Certificate in Digital Sculpting
6 Mar 2025
- 24 Apr 2025
Apply To
IADT
ECTS Points
10
Funding
HCI Subsidy Funding Available
Course Code
DL147
Duration
8 weeks
Fees
€550 or €1,100
IADT
10
HCI Subsidy Funding Available
DL147
8 weeks
€550 or €1,100
Digital sculpting is the process of using computers to produce digital art. Using leading Industry software, students will explore the basics of the sculpting process for both character and creature sculpting.
You will learn how to generate sketch ideas and to progress a character design from initial concept to completed digital mesh. Utilising a subdivision digital sculpting workflow, you will create your digital character/creature as a digital sculpt in a final pose.
Other areas will also be explored such as preparation of digital sculpts for 3D printing and high-quality renders for portfolio presentation.
At the end of the course, you will:
• Understand the basic requirements and workflows required for using digital sculpting software to create your own 3D models. Both organic and hard surface modelling techniques will be explained and explored.
• Evidence competency in the design and digital sculpting of a human or creature character.
• Synthesize the various technical elements required to produce a 3D print.
• Evaluate and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of roles and processes required of a 3D digital artist.
Students who successfully complete this course will receive a Certificate in Professional Skills (Level 9 Award, 10 ECTS).
A 3D digital modeller is an artist first and foremost creating or bringing to life the fantastical and fabulous. Using the power of technology these creatives use digital sculpting to produce high quality concept art, Game and animation characters, collectible toys, 3D printed props, scenic elements and more.
You will learn about the Digital sculpting process and about the importance of blocking out, the mesh surface, level of detail, mesh preparation and presentation. You will design and produce a 3D printable humanoid or creature character bust using digital sculpting software.
The course will be delivered fully online from 5pm to 9pm on:
Thursdays:
Tuesdays:
Undergraduate qualification of 2nd Class Honours or higher at Honours Degree level.
Applicants without a Level 8 qualification may be considered based on their prior experience and learning through our RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning) process.
As part of the RPL process, applicants in this category will be required to present a qualifying statement of a standard that demonstrates their ability to undertake work at Level 9.
A CV detailing your professional experience is required.
Experience using a drawing tablet is a big plus but not essential.
Each student must provide their own drawing tablet – examples include:
The Huion Inspiroy H950P or the Huion New 1060 Plus (both available for approx €57 online).
Alternatives might be the Wacom One (approx EUR59 online), or for those with a budget to spend and who want a professional version would be the Wacom Intuos 5 (approx. €400).
Application process for 2025 is now open
IADT operates a rolling admissions policy for graduate taught courses, with decisions issued in 4 weeks after a submitted and complete application is received. An application is incomplete until you provide all required items on the checklist (including the application fee, if applicable).
Generally, courses will remain open to applications until all places are filled.
Fees for the 2025 intake are €550, subsidised by the Higher Education Authority’s Human Capital Initiative. Check your eligibility and read about the documents you will be required to submit HERE
Fees for those who do not meet the eligibility criteria above are €1,100.
This course will be taught by Julian King, MA. Julian is the lead lecturer on 3D Design Model Making and Digital Art in IADT. As well as decades of experience as a lecturer, he also has many years of experience in film design, model making, and 3D digital prototyping and production.
Please email any queries to Elena Somoza, IADT Creative Futures Academy Co-ordinator, at iadt@creativefutures.ie
Slideshow image credits:
Image 1: Lorcan Duguey
Image 2: Marie Gadsdon
Image 3: Marie Therese Clune
Image 4: Barry Wrafter
Image 5: Ciaran Patterson
Feature image: Paul Kelly
Applicants to this course are eligible for Human Capital Initiative HCI Pillar 3 Micro-Credentials Subsidy funding. The subsidy for this course is 50% of the total course costs for eligible learners. Terms & Conditions apply.
A CFA scholarship encourages the participation of learners from sections of society that are significantly under-represented in higher education by offering one free place on all of our CFA short courses.
Through our CFA programmes, we offer a range of bursaries to help you gain the in-demand skills you need to develop your career.
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