Megan & Caleb's

character look
mentorship

We're building a boutique online mentorship program for artists who want to create stronger 3D characters and more polished, portfolio-ready work.With a focus on grooming, look development, and presentation, the program blends professional industry experience with thoughtful teaching to deliver clear guidance, meaningful feedback, and a warm, high-touch learning experience.

Megan Lea Walker

Megan Lea Walker is a senior look development artist specializing in texture, materials, look development, grooming, and real-time character workflows. Her experience spans feature animation, avatar systems, and VR platforms, with a focus on creating polished, production-ready characters.With over a decade of industry experience, Megan has worked across DreamWorks Animation, Disney Animation, and Meta, including serving as a Character Look Development Supervisor at DreamWorks. Through mentorship, she helps artists strengthen their character work with thoughtful feedback, practical production insight, and clearer artistic decision-making.

Caleb Kicklighter

Caleb Kicklighter is an educator and artist working at the intersection of 3D animation, digital art, and emerging media. He is currently a professor in higher education where he teaches the full 3D animated pipeline—from story development through animation, lighting, and final render.With nearly a decade of teaching experience, Caleb helps students develop both strong creative instincts and technical skills through collaborative, production-based work. He also works on interdisciplinary projects and industry partnerships, connecting academic practice with real-world workflows.

mentorship

This unique mentorship will help you push your 3D character look development skills to the next level! Guided by two artists and educators with decades of combined experience, you will learn production-proven workflows for texturing, shading, and grooming stylized 3D characters.Whether it’s learning the fundamentals of Physically-based Shading, creating an art-directed hair groom, or making the most appealing textures for your asset, we’re here to help!You can also direct your mentoring experience the way you need it to be, including refining a specific asset, developing your portfolio, and structuring your project to hit specific goals & deadlines.Each mentorship tier will include live, 2-on-1 feedback over video-call, initial goal-setting and evaluation of your current situation, review materials such as draw-overs and recordings, and offline guidance from the mentors.

one-time

$195

1 meet x 75 mins

  • Focused critique session

  • Portfolio or project direction

  • Clear improvements roadmap

  • Personalized next steps

extended

$699

4 meets x 75 mins

  • Ongoing personalized feedback

  • Guided growth across sessions

  • Support from rough pass to polish

  • Course correction as work evolves

full

$1299

8 meets x 75 mins

  • Sustained creative mentorship

  • Portfolio strategy and refinement

  • Long-term polish and presentation

  • Deeper artistic direction

Character look
development class

COMING SOON!

A guided 12-week course that will take you through the full process of surfacing and grooming your own stylized 3D character.We will begin with learning the foundations of look development for 3D animation, then guide you through developing the shaders, textures, and art-directed groom for your hero. Along the way you will learn both the artistic and technical processes that professionals in the industry use, as well as receive weekly guidance on your own project to make it the best it can possibly be.By the end of the course you will have polished, lit, and rendered images of your character, ready to plug directly into your portfolio.Interested? Sign up for our mailing list below, and we will notify you when registration opens up!