Vessel Forge
@vesselforge.bsky.social
Mentorship I 3D Artistry
Mentoring the next generation of creatives in gaming.
https://vesselforge.com/
Mentoring the next generation of creatives in gaming.
https://vesselforge.com/
At Vessel Forge, you’ll get 1 on 1 sessions with industry professionals with experience working for AAA title games! Kerri shares how Ivanna’s guidance made an impact — “I was surprised by how much I didn’t know, and she showed me more efficient ways to sculpt environments.”
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
At Vessel Forge, you’ll get 1 on 1 sessions with industry professionals with experience working for AAA title games! Kerri shares how Ivanna’s guidance made an impact — “I was surprised by how much I didn’t know, and she showed me more efficient ways to sculpt environments.”
Wondering what it’s like to join Vessel Forge? Hear from Kerri Zhang, who took our Environment Art Sculpting Mentorship led by Ivanna Liittschwager!
Check out @ivannaliitt.bsky.social mentorship below!
vesselforge.com/services/env...
Check out @ivannaliitt.bsky.social mentorship below!
vesselforge.com/services/env...
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Wondering what it’s like to join Vessel Forge? Hear from Kerri Zhang, who took our Environment Art Sculpting Mentorship led by Ivanna Liittschwager!
Check out @ivannaliitt.bsky.social mentorship below!
vesselforge.com/services/env...
Check out @ivannaliitt.bsky.social mentorship below!
vesselforge.com/services/env...
Join Romain for a hands-on mentorship, exploring the complete process of creating production-ready environment concept art. You’ll learn how to understand narrative goals, gameplay context, and technical limitations.
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Join Romain for a hands-on mentorship, exploring the complete process of creating production-ready environment concept art. You’ll learn how to understand narrative goals, gameplay context, and technical limitations.
We are excited to share that we have a new 2D Concept Art Mentorship with Romain Jouandeau!
Check out @romainjouandeau.bsky.social mentorship with the link below!
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Check out @romainjouandeau.bsky.social mentorship with the link below!
vesselforge.com/services/2d-...
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We are excited to share that we have a new 2D Concept Art Mentorship with Romain Jouandeau!
Check out @romainjouandeau.bsky.social mentorship with the link below!
vesselforge.com/services/2d-...
Check out @romainjouandeau.bsky.social mentorship with the link below!
vesselforge.com/services/2d-...
This contest is a great opportunity to win an amazing mentorship, gain recognition for your work and elevate your skills to the next level—enter now!
#MeetMat5 #VesselForge #TheRookies #Substance3DPainter #Texturing #Contest
#MeetMat5 #VesselForge #TheRookies #Substance3DPainter #Texturing #Contest
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This contest is a great opportunity to win an amazing mentorship, gain recognition for your work and elevate your skills to the next level—enter now!
#MeetMat5 #VesselForge #TheRookies #Substance3DPainter #Texturing #Contest
#MeetMat5 #VesselForge #TheRookies #Substance3DPainter #Texturing #Contest
This year, Vessel Forge is excited to team up with The Rookies for the Meet Mat 5 contest! Our founder and CEO, Jonathan Benainous—Lead Material Artist and Meet Mat 5 judge—will be offering a free, private Material Art Mentorship to the winner.
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This year, Vessel Forge is excited to team up with The Rookies for the Meet Mat 5 contest! Our founder and CEO, Jonathan Benainous—Lead Material Artist and Meet Mat 5 judge—will be offering a free, private Material Art Mentorship to the winner.
🏁 It's the FINAL STRETCH! Meet Mat 5 entries close November 26th—don’t miss this chance to win a Material Art Mentorship with Vessel Forge!
Learn about the mentorship below 👇
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Learn about the mentorship below 👇
vesselforge.com/services/mat...
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🏁 It's the FINAL STRETCH! Meet Mat 5 entries close November 26th—don’t miss this chance to win a Material Art Mentorship with Vessel Forge!
Learn about the mentorship below 👇
vesselforge.com/services/mat...
Learn about the mentorship below 👇
vesselforge.com/services/mat...
🎉 We’re thrilled to share some exciting news—Vessel Forge is collaborating with Maxon @maxonvfx.bsky.social!
💡Interested in our Mentorships? Visit our website for more info!
vesselforge.com/mentorship/
💡Interested in our Mentorships? Visit our website for more info!
vesselforge.com/mentorship/
November 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🎉 We’re thrilled to share some exciting news—Vessel Forge is collaborating with Maxon @maxonvfx.bsky.social!
