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


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.
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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Course Overview
Module 1: Introduction to Hard Surface
Module 2: Creating The Armor Block Out
Module 3: Polishing The Hard Surface
Module 4: Creating Hard Surface Details
Module 5: Creating Our Game Ready Mesh
Module 6: Texturing & Presentation
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