digital illustration

These exciting classes bring the essential elements of our traditional drawing and painting classes into a newly combined experience in the digital realm on your computer or personal tablet. Utilizing a variety of apps, students will learn to use drawing tools, layers, and color palettes as they complete a wide assortment of lessons exploring composition, value, perspective, observation, photo realism, fantasy environments, character development and more!

Required Equipment (not provided by MUSEO)

iPadOS 13 or later and Apple Pencil.
Online classes require a separate device (laptop or desktop computer, with camera preferred) to participate in class via Zoom.

Required App (please install before your first class)

Autodesk Sketchbook -- FREE download

IMPORTANT: Students enrolling in a Digital Illustration class must possess the following knowledge/capabilities or complete our three-part, prerecorded video lessons below:
-Some experience working in any digital arts program whether that is clip studio paint, photoshop, procreate, and sketchbook.
-Understanding of layers and what they do in digital art, more importantly keeping track of layers
-Navigating brushes and settings

New to working digitally? No problem!
Just complete our FREE three-part prerecorded video lesson series. These short lessons, totaling a little over an hour of video time, introduce you to the free Sketchbook app we're currently using in our classes and provide you with a basic understanding of the user interface and key tools. Once you complete the three lessons list below, you're ready to enroll in our Digital Illustration class.

INTRO TO DIGITAL VIDEO LESSONS