Game Art BA(Hons)

1st Year

You'll build the basic skills demanded by the industry, and learn about game artists’ major roles and techniques. Working with industry-standard software, methods and pipelines, you'll develop your drawing skills, better understand anatomy, and apply these abilities to 3D modelling and related elements.

You'll learn traditional and digital art skills - both 2D and 3D, alongside concept, environment and character art.

Modules

• Introduction to Concept Art & Visual Cultures
• Introduction to Character Art
• Introduction to Environment Art
• Making It Up: Concept & Visual Cultures 2
• Making Avatars: Character Art 2
• Making Space: Environment Art 2

2nd Year

You’ll grow your confidence in game art and your skills in professional tools. You’ll then provide art assets to a collaborative project with game development students - giving you valuable experience in the development pipeline.

An additional specialist practice project lets you hone your skills in a particular area of game art, and create some high quality work for your portfolio.

Modules

• Developing Concept Art Vocabularies
• Developing Character Art Vocabularies
• Developing Environmental Art
• World Creation Project : Production
• Developing Specialist Game Art Practice

3rd Year

With specialism, independence and professional practice front and centre, you’ll join a multi-skilled team on a game development project. Working in a studio, you’ll contribute art assets using industry-standard methods and pipelines.

You’ll also create distinctive and polished work for your growing portfolio by working on specialist game art. We'll then help you commercialise this work and prepare you for the transition to professional life.

Modules

• Major Game Development Project: Pre-Production
• Preparing for the Future
• Major Game Development Project: Production
• Professional Practice