MB3 CREATIVE STUDIO · UNREAL ENGINE TRAINING
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Most Unreal Engine training begins with software. MB3 begins with the artist.
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Courses in character creation, character animation, motion design, motion capture, and cinematics — taught by a professional performer, animator, and Unreal Engine Authorized Trainer Partner who believes technology exists to amplify human artistry.
Unreal Engine is one of the most powerful creative tools of our time. Too often, it is taught like engineering. We teach it like art.
These trainings were built for artists, animators, performers, and creative teams who want real fluency in real-time production without losing the thing that makes their work theirs. You will learn digital characters, animation craft, motion design, motion capture, and cinematic storytelling inside Unreal Engine, guided by an Unreal Engine Authorized Trainer Partners
Choose your course below, register your interest, or schedule a call and we will help you find the right starting point.
The Trainings
Five courses. One artist-first path through Unreal Engine.
Character Creation in Unreal Engine
Build digital characters that carry presence, not just polygons.
A digital character is a creative decision, not a technical asset. Learn to design, build, and prepare digital characters in Unreal Engine — MetaHuman workflows, customization, grooming, materials, and preparing characters for animation. Character creation is also a form of freedom: it lets performers and storytellers step beyond physical, age, and casting limitations and author who appears on screen.
You leave with: a finished digital character and a repeatable creation process.
For: artists, designers, performers, and teams who want to author their own digital characters.
Character animation in Unreal Engine
Give your digital characters weight, timing, and intention.
Animation is not polish. It is performance. This course covers character animation inside Unreal Engine: rigs and Control Rig, keyframe animation, working with crafted choreographed motion capture, retargeting, and refining movement so a digital character keeps the intention of the artist behind it. You learn to think like an animator and a movement author at the same time: weight, rhythm, gesture, energy, breath, silhouette, and emotional clarity.
You leave with: the ability to animate a digital character from first pose to finished performance.
For: animators, performers, and creators ready to bring digital characters to life.
Motion Design + Principles of Animation in Unreal Engine
The classic principles of animation, alive inside a real-time engine.
Squash and stretch. Anticipation. Timing. Arcs. These principles have carried animation for a century, and they translate beautifully into Unreal Engine. This course pairs the foundational principles of animation with Unreal Engine’s motion design tools, so your graphics, transitions, and animated elements move with craft instead of default settings. It is the course for anyone whose work needs to move well: titles, brand pieces, projections, live event visuals, and animated content of every kind.
You leave with: trained eyes, skills, and a motion design toolkit inside Unreal Engine.
For: motion designers, visual artists, and creative teams working in real time.
Cinematics in Unreal Engine
Direct the camera. Light the scene. Tell the story.
This is where everything comes together: characters, animation, and environments become cinema. You learn Sequencer, camera work, cinematic lighting, shot composition, and editing inside Unreal Engine, building sequences that feel authored rather than assembled. We approach the virtual camera the way a cinematographer approaches a real one: with intention.
You leave with: a finished cinematic sequence and the skills to direct your own.
For: filmmakers, animators, studios, and artists ready to tell stories in real time.
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BONUS · INCLUDED WITH ANY COURSE
Intro to Unreal Engine for Artists
Your first steps in Unreal Engine, taught in an artist’s language.
New to the engine? Start here. This foundation course walks you through the Unreal Engine interface, navigation, projects, assets, and core concepts — explained for artists rather than programmers. No prior 3D or coding experience required.
It is included as a bonus so that no artist has to feel behind before they begin. Finish it and every course above becomes fully accessible to you.
Start HereWHO THIS IS FOR
These trainings are for people who make things move and mean something.
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Artists and animators who want real-time skills without giving up their craft. Performers and choreographers who want to carry their movement intelligence into digital production. Independent creators building their own worlds, characters, and films. Freelancers adding Unreal Engine to their professional toolkit.
Universities and animation schools looking for artist-centered curriculum. Studios and creative teams training for virtual production. Cultural institutions exploring digital performance.
If you believe the performer is an artist, the animator is an artist, and the technology is there to serve them both — you are in the right place.
Why MB3
Most training pipelines treat the artist as a user. MB3 treats the artist as the author.
MB3 is a movement-led studio, not a software tutorial channel. Our trainings come directly from production: crafted choreographed motion capture, digital characters, virtual production, ICVFX, and animation for film, live events, and interactive work. What we teach is what we use.
We teach technically and speak humanly.
You get precise, production-grade workflows explained in an artist’s language, with room for questions, mistakes, and your own creative voice.
Captured movement is not just data.
Animation is not just polish.
Digital characters are not human replacements.
You will learn the tools and keep your artistry.
Unreal Engine is both our production pillar and our training pillar.
Everything you learn is the same real-time craft we use on real projects.
About the Instructor
Marcela Bragagnolo · Founder, MB3 Creative Studio
Marcela is a former professional dancer, animator, educator, and virtual production artist. She is an Unreal Engine Authorized Trainer Partner with Gold status, an Animation Unreal Engine Fellowship participant, and has ICVFX experience on major productions.
Her path runs from performing arts into animation, motion capture, and real-time production. That is why her teaching is different: she understands weight, timing, and presence from inside the body, and she knows how to preserve them inside a digital pipeline.
She has trained performers, animators, university programs, and studio teams, and she built these courses on one belief: the world needs authentic embodiment, and artists deserve full fluency in the tools shaping their field.
Find your starting point
Not sure which course fits? That is normal. Your background, goals, and timeline all shape the right entry point — and we are glad to help you choose.
Register your interest and we will send you course details, dates, and enrollment information.Â
Universities, studios, and institutions: we also design custom training programs, residencies, and faculty development. Mention this in your inquiry and we will follow up with options.
Your body already knows how to move. Now teach your tools to listen.
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MB3 CREATIVE STUDIO · MOVEMENT-LED VIRTUAL PRODUCTION
