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Noah – DM101 student – 3rd grade – California

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Noah just completed Digital Manga 101 and has posted excellent works along with his descriptions of the skills and techniques he learned in DM101 and applied in his works.  Be sure to click the first image to view his slide show.  You can also click the title “Noah – DM101 student – 3rd grade – California” and then scroll to the bottom of the page to leave positive comments for Noah.

 

Skylar – DPP101 student – 11th grade – California

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Skylar is currently completing Digital Photo Painting 101 and has posted four excellent works along with her descriptions of the skills and techniques she learned in DPP101 and applied in her works.  Be sure to click the first image to view her slide show.  You can also click the title “Skylar – DPP101 student – 11th grade – California” and then scroll to the bottom of the page to leave positive comments for Skylar.

 

Mackenzie – Student National Fellow – Drexel University

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Mackenzie is one of our Student National Fellows who is currently enrolled at Drexel University studying animation and visual effects.  She is great about sharing insights she is learning along the way such as getting into the habit of drawing everyday to encourage your creativity.

 

“One of my assignments for a class is to draw 7 different objects for 7 days.  Last week we had to draw 7 cats and this week was 7 trees.  The drawings should take no longer than 10 minutes and are just simple pieces, the goal is simply to get you into the habit of drawing everyday.   I recommend this to everyone as it helps encourage your imagination and gets you into a creative mood.”

 

Judah – DDP101 student – 11th grade – California

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Judah just completed DDP101 and posted some outstanding comments and works:

I’ve finished DDP101. I enjoyed this course very much. I especially enjoyed seeing how each artist had their own unique style and different methods for creating their artwork. It was extremely educational for me as an artist to learn from other artists and try different techniques. Overall, I was very pleased with this course and I feel that it has helped me further establish my own style. Thank you YDACS!

 

Ven – Student National Mentor – 12th grade – California

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Ven, or Master Ven as we call her, keeps creating masterworks!  This time she also made a speedpaint video so you can watch her entire creation from start to finish in 3 1/2 minutes.

 

GRAND DAD

 

Justin – Student National Fellow – Sophomore – California

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Justin is one of our excellent Student National Fellows in California.  Justin is entering his Sophomore year in college.  We love his art and his writing.  Click the first work to start a slide show where you can read his excellent descriptions.

 

 

Paige – DPP101 – 10th grade – California

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Paige just completed DPP101 and her comments and excellent works are below:

 

“It was an interesting class, because though I had experienced gimp in the past, I didn’t know the complexity it could achieve, nor the selection of filters ect to choose from. I’m sure that I will use this program more in the future.”

 

Judah – DPP101 – 10th grade – California

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Judah just completed DPP101, his works and comments are below:

 

“I’ve Finished DPP101. I really liked everything that I learned about GIMP’s interface throughout the course.”

 

Nickolas – DM101 – 9th grade – California

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Nickolas just completed DM101.  His excellent comments and works are below:

 

“I’ve Finished DM101. It was a great learning experience. big grin

 

Paige – DM101 – 10th grade – California

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Paige is one of our new DM101 students who posted excellent original works and comments.
 


 

Evelyn – 3DDRW101 – 8th grade – Michigan

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Evelyn one of our 3DDRW101 students rocked the course getting 100% on all of her quizzes but 1, posting 4 excellent original works, and leaving great comments.

 

“I’ve finished 3DDRW101! This was a challenging course, but ultimately I feel like I learned so many new techniques. 3D in general is an exciting topic, and it was very fun to develop the basic skills (which I will expand upon more and more as I go).

The greatest part about this experience was the support. I was having many difficulties at the beginning of the course, but the instructors were always willing to spend a lot of time and effort to help fix the problem both for me and the other students. Thank you so much! I will continue to make creative artwork with the help of these new skills.

-Evelyn”

 

 

Anne – DDP101 student – 8th grade – California

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Anne just completed DDP101 and posted 4 excellent works and her thoughts about the course.

 

“I loved this course! I found it extremely exciting to be able to bring some of my notebook drawings to life!”

 

Alyssa – DPP101 student – 8th grade – Michigan

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Alyssa is one of our 8th grade DPP101 students.  She posted works that combined her drawing skills and the digital painting skills she learned in DPP101.

 

“I’ve finished DPP101 and posted 4 works! I learned how to put your drawing onto a photo, and use the fun filters in GIMP. This course has helped me to get to know how to use the program better, and make better artwork with it”

 

 

 

Dawson – DA101 student – 4th grade – Michigan

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Dawson is one of our excellent 4th grade DA101 students.  Here are his comments and 4 of his animations!

 

I’ve completed DA101! I learned how to do the first six principles of animation. I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVED the course because I can now make animations on my own!!!

 

Hannah – DDP101 student – 6th grade – Michigan

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Hannah is one of our excellent 6th grade Digital Drawing and Painting 101 students who loved DDP101!  She posted 5 excellent works along with descriptions of the skills she learned and used for each work.

 

“I have finished DDP101! I LOVED this class I learned many helpful techniques for my digital paintings. I will most definitely be taking another YDACS class”