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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.
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As always you guys, thanks so much for watching
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Take care.