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Photoshop for Illustration, Your Start in Digital Art

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Many artists just starting out get completely lost in the variety of information available about digital art. I was just like this, with no idea which direction to take and what to do to progress. This class is designed to give a great start to your digital art career and ,most importantly, to teach you to learn on your own in the future.

Your learning will start from the very basics and the understanding of art principles and the software most used in the industry. Further on, the direction of the class will be decided according to your individual strengths and weaker points. After the end of the course you will be able to choose the professional direction in which you want to go and have the skills to proceed entering the industry.

Extra informatie

Having a pen tablet is a big plus.

Locatie

Online vanuit Roemenië

Over

In my home country there is no such thing as Digital Art Courses at university.
In fact a lot of people still don't want to accept digital as a kind of art at all.
So having this background I started learning on my own. I experienced all the struggles most of beginners go through and I know how it feels when you "Don't know what you don't know".
But with time I found ways to manage and create a clear path of progression,of getting better at digital art and this is why I want to share this with everyone who needs help and wants to learn.

Opleiding

I've taken fine art courses since I was 11 and after 4 years I graduated the local Art School of my city.
After that I've worked actively as a freelancer, drawing and painting portraits.
Right now I study Fine Arts in Romania and Graphic design in Cyprus.

Leservaring

Freelance illustrator for more than 1.5 years.
Working in gamedev, character design and asset creation.
Designing and Creating Fantasy illustrations and covers for Music Albums

Leeftijd

Tieners (13-17 jaar oud)

Volwassenen (18-64 jaar oud)

Senioren (65+ jaar oud)

Niveau van de leerling

Beginner

Gemiddeld

Duur

60 minuten

De les wordt gegeven in

Engels

Roemeens

Russisch

Vaardigheden

Illustratie cursus

Fantasiespelletjes

Beschikbaarheid typische week

(GMT -05:00)

New York

Online via webcam

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

00-04

04-08

08-12

12-16

16-20

20-24

There are so many different ways and materials to discover your own style and continue with it! Being creative is super fun and everyone can do it!

At the beginning, the focus will mainly be on a few basic techniques of drawing. Working on shadows, light, contours and shapes may seem a bit boring, but nothing could be further from the truth! When these basic techniques are a little mastered, you will see that drawing is a lot easier and we can continue to search for still lifes, portraits or even outdoor subjects.

If realistic is not entirely your thing, we can also illustrate. Find your own style and continue working with it.

We can all do this manually but also digitally. I have various drawing programs and a drawing tablet which makes this possible.

I also give tutoring in Dutch and biology.

At the start of the youth album of your choice (you know, the one she / he constantly asks you to reread to her "by making the voices"), I will make a reading of it told in front of her / him then we will realize together a plastic realization from this story!

Professional Retouching, Photoshop Workflows, Basics & Advanced Methods, Problem Solving, Pixels as Objects.

Learn Photoshop the right way. Skyrocket your knowledge of the User Interface, Color, Lighting, Professional Methods, Tools, Tricks and thinking.

My Course is meant for Photographers and Designers. I teach professionals who want to up their game and students who are looking for a crash course to get them comfortable with the software.

The course for both beginners and advanced art lovers.
In this course you will learn:
- how to work with the watercolour medium
- learn about material and technique
- colour and composition
- different styles
- create your own artworks ( plants or flowers, animals, landscape, figures, abstract)

Withing these lessons you will learn your way around adobe Photoshop. Either for the true bases to more advanced techniques. Basic digital drawing lesson included.
Lessons will enclude a royalty free pictures and much more that will help you on your way to start your journey in adobe photoshop.

I am a multidisciplinary artist and designer with fifteen years of experience. I studied art and architecture at the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and the Columbia University in New York. I teach painting, drawing, digital image and creativity. This class is ideal for beginners but also intermediate students who want to develop their own style.

For my personal projects, I work in a wide range of mediums, from drawing, painting and printmaking to digital image and 3D Printing. When teaching, I prefer to first focus on free-hand drawing and painting as this allows for greater spontaneity regardless of the student's technical level. We later explore other methods based on the student's individual interests. I like to teach children and adults via mini projects involving art history references and help them develop narratives around their work. I deeply believe in people's creative potential and in my classes will help you channel your own voice.

With my lessons you will get the right tools and knowledge of the latest apps to get started right away and start creating your first illustration.
You also get a crash course in art history with the lessons.
I have 15 years of experience, and also graduated from Gerrit Rietveld since 2016.

In my art class, I will show you the step by step process of how a digital artist should work.

We will cover the fundamentals, such as proportion, perspective, local v.s global shadows, how light behaves, but also how to put a portfolio together that would awe the viewer.

Each class comes with a homework assignment that you will need to complete. These exercises are sometimes per 1 week, and sometimes per 2 weeks depending on how big the work you need to do is.

