3D Environmental Design
Faculty: Games
Duration: 12 Weeks
Delivery: Online
Levels: Certificate
Start Date: Saturday 14th October 2023
Course Director: Eros Dadoli
Fees: €600
Certification: Pulse College Certificate
COURSE CONTENT
Are you a 3D artist who can’t quite break into the industry? This is the course for you! This 12 week online 3D environmental design course suits experienced game artists looking to break into the 3D games industry or people who wish to learn about the 3D environment artist methods and workflow. Learn how to come up with concepts for a level, how to block the environment out, 3D modelling with effective shape design, how to make tileable materials, properly texture an asset, level build in Unreal Engine 5 and add finishing touches like lighting and post processing details.
After 12 weeks students will be leaving with a full 3D environment, started from scratch and presented to industry standards. Portfolio images displaying various 3D assets created throughout the course. Knowledge of the entire 3D artist workflow; referencing/ creating ideas, 3D modelling, texturing, level building in engine, lighting, post processing and theories on various industry tips, tricks and practices using the following software: Maya, Pure Ref, Substance Painter, Substance Designer, Photoshop and Unreal Engine 5.
Week 1
Introduction
Week 2
Concepting
Week 3
Blockout / Modelling
Week 4
Hero Asset Development
Week 5-6
Advanced UV Unwrapping
Week 7-8
Texturing
Week 9
Level Building
Week 10
Lighting
Week 11
Post Processing
Week 12
Presenting
Tutor – Eros Dadoli
Senior Lighting Artist at Black Shamrock
Always fascinated by the world of cinema and video games, with a particular predisposition for the “visual arts”, he has cultivated over the years the dream of being able one day to be “on the other side of the screen” and create something that could entertain people. He studied self-taught on the web since the age of 16, analyzing videos, tutorials, courses of all kinds and spending entire nights doing test after test. Until the call that changes his life! The Milestone racing video game company contacted him to undertake a career path. At the age of 19 he thus began his career as a 3D Artist generalist and over time he specialized in lighting and VFX. At the end of this first experience, a new collaboration begins with inVRsion in Milan. Leading reality in the creation of VR experiences. Within the company he holds the role of Senior 3D Artist, mainly dealing with texturing, lighting, photogrammetry, cinematics and vegetation. Currently engaged as Senior Lighting Artist for Black Shamrock at Virtuos Studios, an Irish company that deals with the production of AAA video games.
“My job is my passion… and the desire to always look for new stimuli pushes me to give more and never stop learning”
Black Shamrock is a AAA games studio based in Dublin, Ireland. They have worked on AAA titles such as Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Back For Blood, Destroy all Humans and Grounded.

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HOW TO APPLY
This course is a direct application course. Applications are currently taken through the Application Form below. Upon receiving your application form our Admissions Team will be in contact. No industry experience is required and applicants may be accepted without formal academic qualifications. If you wish to gain further insight into what this course has to offer, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Start Date:
Saturday 14th October 2023
12 Week Course:
11am on Saturdays and 6:30pm on Wednesdays
Required software list include :
- 3DsMax
- Substance painter/designer
- Photoshop
There is no interview application for this course but we would be delighted to invite you in for a private tour of our campus; to meet our course lecturers and gain further insight into what our course has to offer.
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FEES
€600*
€600*
*Full Payment Required to Confirm Place
**Please note: Fees are non-refundable