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Advance your 3D sculpting skills with an industry professional as your mentor. Learn complex digital sculpting and texturing techniques as you work with everything from hard surface modeling to character, creature and environment modeling. Graduate with critical job skills and a polished reel to show employers!
Why study 3D modeling at CG Spectrum:
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Discover the best ZBrush, Maya, Houdini and Substance Painter techniques to speed up your workflow. Dive deeper into character, creature and environment modeling, and learn how to retopologize, texture, light and render models to studio standard.
Meet your mentor online for weekly classes, get personalized video critiques of your work, and 1-on-1 career support to get you ready to hit the ground running after graduation!
Certificate
36 weeks
20 hrs weekly
Advanced
3D Modeling Foundations course or portfolio submission
Weekly online classes, feedback and support
ZBrush, Maya, Houdini, Substance Painter
Jan 8, 2024
Our expert-led digital sculpting programs prepare you for an exciting career in the industry. Unleash your creative potential while building practical job skills studios are looking for.
Plan your studies around your work and family commitments
Learn from mentors who have worked on major films and games
Build practical, relevant job skills that studios are looking for
Options to help you pursue your passion and start working sooner
Using human anatomy principles you'll jump right in to creating a character with believable form and proportions. Next, you'll learn how to retopologize your character to reduce poly-count and develop clean geometry while adding clothing, accessories and details to create a completely textured and rendered character for your portfolio.
Time to learn environment modeling for film and video games. Have a go at building your own digital scene. Create a base mesh using procedural techniques in Houdini to build your scene swiftly. Explore organic modeling by creating rocks, trees, and foliage and learn how to use them in your scene. Discover proper UV unwrapping techniques to texture large environments.
This final term is dedicated to getting you job-ready! With your mentor’s guidance, you’ll polish your best 3D art for your portfolio and learn how to develop your competitive edge, market yourself, and make the best possible impression in front of employers. You'll also receive additional 1-on-1 career support, portfolio reviews, and industry insights from CG Spectrum's Career Coach.
Dive right into the full study pathway and be industry ready in 18 months.
To be the best, it helps to learn from the best. All 3D modeling classes are taught by industry mentors with years of experience working on blockbuster films and best-selling video games.
Bryan's award winning experience includes lead positions at ILM and Rhythm & Hues working films like The Golden Compass, Rango, Pacific Rim, and Transformers 2 and 3.
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Known for Pacific Rim
First a texture artist at Nickelodeon, then a 3D character artist at Gameloft, Anton is ahead of the curve when using emerging software for real-time graphics and film production.
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Known for Penguins of Madagascar
Mentor of 3D Modeling
Known for Enola Holmes
ILM Modeler and Digital Artist, Hamza's worked on blockbusters like Ford v Ferrari, Spider-Man: Far from Home, Captain Marvel, Tomb Raider, Thor: Ragnarok and Logan.
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Known for Captain Marvel
Dept. Head of 3D Modeling
Known for Redfall
Mentor of 3D Modeling
Known for The Batman
Mentor of 3D Modeling
Known for Jungle Cruise
Australian based 3D artist Rajbir has worked at D-Neg, ILM, Digital Domain and Rising Sun on features like Spider-Man: Far from Home, Thor: Ragnarok, Alien: Covenant, Logan, X-Men: Apocalypse, and Godzilla.
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Known for Alien: Covenant
Before becoming the senior environment artist on Apex Legends, Matt worked at EA, Digital Domain, ILM, MPC, Method and Cinesite on films like Aquaman, Ratchet & Clank and triple-A game FIFA 2017.
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Known for Aquaman
Mentor of 3D Modeling
Known for Batman: Arkham Knight
The most affordable way to learn from top industry mentors in a fun, collaborative environment, while still getting plenty of personalized feedback.
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This course requires the successful completion of the 3D Modeling Foundations or portfolio submission and an accompanying reel/resume.
Your portfolio should demonstrate experience or education working in Maya, ZBrush, and Substance Painter, and evidence that you have modeled a humanoid character and an entire environment.
If you are unsure if your skills are sufficient, send us your portfolio and we'll arrange a review by the department head and a possible student interview, depending on circumstances.
Software:
You'll sign up for an educational license for Autodesk Maya and Substance Painter, and download Houdini Apprentice, which is free-to-use software.
Hardware:
You will need a dedicated graphics card, and a computer that meets the minimum requirements for Autodesk Maya, Substance Painter and Houdini Apprentice.
Please note: as the software we use is regularly updated, please check the specs against the latest available version at the time of enroling.
Developing the following knowledge/skills before embarking on this Advanced 3D Modeling course will be highly advantageous to your studies:
On completion of the Advanced 3D Modeling Course you will have greater confidence in your abilities and a portfolio to show employers.
You will also have personalized career services with our Career Development Manager which can help when applying for junior 3D modeling jobs such as:
Discover more about these 3D modeling jobs, tips, and salary expectations on our careers page:
While CG Spectrum's specialized students have a high job success rate, we cannot offer guaranteed employment as the film and game industry is competitive and there is no way of knowing what the market will demand.
The students who experience the greatest success are those who take responsibility for their career, put in the hard work to get their skills and portfolio up to industry standard, leverage their mentor's invaluable expertise and the networking opportunities provided through the CG Spectrum community, and take advantage of every opportunity to excel.
To help students find employment, we have a range of career services and a dedicated Career Development Manager who regularly hosts exclusive career-focused webinars, Q&As, artist interviews and workshops for CG Spectrum students and alumni, and is available to answer career-related questions.
Students in the 9-month programs receive additional 1-on-1 career support, CV/portfolio reviews and help with application/interview preparation.
If you have any questions about our career services as they relate to your personal career goals, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
With a focus on portfolio preparation, we help students build their competitive edge with high quality work that gets noticed. See what they are creating.
Our commitment to job-outcomes and focus on career development has helped graduates find work at studios all over the world.
CG Spectrum seemed too good to be true. Looking back, it was the best decision.
Every mentor and staff member has been so hands-on and directly involved in my learning. Co-Directors of top box office movies and supervisors of major Netflix TV shows are giving me feedback on my projects. Students also have access to a strong community, and an awesome career class to prepare you for your dream job.
You're not just another number.
I always dreamed of breaking into the entertainment industry and since joining CG Spectrum I realised it's not an unachievable dream. CG Spectrum has a way of mentoring students that I hadn't experienced before. My mentor was always pushing me in order to become industry-ready. Mentors are always available for feedback and take a proactive approach to teaching. Studying online makes for a more dedicated and uninterrupted learning experience.
I have nothing but positive things to say about my experience at CG Spectrum.
I recently finished Introduction to 3D Modeling course. I went in with about a year’s worth of other online 3D modeling courses, but nothing compared to CG Spectrum. I learnt so much from this course, and I had an amazing mentor (Anton Tenitsky) who pushed me to perfection. It was the best decision I made in order to pursue my end goal. I took the next step and enrolled in the advanced course!
I've just accepted an internship role at Pixar!
As my final semester of the Advanced 3d Modeling course is coming to an end, I've just accepted an internship role at Pixar! I've learned so much over the past year and am thrilled to have the skills now to make a career change for my dream job. I'm excited to begin this new phase of my journey—thanks so much CG Spectrum!