Digital painting courses can help you learn core techniques such as color blending, brush control, lighting, and composition. You can build skills in creating textures, developing character or environment art, and working through iterative design steps. Many courses introduce tools like drawing tablets, digital brushes, and software platforms used to create polished artwork and refine creative ideas.
Michigan State University
Skills you'll gain: Animations, Storyboarding, Animation and Game Design, Unity Engine, Color Theory, Video Game Development, Adobe Photoshop, Game Design, Photo Editing, Graphic and Visual Design, Design Elements And Principles
★ 4.5 (282) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Photo Editing, AI powered creativity, Generative AI, Adobe Photoshop, Image Quality, Data Import/Export, Adobe Creative Cloud, Graphics Software, Graphic Design
★ 4.8 (56) · Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Michigan State University
Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, 3D Modeling, Color Theory, Animation and Game Design, 3D Assets, Animations, Game Design, Autodesk Maya, Video Game Development, Design Elements And Principles, Adobe Photoshop
★ 4.3 (75) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skillshare
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Patterns, Prompt Engineering Tools, Visual Storytelling, AI powered creativity, Layout Design, AI Workflows, ChatGPT, Creative Design, Process Driven Development, User Interface (UI)
★ 3.5 (6) · Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: AI powered creativity, Storytelling, Prompt Engineering, Ideation, Conceptual Design, Style Guides, Cinematography, Prompt Patterns, Creative Thinking, Creative Design, Visual Design, Creativity, Graphic and Visual Design, Systems Design, Design, Design Thinking, Persona Development, Design Elements And Principles, Layout Design, Generative AI
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Animations, Motion Graphics, Cinematography, Adobe After Effects, Visual Storytelling, Apple software proficiency, Color Theory
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Adobe Firefly, Visual Storytelling, Adobe Photoshop, Photo Editing, AI powered creativity, Adobe Creative Cloud, Image Quality, Color Theory, Generative AI, AI Workflows, Editing, Graphics Software, Graphic and Visual Design, Creative Design, Design Software, Storytelling, Design, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Portfolio Management
★ 4.2 (40) · Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Board Infinity
Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, Prompt Engineering, Generative Model Architectures, Multimodal Prompts, Model Deployment, AI Workflows, PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Image Quality, Model Optimization, Model Training, Context Management, Web Applications, Performance Tuning, Python Programming
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Scrimba
Skills you'll gain: OpenAI API, Image Analysis, Multimodal Prompts, Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, AI powered creativity, OpenAI, Image Quality, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, AI literacy
★ 4.7 (24) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of the Arts London
Skills you'll gain: Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), AI powered creativity, Generative AI, Generative Model Architectures, Data Ethics, Art History, Aesthetics, AI literacy, Creativity, Responsible AI, Intellectual Property, Photography
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Adobe Firefly, AI powered creativity, Adobe Photoshop, Generative AI, AI Workflows, Design Software, Photo Editing, Artificial Intelligence, Image Quality
★ 4.4 (17) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Prompt Patterns, Prompt Engineering Tools, AI powered creativity, Generative AI, Image Quality, AI Workflows, Image Analysis, User Interface (UI)
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months