Skillshare Courses

How To Create An Awesome Morning Routine: 10 Ways To Start An Amazing Day

913 ratings at Skillshare

Learn 10 habit and mindset strategies for building a calmer, more productive morning routine.

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• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Digital Lettering Made Simple in Adobe Illustrator

910 ratings at Skillshare

Sketch letterform variations, pick a font that lends itself to alteration, and rework it in Adobe Illustrator with attention to kerning, spacing, texture, and dimension.

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• 51 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Illustration for Designers: Create Your Own Geometric Animal

910 ratings at Skillshare

Sketch and build a geometric animal illustration in Adobe Illustrator: simplify forms into basic shapes, set consistency rules, build color swatches, and add Photoshop textures.

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• 1 hour 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Surface Pattern Design 2. 0: Design a Collection | Start a Career

909 ratings at Skillshare

Design a cohesive surface pattern collection: build repeat patterns and tiling squares, apply them to mockups and clip art sets, and craft a portfolio to approach companies.

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• 1 hour 37 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Digital Painting: From Sketch to Finished Product

908 ratings at Skillshare

Paint a character face from blank canvas to finished piece in Photoshop: ideation, rough sketching, digital inking, quick mask blocking, skin tones, and final polish.

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• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Discovering Success: 7 Exercises to Uncover Your Purpose, Passion & Path

903 ratings at Skillshare

Redefine success on your own terms: work through seven guided exercises and worksheets to break free of expectations, choose a direction, and plan a first step.

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• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Draw Your Life: Intro to Illustrated Journaling

902 ratings at Skillshare

Turn your week into an illustrated journal entry: pick digital and analog tools, plan layouts, and apply basic drawing tips to chronicle your life visually.

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• 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

DSLR Filmmaking: From Beginner to PRO!

900 ratings at Skillshare

Shoot video on a DSLR in full manual mode: control aperture, ISO and shutter speed, frame shots, move the camera, and light scenes.

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• 1 hour 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Intro to UX: Fundamentals of Usability

898 ratings at Skillshare

Learn what usability is, design digital products for it, run usability tests and heuristic evaluations, and report findings and recommendations.

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• 1 hour 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

DIY Studio Photography Lightbox + Demo

894 ratings at Skillshare

Build a portable studio lightbox from a cardboard box, tracing paper and posterboard, then shoot products with it outdoors, indoors and at night using desk lamps.

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• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Cityscape Photography: Capture Your City's Story

895 ratings at Skillshare

Scout rooftops and hidden corners of your city: shoot cityscapes with morning light, long exposures and night techniques, then curate a photo essay in Lightroom.

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• 51 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Find Your Style: Five Exercises to Unlock Your Creative Identity

892 ratings at Skillshare

Work through five hands-on exercises — creative DNA, patterns, influences pyramid, style dice — to uncover your artistic identity and assemble a personal style guide.

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• 1 hour 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Character Illustration: From Concept to Final Artwork

892 ratings at Skillshare

Define form with shapes and color instead of inked outlines: sketch a character concept, build it in Illustrator, then render with masks, textures, and color in Photoshop.

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• 2 hours 5 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Hand Lettered GIFs

889 ratings at Skillshare

Trace doodle-style lettering and animate it in Photoshop: align tracings, make adjustments, clean up, add color, and export finished GIFs and videos to share.

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• 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Watercolor Magic: The Basics of Color Mixing and Color Harmony for Modern Painting

887 ratings at Skillshare

Mix watercolors on the palette and directly on the page: tone down hues, mix brown, gray and black, chart a color wheel, and build harmonious palettes.

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• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available