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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From zero to a figure

Name: From zero to a figure
Price: 56660 RUB
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"From Zero to Figure" is a comprehensive drawing course with a focus on the fundamentals and the human figure. You will start with the basics and then delve into anatomy and figure construction.

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"From Zero to Figure" is a comprehensive drawing course with a focus on the fundamentals and the human figure. You will start with the basics and then delve into anatomy and figure construction.

from 2 years

Beginner

Gifts with purchase

Course «Composition sketching» + 3 video lessons

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«Composition sketching»

+ 3 video lessons

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About the Course

The set of online courses "From Scratch to Figure" is a comprehensive training in drawing with an emphasis on the basics and the human figure. You will start with the basics and then delve into anatomy and figure construction. After training, you will be able to confidently draw organic and inorganic objects, understand the plasticity of plants, animals and humans, depict a figure in any pose, convey emotions and stylize a drawing.

What You Will Learn

Understanding how volume works for different shapes and the ability to depict it.

Skills in working with light and shadow and perspective.

Knowledge of the basic principles of composition and plasticity.

Skills in sketching and long-term drawing.

Skills in quickly sketching the human figure.

Skills in drawing from a spot.

Skills in working with a silhouette.

Learn to see the plasticity and relationships in the human figure.

Knowledge of the main muscular and structural masses in the human hand.

Understand how to create expressive hands, what a human hand gesture is.

Skills in drawing the figure in motion and statics.

Skills in depicting the figure in active movement (strikes, jumps, flight).

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 aspiring artists, both with and without drawing experience.

To those who want to master a new profession or a new hobby.

To those who plan to work in concept art, comics, illustration, and other creative fields.

To university applicants.

To those who are launching their own creative project.

Course Instructors

18 courses

Anastasiya Patrina

2D artist (illustrator)

Instructor works

17 courses

Drawing courses

Azat Nurgaleev

Artist, founder and ideologist of Skills Up School

Instructor works

Student works

What Students Say

1/6

Anna Ivanova

Egorenkov Dmitry

Julia Nekrasova

Kristina Taymukhina

Ivan Skrynnikov

Julia Feoktistova

Maria Dokuchaeva

Anna Kuznetsova

Julia Cardonova

Gregory Kapitsa

Nikita Cherepanov

Anna Ivanova

Egorenkov Dmitry

What's included

Go from beginner to professional

Your path

Figure Basic

$508$127

Figure Middle

$774$178

Sketches

$442$102

Human hands

$211$53

The human figure

$774$178

Figure in dynamics

$774$178

Finish

From zero to a figure

Separately

$815

In bundle

$596

🔥Save $219 (−27%)

Buying as a bundle is cheaper than buying courses individually

Club video archive

Lectures, masterclasses, movie nights and soft-skills sessions from school instructors. The archive keeps growing.

Access unlocks after any course purchase

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Composition sketching

27 lessons13 h of videoBeginner

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3 bonus video lessons

— unlocked together with the course

A lesson on the basics of digital painting. Drawing a pear

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Stroke and tone. Tonal stretches

Simple objects. Ball, cylinder

A lesson on the basics of digital painting. Drawing a pear

with any format

Stroke and tone. Tonal stretches

Simple objects. Ball, cylinder

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Self-paced Online

Study anywhere and at any convenient time — 100% in your own rhythm! The lesson content is identical to the async format, only the support differs.

Full course program
All lessons open at once
Your own pace, no deadlines
Assignment review — for an extra fee

Access to materials: 1 year

$596

School installment $60/mo

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