Who teaches at Skills Up School and what is their experience?

All curators teaching at Skills Up have an art education and work experience in well-known companies; they are game developers, illustrators, 2D, 3D artists in various fields. They also regularly undergo additional training and often become students of courses themselves — this allows not only to improve skills, but also to see the program and the learning process from the inside.

What courses are suitable for a beginner?

User: All express courses, all Basic level courses. If you need additional consultation, write to our managers, and they will help you choose a course according to your skills.

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It all depends on you — on your diligence, willingness to improve skills, to develop. We, for our part, do everything possible to get employers to notice our students: We build training programs taking into account current trends in artistic professions; We invite representatives of companies and studios to the defense of final works; We help students create a high-quality portfolio; We publish vacancies from our friends in the student chat; We invite representatives of the CG industry with lectures, including on how to find work in the current time.

Minimum hardware requirements for 3D graphics

User: Processor: Core i7-6700 or Ryzen 5 1600. Video card: Geforce GTX 1060 6GB or Radeon RX 580 8GB or Arc A380. Ram: 16gb

Basics of drawing animals and fantastic creatures

Name: Basics of drawing animals and fantastic creatures
Price: 20350 RUB
Availability: InStock

The course will help you unleash your creativity by exploring the nature of animals. You will learn how their body is structured, which muscles and bo

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About the Course

The course will help you unleash your creativity by exploring the nature of animals. You will learn how their body is structured, which muscles and bones form the shape, which will allow you to create dynamic and realistic images. By drawing sketches of different animals, you will develop analytical thinking and learn to convey shape, movement, and color. In the second part of the course, you will master stylization, transformation, and combinatorics to create a unique creature born of your imagination. Allow yourself to go beyond the boundaries and embody the boldest ideas!

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What You Will Learn

Analyze the shapes of animals and apply this analysis system to different species.

Gain skills in shaping and transformation.

Understand the laws of stylization and its practical use for textures and characters.

Understand the laws of composition.

Work with references.

Gain knowledge of coloristic laws and warm-cool relationships.

Improve your sketching skills.

Work with a variety of brushes for Photoshop and Procreate.

Design a project for a portfolio.

How the Learning Works

Watch the lecture and complete the assignment

Get feedback from instructor and make revisions

Gain knowledge and build your portfolio

Who Is This Course For

Beginner artists who have basic experience in digital editors such as Adobe Photoshop or Procreate and want to learn how to draw animals, improve their sketching skills, color theory and styling skills.

Experienced artists who want to improve their skills in drawing animals, to upgrade their qualifications.

Concept artists and animators who want to expand their professional arsenal.