Live Mentorship | Limited Seats

Mentored VFX courses for games and animation.

Limited-run classes with direct feedback from VFX mentors. These intense sessions offer live feedback while creating production-quality FX. 

Stylized VFX in Unreal Engine

Starts: October 19th, 2026

Advanced training for artists ready to ship effects that work in gameplay. Build real-time effects in Unreal Engine with live art direction and critique.


Intermediate | 8-Week Course

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Professional VFX Portfolio

Starts: October 18th, 2026

A special guided course designed to strengthen artistic and technical abilities in the world of stylized VFX. Craft portfolio-worthy FX to showcase your skills.


Intermediate | 8-Week Course

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Gaming VFX Beginner Bootcamp

Dive deep into fundamentals with artistic principles of VFX, drawing, textures, particle systems, and more. Finish your apprenticeship with an effect made in a game engine.


Beginner | 8-Week Course | Starts: Early 2027

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Simulations in Houdini /EmberGen

Create procedural VFX simulations using Houdini, EmberGen, and LiquiGen. Build fire, smoke, splashes, and groundbreaking effects under the guidance of professional artists. 


Intermediate | 8-Week Course

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Advanced Unreal Shaders

Design a complex shader step by step in Unreal Engine. Build on top of basic textures with material functions, caustics, color bending, parallax, and more. 


Intermediate | 4-Week Course

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Intensity Timing for Games

Master timing to become a true experienced VFX artist. Learn the difference between average effects and professional real-time impact that offers true player satisfaction. 


Intermediate | 4-Week Course

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Mentored classes are limited so every student gets 1:1 feedback. Reserve your seat early. These courses fill before their start date.

Why Mentorship Works

Feedback. The fastest way to learn.

Every mentored class pairs you with a working VFX artist
who has shipped the FX you want to make.

Direct critique

Your work gets reviewed by a veteran mentor, not an AI bot.

Small classes

Seats are capped so every student actually gets seen and helped.

Game-ready VFX

You leave with an effect built to the standard studios expect.

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94% of Graduates Recommend VFX Apprentice Mentored Courses

Oliver Mendez

Stylized VFX for Games

The content is great, the teacher's ability to motivate students is really inspiring, and overall the experience has been excellent. I would love to join another mentorship as soon as I can. 🙂

Skye Mednick

Simulation Essentials in Houdini

Taught me everything well enough to jump into projects. 

Had such a good time I'm strongly considering the Portfolio bootcamp in the future.

Johnathan Chellew

VFX Portfolio

Overall this was a fantastic experience!

I got very comfortable sharing my work and getting feedback which was something I was a bit nervous to do beforehand.

Lachlan Dunbar

Beginner Bootcamp

VFX Apprentice took me from someone fumbling in the dark with fx to been moved from rigging to vfx full time at work. 

I couldn't be more grateful for that!!

Tools for Every Apprentice

Work and play in game engines.

Create and kitbash real-time VFX in tools trusted by AAA game developers and studios.

VFX Asset Library

Exclusive premium FX project files to study. Dissect and kitbash production-ready attacks, spells, slashes, and defenses. 

3D Sandbox

Explore and build FX in a 3D sandbox environment. See and feel your FX in real time with Unreal Engine and Unity. 

Sidescroller

Preview FX and work inside of a fully functioning sidescroller environment for Unreal Engine and Unity.

Additional Training Included

All mentored classes include 3 months
of bonus Instant Access lessons.

Stream 200+ hours of on-demand 2D and 3D training to continue learning skills. 

2D FX Courses

Design and animation fundamentals to create stylized FX. 

3D VFX Courses

Real-time VFX lessons and particle systems for game engines. 

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