10 WEEKS • ONLINE • INSTRUCTOR-LEAD • SKILL-FOCUSED

Jewelry Arts:

Jewelry Design in ZBrush

with Tomas Wittelsbach

CLASS FULL

10 WEEK LIVE, ONLINE SKILL-FOCUSED TRAINING FOR ARTISTS

Jewelry design is a fine art that has exploded with the advent of digital sculpting and 3D printing. In this course, world-renowned jewelry designer Tomas Wittelsbach will teach you his complete production workflow, giving you all the techniques you'll need to create your very own reproducible high-end jewelry.

This Jewelry Design in ZBrush course will consist of ten weeks of LIVE demonstrations and reviews. You'll learn core design skills and be part of a community of artists all working to achieve next level quality in their work.

Most importantly, you'll learn how to train your artistic eye and express something through your work, while creating portfolio ready designs that will impress.

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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

In this course, students will create jewelry from scratch using ZBrush and Modo. The course will cover symmetry and textures, hinges and clasps, stone settings and iterations, 3D printing techniques and the business of jewelry. The course will teach students the complete production workflow used by Tomas Wittelsbach to create reproducible, high-end jewelry.

Estimated time for course work: 8-10 hours per week

Skill Level: Intermediate

Course Format: Standard

Duration:  10 Weeks + 2 Weeks of Access
Lecture Type: Weekly video recordings
Assignment:  Deadlines each week
Feedback:  Live weekly

By the end of the course, you'll:

Know how to balance design and practicality.

Know how to establish and recreate symmetry in your designs.

Have developed work techniques to apply directly in real-world scenarios.

Have sculpted and 3D printed your own jewelry.

CURRICULUM

Our Industry-Standard curriculum is built together with today's best artists to bring you the highest quality training possible. Achieve your dreams today.

WEEK 1

Fundamentals:
Elegant Lines

Design vs Practicality / Making your designs read well
Designing with radial symmetry
Projection, extraction, line weight, composition

WEEK 2

ZBrush Fundamentals:
Drawing vs Sculpting

Recreating symmetry
Creating textures
Drawing vs Sculpting

WEEK 3

Pendants

Blocking out in Modo
Sculpting with posable symmetry
Flushing out the design

WEEK 4

Bracelets

Creating a bracelet and cutting plug
Using the techniques shown in a realistic scenario
Importance of keeping it simple

WEEK 5

Earrings

Blocking out a Flourish in Modo
Creating overlap and cutting for Keying
Earring discussion

WEEK 6

Fashion Rings

Creating iterations
Stone setting
Developing your voice

WEEK 7

Complex Hinged and Keyed Jewelry Pieces

Creating hinges and separate pieces with Extract
Refining Extraction
Fitting the Lens

WEEK 8

Filigree Details

Extracting
Bas relief
Booleans

WEEK 9 & 10

Fundamentals of 3D Printing Jewelry

Prepping for 3D print
Molding and casting process
The business of jewelry

WHAT IS A SKILL TRACK?

This course is what we call a Skill Track. That means you work closely with an expert in the field who demonstrates the tools, workflows and techniques that you'll need to know to excel as an artist.

Skill
Focused

Skill Tracks rely heavily on lectures and demonstrations whereas Bootcamps & Career Tracks focus primarily on you and your work.

Flexible Commitment

Are you just looking to pick up a skill? Just want to learn how an artist works? If so, then Skill Tracks are the perfect solution.

Live Weekly Meetings

Stay connected! Yes, we're ONLINE but you meet with your instructor every week to learn new skills.

Pick Up New Software Skills

Want to pick up the software skills you need to thrive in a Bootcamp or on-the-job? Skill Tracks are a great way to achieve this.

About your Mentor

Tomas Wittelsbach

After a distinguished career in Hollywood – where he served as the lead sculptor on such films as Batman Forever, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Big Fish – Tomas Wittelsbach took his technical understanding of using form, motion, and tension to tell a story and began to create on a much smaller scale.

In 2005, he launched his own line of jewelry, the House of Wittelsbach. Hinged largely on traditional European iconography and translated with crypt-like skeletons resurrected from a dusty underworld, the House of Wittelsbach reimagined what fine jewelry could look like.

Today, Tomas has teamed up with Jim Tuttle of Green Lake Jewelry Works to create a one-of-a-kind collection called Ink Metal. Tomas personally designs each piece in the exquisite line of ornately detailed jewelry – all reflective of his dark, countercultural aesthetic.