CG Master Academy - Online Courses in Art, Games & VFX

Curated Tracks for Your Brilliant Future

Master the ins and outs of your dream career with tracks explicitly crafted to provide quality, top-to-bottom education in the discipline you love.

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29 courses

Foundation & Design Track

18 courses

Houdini | FX Track

31 courses

2D Character Design Track

27 courses

3D Character Arts Track

24 courses

2D Environment Design Track

27 courses

3D Environment Arts Track

6 courses

Compositing | Lighting Track

16 courses

Animation Master Academy

25 courses

Visual Storytelling & IP Development Track

8 courses

Character TD | Rigging Track

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What Our Alumni Are Saying

Hancy

Little Red Zombies - India

Mentorship from CGMA has set me on a professional path by their amazing mentors who teach industry standard workflows. Their guidance and feedback is golden. Special thanks to my mentor Adam Skutt.

Jack

Rebellion Developments

Seeing the quality of other students in the course allowed me to see where I was at among a wider group, and also to see just how good other artists in my position are, to give me more drive to work harder.

Ben

The Mill

If it were not for taking the Digital Matte painting course I would not be where I am today. Working professionally as a matte painter now I still use the techniques and tricks that I learned when I first started at CGMA.

Pawel

Artifex Mundi

CGMA increased my marketability as an artist by improving my perception of light and shadow, and helping me analyze the works of the old masters.

Kalpana

Anibrain & Anibrain Interactive

I really enjoyed the course with Igor Staritsin as an instructor. My day-to-day work has benefited the most from the attention to detail & constructive feedback. I would recommend these courses to artists as they get to understand the VFX production pipeline followed worldwide.

Jon

New World Interactive

With leaders in the industry, masterclass lectures, and a safe place to learn, CGMA thoroughly taught me cutting-edge software, theory and techniques that are currently being utilized in various AAA studios around the world.

Ivan

Nordeus

My CGMA experience gave me the confidence I needed to tackle more complicated perspective-heavy challenges.

Martin

Cassagi

CGMA helped me with how to work with references, in a way that I can not find anywhere else. Also, for the designing process, I learn from my instructors many new approaches, which are really beneficial.

Roy

Bron Animation

Taking "Character Design for Production" and "Character Design for Animation" gave me a huge leg up in the animation industry. I was already animating for film and needed the extra push to be able to lend my skills in other areas of feature production I was passionate about, namely character design and development.

Hector

Fox International Channels (Fox IC), Baby TV

CGMA helps me to improve my facial rigging skills and inspire myself to work hard and achieve my goals like my instructor Wade Ryer.

Student Showcase

From novice creatives looking to jumpstart their career to seasoned pros adding to their toolkit, our students produce thoughtful, mind-blowing work. We want the world to see it.

Alex Garcia