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Texture Artist
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Avg. Salary $83k Job-placement support

Texture Artist

Learn how to create top-notch textures for modern AAA games, like League of Legends, World of Warcraft.

Beginner-Intermediate
Intermediate
Career support · Portfolio review
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This Course Is For You If You Are

This Course Is For
You If You Are

Beginner visual

Beginner

You've just started in 3D and you don't have a portfolio or any special skills yet.

Your Result:

You will learn how to texture complex 3D models from scratch and post new works in your portfolio.

Beginner visual

Beginner

You've just started in 3D and you don't have a portfolio or any special skills yet.

Your Result:

You will learn how to texture complex 3D models from scratch and post new works in your portfolio.

Experienced 3D Artist visual

Experienced 3D Artist

You have experience, but want to improve your works and increase your value as a 3D Artist.

Your Result:

You will acquire skills that will take you to a new level in the industry.

Experienced 3D Artist visual

Experienced 3D Artist

You have experience, but want to improve your works and increase your value as a 3D Artist.

Your Result:

You will acquire skills that will take you to a new level in the industry.

Course Program

Module 1: Introduction

1. INTRODUCTION

Software introduction and Pipeline breakdown. You will understand UI of all the most important programs and choose the pipeline that suits you. 9 lessons, 76 min.

Module 2: Art Theory

2. ART THEORY

Light, Color Theory and Useful Exercises. You will gain knowledge about Art Theory that will help you create beautiful results and think like an artist. Learn Light, Color, Hue, Layers, Volume. 10 lessons, 102 min.

Module 3: Stylized Patterns

3. STYLIZED PATTERNS

Breakdown of handpaint texturing techniques. We've prepared a detailed analysis of stylized patterns that you usually see in Riot Games, Blizzard projects. You will texture the first 3D model step by step. 7 lessons, 114 min.

Module 4: Materials

4. MATERIALS

Wood, rocks, lava, metal, crystal materials. Learn the theory and properties of the most important materials: wood, rocks, lava, metal, crystal. + 4 models for your portfolio (Low poly and PBR). 21 lessons, 421 min.

Module 5: PBR Sword

5. PBR SWORD

From PBR texturing to rendering & application in the Unreal Engine. You will go through our daily industry process. From PBR+ Handpaint texturing to rendering, importing in Unreal Engine and presentation. 12 lessons, 216 min.

Module 6: Character Bust

6. CHARACTER BUST

Top-level character texture creation for AAA projects. This will be a unique module that can improve your 3D Characters. You'll learn the tricks and how to texture the character bust from scratch. 7 lessons, 68 min.

Module 7: Presentation, Job

7. PRESENTATION, JOB

Portfolio presentation & job search. You will learn how to correctly present and promote your works on Artstation. How to email studios to get a desired job. Email, resume template and list of 200+ studios with contacts are provided. 10 lessons, 162 min.

Module 8: Industry secrets

8. INDUSTRY SECRETS

Bonus module. Bonus module about industry tricks and AI tools that can improve our works and save plenty of time. 7 lessons, 44 min.

Module 9: 3D AI Workflow

9. 3D AI WORKFLOW

1 course, 30 lessons

Full course dedicated to implementing AI into your workflow to create game-ready 3D models faster. Covers 4 different workflows based on our own research. No AI image generation, no art theft, only 3D workflow.

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Main Results
of the Program:

Master the entire Texture Artist profession.

Upload at least 5 new works to your portfolio.

Main results of the program

Mentor's Work

Ruslan Shabelsky
Main course mentor

Ruslan Shabelsky

Texture Lead at N-hance Studio

Portfolio
Liza Moore
Feedback assistant

Liza Moore

Texture Artist at N-hance Studio

Portfolio
Portfolio 4
Portfolio 1
Portfolio 2
Portfolio 3
Portfolio 4
Portfolio 1

Software You
Will Learn

Substance Painter
Substance Painter
Photoshop
Photoshop
3DCoat
3DCoat
Blender (alternative)
Blender (alternative)
PBR+Handpaint pipeline

Works You
Will Create
Works You Will Create

Work you will create
Work you will create
Work you will create
Work you will create
Work you will create
Work you will create
Work you will create
Work you will create
Work you will create
Work you will create
Work you will create

Built From Real Studio Experience

All our mentors and workflows that are shown in the course were used in multiple
AAA projects and our own RPG game - Seeker of the Ancient by N-hance Studio.
The course pipeline was refined over several years of production, not built in theory.

Our studio hires
the best students —
join us & grow your career
Our studio hires the best students — join us
and grow your career

N-hance Studio hires the best students, giving them the opportunity to work on real projects, including Seeker of the Ancient and client productions. We believe the best way to grow talent is through real experience in a professional development environment.

N-hance Studio hires top students

Career Prospects

Avg. Salary

$83k

per year (USD)

Hourly

$40+

freelance rate

Demand

High

growing industry

Workflow used in
Riot GamesBlizzardUbisoftEpic GamesValve

Salary by Level

Junior$50k–75k
Middle$70k–95k
Senior$100k–155k
Lead$120k–175k

* Based on US market data from Glassdoor, LinkedIn Salary & Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Student Work

Student Reviews

Pavel Artemenko

Pavel Artemenko

I want to thank Ruslan — a wonderful and talented person. He's an amazing mentor, and thanks to him, I've made huge progress in hand-painting. I think without his help and guidance, I couldn't even dream of achieving such results. Ruslan explained and demonstrated everything in a very clear and accessible way. He showed me techniques and nuances in hand-painting, and I learned tons of new information and cool tricks that helped speed up my workflow and made my work more vibrant and colorful. These are unique insights that you can only get from the right person — a true professional!

