Footwear Design School: Learn how to be a footwear designer (Udemy.com)
Understand the Fundamentals of footwear design
Created by: Daneka Malcolm
Last updated September 2019
What you will learn
- Draw shoes freehand
- Create your designs on the computer using Photoshop and Illustrator
- Create a high-quality, realistic computer aided footwear collection so you can show to a factory or shoemaker exactly what you want
- Different types of leather
How it compares
Against the other 418 rated Udemy courses in Lifestyle on CourseDuck:
- Rating3.7 out of 5higher than 1% of them
- Reviews103#331 of 419 by number of reviews
- Length1.7 hoursshorter than 74% of them
- Last updatedSeptember 2019earlier than 76% of them
Course Description
Learn to design and curate your portfolio for university, art school or a job interview.
I go through the necessary items that need to be included in a portfolio to get you on your journey to getting your dream shoes done.
This course will take you from have little ideas in design to a fully developed collection.
A knowledge of Photoshop or Illustrator is needed for this course.
I go through the knowledge I learnt at the highly esteemed London College of Fashion through to working on shoes for London Fashion Week 2018.
I take the knowledge and ideas you already have and apply it to footwear design.
Instructor Details
- 3.7 Rating
103 Reviews
Daneka Malcolm
I am a Footwear design assistant at a London based design studio.
I put this course together as when I was in college trying to learn more about the world of footwear I found little information to get me ready for starting university. So I wanted to fill that gap for people wanting that beginning information before going down that path.
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Reviews
By Kim D on 1/9/2025
Several of the videos would not upload. I sent a message to the instructor but did not hear back from her. I have waited over a week. The information provided was very informative but it was disappointing not to be able to take the full course.
By Ademola-Aliu Oluwatoni Tanitolorun on 11/5/2024
Awesome video on the art and craft of footwear! It covers materials, techniques, and all the details that go into making great designs. Really insightful!
By Shaminur Islam on 6/25/2022
This course gives a good introduction of shoe design. The beginners will be able to comfortably start shoe design. later on they can build upon the skill that they have got from learning this course.
By Sharon Kaufmann on 4/1/2022
The lessons seem unprepared and the instructor has unclear explanations of things. The course could have been a little more organized and concise. I had to watch the videos on 1.5x speed because of her mumble-jumble slow talking.
By Tsz Yan Leung on 11/26/2021
the content is very clear and easy to understand
By Ayanda Buthelezi on 6/4/2021
Very interesting and deals with the basics well so far
By Surbhi jindal on 6/27/2020
she is fine teacher , but speaks very slowly, cant able to understand everything , please provide susbtiles also, she thinks alot while speaking that wastes more time , language barrier
By Erica Rodrigues on 3/30/2020
SIM. Há a dificuldade do idioma, mas é possível compreender. Entretanto, seria interessante se houvesse a possibilidade de legendas em português. Outro ponto importante é a qualidade da imagem quando a instrutora faz desenhos, quando está ensinando a desenhar, a câmera desfoca muitas vezes o que dificulta a compreensão/observação. O curso é bastante agregador, porém acredito que seria importante também o desenvolvimento de sketchs de calçados de variadas alturas, ou seja, seria importante também ensinar desenhar fôrmas de salto alto, médio e baixo. E assim, o curso de tornaria ainda mais inspirador e completo.
By Jasmine Younger on 5/6/2019
I never thought of doing footwear design until now, I have definitely grown an interest in starting a shoe collection. This course taught me so much in a short period of time. Thank Daneka, you were wonderful!
By Andrew O'Shaughnessy on 3/8/2018
Whereas the instructor was nice and was easy to understand, its a very basic introduction to the area of footwear design. Only one range of footwear is touched on and it doesn't really dive into any real detail. The course is what it is, but it really should be titled an INTRODUCTION to footwear design, not "Footwear Design School". Instructor seems like they have a lot more knowledge then they actually let on, should show more work off as she seems talented.
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Overall Score : 74 / 100






