VFX Courses
Learn the skills to create stylized FX for games and animation.
What is VFX-A All Access?
Get All Access to stream every VFX Apprentice course. Learn sytlized 2D, 3D, and real-time FX from professional artists and animators.
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Production-Level FX Breakdowns
Apprentice: Level Three
Rubfish guides experienced artists through breakdowns of FX like projectiles inspired by western films and anime beams.
VFX Paintover Series
2D VFX: Level Two
Enhance your effect concepts and feedback process with paintovers. Watch VFX-A mentor Kees give direct feedback by painting over artist submissions.
Block-in VFX
3D VFX: Level One
Get ready to create effects with Hadidjah Chamberlin! This series is designed to help you start making effects in both Unity and Unreal Engine.
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!
2D FX Animation Playbook
2D FX: Level One
Get to know the tools with software basics of Toon Boom Harmony and Adobe Animate
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
VFX Paintover Series
2D VFX: Level Two
Enhance your effect concepts and feedback process with paintovers.
Complex 2D FX Composition
2D FX: Level Two
Dive into animated FX and logo reveals worthy of series and shows.
FX for Characters
2D FX: Level Two
Creates a variety of effects designed to work around characters.
Post Process and Mograph
2D FX: Level Two
Dive in After Effects to polish FX and create animated elements and assets.
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 Game Engines
3D VFX: Level One
Learn how to use and navigate a node-based Shader interface in Unreal Engine.
Hand Painted Textures in Krita
3D VFX: Level One
Learn how to paint amazing stylized textures in Krita with Ali Sorensen.
Modeling for VFX in Blender
3D VFX: Level One
Learn the basic functionality and key concepts of modeling for VFX in Blender.
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 how to use and navigate a node-based Shader interface in Unreal Engine.
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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Production-Level FX Breakdowns
Apprentice: Level Three
Rubfish guides experienced artists through breakdowns of FX like projectiles inspired by western films and anime beams.
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.
Mentorship
Included with your VFX-A All Access membership is access to exclusive community channels where you can get direct feedback from mentors and join weekly live sessions.
LIMITED TIME OFFER: Annual All Access members can schedule a direct 1-on-1 portfolio review with Jason Keyser.
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Daily Feedback
Join the discussion in our community Discord. Chat with fellow apprentices, mentors, and pro FX artists.
Weekly Live Sessions
Join our weekly Monday and Wednesday hangouts and meetups to learn and share things all about VFX.
1-on-1 Session
LIMITED TIME OFFER: All Access Annual members can schedule a 30-minute session with Jason Keyser.
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.
