Gist Virtual Mentorship

Gist Virtual Arts program - A 30-day course in CAD Arts!

Core principles

This mentorship-style course is created for the individual who wants a no-fluff approach to refining their core skills in goal. This course is multi-tracked meaning the applicant can select their own individual style of development while having a clear long-term agenda in focus. This course is completely virtual and integrates all current workflow techniques and relative industry practices as applicable to your learning objectives. Transparency brevity and measurable outcomes are a few of the core principles in this course. In summary, students shall graduate from this program with a confident portfolio and technical understanding of a myriad of tools, software knowledge, and the ability to visually and verbally explain their work as well. Above all this program is aimed at helping the creative person find a clear pathway toward their industry, and or personal artistic fulfillment. 

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Project-based learning:

• All course content comes with regular assessments in the way of project demonstrations and instructor-guided critique. Students will have access to a private discord for class discussions and feedback. All students must take & Art Test in this virtual course.

Multi-track development: 

• Tier systems focus on the learning curve and student incentives.

Tailored lesson plans:

• All students will have custom lesson plans tailored specifically to their learning objectives and resolutions.

Teaching modalities for adjuncts

• Teaching educators how to teach in the virtual space.

Course topics:

• VR design   ( advanced ) 

• Creature design ( advanced )

• 3D modeling ( beginner-advanced ) 

• Character design ( beginner-advanced ) 

• Professional development ( intermediate-advanced ) 

• Game design ( intermediate-advanced) 

• Game art (beginner-advanced) 

• Principle of artistic and natural lighting ( intermediate-advanced ) 

• Digital sculpting  ( beginner-advanced)  

• Storytelling ( beginner-advanced) 

• Brand development ( beginner-advanced) 

Prerequisites: 

• Beginner (Computer literacy assessment required)

• intermediate (art test required)

• Advanced (career assessment required)