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Carlos Heredia

Carlos Heredia

If you wanna learn with true professionals that helps you everytime you need with perfect feedback, their courses are the ones you need to buy. No matter if it's the Handpaint course or the character course, they will always want you to be better and they are always there to help. I will always be grateful for all the feedbacks and help they bring to me, and their patience and time. Thank you for all Ruslan and the NHance team, especially thanks to Ruslan and Chl_liza for all their feedbacks in the Handpaint course.

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Adrián González Bella

Adrián González Bella

The AAA Hand-Painted Character Texturing course with Ruslan is honestly one of the best decisions I've made to improve as an artist. Starting from the fundamentals like color theory and materials, I was quickly able to work on my own assets, like Hearthstone fanarts I've now finished thanks to his guidance, plus a character I'm currently working on. Progress takes time, but after every session with Ruslan, the improvement is huge. He always finds new ways you hadn't noticed to push your 3D work further. It's easily one of the best ways to grow as an artist, learning directly from a highly experienced industry professional. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to seriously improve their texturing workflow.

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Ivanna Gogol

Ivanna Gogol

These are the textures, handpainted by me ✨ Based on a course by Ruslan Shabelsky – thanks for the step-by-step guidance! This prop helped me to understand shape definition, material separation, and lighting through handpainting. Model was provided as part of the course.

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Ida Lahti

Ida Lahti

My final hand painting project on the Nhance School texturing course. I created a simple base in Substance 3D Painted to then paint by hand in 3DCoat and Krita. Nhance School provided me with the 3D model and bakes, so that I can focus on practicing texture painting. Thank you to Liza and Ruslan at Nhance School for all of the feedback and guiding me through my hand painting journey for the past months! I have experienced a lot of tangible growth, feel less intimidated by hand painting and have thereby learned to love the process.

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Ida Lahti's work
Sanzhar Murzin

Sanzhar Murzin

Being long time follower of Ruslan's works and tutorials, I've applied for the mentorship the moment it was announced. And, oh boy, I didn't regret it! Course and mentorship are super detailed, structured and extremely practical. Ruslan provides guidance and feedback along the whole way: from the concept stage to publication of the final work online. The mentorship was exactly what I was hoping it to be, and even more!

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Sanzhar Murzin's work
Giorgia Ravalico

Giorgia Ravalico

Lately I've been pushing my skills even more, so here's the first result of many! A huge thank goes to Ruslan Shabelsky (NHance) that provided me feedbacks and help during the whole mentorship!

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Colin Bolk

Colin Bolk

I made this stylized lava sword during my journey on learning how to make handpainted textures. It took quite a while adding details all along the blade but I'm really happy how it turned out in the end! (Model provided by Nhance Handpaint Course)

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Colin Bolk's work
Mikle Ivanov

Mikle Ivanov

My texture works done during the Handpainting-Texture course by N-Hance Studio. It was a great experience. Many thanks to Ruslan for the feedback and help!

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Mikle Ivanov's work

Plans

Quantity of material

9 Modules

83 Lessons

Format

Pre-recorded lessons

Feedbacks, Private lessons

Course portfolio artwork example

Basic

  • Full course material
  • 83 lessons
  • 3D Models provided
  • Bonus module: Getting a job
  • Bonus module: tricks, speed tools
  • Paintover feedbacks throughout the course
  • Private Discord community
  • Lifetime access to lessons
  • Course certificate
$199
$67/mo
For 3 months

6 Finished Portfolio Pieces Guarantee

Course portfolio artwork example

Feedback

Recommended

  • Full course material
  • 83 lessons
  • 3D Models provided
  • Bonus module: Getting a job
  • Bonus module: tricks, speed tools
  • Paintover feedbacks throughout the course
  • Private Discord community
  • Lifetime access to lessons
  • Course certificate
$599

10 spots left

$200/mo
For 3 months

6 Finished Portfolio Pieces Guarantee

Course portfolio artwork example

Mentorship

Recommended

  • All Feedback modules
  • 8 personal calls with Ruslan Shabelsky
  • Daily feedbacks on your projects
  • Additional 3D feedbacks on every step
  • Additional lessons based on your request
  • 24/7 chat support
  • 80% Job landing rate
  • Lifetime access to lessons
  • Course certificate
$1499
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You Will Also Get

Course Certificate

Official certificate is provided only to students who have completed the Full Program and submitted all final results.

Course certificate

Work Files for practice

You'll receive all the work files that we had during the course, so your journey would be easier.

Practice 3D models

Private Discord Community

Community of like-minded people where you can get feedback and improve your works.

Private Discord Community

Portfolio Guarantee

By the end of the course you'll texture and present at least 6 works that you'll put in your portfolio.

Portfolio Guarantee

Best Student Recruitment

Our school hires the best students to join our game development studio and work on real projects.

Best Student Recruitment

Studio Contact List

A list of 150+ game studios you can contact directly to submit your portfolio and speed up your job search.

Studio Contact List

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