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Real-Time VFX Bootcamp with James Sanders

Level Up Your Real-Time VFX with James Sanders, Art Director at Intrepid Studios

When? Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8 AM PT (Pacific - Los Angeles), first live session is on May 12th

Take your VFX skills to the next level in this 12-week bootcamp

In this 12-week intermediate bootcamp, you’ll create AAA-quality, game-ready effects while building a polished portfolio. Learn directly from James Sanders through hands-on projects, live sessions, and expert feedback.

Whether you’re aiming to advance your skills, refine your portfolio, or gain studio-level experience, this bootcamp equips you to tackle complex, high-quality VFX projects with confidence.

What you’ll learn

  • Create polished, production-ready real-time VFX assets.
  • Build particle systems, shaders, and mesh-driven effects.
  • Apply studio workflows and optimization techniques.
  • Complete a portfolio-ready VFX capstone project.

This 12-week intermediate program is your opportunity to elevate your craft under the guidance of an Art Director shaping AAA-level VFX, while producing work that meets professional standards in the game industry!

What you get with the bootcamp:

  • 12 weeks of live sessions 
  • 24 live sessions in total
  • 2 live 1+ hour sessions per week
  • Private course Mighty group
  • All live session recordings
  • Full-time technical support
  • Certificate of completion
  • 15-day money back guarantee! 

About Your Instructor, James Sanders

James Sanders is an industry veteran with over 20 years of experience and Ex-Art Director at Intrepid Studios, where he helps shape the vision of groundbreaking projects.

His impressive career has spanned top studios like Sony Interactive, Bend Studio, and Gearbox Software. During this time, he has honed his craft across AAA games and iconic franchises. Some projects he has worked on include: Ashes of Creation, Borderlands series, Days Gone, Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep, and many more. 

His mastery of visual storytelling and world-building has made him a sought-after expert in the field. In the VFX Bootcamp, James will use his wealth of experience and creative insight to help aspiring artists get a career in real-time VFX. 

Can’t make it to all the lives? No problem! All live sessions will be recorded and available to those who enroll in the bootcamp. 

Reserve your spot today and break into real-time VFX!

What People Are Saying:

I was under Jim as a Technical Artist at Gearbox for around three and a half years. I regard him as the best lead I've ever had. He is an amazing mentor and FX artist. He fostered an extremely creative environment and inspired me to constantly strive for self improvement.

Ryan Smith

Jim is one of the best mentors that I ever had the opportunity of having. He's the kind of lead that has seen a lot of craziness in game development and has found the way to turn those stories into parables with a lesson to learn from so many of them. You'd be hard pressed to find someone with his experience and the equal ability to imbue that experience onto others. He helped me not only find a position at Gearbox Interactive, but worked with me to create a position that left me more fulfilled and used my skills better than what I had originally been hired to do.

Steven Strobel

Jim is a world-class real-time visual effects artist as well as an excellent lead and mentor. During the many years I worked under Jim I not only learned a lot from him about the creation of visual effects but he also pushed me to become a better VFX artist. Additionally, Jim has an incredible amount of passion for the craft of visual effects as well as game development as a whole.

Mark Forsyth

Jim Sanders is easily one of the best FX artists in the games industry. He possesses the all-too-rare skill to make killer real-time visual effects that will actually ship. While at Gearbox, Jim was responsible for training a vast majority of the Art, FX, and Tech Art teams on how to use the Unreal Engine both for creating killer content as well as optimizing for consoles. All the while, he was making tons of iconic FX for all of Gearbox's major releases, including the critically acclaimed Borderlands series, of which he was Lead FX Artist for each. He is both a solid artist and passionate game developer, and his combination of skill set and experience is hard to find in an FX candidate. Jim has seen everything and he has done everything, you will be hard pressed to find someone as comfortable making content in the Unreal toolset or leading a large team of artists.

Nicholas Wilson