Skillshare Monthly Class Picks: October 2025

Spooky season is officially here, and there’s a chill in the air. Your creativity, however, is just heating up for the cooler months. Fuel it with the latest roundup of Skillshare’s class picks, with ideas for digital and pencil drawing, web design, printed products, and 3D modeling!

1. Mini Pattern Collection in Procreate: Halloween Theme

iPad with an open Procreate project, featuring little pink, orange, and brown pumpkins against an orange background, and the artist’s hand adding some finishing touches while referencing the color palette. — Use your small collection of coordinated Halloween patterns for cards, decorations, or a print on demand service.

About This Class

Create a small collection of seasonal, Halloween patterns to use for cards, decorations and more. You’ll be guided on how to find inspiration and autumnal colors, and then use Procreate to design at least three patterns that work on their own or together.

Taught By

Maja Faber is a surface pattern designer who started creating as a hobby, and then quickly turned that pastime into a business. Maja’s Skillshare classes offer a variety of seasonal and holiday surface design tutorials, as well as illustration, animation, and guidance on how to showcase your artwork.

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Why It’s Special

Creating a cohesive collection may sound overwhelming, and this class takes the pressure off by showing you how to develop a mini collection. Once you find your process for that, it’ll be easier to expand into larger collections and other Procreate projects.

What Students Say

“Love everything Maja does and her classes never disappoint. I consider myself a seasoned user of Procreate and I learned new things from this class (always fun!). You can move the pallet window?! :) Such cute patterns and I love the brushes too. Thank you as always!” -Molly Lentz

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2. Figma UI UX Design Essentials

Open digital design project, featuring an in-progress website for wallets, with pictures and words highlighting quality and service, and designer notes about repositioning certain elements — It’s the little details of design that make all the difference in how users navigate and use your site.

About This Class

Learn all you need to know about using Figma for your user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) projects. With guidance on working with personas, creating simple wireframes, basic graphic design and typography, and using icons and buttons for calls to action, you’ll have a workable understanding of the process and the UI/UX industry.

Taught By

Daniel Scott is an Adobe Certified Trainer and digital designer who loves teaching and sharing what he’s learned. With a background in media design and content creation, Daniel knows how to connect skills for print, digital, web, and video production, and how to implement them within your own business.

Why It’s Special

This class walks you through the entire process of creating Figma projects. You’ll come away with not only a better grasp of UI and UX design, but a complete and functional style guide that’s ready to be handed off to a client.

What Students Say

"Dan is a fun and relatable teacher who knows exactly how to inspire interest in his class. I've learned so much from him and really enjoyed his sense of humor and quirkiness, which added to his professionalism. See you in the advanced class, Dan!” - Hasmik Sargsyan

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3. How to Design Gift Wrap: From Sketch to Print-Ready Patterns

Three wrapped gifts, all in designer paper and ribbons featuring delicate florals in blues, golds, greens and cream, sitting on a wooden surface. — What makes a great gift better? Your own, original hand-designed wrapping paper!

About This Class

Give beautifully presented gifts with wrapping paper you designed yourself! From the initial sketch to designing a repeating surface pattern to printing, you’ll learn a simple process for a product you can use throughout the year, and even sell to others.

Taught By

Bonnie Christine is a surface pattern designer and artist who understands the challenges of starting from scratch and turning creativity into a career. Along with her classes, Bonnie offers a free guide to surface pattern design, as well as a free video featuring top artists and their tips for making a living through your art.

Why It’s Special

This class is accessible to those who are new to design, and includes some extras for those with a bit more experience. Not only will you learn to design and print bespoke wrapping paper–you can apply the skills to design tape and ribbon as well.

What Students Say

“This is crazy addictive! I lost hours upon hours in creative play, so much fun. Bonnie is a very generous teacher and organises her lessons to perfection. She'll have you making repeating patterns in a very complex program in no time.” - Margie French

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4. How to Draw a Realistic Halloween Pumpkin: Drawing With Colored Pencils

Drawing of a classic jack-o-lantern with triangle nose and eyes and a jagged smile full of sharp teeth — Few things evoke the season like a jack-o-lantern. Use this process to spread spooky fun on cards, decorations, and more!

About This Class

You probably know how to draw a pumpkin with a scary face, but get ready to take those drawing skills to the next level. Using only colored pencils, you’ll learn the process for drawing a realistic carved pumpkin, right down to the glowing light pouring through its eyes, nose, and mouth.

Taught By

Gemma Chambers is a pencil artist living in the United Kingdom. She enjoys using colored pencils, watercolor pencils, and graphite to draw highly realistic foods, florals, and more. Gemma offers classes for both beginners and advanced drawers.

Why It’s Special

The skin of a pumpkin might seem straightforward, but this class digs into the details of light, shadow and texture that impact how we see colors. You’ll learn how to bring spectacular realism to your work, and in a way that’s applicable to a wide range of colored pencil subjects.

What Students Say

“Love these lessons, very clear teacher, Quite satisfied with the result. Enjoyed coloring.” -Michela Lavagnini

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5. Unreal Engine 5 Blueprints for Beginners: Create Video Games & Interactive Media

About This Class

Want to create game mechanics and interactive systems, without having to write code? Even if you’re a beginner, this class connects you with the logic behind Unreal Engine Blueprint visual scripting and 3D modeling. By the end, you’ll have either a randomized platform game or a dynamic forest scene for film renders.

Taught By

Jordy Vandeput is a filmmaker and YouTuber who creates weekly tutorials for aspiring filmmakers. His Skillshare classes focus on the basics of the craft, and also get into working with specific programs, like Adobe Premier Pro and After Effects.

Why It’s Special

This class tackles two different types of projects, which is meant to drive two different skill sets: game development and visual focus. Jordy’s approach is meant to offer a true class experience, rather than make you feel as if information is simply being thrown at you.

What Students Say

“Thank you for another great class, Jordy. I really love your tutorials. Please keep those Unreal courses coming. Cheers!” - Gary K.

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Cozy Up for Fall With Skillshare

As the weather cools, you may find yourself ready to learn and develop new creative skills. Whether you opt for something seasonal, like Halloween-themed patterns, or tackle video game development with Blueprint, you’ll have plenty to keep you busy all Autumn long.

Written By

Katie Mitchell

Katie lives in Michigan with her husband, kids and pets. She enjoys cooking, travel and live music.