In my class you will also learn industry secrets that most school don't teach. The classes will be tailored to your needs, with fun, enthusiasm and joy.

I will help you reach that next level in your art-

For the past eight years, I’ve worked as a technician and tutor at the Royal College of Art and UAL, supporting students in fashion, fine art, and product design with their Rhino and Blender projects.

Before that, I worked as a model maker, and now I’m focused on teaching and creating fine art.

Blender.
I offer instruction in creating detailed static renderings, producing digital models ready for 3D printing, and understanding Blender’s workflows for a professional finish.

Rhino.
I'll help you navigate Rhino’s precision tools, preparing your designs for 3D printing and CNC production with an emphasis on detail and accuracy.

Skill Building:
I can guide you through both foundational and advanced techniques in Blender or Rhino, ensuring you develop a strong understanding of the software’s tools and workflows. We'll focus on the areas that best support your creative goals, whether you're looking to create detailed models for product design, render static images for fashion concepts, or develop sculptures for fine art.

Project Development:
If you're working on a specific project, I can support you at each stage—from initial concept and digital modeling to preparing files for 3D printing or CNC fabrication. We'll explore ways to optimize your designs and troubleshoot technical challenges, ensuring your final output aligns with your creative vision.

Are you a beginner with Procreate and need help navigating the program and lerning how it works?
No worries! I can help you!

I will share my screen and help you step by step: how to choose and modify your own canvas, how to draw smooth lines, import photos, modify textures, use of layers and blending modes, and how to export it to send it to clients or social media.

(My availability changes, so please if you are interested ask me directly, thank you!)

I offer creative lessons tailored to your needs and preferences. These can cover drawing and painting techniques, but also other materials like clay or digital tools (think digital art on the iPad). Together, we'll explore your current level, what skills you'd like to learn, and establish a goal to guide the lesson content. Especially if you're saying, "Yes, but I'm not really that creative," or "Yes, but I'm not very good at drawing," I'd love to take on the challenge with you!

⚙️ Step 1: Understand What AI Actually Is
AI isn’t magic — it’s just pattern recognition on steroids. It learns from data, spots trends faster than humans, and automates decisions.
There are three main flavors you’ll be dealing with:
Machine Learning (ML) – Think “training” an AI to make predictions. (Used in trading bots, recommendations, etc.)
Generative AI – Like ChatGPT or Midjourney; it creates text, code, or images.
Automation AI – Uses rules + ML to perform actions automatically (Zapier, n8n, AutoGPT, etc.).
💸 Step 2: Using AI in Trading
AI trading isn’t new — hedge funds have been doing it for decades. But now you can do it too.
Here’s the stack you’d look at:
Data Source – Pull data from APIs (like Binance, Alpha Vantage, or Polygon.io).
Model – Use AI to find signals. Common tools:
Python + TensorFlow/PyTorch → train models that predict price movement.
GPTs → analyze news sentiment.
Execution – Automate trades using APIs (like Binance or Alpaca).
Testing – Backtest with historical data before going live.
If you want plug-and-play options, try:
Koyfin, TrendSpider, or Trade-Ideas for AI-driven analysis.
Composer or Stoic.ai if you want “autopilot” portfolios.
(Pro tip: the real edge isn’t in fancy models — it’s in feeding your AI clean, unique data.)
📱 Step 3: Using AI to Build Apps
This is where things get fun. You don’t even need to code hardcore anymore.
No-code builders: Glide, Bubble, or Adalo → use AI APIs like OpenAI, HuggingFace, or Replicate to add brains.
AI dev tools: Replit Ghostwriter, GitHub Copilot, or ChatGPT’s code interpreter to write real code fast.
Frameworks (if coding):
Python/Flask or FastAPI for backend.
React or Next.js for frontend.
Firebase or Supabase for hosting & data.
Hook it all together with AI APIs (like OpenAI, Anthropic, or Stability AI).
🚀 Step 4: Learn by Doing (Don’t Just Watch YouTube)
The fastest way to master AI is to build real stuff:
Create a sentiment analyzer that trades crypto based on tweets.
Build an AI app that generates marketing copy for clients.
Automate your own work — make an AI that handles your emails or schedules.
📚 Step 5: Resources That’ll Level You Up
Learn ML basics: fast.ai or Google’s ML Crash Course.
Build AI apps: freeCodeCamp or YouTube’s “Code with Tomi” / “Nicholas Renotte.”
Trading AI: Check out “Algorithmic Trading with Python” by QuantInsti.
No-code AI apps: Buildspace or FlowiseAI.

This lesson focuses on creating real-time visuals, animation, and audiovisual composition using Ableton Live together with the visual engine Videosync. It is suitable for beginners and early-intermediate users who want to explore visuals in a musical and performance-oriented context.

