Ultimate Career Guide: Concept Artist by Marc Brunet

Marc Brunet Concept Artist Career Guide is a self-paced video course about working as a character concept artist in the entertainment industry. Marc Brunet combines two things in each lesson: a design demonstration, in which he concepts a race and its armour sets, and a talk about the industry, studio pipelines, his own career and how to get hired. The course has 7 lessons and runs for about 8 hours, with the PSD files included. It is marked for beginners and costs $100 as a one-time download on Cubebrush.

Most art courses teach technique and leave the job itself as a mystery. This guide sets out to explain both sides at once. Marc recorded it after about ten years in the art and entertainment industry, and uses that experience to describe what a concept artist actually does, how a project moves through a studio and how artists get noticed. Unlike several of his other packs, it is not taken from ART School; it is a separate product built around careers.

What You Will Learn

The course pairs practical design work with career guidance. Based on the official chapter list, it covers:

• What a concept artist is, and what a typical working day looks like
• How the art industry and a studio pipeline are organised
• Starting a project and concepting a race of characters
• Designing armour sets, then developing colour and armour variants
• Creating an upgraded version of a design
• Marc's own career path, in two parts
• How to get noticed, build an online presence and create portfolio pieces
• How to approach a job interview

Who Is Marc Brunet Concept Artist Career Guide For?

It suits students and self-taught artists who are thinking about a career in concept art for games or film, and who want a realistic picture of the work before they commit. The official page labels it for beginners, so you do not need a professional portfolio to benefit from the career sections.

The design demonstrations focus on characters, especially armour, so it fits best if character work is your interest. If you mainly want environment or prop concept art, the career advice will still apply, but the demos will be less directly relevant. It is also not a drawing fundamentals course; for that, ART School or Marc's anatomy packs are more suitable.

Course Structure

Each of the seven lessons combines a design topic with a career topic:

• Lesson 1: What is a concept artist? and a day in the life
• Lesson 2: Starting the project, and the art industry
• Lesson 3: Concepting a race, and the studio pipeline
• Lesson 4: Designing armour sets, and Marc's career path, part 1
• Lesson 5: Colour and armour set variants, and his career path, part 2
• Lesson 6: Upgraded version of the armour, and how to get noticed
• Lesson 7: Creating portfolio pieces, growing your online presence and the job interview

The total runtime is about eight hours. The download comes as 10 files, around 12.1 GB in all, including the PSD files from the demonstrations.

Price and Access

Marc Brunet Concept Artist Career Guide costs $100, paid once on Cubebrush, with an instant download. The official page says product updates are free, so if the pack is updated you receive the new version without paying again.

This guide is a stand-alone product rather than a pack taken from ART School, so the ART School upgrade refund that applies to some of Marc's other packs is not mentioned for it.

About the Instructor

Marc Brunet has more than 20 years in the art and games industry, including senior roles at Blizzard Entertainment. He founded Cubebrush and has worked for Wacom, Clip Studio Paint and ImagineFX, before leaving his industry job to build ART School.

Things to Consider

• Timing: the course reflects Marc's first decade in the industry, so check current studio practices and job listings alongside it.
• Time: about eight hours of video; painting along with the armour designs adds more.
• Tools: you need a drawing tablet and painting software; the PSDs open in Photoshop or compatible programs.
• Disk space: the 12.1 GB download is large, so check your storage first.
• Feedback: the guide is recorded video only, without portfolio reviews.
• Related packs: the Character Design guide and the 3D Artist career guide in Marc's catalogue cover neighbouring ground.

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Interested in learning with Marc Brunet?

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For the full syllabus and pricing, visit the official Marc Brunet website.

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Last verified: November 12, 2026