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

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

What courses are suitable for a beginner?

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

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It all depends on you — on your diligence, willingness to upgrade your skill, and develop. For our part, we do our best to make employers notice our students.: - We are building training programs taking into account current trends in the artistic professions; - We invite representatives of companies and studios to defend the final works; - We help students to create a high-quality portfolio; - We post vacancies from our friends in the student chat; - We invite representatives of the CG industry to give lectures, including on how to find a job in the current time.

Minimum hardware requirements for 3D graphics

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

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Composition sketching

Name: Composition sketching
Price: 12558 RUB
Availability: InStock

Imagine: your works are not just technically accurate, but such that they attract the eye, evoke emotions and clearly convey an idea. No more doubts a

from 13 weeks

Beginner

from $132$575

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Imagine: your works are not just technically accurate, but such that they attract the eye, evoke emotions and clearly convey an idea. No more doubts a

from 13 weeks

27 lessons

13 hours of video

Beginner

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About the Course

Imagine: your works are not just technically accurate, but such that they attract the eye, evoke emotions and clearly convey an idea. No more doubts about how to put everything together — you will confidently manage the composition. In 3 months and 8 practical projects, you will turn abstract concepts like dynamics, structure of the drawing and interaction of forms into specific tools. This course is a recording of Azat Nurgaleev's marathon, which allowed us to make the course as affordable as possible in price, but without loss in quality — you get a proven program and valuable feedback from curators in an asynchronous format.

What You Will Learn

Analyze and apply: you will learn to see and understand how key compositional rules (rhythm, structural connections, grid, force lines, interaction of masses, scale, statics/dynamics, contrast/nuance) work in the works of masters and your projects. This is your key to consciously creating images, not intuitively.

Control the viewer's attention: you will master the techniques of creating a clear compositional center, выстраивания hierarchy of elements and directing the gaze where needed. Your works will be easy to read and accurately convey the замысел.

Convey emotions through composition: you will understand how lines, shapes and their arrangement affect the mood of the work. You will learn to consciously choose compositional solutions to evoke the desired feelings in the viewer – energy, calm, tension.

Work with different harmony systems: you will freely master not only the "Golden Section", but also other effective approaches (diagonals, triangles, symmetry/asymmetry). This will give flexibility to create balanced and expressive works in any style – from a character to a landscape or technique.

How the Learning Works

Watch video lessons at your own pace

Complete assignments and reinforce your skills

Gain knowledge and build your portfolio

Who Is This Course For

To beginning artists. You will gain a basic understanding of composition and learn to apply it in practice right away. The course will help you assemble drawings with confidence, avoid typical mistakes, and grow faster in your creativity.

To experienced artists. You will structure scattered knowledge, deepen your compositional thinking, and learn to use techniques more consciously. This will allow you to create strong works without accidents or doubts.

To illustrators and designers. You will add a universal tool to your arsenal that will enhance any projects — from characters and scenes to graphics and presentations. Composition will make your works more expressive and convincing.