Creating destroyed assets for games using 3ds Max and Unreal Engine 5

This course provides an in-depth, real-world look at how a professional environment artist creates a high-quality Japanese-style game environment from start to finish. Drawing from industry experience on AAA and cinematic projects, the course focuses on solving the real problems students face when building environments: poor planning, inefficient assets, low performance, and lack of visual cohesion. Every step is demonstrated clearly and logically, with explanations focused on why decisions are made, not just how. Students are guided through the complete workflow—from project planning and blockout to advanced materials, Nanite-ready assets, lighting, foliage, and final optimization—using Unreal Engine 5 and industry-standard tools. The course is taught almost entirely in real time, allowing learners to follow along confidently and apply the same techniques to their own projects.

In this course, you will learn how a professional AAA lighting artist approaches lighting in Unreal Engine 5 to create realistic mood, atmosphere, and visually striking environments. Drawing from real production workflows, this course breaks down both fundamental lighting theory and advanced real-time lighting techniques, helping students overcome common struggles such as flat lighting, poor exposure, weak composition, and inconsistent mood. Through step-by-step demonstrations, you’ll learn how to think critically about lighting decisions—from camera and exposure settings to large-scale global illumination using Lumen. The course emphasizes practical problem-solving and teaches you how to confidently light props, vehicles, characters, and massive open-world environments for portfolio-ready results.

Creating large-scale, high-quality game environments can feel overwhelming without a clear professional workflow. In this course, you’ll learn how a senior AAA environment artist approaches the creation of a complete large-scale environment, from the very first reference images to the final polished scene inside Unreal Engine 5. With over 32.5 hours of real-world production footage, I guide you step by step through the exact techniques used in professional game studios. We start with reference analysis and planning, move into modular blockout creation, and progressively transform simple geometry into fully realized final assets. Every decision is explained in detail, including why certain techniques are used and how to avoid common mistakes. You’ll follow a complete environment creation pipeline using Maya, ZBrush, Substance Designer, Substance Painter, and Unreal Engine 5 with Lumen, learning not just tools, but a production-ready mindset that can be applied to almost any type of game environment.

This course is designed to help intermediate artists understand how a professional character artist approaches the creation of a stylized sci-fi character for games. Many students struggle with knowing where to start, how to properly block out anatomy, or how to turn rough shapes into clean, production-ready high-poly models. In this course, I guide you through the entire workflow step by step, explaining not only what to do, but why each decision is made. Everything is recorded in real time, without skipping steps, so you can follow along at your own pace. By the end of the course, you will confidently understand how to build anatomy, sculpt stylized clothing and armor, refine hard-surface elements in ZBrush, and create a complete high-poly character and weapon ready for the next production stage.

Learn how a professional AAA environment artist creates a complete post-apocalyptic game environment from start to finish using an industry-proven workflow. In this course, you will follow a step-by-step, production-ready process used in real game studios. I focus on explaining why each decision is made, not just how, helping students overcome common challenges such as poor composition, unrealistic materials, inefficient modular assets, and unconvincing lighting. You will learn how to plan an environment, build modular assets, create high-quality materials, add decals and foliage, and assemble everything into a polished, portfolio-ready scene inside Unreal Engine 5. Every step is clearly explained, with real-time demonstrations and practical techniques you can immediately apply to your own projects. This course is designed to help students move from technical execution to artistic decision-making, giving them the confidence to build believable game environments independently.

This course is designed to teach students how a professional environment artist creates a complete game-ready environment from start to finish. Drawing from real production workflows, I guide students step by step through the creation of a medieval town environment, explaining not only how to do things, but why they are done this way in a professional context. Many students struggle with knowing where to start, how to plan an environment, how to create reusable modular assets, or how to bring everything together inside a game engine. This course solves those problems by following a clear, structured, and production-proven workflow. You will learn how to plan an environment, create clean blockouts, build modular assets, sculpt and texture them, and finally assemble, light, and polish a complete scene in Unreal Engine 5 using modern tools such as Nanite and Lumen.

