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Franco De Rosa & Martin Punchev
Igor Staritsin
Michal Matczak
Jimmy Brunet
Jacek Irzykowski
Andrej Blom
Andreas Hummel
Facundo Lavenia
Ibrahem Swaid
Ruth Marco & Jonathan Kuo
Mike Ulloa
Jimmy Brunet
David Demaret
Mele Klumpe
Del Melchionda 
CGWorkshop CoursesCharacter and Creature MaquettesBryan WyniaStudents appreciated Bryan Wynia's 3 week Concept Maquettes course so much that he's made a full, 8 week online training course for us. So get ready to make some serious, full-bodied monsters, creatures and characters! Sony Santa Monica's Bryan Wynia will take you through the full 3D character and creature development process, helping you create, refine, sculpt, paint and render until you have not one but two fully crafted maquettes for your portfolio - one bust and one completely fully-bodied. Bryan's experience creating charact...
Open For Enrollment On: Maya/Unity IntegrationAnthony RomrellJoin the Utah Valley University's Anthony Romrell as he takes you and your character on a journey through Maya and into Unity. In this eight-week, fully mentored workshop, you will create a character in Maya (or import one, if you have a low-res one you'd like to use.) Anthony will then help you create textures and UV maps that can be read by other artists, as well as different types of shading with normal and displacement maps. We'll construct sets and prop models that can be used in-game, overview polygon count, and optimizat... Starts / Ends13th Mar 2012 - 8th May 2012 Face and Figure PaintingDon SeegmillerPortrait painting and figure painting have always been one of the measuring stones of an artists' skill, and humans the most painted and drawn subjects. When you think about it, it's not all that unusual that we should be so interested in the representation of the human face and figure. The reason is of course that we are interested in things that are close to us and what could be closer than what we are? Join renowned digital artist and teacher Don Seegmiller in this 8 week online training workshop in taking traditional paint... Starts / Ends6th Mar 2012 - 1st May 2012 3D Environment DesignPaul McWilliamsPaul McWilliams has been Environment TD on such visually spectacular films as “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” and the Visual Effects Oscar award winning “Inception”. In this 8 week, fully online, mentored CG Environment training course, he'll take you through the vfx production workflow he used to create "Mal's house" that was such an integral part of the urban Inception dreamscape. Work with Paul as you create, model, refine and texture a new house (seen pictured above). You'll then work on LookDev, lig... Starts / Ends27th Feb 2012 - 23rd Apr 2012 Rotoscoping with Mocha - February 2012Steve WrightJoin Steve Wright, senior visual effects compositor and master trainer for a 4 week course on rotoscoping with Mocha, a powerful rotoscoping package with an integral planar tracker. Mocha’s planar tracker acts as a “roto assist” to both speed up the rotoscoping process as well as improve its quality with smoother and fewer keyframes. Students will not only learn how to use Mocha for rotoscoping and tracking, but also how to export the roto spline shapes and tracking data to external applications. Mocha can export to After ... Starts / Ends27th Feb 2012 - 26th Mar 2012 Sculpting and Texturing in MudboxYoung ChoiYoung Choi is a Senior Character Artist at Sony Santa Monica. He's joined us here st CGWorkshops to share his years of experience creating 3D characters in Autodesk's Mudbox. Young's 3 week Mudbox online training CGWorkshop takes you through the process of creating a Frankenstein monster. Young covers the pros and cons of using Mudbox over similar products and gives a sculpting overview followed by discussions about different sculpting brushes, layers, stamp tools and stencils. He'll talk you through extracting maps from your sc... Starts / Ends20th Feb 2012 - 12th Mar 2012 Python in MayaShaun FriedbergIt can be hard to learn your first scripting language and just as hard to make the transition from one to another. One of the hurdles you might face when making this transition is learning how to think like a Python programmer. In this workshop, we’ll learn how to do this and begin to take advantage of the incredible tool set available to you in Python. Understanding Python opens you up to potential work in areas you might have never considered; other programs, and even other fields. Python is used in many areas other than just... Starts / Ends13th