Environment Art Mentorship
With Josh Rife | Art Lead
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Mentorship Info
This Mentorship, utilizing a customized, agile approach, is all about maximizing your game. At the outset, we will discuss your body of work, your industry goals, and how you'd like to grow and evolve. Environment Artists are often sought after for their diverse knowledge of a broad range of sub-disciplines. Accordingly, this mentorship will be customized to meet the specific demands of the Artist. Any topic, from texturing, rendering/presentation, modeling, lighting, working to concept, software specific workflows, can be covered during our sessions. From source art pipelines to creative ideation, even managing projects of scope and complexity, we can deep dive the subjects that matter most to the Artist and their goals. Beyond the specifics, every topic, every approach, will be examined within the framework, and to the perspective of the big picture. We will evaluate what factors truly matter to the end result, how an Artist can decisively determine what those factors are, and how best to maximize focus to achieve results that hold up over time.
Furthermore, a great deal of focus will be spent on presentation, and creating renders that will stand out from the crowd. Presentation success lives or dies on first impressions, but its longevity derives from care, balance, and attention to detail. We will pay special attention to employing the principles behind creating amazing final images, tailored to the Artist's preferred output software.
⮟ Areas of Focus
- Environment Art
- Hard Surface Modeling
- Texturing for Environments
- Presentation
- Modularity
- Props Creation
- World Art Assembly
- Project Management
⮟ Mentorship Details
- Feedback - Calls + Discord Community + Mentorship Notebook
- Skill Level - Beginner To Advanced
- Prerequisites - Some experience with source art software for modeling (Maya/Blender preferred), as well as some experience with Substance Painter and Adobe Photoshop. Experience with either Marmoset Toolbag, or other real time render engines, including Unreal Engine 4 or 5.
⮟ Tools Used
- Blender
- Maya,
- Unreal Engine 4/5,
- Zbrush,
- Substance Painter/Designer,
- Photoshop,
- Marmoset Toolbag,
- Marvelous Designer
Byte Size Memberships From
$235/mo
Monthly or quarterly.
Tier 1 ($235)
Tier 2 ($470)
Standard Mentorship
$800
1 month
4x1.5 hour calls.
6 total hours
Premium Mentorship
$2400
Spans 5 Months
8x1.5 hour calls
Additional 3x45 minute checkin calls
Mentorship Calls
Our Mentors bring a personalized approach to each Mentorship through One On One calls featuring hands on training and live demonstrations.
Exclusive Community Access
Each Mentorship comes with lifetime access to The Mentor Coalition Discord community. The community is vibrant with driven members sharing their work, giving feedback, and participating in challenges.
Mentorship Notebook
The Mentorship Notebook is shared resource between you and the Mentor. Use it to share your work, ask questions, and get feedback & paint overs from your Mentor!
Mentor Bio
Josh Rife | Art Lead
With 13 years of AAA experience, Josh has contributed to multiple high-profile products, including Fortnite, Tom Clancy's: The Division 2, LawBreakers, and the inFamous franchise. As someone who has created content in a breadth of art styles for various titles, Josh is uniquely knowledgeable in a wide array of approaches and philosophies to cater to a wide array of studios. From Individual Environment Art Contributor roles to World Lead for multi-studio projects, Josh's philosophy centers around cultivating an incisive, holistic perspective on prioritizing what delivers the greatest impacts in Art creation.
