The Scout

The Subtle Art of Colour Grading

Working as a colourist is an exercise in working within technical constraints. Learn your colour spaces, your deliverables, how to read scopes, how certain colour tools work and feel.

Contests

Animation Challenge - Crazy in Quarantine

We’re expecting some pretty ‘out there’ animations with a theme like this. Extra points will be given to those that can make the judges laugh or cry!

Inspiration

Career Advice - Working as a CG Supervisor with Laura Hohman

Depending on the day, sometimes we are troubleshooting ambitious ideas, or we could be handing out scripts to the board artists, or we could be checking all our designs before sending them to our vendor studios to build. Every day is different with its own flavour.

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Insiders Guide

Insider's Guide - UTS Animal Logic Academy

We speak to Lauren Bartie a student about the ins and outs of studying at UTS Animal Logic Academy in Sydney, Australia.

Contests

Substance Texturing Challenge - Eddie Robot

Looking to push your texturing skills and even have a crack at Substance Painter? Well, this is chance and we have an incredible asset ready for you to download and start playing with right away.

Schools

Full Sail University

Full Sail University is an award-winning educational leader for those pursuing careers in entertainment, media, arts and technology. Founded in 1979, Full Sail has received accolades throughout its 40+ year history.

Schools

Staffordshire University

Our industry connections and emphasis on experience make our graduates among the most employable in the UK. A leading university for digital technologies, we are always building on our proud computing heritage and strong reputation for computer games courses.

Schools

Animum Creativity Advanced School

Whether you are passionate about film, videogames, advertising or architecture, our high quality face-to-face and online training focuses on the most important thing: to have the best reel or portfolio in the industry. Our methodology and our academic framework make this possible.

Learning

Rescuing your ZBrush and Blender Game Art Project when everything catches fire

We all know how beautiful things are when your game development goes according to plan, you can show how skillful you are and everybody can learn the “proper way” to create and publish a game. But, there is the other side...

Resources

Your Career in 3D: AREA’s new resource for 3D artists

Because the industry is constantly changing, 3D artists have to stay on top of their game. We’ve got the basics covered in our Intro to Maya courses and Intro to 3ds Max course, created by industry experts and instructors, where you can upgrade your skills or learn something totally new.

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