
Diploma in CG+3D Portfolio Pre-Production & Production
DURATION
32 up to 32 Weeks
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline
EARLIEST START DATE
Feb 2025
TUITION FEES
CAD 26,750 *
STUDY FORMAT
Blended
* for international students |CAD 29,750 CAD domestic students
Introduction
Taught through Think Tank’s interactive platform, Portal, for the first 32 weeks, this program enhances your foundational skills through prerecorded tutorials, collaborative workshops, and one-on-one mentorship.
Specializing in your field of interest, you’ll create a portfolio that is catered toward a particular career, and often, a specific studio. With advice from your experienced supervisors, instructors and personal mentor, you’ll develop a wealth of industry insights and connections to prepare you for a career in Film, TV, or Games.
Along with providing you with the flexibility of remote learning, this program immerses you in a professional community built on mutual respect, artistic support, and ingenuity. At Think Tank, we strive for our students to not just observe this community, but become active players in it.
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Ideal Students
This program is for artists with foundational skills in CG who wish to spend the majority of their program remotely, but want to complete their portfolio in a highly collaborative, in-person setting. Students must be ready to dedicate at least 40-60 hours a week to their studies. Working while studying is not recommended.
Admissions
Virtual Openhouse
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Curriculum
Term 1 (Online)
You’ll begin this program by diving right back into where your schooling or experience left off. You’ll learn creative techniques that enable you to produce complex and detail-oriented work at a more advanced level.
In addition to the intense course work, you’ll be required to select your specialization path from one of four primary options: Environments & Props for Film or Games, and Characters & Creatures for Film or Games. These paths will inform what will eventually become your portfolio project during the next two terms.
Courses
- 3D Modeling
- Drapery
- Hero Prop
- Anatomy & Topology
- Texturing
- Look Development
- Game Engines
- Production Pipeline
- Final Project
Term 2 (Online)
Courses in this term focus on advanced tools, workflows, and techniques that will prepare you for the final stages of your specialization. Upon being connected with your personal mentor, you’ll begin to develop a full-term final project that will serve as a high-quality asset preceding the portfolio production stage.
Workload and expectations increase during this term as pre-production on your portfolio and demo reel begins while advanced courses continue.
Courses
- 3DModeling
- Hero Prop
- Grooming
- Anatomy & Topology
- Texturing
- Environments
- Game Engines
- Advanced Tools
- Final Project
- Experiential Learning Lab
Term 3 (Campus)
Welcome to the Think Tank Campus. As the foundational piece of the portfolio production process, this mentor-focused term has you making definitive creative decisions on your pieces–such as finalizing shots, completing lighting, rendering, and compositing to produce what will become the final cut.
Alongside the industry-hardened advice of your mentor, you’ll take lessons focusing on presentation skills, portfolio packaging, career preparation, and job search which will provide invaluable direction on preparing resumés and cover letters, as well as industry practices and ethics.
Courses
- Production Pipeline
- Final Portfolio Production
- Job Search
- Presentation Skills
- Portfolio Packaging
Program Outcome
Students graduate with a competitive understanding industry standard software, practices and skills. With an studio-ready portfolio in hand, and hours of Career Development under your belt, you'll be ready to step into the world of CG Art for Film, TV, or Games.
Program Tuition Fee
Program delivery
Portal
Your virtual home base. Connect with classmates, and your supervisor, take in live sessions, and explore the student gallery.
Weekly Challenges
Utilize training materials, such as video, software screen capture, exercises, resources, and assignments.
Peer Learning
Take part in live question-and-answer sessions with your classmates and supervisor to share your ideas.
Small Classes
Each class has a max of eight students. This means less theory, less waiting, more collaboration, and more feedback.
24/7 Access
Throughout your program, you’ll get 24/7 access to all recorded live sessions and proprietary training materials.
Leave with Results
At the end of the day, walk away with a final project that you’ll proudly add to your portfolio, resumé, and bedroom wall.