We believe that investing in business skills is equally important to the creative ecosystem as the artistic vision and keeping pace with the technology.
As an extension of the presentation Standing out in the Sea of Sameness that is scheduled for November 18 as part of the CGA Belgrade online conference, revolutionary thinkers Tim Thompson and Joel Pilger will break down key steps in positioning your creative firm not only in the local but, more importantly, global market. If you dream of standing out and being respected as an expert in your creative domain, RevThink consultants will host a special workshop on November 20th and 21st. So, join in to learn how to properly and successfully position your creative business.
RevThink Workshop @CGAlliance is scheduled for November 20-21, from 6 to 8 PM both days. The program is hosted live on the RevThink Community Platform.
The Workshop is designed for aspiring change-makers with practical, helpful, and realistic approaches to assist Serbian creative businesses in computer graphics and audiovisual production to accelerate their potential. The program is made possible with the assistance of the US Embassy in Serbia.
CGAlliance program is designed to address a variety of topics important to the development of individual studios, projects, and people at the helm. This year will feature talks and workshops designed to support the positioning and design of brands and services for creative companies in VFX, game development, sound, design, and audiovisual production.
On November 19, in the CGA’s virtual classroom, a team of experienced CG artists will teach you how to perfect the artist portfolio and land your dream job in the video game industry.
Whether you dream about working on major AAA titles or you’re just looking for a glimpse of how it seems like working in the fastest growing creative industry today – CGAcademy will be a place for you, with Portfolio Reviews as a fan-favorite session.
Joining us in this live session are Ivana Radovic (PlayrixRS), Milica Mastelica (Playstudios), and Nenad Nešović (Nordeus), along with Bojana Simić from Crater Training Center moderating.
Application deadline is November 14 at midnight. If our guest tutors choose your work for review, they will deliver their feedback live in-stream at the CGA Belgrade online conference.
About CGAcademy:
Portfolio Reviews premiered in summer 2021, as part of the CGAcademy educational content track. It is designed to help students and entry-level artists work their way up in the VFX, gaming, animation, and CG industry. With CGAcademy sessions, you won’t wander off the right learning path. The program is organized by Crater Training Center that offers specialized game art and VFX education, as well as software training for professionals. On CGAcademy, the CTC team steers the bite-size content together with our partner network, bridging the ever-present gap between formal education and industry.
Dear friends, we are proud and excited to share the news of our next big adventure – CGA NOVI SAD. This international event will be held in the beautiful town of Novi Sad, soon-to-be known as the European Capital of Culture 2022.
CGA Novi Sad LIVE event is organized under the wing of the foundation’s main event, the Kaleidoscope of Culture which will be held from September 2nd to September 5th, 2021 in Novi Sad’s Creative District. There, CGA will join other brilliant art collectives including Ars Electronica from Linz, Austria and Burgtheater from Berlin, Germany, among others.
Since many members of our community, both lecturers and industry veterans, come from this town, the CGA team was looking for a way to say a big thank you for their continuing support. Therefore, building a connection with the “Novi Sad – European Capital of Culture” Foundation was a logical step forward. With that in mind, this year’s conference will focus on the CGArts content track.
CGArts: Enter the Metaclub, the main program of CGA Novi Sad, is created in synergy with the Kaleidoscope of Culture to expand our audience reach from the creative professionals to the general public interested in digital art. The goal of this partnership is to create a continuous and tightly connected community of artists, tech, and audiovisual industry in all its forms and narratives, as well as initiating/opening active communication with the general public through artistic expressions under the CGA’s and Kaleidoscope of Culture’s united flag.
The main theme of the CGArts program relates to meta worlds and digital spaces created by artists Tanja Vujinović and Andreas Wannerstedt, curated by the award-winning curator and art critic Maja Ćirić. In addition to the exhibition, CGA Novi Sad will become a meeting point for multidisciplinary artists, students, and academics by connecting them with the CGA community by conquering new spaces for digital creativity and serving as a bridge between technology, classical art, and new generations. The program, among other things, should connect the developed creative ecosystem of Novi Sad, all its current and future actors, with global industrial practices in the continuous creation of new art forms based on computer graphics.
(photo by Jelena Evanović, EPK 2022)
But that’s not all. CGA Novi Sad will feature a handful of additional content, including CGAcademy live sessions, industry panel and talks. Moreover, a big part of the CGA Novi Sad additional program will focus on Unreal Engine, an amazing tool for creating interactive digital content that we have featured in our programs throughout the year, such as Summer of Unreal.
