Skillshare Courses

Character Illustration: From Feelings to Faces

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Draw expressive faces from feeling: map 6 primary and 15 secondary emotions to facial changes, then sketch them in speed-drawing exercises with pencil and paper.

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• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Pen & Ink Florals

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Learn to ink floral illustrations by hand: choose pens and inks, practice different strokes and precision exercises, and finish your own floral print.

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• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Freelancing for Creatives: From First Leap to Finances

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Plan your leap into freelancing: build financial habits and a budget, handle clients and feedback, balance schedules and health, and write a business mission statement.

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• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

DSLR Photography For Bloggers

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Learn to use DSLR manual controls, lighting, and styling to create stronger blog photos, including overhead food shots and detailed DIY images.

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• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Draw Animals in Procreate: Plus Tips for Art Licensing Sales

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Draw a professional animal illustration in Procreate on iPad — canvas setup, photo-reference sketching, color palettes, textures, balanced composition — with strategies for licensing and selling your art.

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• 2 hours 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Start Your Creative Career: Build a Sharp, Smart Online Presence

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Build an online presence for a creative career: read website and social media metrics, create a brand Bible, and design a sticky website.

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• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Faux Tissue Paper Collage in Adobe Illustrator - A Graphic Design for Lunch™ Class

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Create a faux tissue paper collage in Adobe Illustrator by building colored shapes from a reference image and texturing them with a custom brush.

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• 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Food Photography: Introduction to storytelling in food photography

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Plan and shoot a rustic food story on location: build a shot list, style a meal, and curate overview and detail images around color.

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• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

How to Draw the Head from Every Angle: Part One

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Learn to draw a character’s head from front and side views, then rotate it into convincing three-dimensional forms.

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• 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Logo Lettering: Hand Letter an Effective Logotype From Sketch to Vector

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Hand letter a logotype from sketch to vector: concept roughs, selecting and revising a direction, plotting vector anchor points, and adding texture.

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• 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Just Make Stuff: Getting Creative with Side Projects

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Start your own creative side project: select an object, sketch and letter a quote on it, and pitch, post, and share the finished work.

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• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Brushpen Logo Design: Develop Your Signature Style

441 ratings at Skillshare

Craft your own signature-style brushpen logo: run practice drills, explore ligatures and motifs, sketch with a 2H pencil, then vectorize smooth curves in Illustrator.

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• 2 hours 9 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Fundamentals of Illustrator II: Paths, Shapes & Lines

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Learn Adobe Illustrator's core drawing tools: build and edit paths, combine shapes with Pathfinder and Shape Builder, draw lines and line effects, and customize type.

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• 1 hour 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Sweet Spots: Expressing Big Ideas in Small Editorial Illustrations

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Work through concept and style from research to final art: create two sets of editorial spot illustrations with consistent color, stylization, and design principles.

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• 4 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Develop Your Illustration Style: Draw a Cat

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Develop a stylized illustration style by analyzing contemporary cat illustrations, sketching from photo reference, then working without reference to choose a color palette and medium.

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• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available