We look at how visuals can be created, structured, and performed in relation to sound. Starting from basic setups and visual ideas, we move toward building animated and real-time visual systems that can be used for performances, installations, or audiovisual works. The emphasis is on understanding visuals as time-based systems, rather than relying on templates or ready-made effects.

Depending on your interests, lessons can include:

■ working with real-time visuals and video clips
■ creating and controlling animated visuals
■ structuring visuals in relation to rhythm, timing, and musical form
■ preparing visual sessions and VJ sets for concerts
■ building audiovisual compositions and performance setups
■ creating music videos and visual content for promoting music online
■ developing visuals for art and installation projects

For more experienced users, we can also explore experimental and creative approaches, including system-based animation, generative structures, unconventional audiovisual workflows and developing custom shaders.

Lessons are adapted to your level and goals. No prior experience with visual tools in Ableton Live is required, and the focus is on clear concepts that can be applied across different visual approaches.

Private lessons are available in my studio in Nijmegen, at your place, or online if preferred.

There are so many different ways and materials to discover your own style and continue with it! Being creative is super fun and everyone can do it!

At the beginning, the focus will mainly be on a few basic techniques of drawing. Working on shadows, light, contours and shapes may seem a bit boring, but nothing could be further from the truth! When these basic techniques are a little mastered, you will see that drawing is a lot easier and we can continue to search for still lifes, portraits or even outdoor subjects.

If realistic is not entirely your thing, we can also illustrate. Find your own style and continue working with it.

We can all do this manually but also digitally. I have various drawing programs and a drawing tablet which makes this possible.

I also give tutoring in Dutch and biology.

At the start of the youth album of your choice (you know, the one she / he constantly asks you to reread to her "by making the voices"), I will make a reading of it told in front of her / him then we will realize together a plastic realization from this story!

Professional Retouching, Photoshop Workflows, Basics & Advanced Methods, Problem Solving, Pixels as Objects.

Learn Photoshop the right way. Skyrocket your knowledge of the User Interface, Color, Lighting, Professional Methods, Tools, Tricks and thinking.

My Course is meant for Photographers and Designers. I teach professionals who want to up their game and students who are looking for a crash course to get them comfortable with the software.

The course for both beginners and advanced art lovers.
In this course you will learn:
- how to work with the watercolour medium
- learn about material and technique
- colour and composition
- different styles
- create your own artworks ( plants or flowers, animals, landscape, figures, abstract)

Withing these lessons you will learn your way around adobe Photoshop. Either for the true bases to more advanced techniques. Basic digital drawing lesson included.
Lessons will enclude a royalty free pictures and much more that will help you on your way to start your journey in adobe photoshop.

I am a multidisciplinary artist and designer with fifteen years of experience. I studied art and architecture at the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and the Columbia University in New York. I teach painting, drawing, digital image and creativity. This class is ideal for beginners but also intermediate students who want to develop their own style.

For my personal projects, I work in a wide range of mediums, from drawing, painting and printmaking to digital image and 3D Printing. When teaching, I prefer to first focus on free-hand drawing and painting as this allows for greater spontaneity regardless of the student's technical level. We later explore other methods based on the student's individual interests. I like to teach children and adults via mini projects involving art history references and help them develop narratives around their work. I deeply believe in people's creative potential and in my classes will help you channel your own voice.

With my lessons you will get the right tools and knowledge of the latest apps to get started right away and start creating your first illustration.
You also get a crash course in art history with the lessons.
I have 15 years of experience, and also graduated from Gerrit Rietveld since 2016.

In my art class, I will show you the step by step process of how a digital artist should work.

We will cover the fundamentals, such as proportion, perspective, local v.s global shadows, how light behaves, but also how to put a portfolio together that would awe the viewer.

Each class comes with a homework assignment that you will need to complete. These exercises are sometimes per 1 week, and sometimes per 2 weeks depending on how big the work you need to do is.

In my class you will also learn industry secrets that most school don't teach. The classes will be tailored to your needs, with fun, enthusiasm and joy.

I will help you reach that next level in your art-

For the past eight years, I’ve worked as a technician and tutor at the Royal College of Art and UAL, supporting students in fashion, fine art, and product design with their Rhino and Blender projects.

Before that, I worked as a model maker, and now I’m focused on teaching and creating fine art.

Blender.
I offer instruction in creating detailed static renderings, producing digital models ready for 3D printing, and understanding Blender’s workflows for a professional finish.

Rhino.
I'll help you navigate Rhino’s precision tools, preparing your designs for 3D printing and CNC production with an emphasis on detail and accuracy.

Skill Building:
I can guide you through both foundational and advanced techniques in Blender or Rhino, ensuring you develop a strong understanding of the software’s tools and workflows. We'll focus on the areas that best support your creative goals, whether you're looking to create detailed models for product design, render static images for fashion concepts, or develop sculptures for fine art.

