Stories

Ohn Mar Win is a Skillshare teacher and full-time freelance food illustrator who began her journey as a student three years ago.

Lauren Hom is a self-taught letterer, illustrator, designer and Skillshare teacher. Learn Lauren’s secrets for staying inspired and achieving success in both professional design and in life!

Drew Geraci has mastered the art of time-lapse photography and now runs his own production company. You can spot his work on the opening sequence of House of Cards, and he now has his own production company District7. Read our interview with him to learn more about his career, his craft, and his creative process.

Before pursuing a career in surface design, Elizabeth Olwen was working full-time as a graphic designer. While it was great training, Elizabeth “really felt like something was missing, my work wasn’t very fulfilling. I had this burning in my belly like I wasn’t living up to my potential.”

We believe that everyone has something to share with the world, and that’s why we believe that everyone can teach! Here’s an overview of the steps you’ll go through as you create your first class on Skillshare.

Meet Justin Carboneau, who enrolled in Jenn Lim’s The Building Block of Delivering Happiness at Work class to transform the company culture at Exygy. We had a chance to learn more about how he introduced the idea of building company culture to share value, personal growth, and happiness. We hope you’re inspired to incorporate Exygy’s happiness principles into your own company and work as well!

Meet Lori Danelle Wilson, a Graphic Designer who enrolled in Mary Kate’s The Final Steps of Hand-Lettering: Color & Texture class. Lori applied her skills to create post-holidays thank you cards for her loved ones, and even added the cards to her online shop. We loved the way they turned out! 

Meet Carlo Powe-Crawford, Class Challenge winner of Gary Vaynerchuk’s Context is Key: Social Media Strategy in a Noisy Online World class. Carlo can now take her class project to the next level by discussing her social media plans in depth on a 1-on-1 Google Hangout with the social media expert himself – Gary Vaynerchuck! Read on to find out more about Carlo’s awesome Social Media strategy.

Meet Graphic Designer and blogger, Jamie Bartlett. Jamie enrolled in Mary Kate’s Hand Lettering class and her “Make the world a pretty place” project caught our eye! She even included her hand-lettering project in her Etsy print shop, A Pair of Pears.

Meet Allie Runnion, Designer and Illustrator from Cambridge, MA. Allie redesigned and printed a set of her very own business cards from her learnings in Typography That Works: Typographic Compositions and Flats. We had a chance to sit down to learn more about Allie’s story here:

Meet Matej Jan, a computer scientist by education and illustrator by choice. Matej recently completed his pencil portrait project for Gabrielle DeCesaris Start Drawing: Techniques for Pencil Portrails class and we couldn’t be more impressed! We had a chance to sit down with Matej to learn a bit more about himself and his project.

Skillshare students around the world are applying their newly learned skills in the real-world. We hope you’ll be inspired by these projects!

How artists are redefining career and success.