Advanced Concept Art Diploma

In the creature and character design term, you’ll use anatomy, posing skills, personality and character traits, plus the environment to inform your designs. Create backstories for your characters and experiment with color, posing and lighting to engage your audience in the story. 

Learn how to:

• Apply lessons from the diploma course to create higher quality art
• Design incredible creatures and characters
• Use story and posing to drive action
• Build professional model sheets

Speed up your workflow using 3d sculpting and kitbashing techniques to quickly block out, light, and render your concept art. You'll create dynamic compositions using Zbrush and Blender to develop your concept art skills further and learn industry-standard workflows. Starting out by sculpting basic forms to generate quick renders, capturing detail, and lighting, you'll move on to more complex models such as the human form and complex environments. You'll finish the term with several pieces of original 3D concept art for your portfolio.

Learn how to:

• Use Photoshop, ZBrush, and Blender to enhance your concept art workflows
• Gather strong reference material and create quick thumbnail sketches
• Set up camera angles and lighting to capture detail and textures
• Polish your work to a professional level using the latest studio techniques

This final term is dedicated to getting you job-ready! With your mentor’s guidance, you’ll polish your best pieces for your portfolio. As a diploma student, you can access additional career development services to learn how to develop your competitive edge, market yourself, and make the best possible impression in front of employers.

Learn how to:

• Polish your portfolio to impress employers
• Be more confident with negotiation
• Network & self-promote effectively
• Tap into the hidden job market 

All diploma students receive additional 1-on-1 career support, portfolio reviews, and industry insights from CG Spectrum's Career Development Manager.