💡Interested in our Mentorships? Visit our website for more info!
vesselforge.com/mentorship/
💡Interested in our Mentorships? Visit our website for more info!
vesselforge.com/mentorship/
Jared, who leads our Vegetation Art Mentorship at Vessel Forge, blow us away with his expertise in crafting high-end real-time foliage. His project perfectly shows his deep understanding of shape language, material definition, and the subtleties that bring vegetation to life.
November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Jared, who leads our Vegetation Art Mentorship at Vessel Forge, blow us away with his expertise in crafting high-end real-time foliage. His project perfectly shows his deep understanding of shape language, material definition, and the subtleties that bring vegetation to life.
Take a look at our mentor, Jared Sobotta’s, latest foliage project!
Learn from Jared and apply to his mentorship at the following link:
vesselforge.com/services/veg...
Learn from Jared and apply to his mentorship at the following link:
vesselforge.com/services/veg...
November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Take a look at our mentor, Jared Sobotta’s, latest foliage project!
Learn from Jared and apply to his mentorship at the following link:
vesselforge.com/services/veg...
Learn from Jared and apply to his mentorship at the following link:
vesselforge.com/services/veg...
He has worked at acclaimed studios like Quantic Dream, Warner Bros. Games, and Naughty Dog, and has contributed to projects such as The Last of Us, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, and Ghost of Tsushima.
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
He has worked at acclaimed studios like Quantic Dream, Warner Bros. Games, and Naughty Dog, and has contributed to projects such as The Last of Us, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, and Ghost of Tsushima.
Meet our new mentor, Romain Jouandeau! A Senior Concept Artist currently crafting worlds at Sucker Punch Productions.
Check out @romainjouandeau.bsky.social 2D Concept Art Mentorship below!
vesselforge.com/services/2d-...
Check out @romainjouandeau.bsky.social 2D Concept Art Mentorship below!
vesselforge.com/services/2d-...
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Meet our new mentor, Romain Jouandeau! A Senior Concept Artist currently crafting worlds at Sucker Punch Productions.
Check out @romainjouandeau.bsky.social 2D Concept Art Mentorship below!
vesselforge.com/services/2d-...
Check out @romainjouandeau.bsky.social 2D Concept Art Mentorship below!
vesselforge.com/services/2d-...
We spoke with Technnical Art Mentor, Grayson Cotrell — “Set yourself apart by creating solutions that are undeniably useful, and study the people in your workplace who are most successful to understand why they stand out.”
November 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We spoke with Technnical Art Mentor, Grayson Cotrell — “Set yourself apart by creating solutions that are undeniably useful, and study the people in your workplace who are most successful to understand why they stand out.”
Wondering how to set yourself apart in the games industry? Try finding your niche!
Grayson Cotrell explains how you can find your niche! Check out his Technical Art Mentorship below 👇
vesselforge.com/services/tec...
Grayson Cotrell explains how you can find your niche! Check out his Technical Art Mentorship below 👇
vesselforge.com/services/tec...
November 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Wondering how to set yourself apart in the games industry? Try finding your niche!
Grayson Cotrell explains how you can find your niche! Check out his Technical Art Mentorship below 👇
vesselforge.com/services/tec...
Grayson Cotrell explains how you can find your niche! Check out his Technical Art Mentorship below 👇
vesselforge.com/services/tec...
Whether you’re feeling stuck, navigating tough career decisions, or just want to sharpen your path forward, Jonathan’s 1 to 1 coaching sessions give you a space to talk openly and get real, actionable insight.
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Whether you’re feeling stuck, navigating tough career decisions, or just want to sharpen your path forward, Jonathan’s 1 to 1 coaching sessions give you a space to talk openly and get real, actionable insight.
Level up your game art career and take Career Coaching sessions with Jonathan Benainous, a Lead Material Artist with 20+ years of experience across top studios like Naughty Dog and Ubisoft.
Learn more below 👇
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Learn more below 👇
vesselforge.com/services/car...
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Level up your game art career and take Career Coaching sessions with Jonathan Benainous, a Lead Material Artist with 20+ years of experience across top studios like Naughty Dog and Ubisoft.
Learn more below 👇
vesselforge.com/services/car...
Learn more below 👇
vesselforge.com/services/car...
We asked about his experience taking our Environment Art Mentorship led by Jonathan Benainous, and he replied — “The mentorship has been great so far. I really appreciate that my mentor meets me where I'm at as an artist and also as a person just trying to grow as much as I can.”
