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We are super happy to have Jake as the teacher of our Kerbal Space Program 101 course. Jake is a gifted programmer, video game designer, novelist, musician and the manager of Liberty University’s Observatory, but his passion is writing and helping organizations “bring complex matters down to Earth,” as exemplified by his article analyzing the …

An inspirational career in astronomical writing: Orbits in orbit Read More »

Check out the great testimonials from third grade through high school students! Digital Manga 101 – DM101 Expand Eden – 4th – California I’ve finished the class! I learned how to group and ungroup things on Inkscape, I’ve learned what nodes are and how to use them, and how to use the basic tools of …

Great Student Testimonials! Read More »

Our online and self-paced courses allow 3rd grade through high school students to explore the digital arts from the basics, with no experience required, to advanced digital art that pushes the boundaries of digital art software. Many of our students have gone on to study the digital arts in college and open their own digital …

YDACS Fall courses! Read More »

Our online and self-paced courses allow 3rd grade through high school students to explore the digital arts from the basics, with no experience required, to advanced digital art that pushes the boundaries of digital art software. Many of our students have gone on to study the digital arts in college and open their own digital …

Spring courses and our Founder’s inspirational artworks! Read More »

We are super excited to announce our groundbreaking Unity2D101 course where third grade through high school students design and create an amazing professional level video game in one of the most powerful professional video game development programs: Unity!  Without any coding required! Watch this video to see the video game in action! Be sure to …

3rd grade through high school students create professional video games without coding! Read More »

Watch our sneak preview video, below, of the professional quality 2D video game created by our 3rd grade through high school students without any programming!  Students design and create their video game in one of the most powerful professional video game development programs: Unity. Unity won worldwide acclaim for creating 3D video games and immersive …

Sneak Preview! 3rd grade through high school students create professional video games without coding! Read More »

Our online and self-paced courses allow 3rd grade through high school students to explore the digital arts from the basics, with no experience required, to advanced digital art that pushes the boundaries of digital art software. Courses are grouped into four tracks where the skills taught in the first course are built on in the …

Fall courses and the launch of our new Youth Digital Arts Space Program! Read More »

For some, drawing and sketching comes naturally. Animation, on the other hand, is an acquired skill which involves learning software, crafting consistent images, and exercising great deals of patience. But following in the footsteps of the world’s best teachers, the Youth Digital Art Cyber School realizes that nothing is too difficult to learn if the …

Film School Student Attributes His Animation Interest to YDACS Read More »

We are super excited to announce the countdown to the launch of the Youth Digital Arts Space Program!  [It officially launched on 8/18!  Read more here.] With the launch of Virgin Galactic’s spaceplane from New Mexico thirteen days ago, and the launch of Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket from Texas four days ago, space industry …

Countdown To The Launch Of The YDA Space Program! Read More »

From pencil and paper to mouse or drawing tablet, the transition between paper drawing and digital drawing can be daunting. For sixteen-year-old Kiersten Russu, however, the move to the computer screen was seamless-thanks to the Youth Digital Arts Cyber School. Kiersten always loved sketching and drawing her favorite characters from books and television shows on …

16-Year-Old Uses Digital Art Software to Transform Her Paper Drawings And Mentor Other Students Read More »

When nineteen-year-old Max Elder finished his sophomore year of college, he reflected on the projects and animations he created through middle and high school as a source of the aspirations which brought him to the university level. Even as a cyber security major, Max sees overlaps between his field of study and the creative motivations …

College Sophomore Names YDACS As Source of Creative and Academic Success Read More »

We are super excited to announce our new YDACS which has been completely redesigned using the latest technologies! The new registration system makes it super easy to register for your courses.  Once registered our All Courses page makes it simple to enroll in courses using the Take this Course button contained in each course listing.  Students …

Announcing the New YDACS! Read More »