Inktober 2026 Courses

Explore the world of buildings, structures, and hard-surface design through traditional ink techniques with concept artist Aaron Limonick. You’ll learn how to break down architectural styles from across the globe into clear shapes, expressive linework, and organized values, making complex forms easier to draw with confidence. Aaron guides you through full exterior sketches and detailed interior scenes, teaching you how to render materials, articulate edges, and balance precision with personality. By the end, you’ll have several sketches of architecture and a sharper eye for proportion, perspective, and structural clarity. This course also comes with a materials guide covering the pens, paper, and tools Aaron recommends.

Learn to capture the scale, rhythm, and texture of the natural world using traditional ink techniques. Concept artist Aaron Limonick shows you how to break complex environments into simple shapes and graphic clusters, making trees, rocks, atmospherics, and terrain easier to draw with clarity and expression. Each chapter builds toward stronger compositions, teaching you how to use texture, silhouette, shape language, and contrast to create landscapes that feel expansive and alive. By the end, you’ll have a full set of finished landscape sketches and the confidence to step outside and draw anything you see. This course also comes with a materials guide covering the pens, paper, and tools Aaron recommends.

Discover the foundations of traditional ink sketching with concept artist Aaron Limonick. You’ll explore core techniques like hatching, stippling, layered values, ink-and-water gradients, and mixed-media combinations through a series of small, practical drawing exercises that quickly build skill and intuition. Along the way, Aaron teaches you how to analyze value, use perspective purposefully, and bring clarity to your compositions. By the end you’ll have several finished sketches, as well as the confidence to use a range of styles and ink-based tools. You’ll also get a simple materials guide covering the the pens, papers, and tools Aaron recommends.

Don't just draft your visions - bring them to life. Under acclaimed illustrator KleinerHai's expert guidance, you'll learn to turn your sketches into captivating concept paintings and illustrations. Covering characters, creatures, buildings, props, environments, and everything in between, this course will teach you to paint every corner of your imagined world. Every brushstroke you create will add depth, narrative, and wonder to your creative vision.

Unleash the worlds within you. Under the guidance of acclaimed illustrator KleinerHai, sketching will become so much more than just lines on paper - it will become your bridge to endless possibilities. You'll learn to sketch everything from monumental landscapes down to intricate life details, crafting universes with every stroke. Inspiration isn’t something you wait for; it’s something you wield. A new world is only a few sketches away.

Return to the basics with professional concept artist Zahir Aghakhani. Learn how to approach a project like a pro — from receiving a client brief to the very first sketches you deliver for the job. We'll explore four approaches to Zahir's sketching process: sketching with lines, paint brushes, images (ie. photobashing), and in 3D.

Create eye-popping illustrations and dynamic compositions with clear shapes, decisive lines, and big poses. Learn from renowned artist Amin Faramarzian, whose high-contrast, high-energy pieces might look like Saturday morning cartoons on the surface, but often hide deeper and powerful themes underneath.

Learn the fundamentals of painting realistic portraits from industry-leading artist Daniel Walsh. Utilizing the advanced techniques learned throughout his career, Daniel will show you his process for crafting eye-catching portraits for characters. By starting off with the very basics of sketching and deconstructing an image using the Bargue Method, you'll learn everything necessary to create beautiful final paintings to add your portfolio.

Learn modern concept art techniques from one of the industry's leading artists. AAA video game concept artist Romain Jouandeau will teach you everything you need to know to create a series of dynamic concept art keyframes using Blender and Photoshop in his unique style.

Find out exactly what it takes to go freelance and make a living from your artwork. In this comprehensive course from celebrated illustrator Tran Nguyen, you'll learn her process for sketching, coloring, composition, working with clients, and digitizing your artwork for delivery. By following Tran's guidance, not only will you have a beautiful portfolio piece of your own, but you'll have the necessary knowledge to get hired for jobs, win clients, and wow your peers.

Capture an entire story in a set of dynamic and energetic paintings. Sequence illustration is an invaluable skill in just about every visual field imaginable, from movies to video games to commercials, so you can't afford to sleep on this one. When you study under industry-leading art director Patrick O'Keefe, you'll learn all his tricks for quickly laying down compelling compositions, zeroing in with detail and color, then post-processing one gorgeous final piece. After you pass this course, you'll be wondering how you used to create art any other way.

Characters are the heart and soul of any movie, comic or video game. In this Course, illustrator Philipp Kruse shares his secrets to populating projects with compelling humanoid designs. Strap in for an interactive tour all the way from artistic first principles to the most advanced tricks, each tailored to make your characters not only look amazing, but feel like living, breathing parts of their worlds. With these new techniques, you'll be creating beautiful work to showcase your unique skills in ways you never thought possible before. 

Master traditional illustration and entertainment design in no time. In 'Sketching Anything,' Aaron Limonick (Naughty Dog) breaks down his design process in an accessible way for both beginners and pros. You'll learn to organize reference material, establish a strong sense of art direction, and create detailed production sketches of your very own. Don't waste time struggling with the basics of drawing and rendering - with these skills, you'll truly be able to sketch anything.