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Madeleine Scott-Spencer

Head of Department Assets and Art Department at Cinesite

Madeleine Scott-Spencer is a Creature and Character Artist with over fourteen years of experience in visual effects, as well as toy, collectible, and digital maquette design. Her credits include Pacific Rim: Uprising, The Hobbit Trilogy, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Wonder Woman, and Valerian, created during her time at Weta, Double Negative, and Gentle Giant Studios.


A dedicated educator and author, she has been an instructor for The Gnomon Workshop and has written for 3D World. Madeleine’s formal training includes a degree from Savannah College of Art and Design, classical figurative sculpture studies at the Florence Academy of Art, and extensive anatomical study through cadaver lab work. She is also the author of ZBrush Character Creation, ZBrush Creature Design, and ZBrush Digital Sculpting: Human Anatomy.


She is currently based in London, working as Immersive Creative Director and Group Head of Builds and Visual Development at Cinesite.

  • Madeleine makes me want to pick up ZBrush and create some twisted, dark, evil creature because she makes it look like so much bloody fun. It is a rarity in this business to meet someone like Maddie who can communicate how they create their beautiful work in such an eloquent, easy and pleasurable manner. I have heard her teach many times and it always amazes me how masterfully she owns her craft and her willingness to share her deep knowledge.

    - Neil Huxley
    Creative Director at Crunchyroll

  • Artists are not often good teachers, and teachers are not often good at art. Madeleine combines both talents; not only is her work flawless, but she also has a knack for making it understandable. These tutorials are everything they should be: informative, concise, creative and fun. I've always admired her work, and I admire the way she makes it approachable to the rest of us.

    - John Howe
    Illustrator

  • I have had the great pleasure of knowing and working with Maddie for a number of years. She is without a dought one of the finest ZBrush experts in the world. She's an incredible artist who has the gift of being able to teach her skills to others by means of her numerous lectures, tutorials, published books and live presentations.

    - Gino Acevedo
    Creative Art Director Weta Digital Art Dept.

  • Madeline is a true master of ZBrush, embracing each new version’s challenges and features with confidence. Getting past the technical understanding of new buttons, features and workflow there is also a deep need for knowledge of the artistic side that can be overwhelming. Luckily, Maddie not only has the skill to weave together the two schools of thought and craft awesome designs, sculptures and workable models for production, but the ability to pass that knowledge on to the student.

    - Ian Joyner
    Visual Development Supervisor at Marvel Studios

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