The Beginner’s Illustration Masterclass

Create professional-looking digital paintings and illustrations even if you "can't draw."

Created by: Edu Evolution
Best-Selling Instructor, Artist, Professor

What Will I Learn?

• Create powerful custom illustrations in minutes using free or paid software (Illustrator, Photoshop, GIMP, etc) using simple techniques and basic principles.
• Understand image creation best practices regarding copyrights and using free stock images, original photos, and royalty-free images.
• Develop the ability to make illustrations that can be used online, in videos, or for print, even if you CAN'T DRAW.
• Make unique and inexpensive illustrated gifts for friends and family.
• Save and make money creating your own illustrations for yourself and others.
• Avoid headaches if and when you lose your work by learning the proper way to save your files.
• Learn ways to boost creativity using simple, proven creatvity recipes
• Gain an understanding of the most useful "art-school" design hacks so your images look more professional

Requirements

• This course requires no special equipment aside from a computer and an appropriate software program like the free program Gimp and/or Illustrator and/or Photoshop. (*Free trials of Illustrator and Photoshop are available from Adobe).

Target audience

• This course is for novices as well as beginners interested in learning simple and basic techniques for getting started illustrating on the computer.
• Advanced traditional fine artists and illustrators looking for ways to take their natural drawing talents from their sketchbooks to a computer environment will appreciate this easy, step by step approach.
• Please note this is NOT an in-depth Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop or Gimp course. This courses gets you up and running using the most effective tools and does NOT get into ALL the tools and features of each specific program.