VFX Courses
Learn the skills to create stylized FX for games and animation.
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Procedural Textures in Substance Designer
3D VFX: Level One
Create seamless textures procedurally using Adobe Substance 3D Designer. Darin Aranda is here to guide you through the entire process.
Magic Shield: Production-Level FX Breakdowns
Apprentice: Level Three
Learn how to create a magical shield effect in Unreal Engine 5. Combine particle systems and optimize the FX for production.
Ignited - 2D FX Animation
2D VFX: Level Two
Create a 2D animated short film with Slava Lightsoul (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse). Start from concept drawings and work towards a final animation.
VFX Bootcamps
Intense eight-week courses designed to give you the skills and personalized mentorship you need to become a professional VFX artist. These are limited-seat sessions with dedicated mentors, live classes, and weekly assignments.
Beginner Bootcamp
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Course Length: 8 weeks
Mentor: Jason Keyser
Next Start Date: January 2024
This introductory bootcamp provides a thorough guide to the amazing world of VFX. For 8 weeks you will dive deep into FX foundations, drawing, painting, particle systems and more! Then use these new skills in popular real-time game engines.
$1200
Portfolio Bootcamp
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Course Length: 8 weeks
Mentor: Jason Keyser
Next Start Date: January 2024
This intermediate bootcamp is designed to strengthen your artistic and technical abilities to make stylized VFX. Get personalized feedback and mentorship to help you create impressive VFX for your portfolio, aimed to help you land a job.
$1400
2D FX Courses
Stylized FX lessons for games and animation. Begin with animation principles and then create your own effects and polished assets.
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Intro to FX Concept Painting
2D FX: Level One
Learn the basics of Photoshop and techniques used in the concept art tutorials.
FX Painting Elemental Studies
2D FX: Level One
Try your newly-acquired skills while creating concept art of various elementals!
Intro to 2D FX Software
2D FX: Level One
Get to know the basics of Toon Boom Harmony, Photoshop, and Adobe Animate
2D FX Animation Basics
2D FX: Level One
Learn about the fundamental concepts all 2D FX animations are built upon.
Animation Applied Foundations
2D FX: Level One
Handy warmup techniques on free-flowing straight-ahead animation.
Animating Small 2D FX
2D FX: Level One
Follow the FX breakdowns of one of the best-known 2D artists, Alex Redfish!
Animating Medium 2D FX
2D FX: Level One
Explore a variety of medium-size FX animation breakdowns from industry leading artists.
FX Design Principles
2D FX: Level One
This series covers 5 Design principles of animation and how to apply them to VFX.
FX Timing Principles
2D FX: Level One
This series covers 7 principles of Timing in animation and how to apply them to VFX.
Drawing Foundations
2D FX: Level One
Drawing with good old-fashioned pen and paper focusing on linework and perspective.
Elemental Foundation Explained
2D FX: Level One
Learn about the different foundational principles used in 2D effect animation
Complex 2D FX Composition
2D FX: Level Two
Dive into animated FX and logo reveals worthy of series and shows.
Ignited - 2D FX Animation
2D VFX: Level Two
Create a 2D animated short film with Slava Lightsoul (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse). Start from concept drawings and work towards a final animation.
FX for Characters
2D FX: Level Two
Creates a variety of effects designed to work around characters.
2D FX Meme Lab
2D VFX: Level Two
Learn animated FX for television and film from industry pro Milena Gonçalez. See what it takes to quickly make effects with quick turnaround times.
Post Process and Mograph
2D FX: Level Two
Dive in After Effects to polish FX and create animated elements and assets.
VFX Paintover Series
2D VFX: Level Two
Enhance your effect concepts and feedback process with paintovers.
3D VFX Courses
Courses focused on real-time FX for games. Lessons feature Unreal Engine and Unity, but focus on skills to prep you for any pipeline.
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VFX Art Foundations
3D VFX: Level One
A high-level introduction to inform your efforts while creating compelling VFX concept art.
Elemental Studies in Unity
3D VFX: Level One
Learn to use a technical approach to VFX and bring the elements to life.
Niagara Block-in VFX in UE5
3D VFX: Level One
An introductory course on Unreal's Niagara VFX system taught by Hadidjah Chamberlin!
Unity Block-in VFX
3D VFX: Level One
This series is designed to help you start making effects in engine, regardless of your experience level.
Intro to Materials for Unreal Engine 5
3D VFX: Level One
Learn how to use and navigate a node-based Shader interface in Unreal Engine.
Intro to Shaders in Unity
3D VFX: Level One
Learn all about node-based Shaders and how to create them inside of the Unity game engine. Get to know one of the most powerful tools for creating FX.
Hand Painted Textures in Krita
3D VFX: Level One
Learn how to hand paint amazing stylized textures in Krita with Ali Sorensen.
Procedural Textures in Substance Designer
3D VFX: Level One
Create seamless textures procedurally using Adobe Substance 3D Designer. Darin Aranda is here to guide you through the entire process.
Modeling for VFX
3D VFX: Level One
Learn the basic functionality and key concepts of meshes and modeling for VFX in Blender in Maya.
Particle Animation
3D VFX: Level Two
Learn the mindset of a hand-crafted and art-directed approach to 3D particle systems.
VFX Breakdowns and Case Studies
3D VFX: Level Two
Learn to create textures, and work with normal and dissolve maps through this Unreal and Unity lesson series!
Booms & Blasts (Unreal Engine)
3D VFX: Level Two
Use the 3D Sandbox and dive into Unreal Engine. Explore kitbashing and particle systems.
Booms & Blasts (Unity)
3D VFX: Level Two
Use the 3D Sandbox and dive into Unity. Explore kitbashing and particle systems.
Advanced FX Courses
These Apprenticeship level courses combine 2D and 3D fundamentals and show you how to create game-ready assets worthy of your portfolio.
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Magic Shield: Production-Level FX Breakdowns
Apprentice: Level Three
Learn how to create a magical shield effect in Unreal Engine 5. Combine particle systems and optimize the FX for production.
Attacks: Production-Level FX Breakdowns
Apprentice: Level Three
Rubfish guides experienced artists through breakdowns of FX like projectiles, slashes, and explosions.
Game FX for Sidescrollers
Apprentice: Level Three
Dive into the whole FX pipeline and create in-game spells and healing effects.
AOE: Area of Effect
Apprentice: Level Three
Follow along with a apprentice level task from assignment to final effect.
Portfolios and Job Applications
Apprentice: Level Three
A series focused on creating the best portfolios and applying for VFX jobs.
Community Mentorship
Direct access to VFX mentors is included with your VFX-A All Access membership.
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VFX Apprentice Mentors
Get direct feedback on your progress from professional VFX artists, mentors, and fellow students. Join weekly live sessions every Monday and Wednesday. Chat and learn with fellow apprentices and members.
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