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
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 | Starts: October 2026
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 | Starts: September 2026
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 | Starts: September 14, 2026
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: January 2027
Simulation Essentials
Create procedural VFX simulations using Houdini, EmberGen, and LiquiGen. Build fire, smoke, splashes, and groundbreaking effects under the guidance of professional artists.
Intermediate | 4-Week Course | Starts: Spring 2027
Professional VFX Portfolio
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 | Starts: October 2026
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.
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
Start with animation principles and fundamentals to create stylized FX.
3D VFX Courses
Real-time VFX lessons and particle systems for game engines.
Monthly New Lessons
Instant access to new visual effects lessons every month.
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94% of Graduates Recommend VFX Apprentice Mentored Courses
João Pedro Pereira
Beginner Bootcamp
Mentors really take the time to give specific feedback about the student's specific work.
Simply stellar ❤️
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!!
Micole Kanzawa
Beginner Bootcamp
I can only say good things about my experience.
Thanks for helping me understand Unreal.
I think the size of the bootcamp is great.
