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Illustration of one of the feature characters from the casino game “Sweet Skulls.”

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To sign up for the class, go to: https://bit.ly/heroiccharactersworkshopYTa
Class Start Date Oct 5th, 2024 - Saturdays @12:00 PM EST
Head Instructor: Mike Thompson
VOD Instructor: Bradley Collor
What You Get
6 Week workshop
2 Hour Sessions
Pre-class supplemental videos
Class recordings (2 days from class)
Personalized feedback from the instructor
Access to private discord
Overview
Join Mike Thompson and the Stylus League for a journey into 3D character design. This comprehensive 6-week workshop elevates your skills and ignites your creative potential. Whether you're an intermediate or an experienced artist, you'll gain invaluable insights and hands-on experience that will help you create stunning 3D models
About the Head Instructor
Michael Thompson is an award-winning artist who has spent the last 30 years creating illustrations for clients such as Marvel, Hasbro, Dimension Films, Cartoon Network, and Warner Bros.
His incredible illustration work has been featured in books and used as videogame covers, movie posters, and toy packaging. Infiniti Motors, Intel and Coca-Cola have even featured Mike’s art in advertising campaigns, and he received three Clio Awards for the films Hidden Figures, Deadpool 2 and They Cloned Tyrone.
Michael’s digital-sculpting clients include Sideshow Collectibles, Reel FX and Nike, to name a few.
About the VOD Instructor
Bradley Collor is a 3D Character Artist driven by a dedication to producing premium art assets for the gaming and animation industry. Worked with prominent studios like Bungie and Electronic Arts, and established Stylus League and mL Creative Ventures.
Curriculum
Week 1: Introduction to Industry and Project Scope
Understand the industry from my experience.
Gather reference materials.
Thumbnailing your ideas.
Blockout Principles and Artistic Anatomy
Explore blockout techniques.
Dive into artistic anatomy.
Week 2: Creating Accessories and Hard Surfaces
Adding accessories to your model
Hard surface modeling techniques
Week 3: Posing and Refining Anatomy
Study character posing techniques.
Refine anatomical details.
Week 4: High-Frequency Detail
Adding details to your model
Working with Zwrap
Week 5: Topology and UV Mapping
Creating topology for UVing
Working with ZenUV in Blender
Substance Painter
Substance Painter for texturing and material creation.
Week 6: Rendering in Blender
Explore rendering techniques using Cycles.
Lighting techniques
Post-processing/Compositing
· Required Software (Discord, Zbrush, Blender, Substance Painter)
What You'll Learn
Gain industry insights, project management skills, and hands-on experience in block-out techniques, artistic anatomy, accessory creation, hard surface modeling, character posing, high-frequency detailing, topology, UV mapping, texturing, rendering and more.

Follow SL on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/StylusLeague?sub_confirmation=1
Join SL Discord: https://discord.gg/rtUy6EsEA7
The show will start every Friday at 9 pm EST on Stylus League YT!

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