8-week technical art bootcamp for the games industry. Rigging, shaders, real-time pipelines, Unreal/Unity basics. £4,600 funded. New course, launched 2025.
Technical art sits at the intersection of art and engineering in games — the people who make sure beautiful art runs at 60fps on a console. This bootcamp gets you started in that role.
We launched this in late 2025 in response to demand from the South East games industry (which is bigger than people realise — Brighton, Guildford, and Sussex have dozens of studios). The course is delivered in partnership with two local game studios who provide guest sessions.
How real-time differs from offline rendering. Performance budgets.
Working with shader graphs in Unreal and Unity. Texture maps, normal maps.
PBR, stylised, special effects. Building a small library of reusable shaders.
Skeleton setup, weighting, IK. Real-time character requirements.
LODs, draw calls, batching. What kills frame rate and how to fix it.
Personal portfolio piece, then critique day with industry guests.
People moving into digital from another sector — hospitality, retail, admin, public sector. Most common cohort group.
After parental leave, redundancy, or carer gap. AI/digital skills give a credible CV refresh.
People doing a related job but wanting deeper skill in a specific area.
Five minutes to apply. We respond within one working day.
Or call us: 01273 232273
