Copy to Create: Finding Your Style Through Inspiration

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Free Online Course: Copy to Create: Finding Your Style Through Inspiration provided by Skillshare is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 2-3 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Copy to Create: Finding Your Style Through Inspiration is taught by Kolbie Blume.

Overview
  • Art is all about finding inspiration everywhere -- and sometimes, that includes other artists! This class is all about how to learn from someone else's technique or design and incorporate it into your own unique style, in a way that lifts up you, the artists that inspire you, and the community as a whole. 

    First, we'll discuss "copying" vs "inspiration," and then I'll outline a roadmap you can use to find your own style, starting with copying and learning from other people, then stretching your creativity and expanding your skills. 

    Then, watch as I put this process to the test! Through a few demonstration videos, I'll show you how I use this process every day to push my creative boundaries. 

    The most important thing you'll learn through this class is that copying isn't bad -- it's actually necessary to creativity! And if you follow these steps, you'll learn how to fuel your own unique creative juices for years to come. 

Syllabus
    • Intro
    • Definitions
    • Why does this matter?
    • The Roadmap
    • How to Pivot
    • Demo: Analyze
    • Demo: Practice
    • Demo: Pivot, Part 1
    • Demo: Pivot, Part 2
    • Demo: Pivot, Part 3
    • Final Project
    • Recap
    • Bonus Video: How to find inspiration
    • Bonus Video: Thoughts on when someone copies you
    • Bonus Video: Illustration Timelapse