Digital Sculpting & Texture Painting

This course has been designed for people already familiar with the basic principles of CGI(3d modeling,Uv Unwraping, Lighting/Rendering etc),to give them a better understanding of one of the strongest skills available to a 3D Artist nowdays. This course will be an introduction to digital sculpting & texture painting and explain how it can give a huge boost to a regular CG pipeline.

The main software you will learn is Pixologic’s Zbrush paired with Autodesk Mudbox,however this is not a course just to show you how the software works. Our program is designed to teach you the techniques and procedures that are used in real production environments of real projects. All our tutors are members of Yafka studios and other world class 3D and VFX facilities. This course give you the opportunity to learn in depth and exercise skills on a professional level.

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Here is an outline on what you will learn

• Introduction to the interface,brushes,tools and customization.
• Introduction to both Human and Creature Anatomy.
• Sculpting/Modeling approaches, Fast concepting in Zbrush.
• Finalizing and detailing your sculpts.
• Texture map creation, texture painting techniques and workflows using both Zbrush and Mudbox.
• Pipeline techniques for both 3D assets,characters and enviroments.
• Lighting concepts, setups and Materials for look development.
• Tips and tricks for presenting your sculpts.

Approximately 1 & half months, 3 days per week , 4 hours each day.

Please call for the next available starting date.

Usually each class starts around 18:00 in the evening and finishes at 22:00.

Everybody over the age of 17 with a basic knowledge of using Windows.
A one to one interview will be taken with all candidates, priority will be given to those that have a true passion on the subject.

Intermediate users are advised to apply in one of our short courses.