Creating game environments for mobile and VR comes with unique challenges: strict performance limits, optimization constraints, and the need to maintain strong visual quality. In this course, I guide you step by step through a complete professional workflow used in real mobile and VR productions. Drawing from industry experience in mobile and VR game development, I focus on solving the most common problems students face: inefficient assets, poor performance, unclear pipelines, and lack of structure when building environments. You will learn not only what to do, but why each decision is made, so you can confidently apply these techniques to your own projects. This course is fully practical, with no time-lapses, and shows the entire process from blockout to final polish in Unreal Engine.

This course is a complete, hands-on guide to creating high-quality game foliage quickly and efficiently, following the real-world workflow of a professional environment artist. Drawing from industry production experience, this course focuses on solving the most common problems students face when creating foliage: knowing where to start, choosing the right techniques, optimizing assets for real-time use, and achieving visually convincing results without unnecessary complexity. Every step is demonstrated clearly and practically, allowing you to follow along and apply the same methods to your own projects. You will learn how to create a wide variety of foliage assets—such as ivy, grass, shrubs, aquatic plants, trees, and custom leaves—and how to properly set them up inside Unreal Engine 5. The course is recorded mostly in real time, ensuring you gain a realistic understanding of both the creative and technical decisions involved in professional foliage production. By the end of the course, you will be able to confidently create, optimize, and place foliage assets suitable for games and cinematic environments.

This course is designed to help game artists overcome one of the most common challenges in environment creation: building large-scale, believable worlds without sacrificing performance or production time. Based on real industry workflows, this course walks students through the complete process of creating mid-range and vista assets such as mountains, billboard vegetation, and optimized buildings for games. Each concept is explained step by step, with a strong focus on practical problem-solving, efficient workflows, and real-time optimization. Rather than relying on overly complex techniques, the course breaks down professional methods into clear, manageable steps that individual artists can realistically apply to their own projects. By the end of the course, students will be able to confidently create and place optimized vista assets in Unreal Engine 5.

In this course, you will learn how a professional environment artist creates fast, efficient, and game-ready foliage for real-time projects. Drawing from real production experience on AAA and freelance projects, this course focuses on clear, step-by-step workflows that solve the most common problems students face when creating foliage for games: poor performance, inconsistent quality, and unclear pipelines. You’ll follow the entire foliage creation process, from planning and texture collection to asset creation, material setup, optimization, and final placement in Unreal Engine 5. Every step is explained in detail and recorded mostly in real time, making it easy to understand and apply directly to your own projects. By the end of this course, you’ll feel confident creating optimized foliage assets that are ready to be used in real-time game environments.

This course is designed to help artists understand and master the creation of procedural art tools using Blender Geometry Nodes, with a strong focus on real production workflows. Through step-by-step, real-time demonstrations, I guide students from the fundamentals of Geometry Nodes to building advanced, reusable tools for environment creation. The course is structured around solving common problems faced by environment artists: repetitive tasks, slow iteration, and lack of procedural control. By breaking down complex node networks into clear and logical steps, students learn why each technique works, not just how to replicate it. In addition, the course demonstrates how to transfer these procedural tools from Blender to Unreal Engine using Altermesh, allowing artists to keep their workflows flexible and efficient across software. By the end, students will confidently create, customize, and deploy their own tools for faster environment production.

This course teaches the complete workflow of 3D environment creation for games, from modeling and texturing assets to building modular environments in Unreal Engine 5. Students will learn how professional environment art pipelines work, create procedural materials, assemble a small level, and finalize it with lighting and post-processing. The course focuses on real production techniques that can be applied to many types of real-time 3D environments.

This course teaches the complete professional workflow for creating high-quality 3D environments using Blender, 3ds Max or Maya, and Unreal Engine 5. Designed for beginners, it guides students step by step through the entire process, from reference gathering and project organization to blockout, modular asset creation, sculpting, UVs, baking, texturing, lighting, and final scene polish. Students will learn industry-standard techniques used in game development, including procedural material creation with Substance Designer, texturing with Substance Painter, vegetation creation with SpeedTree, and environment assembly inside Unreal Engine 5. By the end of the course, students will have a fully finished environment and portfolio-ready screenshots and videos.

