Free 60-hours skills training
Skills Bootcamps are free, flexible courses, giving you the opportunity to build up sector-specific technical skills and attract new clients.
Master in-demand Blender skills to win more clients. Training and career support is completely free.
In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape keeping your skills up to date and using the latest tools is important to unlock your creative potential. By learning Blender, you gain valuable skills that are highly sought-after in industries like animation, gaming and film.
Aimed towards beginners with little or no experience, this Skills Bootcamp will help you get to the next level in Blender. With a mentor, you’ll learn how to use its interface, understand the principles of modelling, create 3D models, learn the basics of animation, create your own materials, make UV maps, unwrap your models, and create animations for your objects and characters.
You will also learn fundamental business skills that will help you be more strategic and get more clients to grow your self-employed career.
And the best part - it's free.
6,000+
creative professionals enrolled
7,000+
mentoring calls delivered
95+
countries in the network
Tailored for career outcomes for creatives
Our industry-first approach is built around identifying the latest skills needs and gaps in the creative sector - and adjusting our learning journeys and wraparound support to suit.
In-depth software training
Our interest and passion lie in creative industries, like film, broadcast, virtual reality, games and VFX. We are authorised training partners for industry-standard tools - and our mentors are typically certified instructors.
Mentor-led training
It's easy to access learning content online but completion and engagement rates can be low. Our team of mentors and coaches work to ensure the right goals are set, training is structured, valuable feedback is provided, and learners are motivated and focused.
Your path to attracting more clients in the creative industry
Blender is highly capable 3D software with which you can create detailed 3D models, sculpt characters and objects, create animations, add special effects and do so much more. It's one of the most highly-rated skills in the creative industry. Whether you want to upskill, reskill or specialise, there are incredible career opportunities in the UK for creative professionals who are up-to-date with the latest digital content creation tools.
3D DESIGNER
BLENDER GENERALIST
ANIMATOR
This Skills Bootcamp has been developed in response to the growing demand from the creative industry for 3D professionals who can combine hands-on technical skills with creative and design flair. Self-paced, with a mentor, online and free - now the only thing that matters is your talent and commitment.
Perri Lewis
Co-founder and CEO, Mastered
Your journey ahead
The Skills Bootcamp is designed to mirror the real work with projects, 1-2-1 feedback, and working with actual production workflows and tools.
You will learn how to:
- Efficiently navigate and utilise key features of the Blender interface
- Demonstrate ability to create basic primitives and manipulate them with simple transforms.
- Demonstrate knowledge of modifiers, render, viewport overlays and menus related to project management by constructing a simple scene.
- Use strong scene management by naming objects and having control over 3D axes.
You will learn how to:
- Generate a diverse range of geometry and 3D assets, with each asset adhering to predefined quality and complexity standards.
- Use Sculpting Tools to make a basic object adhering to technical standards.
You will learn how to:
- Effectively demonstrate UV Unwrapping and optimised placement of UVs on Bitmap.
You will learn how to:
- Create Lights and edit settings to create a sense of mood and emotion.
- Understand and apply the differences between Cycles and Evee.
- Render images using Cycles and Evee.
- Render video using Cycles and Evee.
- Implement basic cinematic lighting principles to create a lighting solution.
Participants will learn how to:
- Render video using Cycles and Evee.
- Create Keyframes
- Create Bones, Controls and Constraints.
- Use Rigify.
You will learn how to:
- Move from the reactive to the strategic
- Identify specific SMART goals
- Discover your purpose
- Craft a compelling mission statement
- Build brand consistency in all marketing materials
- Develop and communicate your visual identity
You will learn how to:
- Create or optimisean online portfolio
- Understand and attract your audience
- Leverage social media for brand promotion
- Content marketing strategies
- Analyse and refine marketing platforms suitable for your business and audience
You will learn:
- Strategies for expanding your network within the industry
- Crafting a compelling elevator pitch
- Online and offline networking opportunities
- Collaborative opportunities with peers
- Pitching and presenting your services effectively
- Utilising your professional online presence
Built with industry, for industry
This Skills Bootcamp has been designed specifically to ensure you get the technical skills that will help you stand out in a crowded market of creative professionals. Everything is aligned around the real skills that the industry needs to fill.
Studios we work with
Meet the team who will be in your corner until the first day in your new career.
You will have 1-to-1 and group video calls, live online classes, personal feedback, technical help and emotional support from a team of people invested in your success.
Quintus Smit 
Technical Mentor
I’ll assess your skill level, understand your career goals, then build a pathway for you to ensure you learn the concepts well. I’ll set you tasks to build your skills, give you feedback on how well you’ve executed the task and support you to build a project for your portfolio.
Zoe Brown
Success Manager
I’m here from day one of your bootcamp. I’ll make sure you are getting the most from the bootcamp at every stage, whether it be setting up your personalised schedule to sharing articles and events you might love.
Stephen Arthur
Career Coach
I will make sure that when the time comes, you will be a standout creative. Whether preparing your portfolio, helping you negotiate, or keeping you motivated, I will be at your side throughout the whole experience.
Lindsay Stockley
Business content lead
I will make sure you get the most up-to-date and relevant learning opportunities to build your creative business. Whether it is getting you the best mentors or gaining access to helpful resources, I will be there to ensure you get the support most beneficial to your growth.
Over 6,000 creators from 95 different countries
We're proud of all the creative professionals, from every walk of life, who have been through one of our career accelerators since 2015. With our new Skills Bootcamp, we want to continue this commitment to finding diverse voices and original talent who've been shut out for too long. Outsiders, misfits and changemakers need apply.
Alessandro Manghi
Unreal Engine Artist
Bruno Wilkinson
Game Programmer
Kimberly Gyambibi
3D Visualizer
Ismail Aljanabi
3D Technical Artist
Loretta Lok
Game Developer
Krisztian Bajko
Games programmer
Oskar Korbut
Design Coordinator
Tara Cannon-Young
Environment Designer
Srinath Upadhyayula
Software Engineer
Zilla Meetun
Unreal Engine Developer
Yacob Reyneke
C++ Programmer
Mattia Grigolato
Unreal Generalist
Victor Rasuly
Games developer (Alumni)
My time at Mastered has been nothing but fantastic. I came into Mastered with absolutely no programming experience whatsoever, to taking on the role of a Technical Game Designer within just the span of 5-6 months, thanks to the help of my mentors!
Richard Leck
Technical artist (Alumni)
The team at Mastered is just amazing. I was working a full-time job and was going through a tough time mentally, but they were so patient with any issues I had and pushed me to find a way around problems in ways I never thought about.
Dean Isseyegh
Gameplay programmer (Alumni)
The one-on-one mentoring sessions with an experienced Unity developer were extremely useful. Even as someone with lots of programming knowledge, there was still a whole load of game-specific technology, terms, and programming paradigms I had never heard of and just knowing about them gave me the ability to pick them up and learn about them quickly.
Limited places available
You can apply to join the bootcamp through the form below and one of our admissions team will set up a call to find out more about your goals and assess whether this is going to be a good fit for you. Please note, we are selective and there are very limited fully-funded places. We are looking for special talent so please give the questions below proper thought.
Talent. Meet opportunity
