
OUR COURSES
Specialised online courses and industry training to prepare you for a career in the creative art and entertainment industry.
BACHELOR & DIPLOMA COURSES
Pursue a rewarding career in creative technology with CG Spectrum Institute's comprehensive diploma and bachelor's degrees. Our specialised courses blend industry and academic expertise and practical and theoretical training to give you the skills and knowledge needed to thrive in a competitive landscape.
Discover how to bring 3D worlds, digital characters, and effects to life. Master specialised software and delve into the VFX pipeline and industry workflows while honing problem-solving and storytelling techniques.
COURSE DETAILSTranslate concepts and ideas into compelling visuals for film, games, and publishing and learn how to work with client briefs to hit the ground running as a professional concept artist, illustrator, or 2D animator.
COURSE DETAILSNON-AQF COURSES
Animation
Learn 2D animation basics focusing on the 12 Principles of Animation and classic exercises like the bouncing ball, walk cycle, and character take.
View CourseFurther your character animation skills by creating more complex scenes. Learn body mechanics and anatomy, Toon Boom shortcuts, and other workflows.
View CourseCreate appealing characters, solid drawings, expressive acting, and FX animation to increase your skills and gain confidence in Toon Boom Harmony.
Learn 3D animation basics using Maya software, including the 12 Principles of Animation, character rigs, posing, and walk cycles.
View CourseBuild on 3D foundations and gain speed and confidence using Maya. Experiment with force and weight, and create a believable fight scene.
View CourseMaster more complex creature and character animation techniques and create compelling scenes while also focusing on your portfolio.
View Course3D Modelling
Learn 2D animation basics focusing on the 12 Principles of Animation and classic exercises like the bouncing ball, walk cycle, and character take.
View CourseLearn 3D character modeling and create a game-ready character complete with hair, clothing and accessories. Then, build a 3D environment that you'll texture and light.
View CourseFurther your environment and character design skills and workflows by creating detailed, fully rendered models, including a creature with skin, scales and fur.
View CourseDigital Painting
Get hands-on experience creating concept art from scratch using Photoshop and working with client briefs. Basic drawing skills required.
View CourseFrom art history to the latest techniques, learn concept art, exploring light, color, perspective and anatomy and create polished art for your portfolio.
View CourseThis intensive course covers environment, creature and character design, plus matte painting using hand painting, photo-bashing and paint-over techniques.
Discover advanced character illustration techniques and create various narrative artworks for client briefs for work in film, games or book publishing.
View CourseGame Development
Find out what makes an addicting game, starting with game mechanics and systems, genres, level design and world building using Unreal Engine.
View CourseLearn how to deconstruct games, tackle complex design problems, see what makes a good user experience, write design documents, and develop a pitch game.
View CourseMaster the basic syntax of C++, get to know the most important programming concepts used in development, and create a simple game from scratch.
Build solid knowledge in C++, and begin building fun 2D and 3D levels with fully interactive animated characters. Finish with a playable game.
View CourseVisual Effects
Learn the basics of Houdini in this exciting short course, and you'll be creating digital explosions and natural disasters in no time, like a real FX artist.
View CourseHarness the power of procedural node-based workflow techniques to create destruction, explosions, water simulations and more to create complex scenes.
View CourseLearn how to seamlessly integrate digital assets with live-action footage in Nuke. You'll get the hang of Nuke's powerful interface and build a VFX shot from scratch.
Learn rotoscoping, digital painting, color theory, keying, scripting and lighting techniques used by top VFX artists, and graduate with an impressive portfolio.
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