May’s Creative Challenge: Complete Five Skillshare Classes (including projects)
How I did on this challenge…
I MAJORLY FAILED! May turned into a busy month between year-end activities and preparing to launch a new website at work, the first burst of beautiful spring days, and dipping our toes into house hunting. Oh, and instead of finishing classes I started in April, I started MORE classes (as if this is shocking), so now I have more unfinished than finished classes.
Class List
Classes I Finished During April’s Creative Challenge
Pen and Ink Calligraphy: The Art of the Envelope—My Calligraphy EnvelopesWaterbrush Lettering Essentials—My Waterbrush Lettered CardsIntroduction to Designing Repeat Patterns in Illustrator—My First Repeat PatternPaper to Digital: Watercolor Brush Lettering—My Digitized LetteringBaugasm Series #1: Experimental Gradients—My Experimental Gradient PosterBaugasm Series #2: Clothing Effect in C4D—My Clothing Effect Poster
Classes I Started During April’s Creative Challenge
- Introduction to Modern Script Calligraphy (Calligraphy I)
- Finding Your Personal Script Style (Calligraphy II)
- Experimenting with Layouts, Surfaces, and Digitization (Calligraphy III)
- Storytelling Fundamentals: Character, Conflict, Context, Craft
- Smart Responsive UX Design
- Drawing Letters, Making Art: Beyond the Page
- Digitize Your Watercolors in Photoshop
Classes I Started During May’s Creative Challenge
- Customizing Type with Draplin: Designing Wordmarks that Work
- Logo Design with Draplin: Secrets of Type, Layout, and Color
- Baugasm Series #3: Create Abstract Shapes
- Baugasm Series #4: Abstract Iridescent Effect
- Baugasm Series #5: 3D Shapes in Illustrator & Photoshop
Classes I Still Want to Take
- Simplified Pattern Design
- Writing Academy: Write Great Dialogue
- Writing Academy: Writing a Setting
- Write Character-Driven Short Stories
- Watercolor and Mixed Media
- The Hitchcock Method: How to Add Suspense to Anything You Write
- Lettering for Designers: One Dropcap Letterform at a Time
- Hand Drawn Typography for Poster Design
- Hand Lettering: Add Digital Color and Texture for Final Polish
- Vintage Hand Lettering: Style Phrases for Timeless Appeal
- Hand Lettering Workshop: Illustrating with Lettering
- Surface Pattern Design 2.0: Design A Collection
- Intro to Surface Pattern Design
- Pattern Design II: A Creative Look at a Full Pattern Collection
- Watercolor for Surface Pattern Design
- Pattern Design: Bring Your Artwork to Life on Products
- Digitizing Hand Lettering to Refined Vector
- What’s in Your Lettering Toolbox? Know Your Hand Lettering Tools Like a Pro
- Art Essentials: Learn Watercolor Painting Basics
- Making Your First Zine: From Idea to Illustration
- Digital Illustration: Design Your Avatar
- Baugasm Series #6: Abstract Gradient Shapes in Photoshop
- Baugasm Series #7: Liquid Effect in Photoshop
- Demystifying Beauty: Inspiration for Design (only because Ellen Lupton is teaching!)
- Typography That Works: Composition and Fonts (again, Ellen Lupton)
- Having Fun with Web Fonts and Web Typography
- Introduction to DSLR: Use your Camera Like a Pro
- AND SO MANY MORE!
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