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The art exhibition will remain open to the public during all four days of Kaleidoscope of Culture, and is free to visit on-site in Novi Sad’s Creative District. The show will start right after the official conference program ends and will be open till midnight. Thursday, September 2nd
20:00 Kaleidoscope of Culture Grand Opening
20:30 CGA Novi Sad: Enter the MetaClub exhibition opening
Friday, September 3rd
16:15 – 16:30 CGA Novi Sad Opening Ceremony: Founders Talk (live + online)
Speakers: Miljana Jovović (Crater Training Center), Milica Božanić (Serbia Film Commission), Miloš Milošević (VFX Serbia)
16:30 – 17:00 CGArts:The Negotiating The Phygital, keynote talk by Maja Ćirić (live)
17:00 – 17:45 CGArts: Artist Talk, moderated by Maja Ćirić (live + online)
18:00 – 18:45 CGArts: How filmmaking in Unreal Engine has set me free (live lecture)
Industry talk by Sava Živković (Axis Studios)
Saturday, September 4th
17:00 – 18:00 CGAcademy: Train the Trainers – What’s Next? (live panel)
Panel discussion with participants at the Train the Trainers specialized courseModerator: Marija Rakić Lovrić (Crater Training Center); Participants: Adam Kovač (3Lateral/Epic Games), Ratko Obradović (Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad), Ivica Milarić (Academy of Arts, Novi Sad), Neda Milić Keresteš (Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad)
18:15 – 19:15 CGAcademy: Opportunities for Animation in Unreal Engine (online panel)
Moderator: Mark Flanagen (Epic Games); Participants: Andrew Brassington (Escape Studios), Tom Box (Blue Zoo Animations), Draško Ivezić (Ceo and Animator, Adriatic Animation)
19:20 – 20:20 CGAcademy: Virtual Filmmaking (online lecture)
Industry talk by Clement Gharini (Escape Studios)
Sunday, September 5th
There will be no additional program on this day. The exhibition will remain open to the public until the end of the evening.
Summer of Unreal 2021 is a free, four-week boot camp where artists learn practical real-time skills from industry vets. The course is created in collaboration with Epic Games and Escape Studios and backed by five amazing European partners, including our very own Crater Training Center from Belgrade, Serbia.
This is not only the most ambitious free program to date but the largest Unreal Engine training ever attempted. It is designed to bring together 1000 professionals across Europe.
During the course, you will:
Receive 20 days of training—most of it in the morning
Gain insights from European studios
Learn what makes a project successful
Earn exclusive digital badges
Work with artists from across Europe
Learn from industry seniors who can show you how to maximize the way you use Unreal Engine.
Who can apply:
Industry professionals with at least two years of experience working in animation studios or animation projects in any artist role (including Rigging, Layout, Previsualization, Concept Art, Animation, Lighting, and Rendering).
VFX and motion graphics artists, producers, and directors eager to introduce Unreal Engine into their workflows.
Anybody working in the animation industry who is familiar with 3D content creation tools. (Note: Although you need basic knowledge of 3D software, you can be a rookie in Unreal)
Joining Epic Games and Escape Studios in this summer adventure are ArtFX school of animation from France, The Animation Workshop (VIA) from Denmark, La Salle Campus Barcelona from Spain, and Screen Skills Ireland. Finally, Crater Training Center, from Serbia, is responsible for managing the region of Southeast Europe.
Our first session in the Know-How series is designed for young artists and people entering the industry to see how the hiring process looks behind the scenes.
Joining us in this session are senior artists from two established gaming companies in Serbia: Vladimir Janković, Art Lead from Nordeus and Vladimir Kuzevski, Character Artist from 3Lateral. They will both provide feedback on five portfolios submitted by young artists still in the quest to find their role in the industry.
Portfolio Reviews pilot episode was streamed live last month, during the Emerging Talents online event. After getting overwhelmingly positive feedback for this session, we decided to make it the continuing series.
Join us on June 23rd, 6 PM CET to stream this session live on CGA Belgrade. Also, make sure to write down all the questions for two Vladimirs because Q&A is coming right after the official part. The registration to the event is free but required (to do it click “Register” at the top right corner).
The session will be streaming live on our website.
CGAcademy is designed as a hub of educational content that helps students and entry-level artists work their way up in the VFX, gaming, animation, and computer graphics industry. The program is organized by Crater Training Center and supported by Epic Games I 3Lateral, Nordeus Hub and Serbian Games Association. CGAcademy content track will cover a wide range of industry-related topics within the Creative Software, Career Path and Know-How session series.
