Group Mentorship

Affordable, collaborative… career-focused.

THE PROGRAM

Is this right for you?

This program is for people who are serious about levelling up and are ready to push their career to the next stage.

This Group Mentorship is designed for motivated CG and VFX artists who want real growth within an affordable budget.

Whether you’re building your first professional reel, refining your portfolio for top studios, or simply hungry to sharpen your skills alongside like-minded peers, You’re in the right place.

This program gives you direct access to guidance, feedback, and the insider knowledge that can make the difference in today’s competitive industry.

WANNA SEE AN EXAMPLE?!

HOW your MENTORSHIP
could BE...

1. Intro & Fundamentals

  • VFX vs SFX vs CGI
  • Intro to VFX Pipeline and CG Foundations
  • Industry applications (film, games, advertising, etc.)
  • Key milestones in CG and VFX development
  • Different roles in the industry
  • OpenColorIO (ACEScg & Linear workflow)
  • OnSet Data Capture: HDRI, Ref Ball/Chart and Lidar
  • Introduction to popular software (Maya, Blender, After Effects, etc.)

2. Fundamentals of 3D Modelling

  • Intro to Maya
  • Polygons, vertices, edges, and faces
  • Meshes and topology
  • Polygon vs NURBS
  • Basic modeling techinques
  • UV mapping basics
  • Create a simple 3D object (e.g., a chair or a table)

3. Texturing, Shading & Lookdev

  • Intro to PBR workflow
  • Types of textures (diffuse, normal, metalness, etc.)
  • Intro to Substance Painter
  • Material vs Smart Material
  • Maps, Masks and generators
  • Shader types in Maya
  • Node-based shading in Maya
  • Procedural shading

4. Lighting & Rendering in Maya

  • Intro to the rendering engines (Arnold Render, VRay, Renderman, Redshift, etc)
  • Types of lights (point, directional, area, etc.)
  • Light properties and settings
  • HDRI dome light
  • How to create a use a TurTable Setup
  • Render settings and optimization
  • Render Layers and AOVs

5. Animation Basics

  • Intro to animation & rigging
  • Keyframes and timelines
  • Basic animation principles (squash and stretch, timing, etc.)
  • Creating simple animations (e.g., bouncing ball)
  • Camera Animation
  • Animation Layers
  • Animate your first scene
  • “Playblast” your scene

6. Introduction to CFX & FX

  • Intro to the softwares (Maya, Houdini, Marvelous Desiges & Embergen)
  • CFX (Creature Effects) vs FX (Effects)
  • CFX simulations (hair, cloth, muscles)
  • Shot sculpting
  • FX simulations (particle systems, fluid simulations, etc.)
  • Rigid Body Simulation and Distructions

7. Compositing and Post-Production

  • Nuke vs After Effects
  • The power of node base compositing
  • Merge operations and blending modes
  • Keying and masking techniques
  • “Rebuild” a CG shot from AOVs
  • Color correction and grading
  • Adding lens effects and final touches

8. Final Project and Review

Step by step you’ll create a project:

  • Model, texture &  animate
  • Light & Render
  • Apply FX and CFX
  • Compositing and final touches
  • How to present the project
  • How to receive feedbacks and plan the retakes
hours per session
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Every live session usually last 3 hour, divided in work review, technical knowledge and practical exercises.
In this way you will practice, right away, the topics I just explained.

WEEKS
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Throughout the mentorship, you’ll have the time to absorb the lessons and put them into practice through weekly assignments.
Each session, we’ll review your work together, and  because you’ll be learning alongside other driven artists, that healthy sense of competition will push you to raise your game even further.

hours total
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At the end of the mentorship I will be available for 2 extra sessions (1 hrs each) for final reviews of your projects and your professional reel.

Want to know more?

Book a  15 min 1 to 1 FREE call with me, I’ll be sure to answer all your questions.

FAQ

freequently asked questions

No Prior Experience Needed: Whether you’re just starting out or transitioning from another creative field, our program is designed to take you from the basics to a solid understanding of CG and VFX.

ABSOLUTELY
All the mentorship are unique, and completely tailor-made around your starting knowledge, your very specific needs and your goals.

Following this mentorship you will explore a professional workflow that will guide you through every steps of a VFX pipeline.

This is completely up to you, since the Mentorship will be completely designed around you; what you see here is just an example.
For sure, you’ll have all the foundational knowledge to continue the journey all by yourself with great confidence, and I will assist you in the next month with your next projects.

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