In this week's episode of The CG Spectrum Podcast, Digital Portrait Artist Ian Spriggs unpacks the creative process behind his mind-blowingly realistic 3D character portraitures. Discover how Ian approaches creating his digital portraits, including how he chooses subjects, tricks for lighting and workflow, and the importance of practicing your craft. He also discusses the difference between hyperrealism and photorealism, how digital portraiture compares to traditional painting, and finding inspiration in art history. https://youtu.be/6vjh3WKeT9w #digitalart #digitalportrait #3dportrait #3dart #cgspectrum #thecgspodcast #thecgspectrumpodcast

At CG Spectrum, we bring the industry to you with job-focused career training and mentorship from industry pros. Register for Open Day on July 28 to learn if CG Spectrum is right for you and meet some of our mentors - including those who created this commercial! Register for Open Day: https://bit.ly/3RpeJnh Commercial credits: VFX Supervisor - Sean Amlaner (CG Spectrum Dept. Head of Compositing) Editorial - Jeremy Chinn (CG Spectrum Global Chief Operations Officer) Concept Art - Brandon Reimchen (CG Spectrum Dept. Head of Concept Art & Illustration) Modeling - Chun Chun Yang (CG Spectrum 3D Modeling Mentor) Rigging - Bryan Bentley (CG Spectrum Dept. Head of 3D Modeling) Character Animation - Scott Claus (CG Spectrum Animation Manager) Real-time CG - William Faucher (CG Spectrum Real-time Mentor) Digital FX Supervisor - Daniel Hourigan (CG Spectrum Dept. Head of VFX) Poster Illustration - Penny Gaubatz (CG Spectrum Technical Assistant Head) Additional support from: Director - Theodore Brown Director of Photography - Tim Banks Colorist - RKM Studios Sound Mixing - Dustin Harris #cgspectrum #animationschool #vfxschool

The KitBash3D Mission to Minerva challenge is well underway! Have you started building your world? With incredible prizes up for grabs including a CG Spectrum course scholarship, you don't want to miss out on this global community challenge. Plus you'll have your work seen by top recruiters and art directors in movies and games! If you're yet to begin, there's still time, and we have some great tutorials and top tips to share with you to help you get started, including a couple of cool tutorials by Zach Hunter (Unreal Sensei) and William Bang (Critical Giants). https://bit.ly/3tKwbrn #cgspectrum #kitbash3D #KB3D #KB3Dchallenge #missiontominerva