Universal Arts School

Master in Illustration and Concept Art

Discover the professional techniques, keys and tricks used by professionals. We’ll provide the technical knowledge to take your art to the next level and design fantasy worlds, real or fictional, that will later become film, television or video games productions. Your imagination has no limits, discover how to direct your talent towards your future profession. Learn the basics of professional drawing and delve into composition, vanishing points, framing, perspective, thumbnails, and a wide range of concepts before moving on to the next steps of shading, color and texture for environments and characters to achieve professional results.

Master VFX with Houdini

Of all the different software used to create Visual Effects, Side FX Houdini isone of the best because of its procedural creation model, its speed and the amount of integrated options it provides (particles, clothes, hair, explosions, masses, destructions, etc.) Houdini is synonymous with employment, thousands of job offers are published daily because the demand for VFX artists who master Houdini is huge, especially in Top Studios such as Pixar, Disney, ILM, Lucas Films, Weta, etc.

Master in Character Animation

Learn about the professional concepts in top-level animation. From the Fundamentals of Animation to Body Mechanics and Acting. This discipline will teach you not only how to create your characters but, more importantly, how to make them believable. You will learn the art of Animation while using current industry techniques and tools.
You will also learn about internal structures and production processes used by audiovisual companies specialized in animation films, video games and advertising. By the end of your academic training, you will have produced a reel of your best animation work created throughout the course which will be your main asset in presentations and will help you get your first job as a character animator in the industry.

Senior Character Animator: Specialized in Rigging and Sculpting.

Learn everything related to Character Animation, Rigging 3D with Maya and Sculpting Extreme in this 4-year Career course. More training means opting to more jobs. At UA School we have designed specialized Career course for jobs in high demand. They will open the doors to the sector. Take advantage of our grants and study your last year for free.

Senior Film Direction: Specialized in Videon Game Art and VFX

Learn everything related to Digital Film, Videogame Art and VFX with Houdini in this 4-year Career course. Become a Film Director and direct top-notch projects. The objective of this discipline is for you to become a specialist or artist in Directing and Creating Digital Films. Your mission is to create a professional short film, fashion film, teaser, spot, video clip, etc. by using professional cameras on set, in exteriors or green screen, to learn how to use visual effects and experience the entire process from the inception through to the post-production process. You will learn how to use cameras professionally, direct a film and direct actors. You will also learn all about lighting, the audiovisual language, editing and special effects and combine this knowledge to build outstanding stories.

Technical Artist Diploma

Learn industry techniques to model fantastic worlds, design racing cars, create legendary heroes and villains or prepare sports competitions. Then learn all about bringing them to life and including them in a video game.

Master in Videogame Programming with Unreal

Learn to program within the most powerful and visual video game engine on the market, UNREAL ENGINE by EPIC GAMES. You will delve into C++ and all the topics in Video Game Programming to prepare for the presentation of your final project. Handling Blueprints competently will allow you to understand the operation of a video game in real time through easily configured nodes, providing extreme flexibility which allows designers to use the full range of concepts and tools without the need for coding. A very intuitive tool designed for the most creative professionals.

Master Extreme in Sculpting

Pixologic Zbrush is a benchmark for organic modeling in Film and Videogames in the industry. Learn to work in Sculpting mode to create the most complex and detailed 3D models on the market. Design and model characters for different sectors that use 3D. You will learn about human anatomy and sculpting techniques. From the initial idea to the sculpt, detailing, texturing and implementation. All of this applied to different styles such as cartoon, realism, creatures and any character you can imagine applying all the techniques and keys used in the industry. You will learn to use Zbrush in depth and to combine it with other 3D packages, implementing the power of creation exponentially