Self-study
$350
- Full course access for 12 months
- Additional materials & reading list
- Access to the community
Welcome 01/06
Strong tattoo work starts with strong drawing fundamentals. This course teaches the foundations of academic drawing: materials, construction, form, light and shadow, portraits, textures, and realistic rendering. You’ll learn how to understand what you’re drawing instead of simply copying a reference so you can create stronger pencil artwork and bring those skills directly into your tattoo work.
- 18
- weeks
- 18
- lessons
- 4
- final pieces
Eighteen lessons. Four final pieces.
Drawing Foundations
Line drawing & simple forms
Light & shadow
Drapery
Portrait
Head construction & facial proportions
Facial features
The portrait as a whole
Hands
Botanics
Composition
Composition basics
Rhythm & movement
Silhouette
References & sketches
Stylization
Final piece — one full week
Additional Elements & Structures
Ornament & patterns
Fur & hair
Materials & texture
Architecture
01Video lesson
Edited, subtitled, with the key terms on screen. Long passages of hatching are sped up; the important moves stay in real time.
02Notes
A short file with the lesson’s theses and illustrations — refresh the material without rewatching.
03Homework
What to draw and what to pay attention to. Reviewed live once a week, with a full breakdown.
04References
Photos or video to draw from — often several, so you can pick the angle you need.
The work you will actually make.
Anastasia Strazhnikova
“I’m an artist with a classical academic education, and I’ve worked professionally in the film and game development industries. Today I run a drawing and painting school near Vancouver. This course was built specifically for tattoo artists — and we start from the very beginning. That is intentional.”
Anastasia Strazhnikova is a professional artist with 7+ years of experience in concept art, illustration, and traditional painting. Originally from Yekaterinburg, Russia, she trained in the academic art tradition and later expanded her practice into concept art and visual storytelling.
Now based in British Columbia, Anastasia runs her own art studio, where she teaches drawing and painting for students of all ages. Her teaching focuses on understanding form, anatomy, proportion, composition, light, and volume — skills that can be directly applied to tattoo design and visual development.
- 7+
- years in concept art & illustration
- BC
- own art studio in British Columbia
- All ages
- students taught in her studio
Two ways in. One foundation.
With feedback
$800
$700 for the first five who sign up.
- Everything in Self-study
- Weekly homework reviews with a full breakdown on a video call
- Full course access for 16 months
- Certificate of completion
By the end
Video lessons
Structured video lessons on every topic above, available on demand.
Weekly live reviews
Homework checked once a week on a live video call with a full breakdown.
Mini portfolio
A final piece from every module — four works you'll be proud to show.
Certificate
A certificate of completion — awarded when all assignments are done.
Payment details are shared after we contact you · certificate on the feedback plan once all assignments are completed
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Questions
Yes. The program starts from line and simple forms and is built for beginner tattoo artists as much as for experienced ones. No prior experience is needed.
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