I really love skillshare and I am looking for recommendations of your favorite classes.
Any recommendations for skill share courses/ classes (or anywhere else)? I know there are a million out there so I thought coming here see if any particularly stood out to people would be easier than trying to comb through them clueless
I have wanted to take classes with them but I never finish before my trial ends.
I was fortunate enough to get a year scholarship, and I would really like to take the best classes tailored for beginners for graphic design?
I know they have tons on there, just hoping some of you guys can help me kind of narrow down because I don’t want to waste hours on courses that either aren’t good enough or are too advanced for me as a very new beginner.
I appreciate any help in advance! ♡
If you’re having trouble finishing stuff get a Lynda.com account. The classes are short so you can just bang them out. Reading books will help you get started, here’s my copypasta list:
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Acquaint yourself with the material you’ll be getting in your early courses. Read Lupton’s Graphic Design: The New Basics. There’s a good chance this will be your first textbook.
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Read some books about typography so you’ll be ahead of the curve and not wasting your critiques with the professor picking at your type. Read Middendorp’s Shaping Text and Samara’s Making and Breaking the Grid. Lupton’s Thinking With Type will probably be one of your textbooks so it can’t hurt to read it, but Shaping Text is a better book.
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Learn some design history so you know where all this is coming from. Cramsie’s The Story of Graphic Design is a quick take on the subject.
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Kenya Hara’s ideas will open your mind to the possibilities of good design, read his book Designing Design. The same goes for George Nelson’s How to See.
Additional stuff you should read when you have time over the next couple of years:
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Hische, In Progress
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Unger, While You’re Reading
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House Industries, The Process is the Inspiration
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Fletcher, The Art of Looking Sideways
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Remington American Modernism: Graphic Design, 1920 to 1960.
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Lawson, Anatomy of a Typeface
Barber, House Industries Lettering Manual.
I would suggest making some kind of a studying plan. I'm also pretty new into graphic design and making a plan really helped me. As a newbie you should first focus on graphic design theory and start from there. After that you should start studying the basics of the software you'll need, if you are familiar with the software already start playing around. Make posters, logos, flyers... whatever you want, applying the stuff you learned in graphic design theory.
Has anyone ever tried using skillshare as a beginner drawer, just signed up for a free trial and looking for class recommendations
I am a 2D motion designer looking to improve my craft by learning frame by frame and C4D to get into a nice studio, I don't have the time to deal with a full on course from school of motion (I did 2 and they are very time intensive, also pricey), do you all think skillshare could be a good alternative? I would just like more structure - I learnt most of what I know by YouTube and it was a bit overwhelming to begin with, and then when I took the school of motion and domestika courses they were more helpful as you were guided through. As I want to widen my horizons I thought getting a more versatile platform would be best.
Is it worth it in this case? I read there is a bit of a bad rep of skillshare online regarding pricing and customer service, so wanted to know what you all think or if you have any other suggestion! Thanks!
Recently re-subscribed to Skillshare for something else, any good courses regarding Maya (or Ue) that you can recommend by any chance?
I’ve been wanting to try it to try and improve my writing after going so long w/o honing my craft. Has anyone on this sub used it? Did it help, and if so, what classes do you recommend?
I started taking Jake Bartlett's "The Beginner's Guide to Adobe After Effects" course on Skillshare and I honestly have been blown away by the amount of value I've received from it in such a short amount of time. Most probably already know Jake Bartlett (he seems like an industry star per my research), but for those who don't, his beginner is really thorough and will take you through the basics of After Effects. If you're like me, After Effects has so much going on in it's UI (like most Adobe products), it can seem daunting. But, Jake really takes you through deep details of using AE. So far, the course has been really great and making me feel less inadequate about learning how to animate. This is not an affiliate post for his course, but I do want to leave a link for those who want to find it and I hope it blesses you like it's been blessing me. https://www.skillshare.com/en/classes/The-Beginners-Guide-to-Adobe-After-Effects/1758053045/projects?via=custom-lists
I do, however have a link for a 30-day free trial link for Skillshare, and just so that I don't come across as spammy or affiliate-markety (lol), comment below and I'll pass you the link. I just want as many people that are learning just like me, to be able to experience the course as possible.
’ve been wanting to pick up a new skill and i keep seeing people mention Skillshare courses, but i’ve never actually taken one myself. i’m trying to figure out if it’s really worth diving into or if it’s one of those things that looks helpful at first but ends up feeling too surface level
honestly i’m the type who starts learning something, gets stuck, and then ends up jumping between random guides online. this time i want something a bit more structured so i don’t drift around too much. i noticed some courses come with projects, but i’m not sure if those actually help or just feel like busywork
if you’ve taken a Skillshare course, what made it helpful for you. did the instructor matter a lot or was it more about the way the lessons were laid out. did you actually finish the course or did it lose your interest halfway through
i’m also curious if the community part is active at all. like do people actually give feedback or is it basically empty. i’m hoping to find something that gives me a bit of direction without feeling too rigid
just want to hear real experiences so i don’t waste time on something that won’t stick
It's coming to the point where I really need to get the ball rolling on my After Effects mastery. Premiere and Photoshop are done. I have a Skillshare account, and I'm willing to put in some hours if it means I can learn the ups and downs of After Effrcts. Is there any classes anyone here recommends? Or maybe even YouTube videos?
Sorry if this isn't the right place to post, figure After Effects enthusiasts would know best.
I accidentaly payed for 1 year of skillshare about 6 months ago and just realized. I can't refund so I may as well make the most of it and take one of their classes. I want to learn Adobe Premiere Pro through one of their classes and the two courses: " Adobe Premiere Pro CC – Essentials Training Course" by Daniel Scott, and "Video Editing with Adobe Premiere Pro for Beginners" from Jordy Vandeput seem like good courses. Which one is better tho? The Daniel Scott course seems to be 15hrs long while the Jordy Vandeput one seems to be 3.5 hours long. so is the Jordy Vandeput one more comprehensive and a better learning experience? Thanks.
I got Skillshare at a huge discount and I'm following through with one for learning to use Krita. Are there any you'd recommend I check out? This can go for all levels of drawing, from basics to advanced.
I am desperately trying to find any actually beneficial material for learning how to draw and paint digitally, but I can only seem to find cookie crumbs of advice. A lot of times videos even seem to fast forward through various steps and end on some other random type of info. If just becomes hard to absorb information. But maybe I’m just not finding the right videos? I don’t know.
What do you folks think?
I have never had somebody to teach me art in a professional way. Now i have decided that i really want to learn and i was wondering if subscribing to Skillshare would be a good idea. I would like to hear the experiences of those who have/have had this app, did you actually see improvement? Are there enough lessons? Are the teachers better than the typical teachers on youtube? After a year or so, do you still use the app?
Thank you in advance for your help!
I found it lacking. A lot of it was lesser quality than what you can find for free on Youtube and the UI was a mess. If there's a specific artist that you like that is offering courses it might be worth it, but I paid for a year, and ended up regretting it.
I enjoyed it, but I did forget to cancel and paid for 2 months that I didn't use very much. It's worth a look, for sure. I recommend the Andy J. Pizza modules!