Design & Illustration Courses

What if you could become a better designer by learning directly from the experts, having them show you what to do via comprehensive, well-structured video courses? Well, you can!

Whether you want to learn photo manipulation or text effects, magazine design or 3d design, you’ll find a course here to teach you the design skills you need. You can also take courses that take you through the major graphic design software, like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects, from start to finish. Each course is structured with a particular learning goal in mind, so you’ll end up with valuable new skills after each one. What will you learn today?

All Design & Illustration courses:

  1. How to Draw Animals in Perspective

    How to Draw Animals in Perspective

    Course Intermediate

    Understanding anatomy isn't enough to enable you to draw animals realistically. If you don't understand perspective, you're doomed to draw your creatures in...

  2. The Art of Children’s Illustration

    The Art of Children’s Illustration

    Course Intermediate

    A children's illustrator is one of those lovely jobs that many of us daydream about; who wouldn't want to spend their days holed up in a studio conjuring up...

  3. A Quick Guide to Color in Digital Painting

    A Quick Guide to Color in Digital Painting

    Course Beginner

    To paint traditionally, you must buy colors in the physical form of pigments. Digital painting is different, as you create the colors yourself. It's a...

  4. Creating Male Cartoon Characters in Adobe Illustrator

    Creating Male Cartoon Characters in Adobe Illustrator

    Course Intermediate

    Designing characters is not only interesting, but also fun and easy! In this course we’ll create a hipster character, drawing his body parts step by step....

  5. Designing a Sci-Fi Galaxy for Film

    Designing a Sci-Fi Galaxy for Film

    Course Intermediate

    In this short course, digital artist Brian Lee will walk you through how you can create a sci-fi scene that can be used for film or games. With Adobe...

  6. Digital Matte Painting for Beginners

    Digital Matte Painting for Beginners

    Course Intermediate

    A digital matte artist, or digital matte painter (DMP), is today's modern form of a traditional matte painter in the entertainment industry. He or she...

  7. Digitally Paint Fantastic Giants Walking the Earth

    Digitally Paint Fantastic Giants Walking the Earth

    Course Advanced

    In this course, digital artist Brian Lee will walk you through his process of designing a fantasy scene of giants walking the earth. With Adobe Photoshop as...

  8. How to Digitally Paint Lighting Scenes

    How to Digitally Paint Lighting Scenes

    Course Intermediate

    Have you ever taken a moment to notice a sunbeam streaming through a window, seeing how the light changes the colors of objects in the room and casts...

  9. How to Organize Artwork With Layers and Artboards in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Organize Artwork With Layers and Artboards in Adobe Illustrator

    Course Beginner

    In this Coffee Break Course, illustrator Simona Pfreundner will show you how to work with layers and artboards in Adobe Illustrator CC. Artboards help you...

  10. How to Use the Pen Tool and Paths in Adobe Photoshop

    How to Use the Pen Tool and Paths in Adobe Photoshop

    Course Beginner

    In this Coffee Break Course, Envato Tuts+ Instructor Kirk Nelson will help you tackle the fundamentals of using the Pen Tool and Paths in Adobe Photoshop in...

  11. Vector Silhouettes for Beginners

    Vector Silhouettes for Beginners

    Course Beginner

    Silhouettes are fun, quick and easy projects to take on if you want to learn new tools and processes in any software. In this course, Sharon Milne is going...

  12. How to Work With Dynamic Symbols in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Work With Dynamic Symbols in Adobe Illustrator

    Course Beginner

    In this Coffee Break Course, illustrator Simona Pfreundner will show you how to work with dynamic symbols within Adobe Illustrator CC. Dynamic symbols let...