TOY PHOTOGRAPHY

In this class you will learn techniques and tips that will help you make decisions; by the end of this course, you will be able to create unique images that tell your stories the way you want.

Difficulty Level: Introductory

In this class you will learn techniques and tips that will help you make decisions; by the end of this course, you will be able to create unique images that tell your stories the way you want.

Creative Journaling: Building a Page with Watercolor & Collage

I love documenting my memories in fun unique ways by melding my love for mixed media and journaling. One of my favorite ways to create an interesting and fun page in my journal is to combine watercolor and collage. In this class I am going to teach you all the skills you need to create a gorgeous journal page to document your memories on using collage and watercolor techniques that I use in my own work.

Expressive Collage: Bold Brush Strokes, Masks, and Composition with Adobe Photoshop

Do you dream about expressing your thoughts and emotions in a visual manner? Not sure how you would go about making this leap from idea to image? Don’t know what tools might get you there? Then this class is for you!

Powerful Storytelling Today: Strategies for Crafting Great Content

Tell your best story yet with award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien.

From content marketers and social media managers to entrepreneurs and freelancers, almost everyone is in the business of storytelling. Join Soledad as she shares hard-won tips and techniques for crafting authentic, effective content that you can use to connect with your audience and get the results you’re looking for.

Key lessons include:

Concrete elements to include in every story you tell

The Apps You Need to Create Amazing Instagram Stories

In this class, I’ll show you how to create professional, on-brand Instagram Stories using various must-have apps.

MichiganX: Storytelling for Social Change

Use stories to deliver messages that affect people. Learn how to craft a story that develops empathy and delivers impact.

Better Visual Storytelling || Discover & Play With Contextual Contrast

Visual Storytelling is here to stay. If you want people to pay attention to your brand or cause and to remember it, visual stories are it. In this new series of classes you will learn about and practice with several aspects that make for a compelling story.

Visual stories can consist of one image, a series of images, cinemagraphs or video. In this first class the focus is on Contextual Contrast, which is a lot fun to work with and it will hugely improve your visual stories. Contextual contrast appears when two different objects, qualities or meanings are juxtaposed.

Mastering Dynamic Poses: The Ultimate Guide for Artists, Photographers, and Models

Are you tired of stiff and boring characters in your artwork or photography? Do you want to learn how to create dynamic and original poses that bring your subjects to life and improve your storytelling? This class on mastering dynamic poses might be the perfect fit for you.

Tips on Daily Sketchbooking and Being a More Productive Artist

By practicing drawing and painting everyday, this class aims to help you to be inspired to create, maintain a working practice that is suited to you and learn lots of tips on how to successfully fill your sketchbook. Your collection of sketches can be the stepping stone to creating larger pieces of finished artworks, or just be a beautiful journal that you can keep and refer to.

Star In Your Own Animated GIF: A Beginners Project In After Effects & Photoshop

This class will walk you step by step through adding a fun layer of animated illustration onto a photographic portrait. This can be exported as a GIF straight from Photoshop (lessons 1-10), or students can also learn how to create a video file using the same assets in After Effects, so the video can be shared on social media. (lessons 11-14)