The Autodesk Alias programme teaches the industry's standard for automotive surface design the way it is actually used in a working studio, not the tool alone, but the thinking behind it. Proportion logic. Section control. The discipline of holding a surface's quality across its entire length so that it reads honestly under light, not just in a screenshot. Every batch is customised to the experience level of its students, taught directly by the people applying the same standard to real client work every day.
The Unreal Engine 5 programme teaches real-time visualisation as a discipline of design judgement, not just technical operation. Lighting, materials, cinematic composition, and environment development, all covered with the same rigour applied to work that comes through the studio. Students leave able to build the kind of immersive, photorealistic sequences and configurator experiences that represent the current frontier of how automotive and architectural design is presented. For the students whose final work genuinely stops the team, the door to the studio is open.
Our Workflow
Autodesk Alias
The industry standard for automotive Class-A surfacing -taught the way professionals use it, with the surface thinking and workflow discipline that separates good work from great work.
Unreal Engine 5
From architectural walkthroughs to automotive configurators -taught with the same creative and technical rigor we apply to our own client projects.
Weekly Recorded Modules
Professionally produced video lessons delivered every week -designed to be paused, rewound, and revisited as many times as it takes. The learning sticks because the pace is yours.
Live Weekly Sessions
Once a week, the entire batch comes together with the theCraftiqs team -face to face, in real time. Questions answered, work reviewed, and the kind of conversation that only happens when people are actually present.
Real Workflow
We teach the workflow we use on real client projects -not every button in the software, just the ones that matter and why. The difference between knowing a tool and knowing how to use it professionally.
Custom Curriculum
Every batch is different because every group of students is different. The curriculum is calibrated to the experience level of the people in it -so nobody is bored and nobody is lost.
Guest Practitioners
Select sessions feature working designers from leading studios and OEMs -sharing their process, their perspective, and what the industry actually looks like from inside it.
Final Task & Certificate
Every student completes a final project demonstrating genuine command of the software and the workflow. Completion earns a theCraftiqs Academy certificate and for students whose work genuinely stands out, a potential opportunity to work with the studio.
Communication
How You Will Learn
The best learning we've ever facilitated started with two things, a committed student and the space to grow at their own pace.
We work in close rhythm with every batch. Weekly recorded modules, live face-to-face sessions, and honest feedback on every piece of work submitted. You always know where you stand and what comes next.
But alongside that structure, we ask for one thing in return is full commitment. To show up, to push through the difficult parts, and to bring your very best to the final task. That's not us being demanding. It's us taking your growth as seriously as you do.
You bring the dedication. We bring the expertise. That's where the best outcomes come from.
Capabilities
One-on-One Weekly Meet
The batch meets the team -questions, work review, real conversation
Guest Practitioner Sessions
Working industry designers share their process and perspective
Practice & Iteration
1.5 to 3 months per batch -enough time to learn properly, not just quickly
Final Task
A substantial piece of work demonstrating real command of the workflow
Certificate
Awarded on successful completion -exceptional work opens a door to the studio
Limited.
Limited seats per batch. Not because we can't take more, because we won't. Every question gets a brief answer.
Workflow.
We teach how we actually work - not every button, just the ones that matter and why. That's the difference.
Support.
The batch ends. The relationship doesn't. Exceptional students stay on our radar, and sometimes join the studio.
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