Hard Surface Modeling 

Create A Game-Ready Armor, From Start To Finish

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What You’ll Learn

Patrick has been creating hard surface for games and feature films for several years and currently works as a Senior Character Artist at Rocksteady Studios. He has experience working on projects such as Horizon Forbidden West!

Patrick will teach you the workflows for sculpting hard surface in ZBrush with the objective of producing a game ready asset. You will learn all the steps in the pipeline and understand how to prepare your model efficiently.

By the end of the workshop you'll:

  • Have produced a portfolio-ready character.
  • Know the principles for sculpting & modeling hard surface.
  • Have mastered how to apply imperfections.
  • Create low resolution topology and UVs
  • Textured armor sets in Substance Painter
  • Create materials & light your armor in real time
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COURSE FORMAT

Live sessions and pre-recorded videos

START DATE

April 3rd, 2023

LIVE SESSIONS

Saturday: April 8th, 15th, 29th, May 6th,13th, 20th at 9am PST 

SKILL LEVEL

Intermediate to Advanced

MATERIALS

ZBrush, Substance Painter

Our Courses Include

Full Time Technical Support

Receive technical support from a dedicated professional in the private course Discord group. 

Lifetime Course Access

Come back to reference courses video or review content at any time. 

Private Discord Group

Interact with your peers and share your work in your private course Discord group. 

Small Class Size

The class size is limited to 20 people. 

Student Review

Giles

"The course was very informative and demonstrated effective techniques to explore hard surface shapes, block outs, details, and polish."

Meet Your Instructor 

Patrick Van Rooijen

Patrick is a 3D Generalist, with a passion for modeling, texturing/shading and sculpting. Patrick has been creating hard surface for games and feature films for several years and currently works as a Senior Character Artist at Rocksteady Studios. He has experience working on projects such as Horizon Forbidden West!

 

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What's the cost? 

Pay in installments or in full

3 Payments of

$256

Billed Monthly

  • 6 modules
  • Private Discord Group
  • Lifetime course access
  • Full-time technical support 
  • Certificate of completion upon request
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$698

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