Mentorship Info
This Mentorship will focus on workflows and techniques for creating striking Realistic or Stylized 3d Characters. We will focus on strategies to develop your portfolio and skill sets which will set you apart from the crowd. From high-level long-term planning, down to the nitty gritty details we will push your work to new heights.
We will begin by discussing your goals and determining which areas to focus on. We will dive deep into workflow strategies for efficiency in character creation based on your goals. I will provide catered feedback along the way and discuss strategies to push for final quality. We will cover PBR rendering workflow as well as alternative options for stylized pieces.
Lastly, we will strive to push even further and add an additional level of polish. We will discuss setting up render passes for compositing and creating “Beauty Renders”. We will discuss the importance of character presentation and break downs. We will discuss how to leverage social media.
⮟ Areas of Focus
- Realistic or Stylized Character Creation
- Picking references and key art/benchmarks
- Sculpting both organic and hard surfaces
- Xgen & Fibermesh
- Texturing in Marmoset, Zbrush, Painter, or photoshop
- Game and/or Film optimization
- Rendering in Keyshot, Marmoset, or ZBrush
- Lighting, Materials, Compositing, Paint Over and Final Presentation
⮟ Mentorship Details
- Feedback - Calls + Discord Community + Mentorship Notebook
- Skill Level - Beginner To Advanced
- Prerequisites - Basic Knowledge of 3D Modeling and Texturing for Games.
⮟ Tools Used
- ZBrush
- Substance Painter
- Photoshop
- Marmoset Toolbag 3 and 4
- Maya/Xgen
- Keyshot
- Zwrap
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
Brad Myers | Character Artist
Brad is a Character Artist that currently works at Sledgehammer Games making this year’s “Call of Duty”. Brad has been working professionally in Games since 2008 and shipped titles such as “Rage”, “Doom”, “Firefall”, “Call of Duty Black ops: Cold War” and “Aliens Fireteam Elite”.
He remains passionate about art to this day, actively working on personal projects and self-improvement. He is an active member on Artstation, with occasional drops on Instagram, zbrush central, linked-in, facebook and polycount. He has provided feedback and mentored artists voluntarily and professionally for well over a decade.
