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.

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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. 

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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.

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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

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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

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Learn 2D and 3D FX with VFX-A All Access

All 2D FX, 3D VFX, and Advanced courses are included with VFX Apprentice All Access. Learn stylized and real-time FX from professional artists and animators.

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All Access (Annual)

$132.33/month

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All Access (Monthly)

$189/month

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VFX-A All Access includes all on-demand instant access FX courses. VFX Bootcamps are not included.

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. 

Daily Mentor Feedback

Weekly Live Sessions

Community Hangouts

Legacy Courses

VFX-A All Access includes all previous course bundles, plus new exclusive lessons.

Standalone legacy content is available only in limited 2D or 3D bundles.

Booms & Blasts | Tradigital 2D FX

These bundles do not include new All Access exclusives.