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Every Great Technical Artist Finds Their Niche

You’ve built assets, written tools, created shaders, and automated workflows. Now, it’s time to put it all together and define who you want to be in the industry. In this final term, you’ll choose a specialization, work closely with your mentor, and develop a portfolio-ready capstone project that reflects your unique strengths and career goals.

Whether you want to become a Shader Artist, VFX Artist, Tools Developer, Pipeline TD, or Procedural Worldbuilder, this term gives you the structure, guidance, and freedom to go deep into your focus area.

This isn’t just about showcasing what you’ve learned—it’s about proving your ability to solve real technical challenges and contribute meaningfully to a production team. With expert support, checkpoint reviews, and an outcome-driven capstone, this final term helps you take the last step: from student to studio-ready Technical Artist.

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GET MENTORED BY INDUSTRY EXPERTS

At Vertex School, you’ll be mentored by industry professionals who work at top studios like CD Projekt Red, Ubisoft, and Playground Games. Continue your journey to becoming a tech artist in the Python course, term VI of the Tech Art Program.

Vertex School Industry Expert Jacob Claussen Fall Damage

Jacob Claussen

Environment Art Director at

Fall Damage

PROJECTS:

Avatar Frontiers of Pandora, Overkill's The Walking Dead

Vertex School Industry Expert Filipe Strazzeri d3t

Filipe Strazzeri

Lead Technical Artist at 

D3t / Keyword Studios

PROJECTS:

House of the Dragon, Alien Romulus (Oscar-nominated), Exoborne, The Three Body Problem, Shadow and Bone, The Witcher, Roald Dahl's The Witches

Vertex School Industry Expert Stefan Oprisan Ubisoft

Stefan Oprisan

Ex-Senior Material Artist at

Ubisoft

PROJECTS:

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Forza Horizon 4, Planet Zoo

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Once you've applied, been accepted, and enrolled at Vertex School, you can choose your mentor.

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PERSONALIZED MENTORSHIP

At Vertex School, you’ll learn directly from Technical Artists and Pipeline Developers who use Python every day to solve production challenges at studios like CD Projekt Red, Meta, and Playground Games.

Your mentor will help you develop the mindset of a toolmaker—someone who can see a bottleneck and build a script to fix it. You’ll get personalized feedback on your code, UI design, debugging process, and tool functionality so you can write clean, efficient, and studio-ready Python scripts that actually get used in production.

STUDIO-LEVEL TOOLS AND WORKFLOWS

In this term, you’ll operate like a studio tech artist, owning a project from start to finish. You’ll follow the workflows and problem-solving strategies used by professionals in real production environments, applying everything you've learned across Python, Blueprints, shaders, and Unreal systems.

Whether you’re building a custom tool for Maya or Unreal, creating a VFX-driven gameplay sequence, or engineering a modular world-building system, you’ll focus on performance, scalability, and user experience. This is your chance to prove you can go deep, solve real challenges, and make tools, systems, or visuals that studios actually want to use.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS FOR TERM VI - UNLOCK YOUR PATH

COURSE DETAILS

LIVE Q&As | Weekly 2-Hour Q&As

LECTURES | 12 Pre-recorded Lectures

ASSIGNMENTS | 6 Exercises

SOFTWARE | Unreal Engine 5.6 / VSCode - JetBrains Rider (Optional)

HARDWARE | Meet Minimum Requirements

AGE | 18 Years or Older

LANGUAGE | Taught in English

SKILLS YOU NEED BEFORE YOU START

To succeed in this term, you should have completed Terms I-V of the Tech Art Program or have equivalent experience in game art pipelines, scripting (Blueprints or Python), shaders, and procedural workflows. You should also have a clear idea of the direction you’d like to specialize in, whether that’s shaders, tools, VFX, procedural art, or gameplay programming.

This term shifts from structured learning to independent exploration with expert support. You’ll be expected to manage your time, set clear goals, and execute a technically and creatively ambitious final project that showcases your chosen specialization.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

In Term VI, you’ll apply everything you’ve learned to carve your own path as a Technical Artist. You’ll choose a specialization track—like Shader Artist, Tool Developer, VFX Artist, or Gameplay Programmer—and work one-on-one with a mentor to build a capstone project that reflects your strengths and interests. In this course, you will:

  • Choose a specialization and follow a self-directed learning path tailored to your career goals

  • Design and build a final project that demonstrates advanced technical skill and creative problem-solving

  • Integrate workflows across Unreal, DCC apps, scripting languages, or VFX systems, depending on your focus

  • Receive weekly mentor feedback to guide your design, development, polish, and presentation

  • Learn how to scope a portfolio-ready project and make production-level decisions

  • Prepare and present your final capstone as a professional showcase piece

By the end of this term, you’ll graduate with a specialized, portfolio-grade project that proves your readiness to contribute at a professional level—and the confidence to step into your first (or next) role as a Technical Artist.

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If you're interested in tech art, we think you'll love these courses! Our Core Tech Art Courses provide a great foundation in tech art and will help prepare you for a career in the industry. 

Game Art Basics

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Build your artistic and technical base.

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Blueprints - Introduction to Programming

12-WEEK COURSE 

Learn to think like a programmer.

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Shaders - Creating Art with Math

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Bring your art to life with shaders.

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Advanced Unreal Concepts

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Multiply efficiency with tools and systems.

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Python - Your First Programming Language

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Automate and build real-world tools.

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WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE SAYING

Heather Geiger

"What really stood out to me was the community and mentorship.

Being surrounded by other aspiring artists and getting direct feedback from pros in the industry helped me improve faster than I thought possible."

Maria Fola

"Vertex School gave me the structure and mentorship I needed to seriously grow my skills.

The mentors were all working professionals who understood exactly what studios are looking for, and they helped me build confidence in my abilities. I went from feeling lost to knowing exactly how to move forward as an artist."

Giancarlo Aberilla

"The experience at Vertex was incredibly rewarding. The lessons were well-paced and flexible enough to fit around my job.

What stood out most was the level of support—my mentors were patient, insightful, and always willing to answer questions. It was life-changing."

Amanda Fedora

"I started out knowing almost nothing about 3D art, but with the guidance and feedback from Vertex mentors, I created my first complete scene.

The program is definitely beginner-friendly and focused on real, practical skills."

Rodin Abengana

"Vertex doesn’t waste your time with unnecessary content. Everything is focused on helping you build the skills studios care about.

The mentorship and hands-on learning made it easier to stay motivated and make real progress."

Samyak Jain

"As someone just getting started in 3D, I appreciated how approachable Vertex made everything.

The content, the support, and the ability to learn from actual industry artists made a huge difference. I came away with skills I’m proud of—and excited to keep building on."

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