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WHY PICK MENTORSHIPS

Built Around Your Goals

Work with your mentor to create a learning plan tailored to your interests, skill level, and goals.

One-on-One Sessions

Receive personalized guidance and attention throughout your mentorship.

Flexible Project Selection

Work on an existing project or start something new that aligns with your goals.

Learn From An Expert

Benefit from your mentor's expertise. Gain insight into professional workflows, pipelines, and industry best practices.

HOW MENTORSHIPS WORK

Define Your Goals

Work with your mentor to establish a clear direction and plan to reach your goals.


Create a Project

Apply your learning to a project that aligns with your interests and objectives.

Receive Ongoing Feedback

Improve through regular critiques, paintovers, demos, and discussions.

Track Your Progress

Stay accountable through milestone reviews and regular check-ins.

ALL MENTORSHIPS

Breaking through in to concept art can be a tough obstacle to overcome, especially when you have skills in place but you’re not quite sure what you’re missing.

In this personalised mentorship, Dave will utilise his skills to help you overcome that obstacle. Working directly with Dave, he will help guide you to create a high-quality concept art portfolio and provide you a deeper understanding of the expectations of working in the industry.

Learn how to build a game art portfolio that highlights your uniqueness and skill, guided by Senior World Artist, Jeryce Dianingana (Electronic Arts, Rocksteady, Eidos, Ubisoft.)

Jeryce brings a strong storytelling approach to both his professional and personal work, drawing inspiration from African art and culture to create a distinctive and cohesive portfolio. In this mentorship, he helps artists develop a visual identity and how to make intentional design choices that give their environments more purpose and clarity.

Navigating a career in game development can be daunting, with countless paths and decisions along the way. And, it’s not always easy to see where your strengths fit best or which direction to take next. This Game Dev Career Coaching mentorship will help you assess your abilities and plan the steps needed to reach your goals in the games industry, giving you clarity, confidence, and excitement for the journey ahead.

Great level design transforms flat gameplay into experiences that feel exciting, memorable, and fun to play. But many designers struggle to structure levels effectively, make their ideas playable, or showcase their skills in a portfolio. Senior Level Designer Jack Burrows will guide you one-on-one through building comprehensive game systems and level frameworks for your personal projects, giving you the guidance and insights to overcome these challenges.

Elevate your game art portfolio with a 1-1 environment art mentorship with Sr. Environment Artist, Jon Arellano. During this mentorship, you will create a complete 3D environment art project from concept to final render under Jon’s expert guidance.

Get personalized guidance from Naughty Dog’s Gabriel Cervantes, with live demos centered around highly used environment pipeline techniques, progress reviews, and detailed paintovers to refine and strengthen your work.

Strengthening your game environment art skills will help you tell visual stories that draw players in and create immersive, engaging game worlds. In this mentorship with Naughty Dog’s Senior Environment Artist Sarah Swenson, you will learn not only the how of environment art, but also understand the why—why a composition draws the eye, why modular workflows matter, and why strong storytelling makes a world memorable. 

Learn how to build a game art portfolio that highlights your uniqueness and skill, guided by Senior World Artist, Jeryce Dianingana (Electronic Arts, Rocksteady, Eidos, Ubisoft.)

Jeryce brings a strong storytelling approach to both his professional and personal work, drawing inspiration from African art and culture to create a distinctive and cohesive portfolio. In this mentorship, he helps artists develop a visual identity and how to make intentional design choices that give their environments more purpose and clarity.

Elevate your game art portfolio with a 1-1 environment art mentorship with Sr. Environment Artist, Jon Arellano. During this mentorship, you will create a complete 3D environment art project from concept to final render under Jon’s expert guidance.

Get personalized guidance from Naughty Dog’s Gabriel Cervantes, with live demos centered around highly used environment pipeline techniques, progress reviews, and detailed paintovers to refine and strengthen your work.

Strengthening your game environment art skills will help you tell visual stories that draw players in and create immersive, engaging game worlds. In this mentorship with Naughty Dog’s Senior Environment Artist Sarah Swenson, you will learn not only the how of environment art, but also understand the why—why a composition draws the eye, why modular workflows matter, and why strong storytelling makes a world memorable. 

Navigating a career in game development can be daunting, with countless paths and decisions along the way. And, it’s not always easy to see where your strengths fit best or which direction to take next. This Game Dev Career Coaching mentorship will help you assess your abilities and plan the steps needed to reach your goals in the games industry, giving you clarity, confidence, and excitement for the journey ahead.

Great level design transforms flat gameplay into experiences that feel exciting, memorable, and fun to play. But many designers struggle to structure levels effectively, make their ideas playable, or showcase their skills in a portfolio. Senior Level Designer Jack Burrows will guide you one-on-one through building comprehensive game systems and level frameworks for your personal projects, giving you the guidance and insights to overcome these challenges.

Breaking through in to concept art can be a tough obstacle to overcome, especially when you have skills in place but you’re not quite sure what you’re missing.

In this personalised mentorship, Dave will utilise his skills to help you overcome that obstacle. Working directly with Dave, he will help guide you to create a high-quality concept art portfolio and provide you a deeper understanding of the expectations of working in the industry.

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