Esther’s Art Lab: An Illustration Course for Modern Mixed Media

If moving between sketchbook and screen slows you down, this course will help. Esther’s Art Lab is a full illustration course built around three start-to-finish projects. You’ll work from brief and moodboard to sketches, digitizing, texture, color, and final files.

Esther’s Art Lab is a full illustration course built around three start-to-finish projects.

I’ve known Esther since we were in the Top Teacher program at Skillshare. (She’s still a Top Teacher!) I’ve always admired her bold designs and how she easily explains complicated procedures. I know you’re going to love her Art Lab!

WHAT IS THE ART LAB?

What’s different is how the workflow is taught. At the important moments—scan vs photo, cleanup/extraction, texture preservation, recolor, layout—Esther demonstrates the key steps on both iPad and desktop so you can see how Procreate, Photoshop, and Illustrator handle the same stage. You’re not locked into one program; you’re given the information to choose your tools intentionally.

By the end, you’ll have finished pieces, a repeatable paper-to-pixels workflow, and the confidence to pick the toolchain that supports your style and your deadlines.

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Your sketches have life. Bringing that energy into digital can be tricky. Esther’s Art Lab is an illustration course designed to keep that spark. Through three complete projects, you’ll learn where style gets lost – and how to protect it—while moving to digital.

You’ll see the key steps in action on iPad and desktop so you can compare approaches: when a quick Procreate pass is perfect, where Photoshop control helps, and when Illustrator’s structure makes delivery easier. The goal isn’t to make you use everything—it’s to help you choose the right tool at the right moment.

You’ll finish with portfolio-ready artwork and a workflow that balances traditional warmth with digital flexibility.

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WHY SHOULD YOU JOIN ESTHER’S ART LAB?

Clients and art directors want authentic artwork and clean files. Esther’s Art Lab shows how to deliver both. It’s an illustration course that teaches a cross-platform workflow through three real projects—so you learn how to keep texture and gesture while preparing files for print, packaging, or licensing.

You’ll watch Esther demo the crucial steps on iPad + desktop, compare how the programs handle them, and choose what suits your style and the brief. Less second-guessing, smoother handoffs, work that still feels like you.