Character Sculpting Intensive
DATES:
31 JANUARY 2025 - 26 MARCH 2025
DURATION:
8 WEEKS
WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS
10 AM PST / 1 PM EST
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DATES:
31 JANUARY 2025 - 26 MARCH 2025
DURATION:
8 WEEKS
WEDNESDAYS & FRIDAYS
10 AM PST / 1 PM EST
INSTRUCTORS
RYAN KINGSLIEN & ERICK SOSA
Master character sculpting, create a portfolio-ready project, and take a bold step toward breaking into the industry—or advancing your current career.
Whether you're just starting or ready to elevate your skills, this intensive gives you the tools and guidance you need to sculpt with confidence. Learn directly from Ryan Kingslien and Erick Sosa—two industry legends with over 30 years of experience turning characters into art and careers into success.
THIS COURSE IS FOR YOU IF...
YOU WANT TO BREAK INTO THE INDUSTRY
YOU WANT TO EXPAND YOUR SKILLS AS AN ENTRY-TO-MID-LEVEL CHARACTER ARTIST
Take your character sculpting to the next level with advanced techniques, professional workflows, and insider tips from industry experts.
YOU WORK IN GAMES AND WANT TO TRANSITION INTO CHARACTER SCULPTING
If you’re experienced in game development but want to specialize in character creation, this intensive will teach you essential sculpting techniques and workflows with hands-on guidance from two industry legends.
YOUR FUTURE STARTS HERE
Course Format
2 live sessions per week for 8 weeks
16 live sessions in total
Live Sessions
Fridays and Wednesdays at 10 AM PST: January 31st - March 26th, 2025
Fridays with Erick Sosa and Wednesdays with Ryan Kingslien
Materials
ZBrush and a tablet or iPad
(The class is taught in ZBrush but another 3d sculpting software can be used)
Skill Level
Beginner-Advanced
Intensive overview
Week 1. Intro to tools and methodology
Week 1. Intro to tools and methodology
Week 5. Dynamic posing
Week 5. Dynamic posing
Week 2. Blocking out the figure
Week 2. Blocking out the figure
Week 6. Micro details
Week 6. Micro details
Week 3. Blocking out the face
Week 3. Blocking out the face
Week 7. Industry standards
Week 7. Industry standards
Week 4. Establishing clothing and accessories
Week 4. Establishing clothing and accessories
Week 8. Final details and closing
Week 8. Final details and closing
About your instructors

Erick Sosa
TEACHES FRIDAYS AT 10 AM PST
Erick is a professional digital and traditional sculptor, with over 30 years of experience working for the Toy and Collectibles Industries. He started working professionally at Mattel Toys at the age of 17.
His style is dynamic, he can capture any style in the sculpting spectrum, be it American streamlined comic book styles, Japanese Anime/Manga, Mechanical characters, beautiful women, creatures and monsters, or portraits. He keeps evolving in his craft and continues to hone his skills every day.
In addition to Mattel Toys, companies he has worked for include Warner Brothers, Disney Consumer Products, SOTA Toys, Gentle Giant, Hasbro, and many more major brands!

Ryan Kingslien
TEACHES WEDNESDAYS AT 10 AM PST
Ryan is the CEO and founder of Vertex School and has been building businesses and teaching online for over a decade.
Back in the day, Ryan helped develop ZBrush, the Oscar-winning digital sculpting software that changed the industry. He is known as an Anatomy Guru and Digital Arts Teacher who has taught more than 25,000 students across the globe.
In 2004, Ryan became the very first Product Manager for ZBrush at Pixologic where he worked with programmers and artists to fuse traditional and digital art processes. To put it another way, he's the guy who put the Rake brush in ZBrush.
WHAT RYAN'S PAST STUDENTS ARE SAYING...
Sandy
DIGITAL SCULPTING ONE WEEK INTENSIVE
I think the course was amazing. Ryan is a very good teacher. I learned more from him that week and the 2-day course than I have learned on my own and from YouTube tutorials over the years.
I enjoyed his method of thinking through different processes for different problems in sculpting. He breaks down and combines the artistic side and technical side of things, which I find is missing in a lot of sculpting/character art courses.
He condensed a ton of information that takes years to learn in one week. He went over everyone’s work from time to time.
Now, I understand how to plan and execute faster. What to study. What and who to look for. I would love to take more courses from him in the future.
Jason Feiler
DIGITAL SCULPTING ONE WEEK INTENSIVE
I thought the course was amazing! Ryan is clearly passionate not only about sculpting, but also about teaching and it showed.
The pace felt good to me and I'm fairly new to ZBrush. Having access to the recordings the day after the class was really helpful for me to catch up on techniques I struggled with.
I learned way more than I was expecting, found out I really love sculpting, and didn't want the class to end. Glad I took it.
Juan M
DIGITAL SCULPTING ONE WEEK INTENSIVE
For me it was the course I needed to start with a solid foundation. I gained confidence learning the sculpting process from Ryan and am grateful for that.
Kittaya
DIGITAL SCULPTING MASTERCLASS
I enjoyed the course. I especially liked the lecture as Mr. Kingslien has such wisdom and insight. Being able to watch him sculpt was amazing as everyone has a different style. I love how he builds up form with the rake. I love his clarity of form.
Juliette Hemingway
DIGITAL SCULPTING MENTORSHIP
It was very informative and really helped me establish a process to sculpt the human form. Also provided me with more confidence moving forward on my own sculpts
Alberto Corzo
DIGITAL SCULPTING ONE WEEK INTENSIVE
The course was really good in terms of getting the students really focused in the most important parts while having fun creating and teaching really good basics and workflows.
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