This in-depth Unreal Engine 5 course teaches how to quickly create professional large-scale open-world environments using marketplace assets. It covers custom landscape creation with World Creator, environment composition and storytelling, asset placement and polishing, foliage painting, lighting, and post-processing. With over 7 hours of real-time content, the course is designed for users who already have basic knowledge of Unreal Engine. It is taught by Emiel Sleegers, a senior environment artist with experience on major game titles, and is structured into 18 clear, well-organized chapters.

In this course, you will learn how a professional environment artist creates fast, efficient, and game-ready foliage for real-time projects. Drawing from real production experience on AAA and freelance projects, this course focuses on clear, step-by-step workflows that solve the most common problems students face when creating foliage for games: poor performance, inconsistent quality, and unclear pipelines. You’ll follow the entire foliage creation process, from planning and texture collection to asset creation, material setup, optimization, and final placement in Unreal Engine 5. Every step is explained in detail and recorded mostly in real time, making it easy to understand and apply directly to your own projects. By the end of this course, you’ll feel confident creating optimized foliage assets that are ready to be used in real-time game environments.

Learn how a professional AAA environment artist creates a complete post-apocalyptic game environment from start to finish using an industry-proven workflow. In this course, you will follow a step-by-step, production-ready process used in real game studios. I focus on explaining why each decision is made, not just how, helping students overcome common challenges such as poor composition, unrealistic materials, inefficient modular assets, and unconvincing lighting. You will learn how to plan an environment, build modular assets, create high-quality materials, add decals and foliage, and assemble everything into a polished, portfolio-ready scene inside Unreal Engine 5. Every step is clearly explained, with real-time demonstrations and practical techniques you can immediately apply to your own projects. This course is designed to help students move from technical execution to artistic decision-making, giving them the confidence to build believable game environments independently.

Aiming to upgrade your projects with Unreal Engine's latest features.

How to create effects with Unreal 4's Blueprints. Written to help you easily understand Blueprints from an effector's perspective. Let's start with the background effect Blueprint.

"The thirst that YouTube self-study can't quench—an Unreal Engine Authorized Instructor will satisfy it for you." You know Unreal Engine is great, but when you actually try to start, does it feel overwhelming? You follow countless tutorials, but it only helps in the moment—when you try to apply it, do you hesitate? As an Epic Games verified Authorized Instructor (UAI), I know better than anyone the trial and error that countless students go through. Building a foundation with fragmented information will eventually crumble. This course saves your time with **'the most accurate official standard'**. 💡 C++ is not necessary. Without complex coding, using only Blueprints, I'll help you develop **'real practical skills'** to create everything from games to metaverse and virtual production. Not just memorizing features, but growing into a **'Technical Creator'** who can solve any problem on their own—that's what I'll help you become.

This course teaches the complete workflow of 3D environment creation for games, from modeling and texturing assets to building modular environments in Unreal Engine 5. Students will learn how professional environment art pipelines work, create procedural materials, assemble a small level, and finalize it with lighting and post-processing. The course focuses on real production techniques that can be applied to many types of real-time 3D environments.

From those who are just starting out with Blender to those who want to build a solid foundation and learn more! I'll kindly explain the principles behind the basic functions and common mistakes. Shall we dive into the fun world of Blender together?

An isometric lecture based on the Inside Out concept! It's in a tutorial format, easy for beginners to follow. I'll explain the principles step-by-step, from modeling to rendering!

Follow along and create things to get familiar with Blender and enjoy it. Upgrade your Blender skills step by step through short examples.

Let's create games of various genres, from VR to PC games, with Unreal Engine 5!

This is an introductory course to Unreal UMG. Led directly by Lucy, a UI/UX designer with 11 years of experience in the gaming industry, you can learn Unreal Engine and UMG in an easy and fun way. After completion, you'll be able to place various UI elements in Widget Blueprints and create simple materials, effects, and event nodes.

A current sound director will teach you! We will go through the basics of creating game sounds using Unreal.