Project Development:
If you're working on a specific project, I can support you at each stage—from initial concept and digital modeling to preparing files for 3D printing or CNC fabrication. We'll explore ways to optimize your designs and troubleshoot technical challenges, ensuring your final output aligns with your creative vision.

Are you a beginner with Procreate and need help navigating the program and lerning how it works?
No worries! I can help you!

I will share my screen and help you step by step: how to choose and modify your own canvas, how to draw smooth lines, import photos, modify textures, use of layers and blending modes, and how to export it to send it to clients or social media.

(My availability changes, so please if you are interested ask me directly, thank you!)

I offer creative lessons tailored to your needs and preferences. These can cover drawing and painting techniques, but also other materials like clay or digital tools (think digital art on the iPad). Together, we'll explore your current level, what skills you'd like to learn, and establish a goal to guide the lesson content. Especially if you're saying, "Yes, but I'm not really that creative," or "Yes, but I'm not very good at drawing," I'd love to take on the challenge with you!

⚙️ Step 1: Understand What AI Actually Is
AI isn’t magic — it’s just pattern recognition on steroids. It learns from data, spots trends faster than humans, and automates decisions.
There are three main flavors you’ll be dealing with:
Machine Learning (ML) – Think “training” an AI to make predictions. (Used in trading bots, recommendations, etc.)
Generative AI – Like ChatGPT or Midjourney; it creates text, code, or images.
Automation AI – Uses rules + ML to perform actions automatically (Zapier, n8n, AutoGPT, etc.).
💸 Step 2: Using AI in Trading
AI trading isn’t new — hedge funds have been doing it for decades. But now you can do it too.
Here’s the stack you’d look at:
Data Source – Pull data from APIs (like Binance, Alpha Vantage, or Polygon.io).
Model – Use AI to find signals. Common tools:
Python + TensorFlow/PyTorch → train models that predict price movement.
GPTs → analyze news sentiment.
Execution – Automate trades using APIs (like Binance or Alpaca).
Testing – Backtest with historical data before going live.
If you want plug-and-play options, try:
Koyfin, TrendSpider, or Trade-Ideas for AI-driven analysis.
Composer or Stoic.ai if you want “autopilot” portfolios.
(Pro tip: the real edge isn’t in fancy models — it’s in feeding your AI clean, unique data.)
📱 Step 3: Using AI to Build Apps
This is where things get fun. You don’t even need to code hardcore anymore.
No-code builders: Glide, Bubble, or Adalo → use AI APIs like OpenAI, HuggingFace, or Replicate to add brains.
AI dev tools: Replit Ghostwriter, GitHub Copilot, or ChatGPT’s code interpreter to write real code fast.
Frameworks (if coding):
Python/Flask or FastAPI for backend.
React or Next.js for frontend.
Firebase or Supabase for hosting & data.
Hook it all together with AI APIs (like OpenAI, Anthropic, or Stability AI).
🚀 Step 4: Learn by Doing (Don’t Just Watch YouTube)
The fastest way to master AI is to build real stuff:
Create a sentiment analyzer that trades crypto based on tweets.
Build an AI app that generates marketing copy for clients.
Automate your own work — make an AI that handles your emails or schedules.
📚 Step 5: Resources That’ll Level You Up
Learn ML basics: fast.ai or Google’s ML Crash Course.
Build AI apps: freeCodeCamp or YouTube’s “Code with Tomi” / “Nicholas Renotte.”
Trading AI: Check out “Algorithmic Trading with Python” by QuantInsti.
No-code AI apps: Buildspace or FlowiseAI.

This lesson focuses on creating real-time visuals, animation, and audiovisual composition using Ableton Live together with the visual engine Videosync. It is suitable for beginners and early-intermediate users who want to explore visuals in a musical and performance-oriented context.

We look at how visuals can be created, structured, and performed in relation to sound. Starting from basic setups and visual ideas, we move toward building animated and real-time visual systems that can be used for performances, installations, or audiovisual works. The emphasis is on understanding visuals as time-based systems, rather than relying on templates or ready-made effects.

Depending on your interests, lessons can include:

■ working with real-time visuals and video clips
■ creating and controlling animated visuals
■ structuring visuals in relation to rhythm, timing, and musical form
■ preparing visual sessions and VJ sets for concerts
■ building audiovisual compositions and performance setups
■ creating music videos and visual content for promoting music online
■ developing visuals for art and installation projects

For more experienced users, we can also explore experimental and creative approaches, including system-based animation, generative structures, unconventional audiovisual workflows and developing custom shaders.

Lessons are adapted to your level and goals. No prior experience with visual tools in Ableton Live is required, and the focus is on clear concepts that can be applied across different visual approaches.

Private lessons are available in my studio in Nijmegen, at your place, or online if preferred.

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