Our second session in the Career Path series will shed some light on the profession of the Texture Artist in the gaming industry.
Your guide in this journey will be Dusica Calic from Mad Head Games. Dusica is an experienced 3D artist specialized in creating realistic, procedural materials and PBR textures. In the upcoming session, she will share her insights into the industry and her own career path as a professional woman in gaming. She will make sure to provide you with some technical tips and tricks, but will also pinpoint valuable soft skills necessary to thrive in this competitive industry.
Join us on June 8th, 6 PM CET to stream this session live on CGA Belgrade. Also, make sure to write down all the questions for Dusica because Q&A is coming right after the official part. The registration to the event is free but required via this form.
The session will be streaming live on our website.
CGAcademy is designed as a hub of educational content that helps students and entry-level artists work their way up in the VFX, gaming, animation, and computer graphics industry. The program is organized by Crater Training Center and supported by Epic Games I 3Lateral, Nordeus Hub and Serbian Games Association.
CGAcademy content track will cover a wide range of industry-related topics within the Creative Software, Career Path and Know-How session series.
CGAcademy 2021: Emerging Talents is an all-day online event intended for students, high schoolers, and all the newbies in the creative industries.
On May 18th, CGA Belgrade will become a jump point for everybody eager to meet and greet industry veterans, learn new tricks and skills, and get a better insight into the ever-expanding job market in creative Serbia.
Therefore, CGAcademy 2021: Emerging Talents offers lectures and presentations from various organizations from the gaming and film industries. Attendees will get to learn about the tempting educational projects and hear immersive success stories first-hand. They will also get their portfolios reviewed by experienced HR managers.
Interactive Art Jam and Multimedia Workshop are also planned, with the latter performed live in the Crater Training Center, Belgrade.
Due to the nature of the event, the program will be performed in Serbian. Participation is free with prior registration via this form. The event will be streamed live on our website.
CGAcademy is a year-round program offering educational content for students and young talents in the industry. By assisting in developing technical and other relevant skills, the platform supports a new generation of digital creatives who want to pursue careers related to the visual effects, video games, animation, interactive media, and digital design industries. CGAcademy program is designed by Crater Training Centre partnering with Nordeus Hub and numerous companies from the industry, including 3Lateral, Mad Head Games, Nordeus, Ubisoft, Crater Studio, as well as software companies such as Epic Games, Autodesk, Adobe, Maxon, Foundry.
Organized by Crater Training Center and supported by Nordeus Hub CGAcademy presents its second Creative Software Session Organic Modeling Techniques with ZBrush with Aidan Coughlan, founder of Hive studios and a long time animation, modelling and VFX artist.
If you are interested in expanding your knowledge in ZBrush, Aidan will lead you through his thought processes when it comes to exploring shapes in Zbrush. Focus will be on pushing character silhouette and appeal, as well as use of alphas for a quick textural pass of the model. Aidan will then show you how to present a model in Keyshot, using some lighting techniques so you can get nice results in no time.
The session will be held on April 29th at 6PM CET with a Q&A session coming up right afterwards, so set up your Google Calendar and tune in. The session is free of charge.
The session will be streamed on our website.
CGAcademy content track will cover a series of sessions within Creative Software, Career Path and Know How sessions. No need to sign up for each session individually, but you can subscribe to our Newsletter and we’ll keep you posted with a Session Calendar you can import in your own Google Calendar.
We continue with our CGAcademy sessions consisting of educational content that helps students and entry-level artists work their way up in the VFX, gaming, animation and computer graphics industry.
CGAcademy presents its Career Path Sessions which will put focus on introducing different professions in the CG industry. At the first session you will be joined by Branislav Pavlovic (Ubisoft) who’ll talk about his job as Environment Artist in Gaming industry. If you’re interested in further exploring what Environment Art has to offer, at this session you will learn more about how to get started, which software is industry standard and how to get your portfolio ready for the job hunt.
The session will be held on April 13th at 6PM CET with a Q&A session coming up right afterwards, so set up your Google Calendar and tune in. The session is free of charge.
The session will be streamed on our website. Click here for more information.
CGAcademy content track will cover a series of sessions within Creative Software, Know How and Job Feature sessions. No need to sign up for each session individually, but you can subscribe to our Newsletter and we’ll keep you posted.
