pure CSS Animations - Make a cool button, a sliding modal, and a product page! (No Javascript)

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Learn to create engaging web animations for buttons, modals, text, backgrounds, and image hover effects using only HTML and CSS.

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• 29 minutes
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Learn to draw flowers, from simple shapes to a more realistic drawing

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Draw four flowers — pansy, cosmos, daffodil and tulip — step by step in pencil, moving from simple shapes and petal structure to detailed, realistic renderings.

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• 50 minutes
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Learn to Paint Flowers with Acrylic Paint! Modern Abstract Flowers for Beginners

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Create a small modern abstract floral painting with acrylics by layering greenery and flowers, mixing colors, and adding final details.

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• 55 minutes
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Freehand Embroidery Hoop Art

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Stitch freehand embroidery hoop art: choose materials, set up the hoop, pick colors, and work seed, running, back, cross, lazy daisy, and French knot stitches.

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• 13 minutes
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Fusion 360 for 3D Printing - Class 3 - Design a Coat Hook

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Model a coat hook in Fusion 360: sketch the profile, apply constraints, extrude the body, cut screw holes, and add fillets for 3D printing.

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• 19 minutes
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Editorial Design: Creating a document that speaks to readers

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Design document layouts rather than just software: build mood boards, study grids in existing magazines, and follow a timelapse of a promotional booklet built from scratch.

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• 29 minutes
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