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 Design Flat Icons in Affinity Designer

    How to Design Flat Icons in Affinity Designer

    Course Beginner

    This course will show you in detail the process of creating flat vector icons in Affinity Designer. You will learn useful tips and tricks of working with...

  2. Dynamic Gesture Drawing

    Dynamic Gesture Drawing

    Course Intermediate

    In this course, digital artist Brian Lee will break down the fundamentals of gesture drawing into several foundational topics. You will learn the importance...

  3. How to Create Vector Art From Doodles

    How to Create Vector Art From Doodles

    Course Intermediate

    If you can’t imagine your life without a pencil and a piece of paper, and you find yourself drawing whimsical doodles and wishing to bring your creativity to...

  4. Designing and Building a Brand

    Designing and Building a Brand

    Course Intermediate

    In this course you’ll learn how to create visual brands from scratch and develop your brand designs into professional, comprehensive brand identities....

  5. How to Create Monster Art in Adobe Photoshop

    How to Create Monster Art in Adobe Photoshop

    Course Intermediate

    In this course you will be shown a variety of techniques for creating monster art in Adobe Photoshop. Digital artist Robert Marzullo will explain the proper...

  6. How to Use the Pen Tool in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Use the Pen Tool in Adobe Illustrator

    Course Beginner

    The Pen Tool is without doubt one of the trickiest tools to use in Adobe Illustrator. But once mastered, it can also be the most useful tool. So in this...

  7. Mastering Blending Modes in Adobe Photoshop

    Mastering Blending Modes in Adobe Photoshop

    Course Beginner

    Blending modes in Photoshop are a “workhorse” feature. They perform a lot of heavy lifting and make many of the other features a lot easier, with very little...

  8. Advanced Gradient Mesh in Adobe Illustrator

    Advanced Gradient Mesh in Adobe Illustrator

    Course Advanced

    The course will give you a greater understanding of how gradient meshes work in Adobe Illustrator. By using the effects and tools in Illustrator, you will be...

  9. Digital Painting With Ambient Occlusion

    Digital Painting With Ambient Occlusion

    Course Beginner

    Lighting is a very complicated issue, so 3D programs separate it into special "maps", each dealing with a single aspect of light. We can use this technique...

  10. Mastering Script Lettering

    Mastering Script Lettering

    Course Intermediate

    Throughout this course you will learn the ins and outs of script lettering. From the basics to advanced techniques, we will discuss it all to truly make you...

  11. How to Design Fantasy Vehicles

    How to Design Fantasy Vehicles

    Course Advanced

    In this course you will dive into the amazing world of creating fantasy vehicles. Concept artist Brian Lee will walk you through his process of developing a...

  12. How to Use the Shaper Tool in Adobe Illustrator

    How to Use the Shaper Tool in Adobe Illustrator

    Course Beginner

    In this Coffee Break Course, you'll learn how to draw shapes with loose, natural gestures that transform into perfect geometric shapes by using Adobe...