6 Best Illustration Courses on Coursera
We compared 6 Illustration courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $49.00. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 6
- Price range
- $49.00 – $49.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 6 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "illustration" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $49.00 to $49.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Kickstart Your Creativity with Procreate: Draw Animals
Offered by Skillshare
Bring your art to life by drawing fun, whimsical animals while refining your unique creative style. In Week 3 of this creative journey with Lisa Bardot, you’ll dive into five new animal-themed drawing tutorials that are...
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Mindful Digital Art: 5 Prompts for Self Development
Offered by Skillshare
Breathe in…Breathe out…And breathe easy after cultivating mindfulness and personal development with Morgan Harper Nichols. From the start, Morgan Harper Nichols’ art has been inspired by the stories, people, and places a...
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Get Started with Procreate Dreams: Animation for Everyone
Offered by Skillshare
Are you ready to join instructor Lisa Bardot and make animation magic with Procreate Dreams? Introducing Procreate Dreams, a new 2D animation app from the makers of Procreate! Its powerful yet user-friendly tools make an...
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Adobe Illustrator Essentials
Offered by Skillshare
This Specialization is intended for aspiring and practicing designers seeking to develop professional Adobe Illustrator skills. Through three engaging courses, you will cover foundational tools, advanced pen techniques,...
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Design a Strong and Cohesive Product Brand
Offered by Skillshare
This Specialization, led by instructors Sina Port, Khadija El Sharawy, and Roman Muradov, is intended for creative professionals and aspiring brand designers seeking to develop practical and strategic branding skills. Th...
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Drawing and Building Shapes in Adobe Illustrator
Offered by Adobe
This course introduces learners to the foundational tools and techniques for drawing and shape creation in Adobe Illustrator. Through hands-on modules, learners will explore how to build and combine shapes, trace artwork...
$49.00listed price
Best Illustration Courses on Coursera compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kickstart Your Creativity with Procreate: Draw Animals | Coursera | Skillshare | $49.00 | View → |
| 2 | Mindful Digital Art: 5 Prompts for Self Development | Coursera | Skillshare | $49.00 | View → |
| 3 | Get Started with Procreate Dreams: Animation for Everyone | Coursera | Skillshare | $49.00 | View → |
| 4 | Adobe Illustrator Essentials | Coursera | Skillshare | $49.00 | View → |
| 5 | Design a Strong and Cohesive Product Brand | Coursera | Skillshare | $49.00 | View → |
| 6 | Drawing and Building Shapes in Adobe Illustrator | Coursera | Adobe | $49.00 | View → |
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 6 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $49.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $0.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick.
Before you enrol
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