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Very special Cyber Jam on 9/17! We are very proud of our Student National Mentors and Fellows, many of whom stay active in our Youth Digital Arts community even after graduating from college.  This special Cyber Jam features the return of at least three of our Student National Fellows to share how Youth Digital Arts gave them skills that they continue using for work, fun and as entrepreneurs.  Jenna, for example, will share how she...

Battling Coronavirus With Comics - Katrina - 12th grade - California [you can leave positive words of encouragement for Katrina by clicking the title of this post and scrolling down to add your comments.]   Katrina just completed our high school visual arts course series. When Katrina started her second semester VAMCGS course she wrote: When I was little, I loved to look at and read comic strips that came in every Sunday...

Amazing Student Testimonials! Digital Animation 101 - DA101 Chance - Grade 9 I've finished DA101. I learned a lot about how to use digital animation software, and about the principles of animation. I had fun taking this course, and I plan to use these techniques in my own animations. Revin - Grade 9 I enjoyed the class and liked learning how simple some animations can be but yet they look so good. Chase - Grade 11 Moho is a great...

Kierstin just completed Digital Drawing and Painting 101 and posted some excellent works, including her Agapanthus below, along with descriptions of the skills and techniques she learned in DDP101 and applied to this work.  You can click the title “Kierstin – DDP101 student – 10th grade – California” and then scroll to the bottom of the page to leave positive comments for Noah. “MY FINAL WORK POST! This took a really...

  Our New Fall Course Catalog Is A Work of Students’ Art We are excited to announce our new Fall 2019 Course Catalog, Single Page Flier and Quick Enrollment Guide.  You can download and print all of them at www.YDACS.com or from our Cyber School page at www.YouthDigitalArts.com.  We hope you enjoy the student works of art throughout our catalog and we look forward to your students joining us this semester. You can share any...

It always starts with an interest, a curiosity, or a passion for the digital arts.  Students may be fascinated by a particular art form and curious how they’re made, or they may be inspired to jump in a start creating their own original stories and artworks. Caleb started his digital art exploration in our Video Game Design 101 course eleven years ago.  After becoming one of our amazing Student National Mentors, and then a...