Games Art

With our Games Art degree, you will be able to get to grips with everything from environment and character creation to props, vehicle and weapon design.

If you want to create the amazing visual elements that are seen in games, our Games Art degree will provide you with the skills you need for a career as a 3D artist.

Throughout the course, you will study 3D modelling, digital sculpting, texturing, observational drawing and character design. You will also learn how to art direct your work as you apply the fundamentals of Art and Design theory to your coursework and skill development. Developing your own artistic workflow in the creation of your career portfolio is highly encouraged and supported during your study.

During your second and third years we provide you with the opportunity to choose from career specialisms within different pathways of study. This helps you to create a curated portfolio ready for the industry.

You can choose to specialise in the following pathways:
Character Art:

• Specialise in creating fantastic game ready creatures and characters using ZBrush and Marvelous Designer.
  Environment Art:
• Specialise in world building and crafting detailed environments that immerse the player using the Autodesk creative suite, ZBrush, Substance, Houdini, Speed Tree and the Unreal Engine

On successful completion of study, we will issue the following award: BA (Hons) Games Art

Year One Core: 3D Asset Development; 3D Game Props: Pipeline and Production; Digital Sculpting and Stylised Assets; Level Art and Visual Storytelling; Principles of Textures and Materials; Visual Studies for Games
Year Two Core: Junior Collaborative Games Development
Year Two Optional: Art of Lighting; Digital Sculpting Human Anatomy; Games Materials and Surfacing; Hard Surface 3D Vehicle Production; Hard Surface 3D Weapon Production; Modular 3D Game Environments; Motion Capture and Animation; Organic 3D Game Environments; Realtime 3D Character Production; Stylised 3D Character Art
Year Three Core: Games Art and Concepts Live Brief and Employability; Games Development Project; Senior Collaborative Games Development
Year Three Optional: Advanced Character Art; Advanced Environment Art; Advanced Game Creature Production; Advanced Hard Surface Vehicle Production; Advanced Hard Surface Weapon Production; Hero Prop Diorama

Your course will provide you with opportunities to test your understanding of your subject informally before you complete the formal assessments that count towards your final mark. Each module normally includes practice or ‘formative’ assessments, for which you receive feedback from your tutor. Practice assessments are developmental and any grades you receive for them do not count towards your module mark. There is a formal or ‘summative’ assessment at the end of each module. This includes a range of coursework assessments, such as essays, reports, portfolios, performance, presentations, final year, independent project and written examinations. The grades from formal assessments count towards your module mark.