Aziel ArtsReviews of azielarts.com

I subscribed to the Aziel Arts Academy for two months and it was absolutely worth it. In that time I learned a ton about environment art — how to tackle an environment through every stage, from blockout to refinement and detailing. The Academy comes packed with resources: in-depth courses, tutorials, group meetings, and Thaddaeus Andreades himself answering the questions members have. Thaddaeus is a great guy and an excellent teacher. He explains everything clearly and in detail, and the courses he's created really go in depth — they teach environment creation the right way. Whenever I had a question, he genuinely took the time to answer, often making custom videos that helped me a lot with building my own environment. On top of that, he's developed tools like the Auto Landscape Material and QuickScatter, which are fantastic for creating realistic, beautiful environments — and as a member you get access to them. There's so much more that's part of the Academy than I can mention here, but what I can say is that getting into the Aziel Academy was the best decision I've made so far to level up my Unreal Engine environment art skills — better than all the YouTube and paid tutorials out there. If you really want to make progress and be able to create environments in Unreal Engine 5, the Aziel Academy is "THE" way to do it. I can't recommend it enough.

I'm about 5 months in to my Unreal Engine adventure. The first two of those months were spent watching countless YouTube tutorials on how to create realistic environments. The problem I faced though was each time I opened the engine to replicate what I had seen in a video I almost immediately ran into some sort of issue which stopped me from progressing. I tried using AI to overcome these hurdles, but this often sent me running in circles too. Since joining the Aziel Arts Academy I'm finally learning things properly and making deliberate, step by step progress. Thaddaeus is a phenomenally good instructor and incredibly responsive. There is a TON of course material inside the Academy which I've found extremely useful for guided learning. Even more valuable though has been the way Thaddaeus responds with mini-video tutorial answers to the questions I have in relation to my specific projects. Highly recommended if you are serious about wanting to learn skills and progress efficiently!

I signed up for the Academy after receiving Epic Professional certificate from Coursera, specifically to focus on levelling up my environment building - both technical and artistic. I can definitely say you get full package and then on top. Thaddaeus provides courses that cover all aspects of building digital worlds, from ground up. Even knowing the basics after a 6-month intensive course, I learned tenfold from the Academy courses on PCG, Material Building, optimization - in just one month I was already rocking a solid mysterious new CAVE environment with cool lights and VFX and beyond. I could also recommend the Academy for people looking for art-focused coaching, and for those overwhelmed with Unreal Engine complexity. Provided material and coaching sessions allow to develop a solid, efficient workflow on building literally ANY environment, limited only by your imagination. Once you get the hang of each step, you can roll your own projects, get a gamedev job, open up your studio - chase your dreams :) Finally I'd like to comment video material quality and the frequency of updates. Academy heavily relies on releasing short video instructions on hot questions from the community or yourself, that are being actively referenced and shared. There are tons of video tutorials on small technical things we always forget, and new ones pop up almost every day - from efficient grass spawning to bioluminescent water effects that interact with player's character. Thaddaeus also regularly checks up on your progress and quickly responds to adhoc questions, despite having a handful of students querying him all the time! Not to mention the handful tooling like Automaterial and QuickScatter than he actively maintains. TL;DR - highly recommend signing up and going through available courses, especially the 6-week challenge - or roll your own idea together with the Academy!

I have never been part of an online academy where the educator is so willing to reach out and help you personally. This, above all else, was the highlight of my experience at Aziel Arts Academy. You will be tried to find this level of commitment from an educator anywhere else online, and I commend Thaddeus for the work he puts in every day to give his students the knowledge and tools they need to succeed in the intensely competitive 3D arts industry. Thank you Thaddeus.

I’ve watched several tutorials from Aziel Arts and I’m really impressed by the quality of the videos and the way the content is explained. Thaddaeus has a natural talent for explaining things in a very clear and simple way. QuickScatter in particular really convinced me — it saves me a lot of time in level design. I contacted the studio and received a prompt professional response. I’ll definitely keep following Aziel Arts and I’m looking forward to their future releases. Thank you so much!

Aziel Arts QuickScatter application is a fantastic addition to your Unreal Engine toolbox. It's so easy to use, but very powerful. I was up and running with it in just a few minutes. The included getting started videos make it easy to understand and cover all major features. For my workflow, QuickScatter is a wonderful way to fill areas of a landscape with very little effect, and no frustration. You can make lots of adjustments too - From the density and scaling to noise settings, you can customize the look of the elements to perfectly fit your scene. I'm still pretty new to Unreal Engine, so an application like QuickScatter makes a task like foliage or object scattering simple and straight forward. I can highly recommend it. It's definitely worth the purchase!

Thaddaeus is a great teacher. He's quick to offer ideas and solutions when I hit a roadblock. The Academy is a treasure trove of information on environment design and the monthly meetings are great. It's a good community and I can't recommend it enough.

Thaddeaus is a great teacher and I highly recommend his academy. Besides a bunch of learning materials, especially for those interested in pcg, and access to some really good tools for environment design, the biggest benefit was answering all my questions in a timely manner. So, whether you want to learn specifically what the courses have to offer or get feedback and guidance from a professional on a specific project, you can't go wrong. Thaddeaus helped me make my best-looking environment so far and I really appreciate his help!