People choose narrowly specialized courses in private schools because they don’t enter the process of career building on their own. From experience, we can tell you that people in our courses are very similar in interests and skills, ready to help out one another during learning, but later during the job searching phase as well.

Connecting with fellow students and lecturers can really be beneficial in regards to creating a high-quality portfolio, teamwork, receiving recommendations, and so on.

Countless times did we have students help one another find a job after a course ends, and we have no doubt that this tradition will be kept in each upcoming group.

A common reason why artists, especially younger generations that are yet to make their first step in the industry, decide to invest their time and money in intensive courses is due to the unique chance to work and communicate every day with seniors from the industry, that is their lecturers and mentors.

An additional bonus is that during the course you can ask for help at any given time, whether that would be for an explanation, an idea evaluation, or how to bring that idea to fruition. In cases when there are two lecturers on a course, this aspect is even more heightened, something that is also confirmed by Stela Mileusnić, our student from the 3D Essentials course.

“I am especially happy with the systematic program and dedicated lectures, thanks to which the software can be mastered surprisingly fast. Lecturers come from two different professional backgrounds, so the acquired knowledge is not limited to only VFX or video game design but provides an excellent base in both fields”, says Stela.

Specialized VFX and game art courses at Crater are formed in such a way that simulates a working pipeline that of a creative studio. When creating our courses we have been following the descriptions of actual artists’ positions in the industry. With this combination, we have created educational programs that accurately answer the current market demands and prepare students for the highly sought-after artistic positions.

“Every topic we have gone over in the Environment Art course is important. Even though the course is highly intensive, I believe that enough time was given to every field and that each member of our group had a chance to gain the industry fundamentals. To me personally, the course helped to get familiar with the elements of Environment Art and to keep enhancing my skills. If I hadn’t taken up this course, I wouldn’t have had the knowledge needed to successfully pass the job test” says Ana Gavrić, our student that at the beginning of 2022 joined Ubisoft in Belgrade as a Junior Level Artist.

Investing in education is one of the most important things that you can do on your career path. Organized lectures, no matter if they fall under formal or informal education, do come with a certain financial burden. However, it is necessary to emphasize that when you enroll in a course, you don’t invest only your money, but your time and effort as well. Given that the tutorials don’t come with this kind of commitment, viewers don’t practically have any responsibility towards them. They usually watch them on their own, without any team support, which means success in learning also completely depends on themselves alone. On the other hand, experience has shown that students usually feel a high level of responsibility toward their own progress when they enroll in an intensive course.

As we already mentioned, we too love tutorials, but before diving into Youtube, it’s recommended to know what to expect in those uncharted territories. However, don’t run away from them, but we do advise you to leave them aside for later because courses give you structured knowledge that’s later easier to upgrade with tutorials. Choosing the right tutorial will be a lot clearer as well as differentiating high quality from average. At the end of it all, our lecturers can recommend high-quality tutorials that are “a must”, and whether they are a right fit for your level of knowledge and expertise.

Since the beginning of pandemic, we’ve all come to enjoy the benefits of working from home. A lot of people have used their quarantine time to pick up new skills or learn something for their own amusement. Either way, picking up new skills goes long way when it comes to all the changes we’ve been facing so far. Creating visual content has become our everyday routine. While the brands fight for customer’s attention in the vast pool of internet content, without a good visual it’s highly unlikely to stand out in the online world dominated by Google, Facebook and Instagram. If we add the fact that Covid-19 pandemic has drastically accelerated digitalization and moved many jobs into virtual space, it’s evident that any additional tool for online world is more than welcome. Among a variety of online applications such as Canva, Pixlr and Stencill, Photoshop was and still remains a golden standard for technical and visual literacy.