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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Digital painting. The basics

Name: Digital painting. The basics
Price: 17000 RUB
Availability: InStock

Good digital painting is not about a program or a brush. It's about the ability to see: tone, light, color, air, balance. It is this skill that distin

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About the Course

Good digital painting is not about a program or a brush. It's about the ability to see: tone, light, color, air, balance. It is this skill that distinguishes a job that "works" from one that looks flat — even if technically everything is done correctly.

This is the legendary digital painting Skills Up School course — the one that existed for years only in a semester format. We have specially recorded and adapted it for online learning so that you don't have to wait for a semester's enrollment. The course consists of two parts.

The first part. In 8 weeks, you will go from the first sketch to colored still lifes and landscapes, building an understanding of tone, light, color, warmth, and composition step by step.

The second part. The student moves on to more complex forms and productions: plaster head, portrait, urban landscape with perspective, interior composition. In 7 weeks, you will delve into color theory and color schemes, master working with different types of lighting, and understand the principles of composition — in practice, not theory.

In both parts, each week the curator personally records a video analysis of the work for you.

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What You Will Learn

1. Light and tone: you will understand how light works in space, and how to convey volume and shadow.

2. Color and heat coolness: learn to see and transmit heat coolness, color balance and air in the work, work with color contrasts.

3. Color schemes and schemes: master the quick and informed selection of palettes and color solutions for any production.

4. Working with lighting: single light source, color light, dual source, natural light — understanding each type and working with different light sources.

5. Composition and balance: develop the skill of building a complete picture — balance, rhythm, emphasis.

6. Different genres: you will work in still life, landscape, interior and portrait — a versatile practice.

7. Final submission: the ability to design and present work at the portfolio level.

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

The course is suitable for beginning artists, those who are moving from traditional materials to digital, and practicing artists who want to improve their understanding of color and their work.

Beginners will build the right base from the very beginning. Artists with experience will systematize their knowledge and gain what is difficult to achieve on their own — an honest view of each work.