Join us for our live Illustration Course Information Session with CGS Mentor Eric Wilkerson and Yanchong Lai from our Student Admissions Team.
Learn more about everything covered in the course, the admissions process, career support services provided, success stories of former students, and what it's like to be part of the CG Spectrum Community.
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Our Amazing Speakers
Meet the talented folk running the session.
Eric Wilkerson
CG Spectrum Mentor of Advanced Illustration Course
Eric is an in-demand illustrator who has worked in the entertainment industry for more than a decade with clients like Weta Workshop, Marvel, Upper Deck, Dark Horse Comics, Scholastic and Disney Publishing. He’s carved an impressive career as an Illustrator for film, TV, advertising, publishing, animation, comics, video games and even costume design. His recent work includes art for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and the book cover art for Shuri, the latest Black Panther novel. Eric is a 2020 Chesley Award Winner. See some of Eric's work on his website.
Penny Gaubatz
CG Spectrum Head of Employer Partnerships
Penny studied Concept Art and Illustration at CG Spectrum. Not only a talented artist, Penny is also highly organized and great with people, skills that helped her pioneer CG Spectrum's Technical Assistant program and led to her involvement in Community Management. She is now providing ongoing support for students as a Student Experience Manager, helping guide them towards success.
Yanchong Lai
CG Spectrum Course Advisor
Freelance game developer, Ryan Laley, has worked in education for over ten years, teaching video game development across multiple disciplines with a focus on game programming. He is also an Unreal Authorized Instructor, working with Epic Games to help train students as well as future trainers. Ryan continues to develop his own games when he's not teaching.
Oliver Harbour
CG Spectrum Alum & Technical Assistant
A recent CG Spectrum graduate of the Advanced Illustration Course, Oliver now works as a freelance Illustrator, producing character concepts, environments, creature design, and 3D models. While in his first term of study at CG Spectrum, portfolio samples he worked on caught the attention of a major client. Amidst other projects, Oliver spent the past six months working as a Technical Assistant for CGS. He recently finished creating some visual development art for an exciting animated series (show to be announced).
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