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That's all there is to it.
Hey everybody, this is Roberto
Blake of robertoblake.com,
helping you create
something awesome today.
So many of you know that
when I was getting started,
when I was about 13 years old,
this is like 19 years ago,
the internet was a very different place.
There was no such thing as YouTube.
There was no such thing as Google.
If wanted to learn the skills
that I was trying to learn,
if you wanted web design and coding,
if you wanted to learn photography,
if you wanted to learn graphic design,
there weren't a lot of options
in terms of how you could do that
and it was really hard
and really frustrating.
Today we have a ton of options
but even this YouTube channel
where I've helped so may of
you create awesome things
and share them with the
world, it's not perfect.
It has its flaws.
One of the biggest flaws that
has frustrated me the most
with this platform is that it
hasn't given me the ability
to really create structure around a lesson
and help you guys in that particular way.
I'd have to do like an hour,
two hour long lecture video
in order to accomplish that
and that's something that I
really don't necessarily think
the far majority of you are
interested in getting from me.
So that's why I'm gonna
be creating free courses
using our sponsor today, Skillshare.
Skillshare is an online learning platform
where you can pretty much learn anything
in terms of an actionable skill.
This is something that's perfect
if you wanna learn Photoshop
or photo editing principles and basics
or you can even go through
something extremely practical
like my good friend Shawn Barry,
another graphic designer here on YouTube.
Definitely check out his channel.
He's done a design boot camp
and he has some other courses
that are gonna be coming out soon.
I plan to do some free
entry level courses.
I wanna give you guys an opportunity
that I didn't necessarily have
with like a great structured lesson plan
that's totally actionable
that can help you build
the beginnings of what you need
in order to start a career
in the creative industry,
whether it's design or
any of the other skills
that I've acquired over the years.
While they're a ton of
online learning options
and I definitely think you should explore
the one that you think fits you the best,
the thing about Skillshare
is there are a lot of free
courses on the platform
and you can go ahead and you
can learn whatever you want
for three months at 99 cents a month.
That is a fantastic deal.
So you'll wanna definitely
click on the link for Skillshare
in the description below.
There are a little gaps in my
knowledge in certain things
and there are techniques
that I wanna learn
or see from other people
so I use the platform
to study up or to refresh
myself on something that I might
be finding challenging
like Adobe After Effects.
I wanna do a lot more with motion graphics
and bring higher video production
and editing values to the YouTube channel.
So learning more about
filmmaking techniques
from people in Skillshare,
learning more about after effects
and what I can do with motion
graphics and animation.
Those are skills that I'm
learning using the platform
and like I said, it's super affordable.
But I'm really excited about
doing these free courses.
You guys know that I have a passion
not only for being creative
and doing my own projects
but for teaching other people
and giving them opportunity.
That's something that I love
doing and it's the great thing
that's been part of my
YouTube journey with you guys
but I wanna take some of those
things to the next level.
You'll always get free content
here on the YouTube channel
but I also wanna start doing these courses
so I can do structured
content that will really help
the far majority of
you who are looking for
that kind of solution.
So I've got a poll running as far as
like my first couple of free classes
so make sure you're voting there
and you guys will kind of
get to decide a little bit,
what my free classes on
Skillshare might look like
especially early on.
So let me know what you're looking for me
in the comment section
and also use the poll up here to vote.
I wanna thank our friends
over at Skillshare
for putting me on their great
online learning platform.
I really think that
what they do is amazing
and affordable for the
far majority of people.
There's some people
that just cannot afford
to go to college.
I worked my way through college
and that was really rough
and not everybody is going to
be in a position to do that.
Some people are getting
hugely into student loan debt
and is crippling them when the get started
in their adult life,
and so I think that if
you want actual skills
that this is a great alternative for you
or if you're already in college,
maybe it can build on what
you're learning right now
or what you've already learned before.
Question of the day.
What are your thoughts on online learning
versus traditional education?
Let me know that in the
comment section as well.
Anyway, like this video if you like it.
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As always you guys, thanks
so much for watching
and don't forget, create
something awesome today.
Take care.