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We asked about his experience taking our Environment Art Mentorship led by Jonathan Benainous, and he replied — “The mentorship has been great so far. I really appreciate that my mentor meets me where I'm at as an artist and also as a person just trying to grow as much as I can.”
In this Mentee Spotlight we are featuring Maxx Ortiz, a 3D artist working at Studio Connelly, helping bring sets for TV into Unreal Engine before building!
Maxx is currently taking our Environment Art Mentorship! 👇
vesselforge.com/services/env...
Maxx is currently taking our Environment Art Mentorship! 👇
vesselforge.com/services/env...
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In this Mentee Spotlight we are featuring Maxx Ortiz, a 3D artist working at Studio Connelly, helping bring sets for TV into Unreal Engine before building!
Maxx is currently taking our Environment Art Mentorship! 👇
vesselforge.com/services/env...
Maxx is currently taking our Environment Art Mentorship! 👇
vesselforge.com/services/env...
Mandar explained that he now has a “clearer understanding of how materials fit into a larger production context, not just as isolated assets.” And how he became more aware of his weak spots, especially with environment work, which gave him “direction for improvement.”
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Mandar explained that he now has a “clearer understanding of how materials fit into a larger production context, not just as isolated assets.” And how he became more aware of his weak spots, especially with environment work, which gave him “direction for improvement.”
Wondering what it's like to join Vessel Forge? Hear from Mandar Warde, who took our Material Art Mentorship led by Jonathan Benainous!
Learn about our Material Art Mentorship below 👇
vesselforge.com/services/mat...
Learn about our Material Art Mentorship below 👇
vesselforge.com/services/mat...
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Wondering what it's like to join Vessel Forge? Hear from Mandar Warde, who took our Material Art Mentorship led by Jonathan Benainous!
Learn about our Material Art Mentorship below 👇
vesselforge.com/services/mat...
Learn about our Material Art Mentorship below 👇
vesselforge.com/services/mat...
We’re thrilled to announce that Vessel Forge has partnered with The Rookies for Meet Mat 5!
Learn more about our mentorships here 👇
vesselforge.com/services/mat...
Learn more about our mentorships here 👇
vesselforge.com/services/mat...
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We’re thrilled to announce that Vessel Forge has partnered with The Rookies for Meet Mat 5!
Learn more about our mentorships here 👇
vesselforge.com/services/mat...
Learn more about our mentorships here 👇
vesselforge.com/services/mat...
Amazing News! Vessel Forge is now supported by Adobe Substance 3D, offering one full year of Substance access for free to all our mentees!
Check out our mentorships programs 👇
vesselforge.com/mentorship/
Check out our mentorships programs 👇
vesselforge.com/mentorship/
October 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Amazing News! Vessel Forge is now supported by Adobe Substance 3D, offering one full year of Substance access for free to all our mentees!
Check out our mentorships programs 👇
vesselforge.com/mentorship/
Check out our mentorships programs 👇
vesselforge.com/mentorship/
Ivanna Liittschwager takes us behind the scenes of her “Fall Pumpkins” personal project in our first mentor project break down article.
Gain insight into how this seasoned artist approaches her creative process with the link below!
vesselforge.com/mentor-ivann...
Gain insight into how this seasoned artist approaches her creative process with the link below!
vesselforge.com/mentor-ivann...
October 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Ivanna Liittschwager takes us behind the scenes of her “Fall Pumpkins” personal project in our first mentor project break down article.
Gain insight into how this seasoned artist approaches her creative process with the link below!
vesselforge.com/mentor-ivann...
Gain insight into how this seasoned artist approaches her creative process with the link below!
vesselforge.com/mentor-ivann...
Last chance to take one of our mentorships in November!
Learn everything you need to know and sign up today with the link below!
vesselforge.com/meet-your-me...
Learn everything you need to know and sign up today with the link below!
vesselforge.com/meet-your-me...
October 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Last chance to take one of our mentorships in November!
Learn everything you need to know and sign up today with the link below!
vesselforge.com/meet-your-me...
Learn everything you need to know and sign up today with the link below!
vesselforge.com/meet-your-me...
It was great to connect in person with our current mentees, as well as future ones. The Vessel Forge team can’t wait to welcome more of you soon!
#Games #GameDev #PortfolioReview
#Games #GameDev #PortfolioReview
October 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
It was great to connect in person with our current mentees, as well as future ones. The Vessel Forge team can’t wait to welcome more of you soon!
#Games #GameDev #PortfolioReview
#Games #GameDev #PortfolioReview