Feb 2012 - 9th Apr 2012 Becoming A Better ArtistRobert ChangRobert Chang’s “Becoming a Better Artist” has been one of the most popular courses we’ve ever run at CGWorkshops. Why? Because no matter what strengths you have as an artist, or what area you specialize in (3D, 2D, film, animation, comic books, games, illustration, visualization), this course will teach you the most critical knowledge, techniques, and creative approaches that today's artists working in highly competitive industries must know in order to function as a confident and authoritative creative force. Stop fee... Starts / Ends13th Feb 2012 - 9th Apr 2012 Concept Sculpting and MaquettesBryan WyniaSony Santa Monica's Zbrush master and Pixologic demonstrator Bryan Wynia goes through the process of creating 3D creature concepts in Zbrush in this fast, fun 3 week online training workshop. Work alongside Bryan as he helps you find references, brainstorm, create thrumbnails and practice speed-sculpting your concepts. He'll then help you select your strongest idea to refine and evolve, polypaint and render ready for your final image. Bryan has taught a number of classes and workshops, and is respected both as a creator, and as a... Starts / Ends
6th Feb 2012 - 27th Feb 2012
Writing Shaders for Renderman and Mental RayKarl StiefvaterIn the quest to create the perfect image, it is necessary to get one's hands dirty in the complicated business of writing shaders. Be it a new lighting equation or a neat trick from this year's SIGGRAPH, shader writing is the single most powerful way to customize your rendering and set it apart from the herd. In this 8 week online vfx training course we jump into the deep waters of shader creation for the two most popular rendering engines: Renderman and mental ray. We will see how many concepts transfer from one to the other ... Starts / Ends30th Jan 2012 - 26th Mar 2012 Environment Design for GamesSimon ScalesVideo game environment designer, concept artist and matte painter Simon Scales takes you through the art of creating polished, game-ready environments in this brand new 8 week online digital art training workshop. Simon will start with the basics - setting up an effective workspace to create a professional workflow. He'll then move into idea and reference gathering, and how to quickly generate interesting compositions that form the basis of worlds. You'll look at how to create custom shapes and brushes that can help speed up the p... Starts / Ends23rd Jan 2012 - 19th Mar 2012 Modern Game Art - WeaponsJonathan RushFresh from 5 years of working on Star Wars: The Old Republic, EA Bioware's Jon Rush helps you hone your sculpting skills on a piece of awesome weaponry in this short 3 week online digital art training workshop. Building a great weapon can be different to creating a character or creature. EA Bioware's Jon Rush helps you hone your sculpting skills on a piece of awesome weaponry. Bring your passion for 3D and perfect your weapon creation skills. This workshop is open to all 3D modelling applications (Max, Maya, XSI, etc...), and tak... Course Closed: Press the button to enter your details to be notified when it runs again Mastering Realflow 2012 for ProductionAllan McKaySecure a spot in the most up to date and advanced Realflow Workshop out there, with FREE Realflow 2012 student licenses for all students for the course duration, plus a downloadable Allan McKay DVD. With a limited amount of seats, this online vfx training workshop raises the bar on creating fluid simulation Visual Effects for feature films. ‘Mastering Realflow 2012 for Production’ is centered around bringing users quickly up to speed with all of Realflow 2012’s new features, as well as a general overview of how Realflow and ... Course Closed: Press the button to enter your details to be notified when it runs again High-end Fantasy Game Art CreationKaton CallawayGames look amazing these days, and trying to create all the necessary assets at such a high standard can seem overwhelming. Often, we have a vision that we want to see come to life, but it can be tough with all the tools out there to complete it. Join Katon Callaway as he guides you through the process of creating high-quality, industry ready assets that can be used in modern engines.Over these eight weeks, we will try to cover all the bases needed to help you reach the result you want without interfering with your artistic abili... Course Closed: Press the button to enter your details to be notified when it runs again Our Instructors
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