Ready to build your career in Unreal Engine? Unreal Connectors is a micro-credentialing program dedicated to teaching artists visual storytelling. This course was developed as an accelerated opportunity to advance your expertise as a visual artist using the entertainment industry’s hottest software. Level up your skills as you explore a rich new avenue for rewarding work in film, TV and game production. Taught by industry-seasoned Unreal Engine professionals, Unreal Connectors course is condensed, intensive and tightly focused on getting artists up to speed in Unreal Engine.

Our next CONNECTORS session starts February 11th, 2025

TuesDAY, ThurSDAY AND FriDAY evenings over 8 weeks

6:15 – 10:00 PM pacific

WEEK One & Two :  USER INTERFACE / LANDSCAPE / quixel

  1. intro to unreal – First project in UE5
  2. worldbuilding / Static Mesh Ingestion / fab
  3. Friday LiveLab
  1. Materials / FAb
  2. blueprint / lighting / postprocess
  3. Friday LiveLab – your project

Week tHREE & four : sequencer / characters / animation

  1. Sequencer / shot creation / postprocess pt 2
  2. blueprint / materials pt 2
  3. Friday LiveLab – your project
  1. CHARACTERS
  2. Sequencer / animatics
  3. Friday LiveLab – your project

Week FIVE & six : NIAGARA / MATERIALS / MODELING / VFX

  1. Animation
  2. Control Rig / character animation
  3. Friday LiveLab – your project
  1. Blueprint for VP
  2. Animation pt 2 / Retargeting / Crowds
  3. Friday LiveLab – your project

Week SEVEN & eight : Lighting / final render

  1. animation pt 3 / cinematics pt 2
  2. Materials / blueprint pt 3
  3. Friday LiveLab – your project
  1. optimization
  2. final Render
  3. showcase – presentation of projects

Connectors : Unreal Virtual Production
Instruction : Online – 8 weeks
Starts : Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Hours : Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6:15 to 10:00pm (US Pacific) 
Ends : Friday, April 4, 2025 – Student Showcase
Cost : $4,000 USD

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR TEAM

DAMIAN ALLEN

Well known in the visual effects industry as a leading technique and technology consultant. He has worked as supervisor and compositor on multiple Hollywood features and broadcast projects. He is always staying ahead of the latest trends, and currently bringing his extensive experience to virtual production in Unreal Engine.

MILTON MARISCAL

With over 20 years of solid game development experience, Milton Mariscal has developed a keen sense of what it takes to create and develop video games. Throughout his career, Milton has developed games for platforms such as Play Station 1, Play Station 2, Play Station 3, X-Box, Wii, PSP, PC and many more.

BRANDON THOMPSON

Since adopting Unreal Engine for his unique designs, Brandon has been working with a diverse array of exciting media ventures, from live-streaming with Netflix, live e-sports events with Mobeon, to working with Justin Bieber on a 5 volume stage with Scissorfilms. On a daily basis Brandon uses Unreal, Notch, Houdini, After Effects and whatever else it takes to make cool stuff!

ROBERT BORASHAN

Robert Borshanis a Los Angeles based artist, with a focus on traditional and digital sculpting. He has worked most of his life in fine art, and has moved into film/game/toys throughout the years. His area of expertise lies in 3D Modeling and Digital Sculpture, complemented by a wide-ranging proficiency in most industry-standard software packages, and prior experience as an instructor as well.

MORE CLASSES AT STUDIO ARTS

If you are looking to extend your Unreal knowledge even further, or do not have the time to commit to the full Connectors program above, we offer individual unreal classes. If you want to broaden your artistic horizon in general, to complement your Unreal Engine skills, go to our creative classes below.