Day 3
Master the core skills that bring digital art to life. From color theory and expressive portraits to character design and storytelling, today’s sessions cover essential techniques to refine your style. Learn from top artists as they share their expertise.
Lulu, Animator & illustrator
Bring Your Art to Life – Step-by-Step Animation Foundations
In this interactive session, Lulu will guide participants through the foundations of animation using fun, beginner-friendly exercises. Together, we’ll learn how to plan, pose, and bring a simple character to life with expressive movement. Students will animate step by step alongside Lulu, discovering how to save time with pose-to-pose planning, while also adding personality and charm through secondary animation and exaggeration. By the end, participants will walk away with practical skills they can apply to any character animation project!
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Laura Dumitriu, Kidlit illustrator
A Practical Guide to Portrait Rendering from Reference
In this cozy portrait session, Laura takes you step-by-step through her process of sketching and painting a stylized face from reference — from getting those eyes just right to adding dreamy textures, subtle shadows, playful freckles, and glowing highlights. It’s a chill deep-dive into how she builds up color and personality, one thoughtful detail at a time. Perfect for anyone who wants to make portraits that feel polished but still full of charm!
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In this session, Duda aka Nuiarte shares her full animation process—from dreamy sketches to final polished motion, all created on Procreate Dreams! She walks you through character design, concept art, storyboarding, timing, color grading, and more—all with charm, honesty, and so many helpful tips. If you’ve ever wanted to make your characters move with emotion (even on a tiny iPad setup!), this one’s for you.
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Liz Kohler Brown, Surface designer & letterer
Pattern Layouts Lesson
Staring at a blank canvas and feeling stuck? In this session, Liz Kohler Brown shows how using pattern layouts can kickstart your creativity and banish awkward repeat seams! She walks you from a simple diamond layout to a fully vectorized repeat, ready to recolor, license, or pop onto products. Perfect for artists who want to work smarter, create beautiful patterns faster, and actually enjoy the process.
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Ever found a photo that sparks a story in your mind, but you’re not sure how to turn it into your own artwork? In this cozy session, Priya (aka Gingerpk) walks you through her process of using references as inspiration — not limitation. From dreamy lighting to thoughtful composition, you'll learn how to create illustrations that feel personal, emotional, and uniquely yours.
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Brittany W-Smith, Illustration, lettering art, graphic design, printmaking, and more!
Blending Lettering with Illustrations and Photos
Want to turn your pet pics into adorable illustrated art? Britney Werner Smith (aka Art by BW Smith) shows how to mix photos, playful sketches, quirky lettering, and even little animations in Procreate. It’s all about experimenting, layering, and letting your creativity run wild!
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