3D Video Game Character Design Mentorship

3D Character Creation Mentorship

A 10-week mentorship focused on creating high-end, realistic 3D characters

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COURSE OVERVIEW

Take your work to the next level.

THIS COURSE IS IN DEVELOPMENT

This is a structured mentorship that will allow students to continue their character art journey with a new or existing project. Students will receive personalized feedback and additional instruction on advanced topics. There will be weekly live sessions for specific questions. We will go more in depth on various techniques for creating compelling character art. While it will be structured like a class, it will also rely heavily on personal motivation and desire. Students will gain additional knowledge of the character art pipelines and process, learn to troubleshoot and solve problems, and learn to assess concept art and plan a path for success. Repetition, repetition, repetition….the only way to get better.

Please note: Completion of the Character Creation for Film/Cinematics course and/or a portfolio review is highly recommended prior to enrolling in this course.

Course Format:

Live

Duration:

10 weeks

Materials:

Maya, Arnold, Zbrush, Marvelous Designer, Substance Painter, Photoshop

Lecture Type:

Live group sessions

Assignment:

Ongoing work each week with some additional work weeks

Skills Level:

Advanced

Feedback:

Individual recordings

Q&A:

Live group sessions

Prerequisites:

Proficiency and knowledge of the character art pipeline and process. This mentorship is more advanced so the focus will be more on pushing the art with existing pipeline and software knowledge. Recommend course prerequisite: Character Creation for Film/Cinematics

Course Format:

Live

Duration:

10 weeks

Materials:

Maya, Arnold, Zbrush, Marvelous Designer, Substance Painter, Photoshop

Lecture Type:

Live group sessions

Assignment:

Ongoing work each week with some additional work weeks

Skills Level:

Advanced

Feedback:

Individual recordings

Q&A:

Live group sessions

Prerequisites:

Course Format:

Live

Duration:

10 weeks

Materials:

Maya, Arnold, Zbrush, Marvelous Designer, Substance Painter, Photoshop

Lecture Type:

Live group sessions

Assignment:

Ongoing work each week with some additional work weeks

Skills Level:

Advanced

Feedback:

Individual recordings

Q&A:

Live group sessions

Prerequisites:

COURSE OVERVIEW

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

EXPAND ALL COLLAPSE ALL

The more you know, the better.

Week 1 | Introduction

Concept Art analysis | Planning and developing a game plan to tackle the character | Assess and evaluate problematic areas and how to solve

Week 2 | Head Sculpting and Detailing

Explore additional techniques and process for sculpting and detailing the human head | Start early Look Dev

Week 3 | Head Finalization and XGen Hair

XGen demonstrations | Students will establish the hair groom

Week 4 | Modeling fundamentals and techniques for clothing, hard surface and accessories

Demonstrations on various modeling techniques that can be employed | Analyze reference and determine which modeling method is best

Week 5 | Work Week

Students will have an extra work week to continue to work on the head or hair or use the time to get ahead on modeling | No additional assignment or live session this week–just more time to work!

Week 6 | Modeling, UV mapping and Materials and Sculpting

Discussions on modeling techniques, UV mapping best practices and material assignments for efficiency and flexibility | Discussions on sculpting details in ZBrush | Workflow demonstrations on Displacement Extraction and Rendering in Maya

Week 7 | Texture Painting

Substance Painter setup and best practices | Advanced techniques and layer organization for flexibility and iteration speed | Demonstration on moving mesh data successfully between different applications

Week 8 | Look Dev

Walkthrough AiStandardSurface Shader | Discussions on color space and color management | Set up lighting and shaders along with tuning things for final render

Week 9 | Final Renders, Color Correction and Final Presentation

Review final renders and discuss where and how to improve

Week 10 | Work Week

Students will have extra time to catch up and prepare final renders | Final homework deadline and final live Q&A session will follow this week

3D Character Creation Mentorship

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

Instructor

Bringing out the best in talent

Pete Zoppi

/Treyarch

LECTURES BY Pete Zoppi

Pete is a Los Angeles based senior character artist with both video game and film experience. His skillset revolves around high to low poly modeling, texture painting and look development. He is currently working at Treyarch. His past work includes all of the titles Call of Duty: Black Ops franchise, James Bond: Quantum of Solace, Underworld: Evolution and Night at the Museum. His software of choice are Maya, Mudbox, Zbrush, Substance Painter, Marvelous Designer and Photoshop.

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