Ava Byrne
Former Lead Environment Artist at Dublin’s LightAxis. Specialises in Unreal Engine, modular kits, and Constructivist architectural storytelling.
Mentor Profiles
Theo Mikhail
ZBrush sculptor and VR figurative artist. Guides anatomy, cloth dynamics, and stylised character pipelines for cinematic productions.
Lian Gallagher
Lighting TD with credits in Irish animation features. Teaches texture lookdev, volumetric lighting, and render compositing.
Lab Infrastructure
Students orbit between physical studio rigs in Longford and our cloud render farm. Every workstation is calibrated with colour-accurate displays, RTX GPUs, and synchronized asset libraries.
Physical Studio
RTX 4090 workstations, Wacom tablets, VR headsets, and color-managed lighting for authentic review sessions.
Cloud Stack
Render nodes across Ireland & EU with secure asset versioning, daily backups, and revision history.
Professional Launch Support
“Mock interviews, contract reviews, and EU funding clinics helped me secure a residency at a Dublin XR studio within weeks of graduation.”
Éire Finn · Alumni“Career sprints include LinkedIn makeovers, ArtStation audits, and real client briefs. The mentors are relentless—but in the best way.”
Valerii K · Alumni