ESSENTIALS

Learning illustration doesn't have to be confusing. With a clear path and destination in sight, you can focus on building your illustration fundamentals. Conquer the skills you need to make a living with your art.

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CURRICULUM

With classes covering everything from perspective drawing to character design, composition to visual storytelling, you’ll finish your journey on this path with a 12 piece foundations portfolio showcasing the skills you have learned.

All of the courses in the curriculum are available in the Desk and Studio memberships.

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How to Draw Everything

The road to mastering drawing starts here. Professional illustrator and comic book artist Jake Parker breaks down the fundamentals of basic drawing and cuts through the fog with so much clarity you'll be saying, "I can do that".

53 lessons

4.5 total video hours

BASIC Perspective Drawing

Unlock your storytelling potential by learning how to draw in perspective. Professional illustrator David Hohn breaks down the basics of one and two point perspective in a way that is simple and easy to understand.

26 lessons

3 total video hours

Visualizing Drawing in Perspective

In this course taught by professional illustrator Will Terry, learn how to imagine objects in various camera angles and build them (draw) from simple shapes.

10 lessons

2.5 total video hours

Light and Shadow for Illustrators

Learning how to apply light and shadow to a drawing is one of the most important foundational skills. Work alongside professional children’s book illustrator Lee White as he demonstrates his approach for adding light and shadow to 6 unique scenarios.

33 lessons

7.5 total video hours

The Magic of Color

This class was designed to give you the major principles that you would learn in a color theory class. Learning to communicate with color is necessary and fundamental to becoming an effective visual storyteller.

21 lessons

2 total video hours

Introduction to Prop Design

Prop design is an often overlooked skill. In this new course, Jake Parker will cover the basics, from proportions to design harmony, by the end you’ll feel confident designing any prop for your stories.

26 lessons

3 total video hours

Figure Drawing Fundamentals

Have you wondered how to draw the human body? Here’s everything you ever wanted to know about drawing flowing lines and graceful figures with ease. Jumpstart your figure drawing skills with studio artist and professional illustrator Michael Parker.

35 lessons

1.5 total video hours

Figure Drawing for Illustrators

Learn the basics of figure drawing with pro illustrator Lee White. This class will show you step-by-step how to draw believable figures to enhance your storytelling. Starting with simple line exercises, Lee takes you through basic shapes and gradually adds complexity along the way.

27 lessons

4 total video hours

Introduction to Gesture Drawing

Professional character designer Brooklyn Walker teaches you how to bring energy and excitement to your stories, and develop fluid gesture drawing mastery with this simple guide designed for the storytelling illustrator.

84 lessons

2 total video hours

Unique and Appealing Character Design

Have you ever wondered how to take your character designs to the next level, and really make them pop? From proportion to subtle detailing, learn to develop interesting and unique characters from the ground up with pro illustrator Anna Daviscourt.

16 lessons

1.5 total video hours

Stylizing Human Characters

How do you go from a reference photo to a stylized character ready for their debut? Learn how to design appealing and engaging characters with pro illustrator Jake Parker.

9 lessons

2 total video hours

Posing Characters

One skill every artist needs is the ability to draw the same character from different angles in different poses, over and over again. Professional illustrator Jake Parker shows you the tricks to keeping your characters consistent.

18 lessons

2.5 total video hours

Advanced Perspective

Advanced Perspective with David Hohn takes students from a short review of one and two point perspective all the way to rendering advanced shapes and environments in three point perspective.

18 lessons

3.5 total video hours

Practical Perspective

In this final perspective course with David Hohn, you will work along side him to finish each item in the bedroom and barnyard environments.

15 lessons

5 total video hours

Effective vehicle design

Designing cars, planes and boats can be hard, but in this new course by Shane Hunt you’ll learn everything you need to start tackling this important skill!

21 lessons

2 total video hours

Designing Rocks and Plants

Learn how to draw an infinite variety of rocks and plants with pro illustrator Shane Hunt!

16 lessons

2.5 total video hours

Exterior Environment Design

Every awesome character needs an awesome world to live in! In this course, pro illustrator Jake Parker teaches how to design appealing and believable exterior environments.

20 lessons

2 total video hours

Interior Environment design

Interior spaces are where your characters eat, sleep, work and play! In this course, pro illustrator Will Terry, shows how to design interesting interiors from various POVs to bring your illustrations to life.

14 lessons

0.5 total video hours

Developing Great Visual Stories

In Developing Great Visual Stories, Will Terry takes students through a series of important exercises to hone the craft of concept building. Level up that well-rendered drawing by making sure you're also telling a well-crafted story!

12 lessons

1.5 total video hours

Creative Composition

Good composition is essential to making good images. Composing the image is essential to creating a beautiful painting, illustration, graphic novel image, comic panel, or book cover image.

51 lessons

4 total video hours

Building Backgrounds for Characters

It happens! You draw a super cool character and want to place it in an equally cool background, but you aren't quite sure how. In this course by Will Terry, you will learn how to take an existing character and place it in a new background.

13 lessons

1.5 total video hours

Painting Color and Light

Learn how to paint color and light in digital or traditional mediums by practicing complex concepts regarding color, light, and shadow and how to re-create the illusions of various lighting situations in your paintings.

31 lessons

6.5 total video hours

Painting Texture and Details

In this class we are going to focus on the details. Being able to understand the structure of different textures will help you create more convincing focal points in your work.

25 lessons

6 total video hours

Visual Storytelling

Learn how to put the story in your visual storytelling. Pro illustrator Lee White shares techniques for coming up with good concepts that actually tell a compelling story.

21 lessons

3.5 total video hours

Finish all these courses and get one final bonus course:

How to Fix Your Art!

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