This live round begins on the 18th of September 2023

Here's a handy live call guide you can download!

There are 3 monthly live Q&A calls on Zoom: 20th September, 13th October & 16th November all at 7pm UK/London time. They happen on the first, fourth and eighth week of the course.

If you can’t make it live, you can email your questions/comments to us, we’ll answer them on the Zoom call and you can watch it in the recording later.

Recordings will all be available on the course platform within 48 hours of the call ending (usually sooner).

Lifetime access really means you can take the course at your own pace!

We release one module per week of prerecorded videos, PDFs, audio guides and slideshows for you to go through whenever works for you.

We have a very strict no panicking rule.

And there is no such thing as behind. Not ever. :) You're still welcome on the Zoom calls even if you haven't started the course yet. It's aaaall good.

Whatever you have at hand. REALLY. We at the Good Ship think too much time spent worrying about materials is time wasted. Use whatever you have at hand. Scarcity breeds creativity.

No special materials needed.

Do you have photocopy paper or old envelopes, or a roll of wallpaper lining?

You are ready to go!

Is this course right for me?

Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag is specially designed to help all illustrators, image-makers and creatives who want to make their best work, and speed up the process of figuring out their unique signature work.

You do not have to be a professional illustrator. You do not need any formal art qualifications. Wherever you are in your creative journey, flying your freak flag will benefit your practice.

This Course is For You If...

• You are ready to create your best ever work.
• You're sick of worrying about trends, styles, what's "in" and you'd like to get back to doing your own thing.
• You'd love to stop worrying about people's opinions of your work.
• You are ready to finally figure out who you are, and create work that reflects that.
• You want to feel good about the work you make!

This Course is NOT for you if...

• You're looking for step-by-step How To Draw lessons. 
• You need specific advice on what materials to use, which paper etc.
• You want guaranteed 1:1 support - this is a group programme. We will answer questions and address common themes during live calls. 1 to 1 mentoring will be coming later on. Watch this space! 
• You cannot respect boundaries or be kind to your fellow creatives in the Good Ship community.

We hear you. It is scary to try new things, to switch gears - especially if your illustration career is going ok and you’re getting work already.

But something magical happens when you are truly yourself. When you embrace all your quirks and weirdness, and your work matches that.

You may start to experience the glorious freedom and exhilaration that comes from not *really* caring about what other people think about you and your work. You are just on your own path, in your own lane, creating amazing work.

The more time you invest, the better the results. You could spend an hour each week, or you could really go for it and develop the projects at your own pace.

You have access to the course for life, so you can dip in and out whenever you want to. Or even redo the tasks each year. We have made it as flexible as possible.

Yes!

If you can’t make the live call, you can ask your questions in advance by email.

We’ll answer in the Zoom call and you will see the answer in the recording.

We've also built up a wonderful FAQ resources section for each module, with questions that have been asked by previous students.

AND you can always start a discussion in our members-only area :)

3 live Q&A calls (45 minutes per week, the first on week 1, the next on week 4 and the last one on week 8), plus hours of pre-recorded videos, as well as workbooks, PDF’s, slide shows, audio guides and reading lists/resources.

We're always adding new features and interviews to the course so it's hard to add up the *exact* number of hours...it's enough to keep you busy for 8 weeks and beyond! 

Most of our Good Ship members revisit the course and take it again. You can dig deeper each time :)

You will be set weekly tasks on Monday, and we will discuss the task in our other call.

All calls are recorded so if you cannot make it live, you can watch the replay later.

No.

This is a more general course about finding your voice, and learning to celebrate your weirdness, the things that make you you. We won’t be able to help structure a story, or develop a character, that's all in The Picture Book Course.

Watch this space! We'll be running another live round soon.

Yes! It could help you feel clearer in your own mind about whether you are happy working in two distinct ways, and feel that is the way forward, or help you find one way of working.

There are no clear answers to this, just how you feel about it. But we could help you work out your thoughts around it.

The nature of this course means it is open to all levels. Perhaps you went to art school but feel you never got to grips with finding your own voice. Perhaps you decided art school costs too much so you are learning through online courses. Maybe you are brand new to illustration, that is fine too. Maybe you are crossing from fine art, or another discipline, to illustration.

This course will help you find your unique illustration voice.

Yes!

There is a break week in the middle to catch up or dig deeper into one of the tasks. You will have life long access to the community membership and the course too.

This course is designed to help newbies and experienced illustrators alike: people who decided not to go to art school, graduates who feel a bit lost, or people further into their creative careers.

Perhaps you are coming back after a break… It’s never too early or too late to find your creative voice.

Any type of illustrator is welcome. We don’t focus on children’s books.

This course helps you discover your voice, whatever discipline you are in, or want to go into. It might even help you discover your discipline. 

We also have a course specifically for creating your own picture book: The Picture Book Course.

Yes! It is jam packed with videos, tasks, worksheets, printable, audio drawing prompts… All designed to get you drawing and exploring who you are and what your creative voice is. There are videos by successful illustrators who fly their freak flag with style too!

Finding your creative voice will help you stand out in the crowd, and ultimately get you more work. It will give you career longevity.

Yes! Finding a creative voice is valuable whether you make money from your artwork or not.

You never know, this could be the first step on your creative career path!

Lots of our past members have been taking their first illustration/image-making steps, so you won't be alone.

This is a group course, so there is no individual mentoring or tutoring.

We do, however encourage you to submit questions for the 3 live calls, which happen on the 20th September, 13th October & 16th November all at 7pm UK/London time.  We answer as many as we can, and address common themes.

The course is all about finding YOUR creative voice, and unhooking from praise and criticism, so mentoring and 1:1 sessions are really not needed.

The private online community you get access to once you join is incredibly supportive and helpful, so we love you to bask in the support and connection in there!

Not at all! The course itself and the weekly live calls are hosted elsewhere.

Our community group is on Facebook, but it's optional and you will still get loads out of the course, even if you don't use Facey B.

We promise.

If you've read through this whole page and still have questions, email us at [email protected] and we'll happily help you out :)

No.

BUT, if you're a paying Good Ship student then you are eligible for Adobe education discount.

(This means you'll save 60% on their subscription!)

We'll give you all the details when you're welcomed into the course, if you do decide to join :)