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Part of the Creative & Interactive Technologies Architect Pathway

Certified Creative & Interactive Technologies Specialist

Technical Art & Shading

Real procedural shader authoring and advanced texture/material production.

About 24 hours of real coursework

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The Credential

Certified Creative & Interactive Technologies Specialist — Technical Art & Shading

Finishing every course is not what earns this credential. You earn it by demonstrating all 2 required competencies through real, assessed evidence, then bringing them together in the Project below — reviewed end to end, not graded on attendance.

Creative Media, Animation and Digital Content

  • Procedural Materials & Shader Nodes
  • Advanced Texturing & Material Authoring

Course Sequence

"Construct fully procedural materials with node graphs that scale infinitely without texture resolution limits."

Included Modules
Noise & Pattern Generators
Layered Material Construction
Procedural Wear & Damage
Shader Optimization

"Deep technical art practice: advanced PBR workflows, the real trade-offs between hand-painted and procedural texturing, and optimizing materials for real-time rendering."

Included Modules
Advanced PBR Workflows
Hand-Painted vs. Procedural Texturing
Material Optimization for Real-Time Rendering
Substance Painter/Designer Workflows (or Equivalent)

Skills Gained

  • Procedural material authoring
  • Shader node development
  • Advanced texture painting
  • PBR material workflows

Professional Competencies

  • • Technical art direction
  • • Shader and material engineering

Industry Tools

Substance Painter / Designer Unreal Engine Material Editor Unity Shader Graph
The Project

Technical Art & Shading Portfolio Project

Independent specialization capstone -- demonstrates the CIT-TECHART specialization's own competencies. Earned completely independently of any other CIT-Specialize specialization.

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    Technical Art & Shading Portfolio Project

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This program is part of the Creative & Interactive Technologies Architect — Specialize Pathway. You'll pick your starting cohort for Certified Creative & Interactive Technologies Specialist — Technical Art & Shading — the first program in the pathway — on the next step.

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