Meet the VFX Team at Escape Studios

VFX Team at Escape Studios

Meet the VFX Team at Escape Studios! VFX is the jewel in the crown at Escape Studios, it's at the very root of what we do, where we began 20 years ago when the VFX Industry was just starting to boom.

Back in the early 2000s there were few places in the UK where students could learn the necessary skills to land that crucial first job in the industry. 

Today, Escape Studios is ranked No 1 in the UK by The Rookies for VFX Production.

Below, in no particular order, are our talented tutors who teach the art and craft of VFX at Escape Studios, helping to ensure we remain the UK's leading centre for the study of VFX.

Concept Art is Back on 9 March 2022

"Jack" by Heather Langford

Concept Art is coming back to Escape Studios. Our evening class in Concept Art returns on Wednesday 9 March 2022. 

 
Concept Art is a part-time evening class, taught one night a week, running for ten weeks. Concept Art starts on Wednesday 9 March 2022, and runs for 10 weeks, from 7 until 10pm.  Classes take place one night per week.

Concept Art introduces students to the techniques and skills that go up to make a well-rounded concept artist, including 3D & 2D software.

We introduce our students to a wide variety of techniques, showing how to achieve excellent results with different approaches, gradually improving skills over the ten weeks of the course.  

Concept Art is Back on 9 June 2021

Escapee Student Concept Art

Concept Art is back! Our popular evening class returns on 9 June 2021, taught by industry veteran Cenay Oekmen.

Concept Art is a part-time evening class, taught one night a week, running for ten weeks.

Concept Art introduces students to the techniques and skills that go up to make a well-rounded concept artist, including 3D & 2D software.

Concept Art Returns on 6th January 2021

Escapee Student concept art

Concept Art is back! Our popular evening class returns on 6th January 2021, taught by industry veteran Cenay Oekmen.

Concept Art is a part-time evening class, taught one night a week, running for ten weeks.

Concept Art introduces students to the techniques and skills that go up to make a well-rounded concept artist, including 3D & 2D software.

Concept Art Returns on 8 January 2020

Concept Art Student Work

Concept Art Returns on 8 January 2020, taught by industry veteran Cenay Oekmen.

Concept Art is a part-time evening class, taught one night a week, running for eight weeks.

Concept Art introduces students to the many techniques and skills that go up to make a well-rounded concept artist, including 3D and 2D software.

Concept Art: Student Showcase

Artwork by Xu Xing

We recently concluded an 8 week class in Concept Art, taught by the very talented Cenay Oekmen, veteran of X-Men and Guardians of the Galaxy.  It was the first time we have run the class, which is aimed at helping students break into one of the most creative parts of the development process. Concept artists work closely with the director to determine the look and feel of a project, helping to bring the director's vision to life. Among the many excellent pieces of work produced by our students was the evocative painting above by Xu Xing.

Cenay Oekmen Talks Concept Art

Creature Concept Art by Cenay Oekmen

Cenay Oekmen is leading a new evening class in Concept Art, starting in March 2018 and digging into the skillset that allows digital artists to create stunning artwork and help shape the style and design of a project.

Concept Art sits alongside a number of other evening classes that we are now running, such as Storyboarding and Character Design, where we teach the skills that make up the pre-production part of our industry.

Production may get shipped to cheaper shores, but pre-production work tends to stay at home, and producers regularly complain of skills shortages in this area. We asked Cenay to talk a little about how he got into Concept Art, and how students can follow in his footsteps, and break into the industry.