BREAK INTO GAMES AS A UI ARTIST
Welcome to John “The Wingless” Burnett’s Game UI Design Mentorship! Learn from a real game Art Director and Senior UI Artist (ex-Midway, ex-EA, ex-Id Software) with a 20-year career. All skill levels welcome, payment plans available, and yes, you can do this.
“He made every video call a wonderful and enthusiastic place to learn”
-Kaitlan R.
“I made more progress in a couple of months than I thought was possible…”
-Ajai R.
“He helped me jumpstart into UX design […] I cannot recommend Burnett enough.”
-Devin W.
“I can definitely recommend John Burnett, future UI mentees do not miss out!”
-Janin P.
Hello! My name is John Burnett, and I created this Mentorship Program to help aspiring Talent break into the game Industry as UI Artists. In my exclusive 7-week Program, we’ll develop your skills, build an amazing Portfolio, and we’ll even work on your Resume and mental health through the process. Every class is tailored around you, any skill level is welcome and there are no hidden fees or hard sales tactics. I’m just a loveable dork who lucked-out, knows his worth, and wants to spread the love. Can’t wait to talk nerd-stuff with you soon!
–Your Future Mentor,
I’m not a huge corporation or Bootcamp, I’m just a charming geek who loves teaching game UI – so seating is limited!
Iria (Spain)
Minahil (USA)
Jammie (Canada)
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Andy
Have you graduated or been laid off in the past 3 months? You may be eligible for a FREE 5-week, 30 minute Mentorship. Only 1 slot is available, seating is very limited!
You are valuable, talented, and you are so much more than the zeroes in your salary
LEARN THE SKILLS. HUD Design, Inventory Screens, Menu Wireframing, and more! We’ll sharpen all your game UI UX design skills with the genre and platform you love the most!
BUILD A PORTFOLIO. Gain structure and guidance! Build your killer Game UI Portfolio under the watchful tutelage of a real Art Director who’s been Mentoring for years!
EMPATHY & CARE. Learn from one of the Industry’s best, most charismatic Leaders in a safe environment built around your abilities and ambitions. Our whole world revolves around you.
A PICTURE IS WORTH 1000 WORDS! Let the work of my amazing students speak for itself! Yes, you can achieve these results, too!
Brontë, “What I love about the mentorship is I can see my improvement week to week and have more confidence then when I first started. It is the highlight of my week and that’s why I extended the program! Can’t recommend John and the mentorship enough!!!”
Julia, “I couldn’t have asked for a better mentor than John Burnett and would highly recommend his mentorship for anyone interested in improving their UI/UX skills, especially in the video games industry!”
Kyle. “There was not a single wasted minute of our discussions, and I always left energized to pursue the work necessary for the coming week. If you’re looking to level up your UI/UX skillset, in a specific or even general way, this is your guy.”
Rena, “He turns these obstacles into solvable puzzles that leave me feeling accomplished and pumped up. It frees up my time and energy to get more creative with my work. If you’re thinking of diving into game UI, I can’t recommend John’s mentorship program enough! It’s the real deal!”
…With dozens more! Let me help you achieve these results! You have a brilliant future making games, too!
John “The Wingless” Burnett is a 20-year veteran Art Director and Senior UI Artist in the Games and Entertainment Industry. He has been an in-house Artist with Midway Games, Electronic Arts, and Id Software – as well as a treasured Consultant with Sega, Activision, Comcast, Antares (of Autotune fame), and more mom & pop indie consultations and freelancer gigs than he can count.
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John has been an international Mentor since the 2020 Lockdowns and is one of the few game developers actively writing and educating the public on game UI UX Design. In addition to his formidable career history and encyclopedic game knowledge, John is a recognized Polymath and is just straight-up funny. He lives in Chicago with his beautiful family and honestly, just wants to make cool things with and for cool people.
