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Short courses in Design and Digital Arts

Fully immerse yourself in our professional studios, computer labs and state of the art animation suites. Learn industry level tips and tricks from our expert tutors and share knowledge and experience with likeminded graphic designers, illustrators and animators.

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Beginners, improvers and professionals are all welcome to attend a short course where you'll meet other adult learners who share your interests to achieve personal and professional goals.

Courses run during evenings and weekends as well as intensive, week long courses during the summer.

If you'd like to discuss which course is right for you or have additional questions we'd love to help! You can email us or give us a call on +44 (0)115 848 2813.

Adobe After Effects for Motion Graphics

Are you a designer who’d like to learn how to add animation to their designs? Are you a content creator interested in producing your own animated logos, maybe for your YouTube channel or website? If so, this is the course for you.

Adobe Illustrator

Create professional quality graphics for either artistic pursuits or professional projects. Consolidate your skills and learn the most efficient ways of working in the software directly from an expert with years of knowledge and experience.

Adobe InDesign

This two day course will introduce you to the key functions of Adobe InDesign as well as teach you industry level tips, tricks and shortcuts from our expert tutors, so that you can really level up your design skills.

Adobe Photoshop

This course is suitable for anyone looking to apply Adobe Photoshop to either artistic pursuits or professional projects. It’s also ideal if you’ve attempted to learn the basics online and would like to consolidate your skills and learn the most efficient ways of working in the software, as you’ll be learning directly from an expert with years of knowledge and experience.

Animation and Character Creation

Embark on a journey into the world of animation! Through practical projects, you’ll develop your skills in hand-drawn and digital software using a range of tools and techniques to create animations and express your artistic vision.

Blender 3D

On this course you will learn the basics of using Blender 3D Creation Suite, which introduces modern digital asset creation techniques and can be utilised across creative industries such as animation, architecture, product design and fashion.

Children's Book Illustration

This is a very practical course involving drawing, writing and design. It's suitable for everyone from beginners to the more experienced who wish to build their portfolio, and writers who want to learn how to illustrate. It's also ideal for anyone wanting to explore the writing and illustration process so that they can create unique work for family and friends.

Creative Entrepreneurship

This intensive course introduces entrepreneurship to designers and makers. It is aimed at innovative creatives who are seeking to launch their own business and wish to gain important industry insights and build upon their current skill set.

Graphic Design for Beginners

Aimed at the beginner with limited or no knowledge of graphic design, this popular introductory course combines theoretical and practical content within a professional, commercial perspective.

Intermediate Graphic Design

Refine your graphic design skills with hands-on projects in branding, typography, and layout. Learn industry techniques and build a standout portfolio.

Productive creativity

This course is for anyone working in a design, creative or research agency, as well as sole-trading creative entrepreneurs, who are keen to expand their existing skills in creativity and improve their creative resilience.

Psychology for designers

This two day course is for anyone working in a design, creative or research environment, as well as creative entrepreneurs, who are keen to explore the psychological processes that underpin behaviour in the context of design.

Twinmotion

This course is suitable for designers who are beginners to digital visualisation or those who have little knowledge of Twinmotion and would like to learn professional outputs for their designs.

UX Design Principles

This practical short course will teach you how UX works and how to integrate it into your work today.

Graphic Design and Print

Explore screen printing, bookbinding, and zine-making on this creative short course. Learn hands-on techniques to design, print, and bind your own unique creations!

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