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Gameography: Unannounced Sega Project, Wasteland3, Warframe, Lord of the Rings Mobile, Antares (Autotune) Voice Changer, Call of Duty Advanced Warfare, Call of Duty Ghosts, Shadowrun Hong Kong, Tiger Woods Golf Xfinity, Zuma Xfinity, Plants vs. Zombies Xfinity, Rage, Rage Mobile, Doom Mobile, Wolfenstein Mobile, Doom 2 Mobile, The Saboteur, Stranglehold, Unreal Tournament 3, Blacksite: Area 51, TNA Wrestling, Blitz: The League, Ballers: Chosen One, Ballers Phenom–
Register for free on my Google Form. The registration includes a breezy questionnaire to gain a sense of your ambitions and skills (or just how rough it’s been out there for you!).
A Fun 30 minute interview. I’ll invite you to a quick Google Meet, where you’ll meet me and I’ll show all about how the Program works and a ton of student work in Miro!
An Official PayPal Invoice. If we’re a great fit, you’ll receive a Paypal Invoice. Please pay at your earliest convenience, and then we’re off to the races with 7 weeks of UI Game Design! Yes, it’s just that easy!
Payment Options are available for all walks of life! I’m here to try to make this work for you. In addition to many payment plans, you’ll also get a discount for paying upfront. Need something special arranged? Let’s talk!
Pay all Upfront
Get a 5% Discount!
Pay Half Upfront
Half after Week 4
Pay A Third Upfront
A Third after Week 3
A Third after Week 5
My Mentorship is the best option for an aspiring UI UX Game Designer by an incredible margin. In additional being one of the only game UI Design Mentorships in the world, I provide a truly holistic educational approach: design, job training, and portfolio development. Take a look at our competitors – when it comes to videogame interface design – we are truly in a league of our own.
| Game UI & UX | 1:1 Mentoring | Executive-level Game Mentorship | Real world Projects | Real world Game Projects | Game Wireframing | Price (by package) | |
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| J.Burnett | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 1,999.99 |
| Career Foundry | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | $7,505! |
| Springboard | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | $11,900! |
| Thinkful | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | $12,350! |
| General Assembly | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | $16,450! |
price comparison is based on a full package from each organization of the equivalent UI UX skillsets.
Of course, there’s free stuff for you! I’m one of the few professional game UI Artists who writes about breaking into game UI UX. Take a look at the astounding amount of educational content I have for you, all for free, ‘cuz I think you’re pretty neat.
…And I have TONS more blogs, guides, and courses over here!
Q: How is the class structured?
A: The Program lasts 7 weeks, meeting remotely at least 1 hour every week at your time and day of choice. Each class is tailored around your skills and ambitions. We start with a game genre and platform of your choice as a Portfolio piece, and we build stage by stage – with real-world expectations, contexts and leadership. Or, put another way, we make a fake game with a very real User Interface under very real conditions. From concept to wireframe to art – all the way up to what to put in your Portfolio as a write-up!
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Q: Do you ever take on students outside of America?
A: All the time! I’ll try my very best to work with you to find time for our Sessions that work for both our timezones. I also know real life comes at you fast, so our hours are completely flexible. Forgot a Doctor’s appointment? Not feeling well? Dog got bit? We’ll just move our classes around, no biggie.
Q: What programs do we use in the Mentorship?
A: We’ll be using Miro primarily, a fantastic tool for us to synchronously toss ideas and jpgs around. We may also be jumping into Industry-standard Photoshop lessons on Art and Design where I’ll provide “over-the-shoulder” screenshared guidance. In my experience, Figma is rarely if ever used in console / mobile game development, but you are welcome to any tool that you are comfortable with.
Q: Do you teach Engines like Unreal or Unity?
A: No. It takes quite a bit of time just teaching fundamental Design, let alone engines like Unreal or Unity. I am learning more about these engines every day, and I hope to incorporate them into a more advanced class later. But take heart: most companies have dedicated UI engineers to do the implementation these days anyway.
Q: Are you available weekends?
A: No, I need my weekends, too! I have been toying around with a weekend class, but it would have to be at a dramatically increased cost, and I distinctly remember telling you this place has no hidden fees!
