Concept Art for Games and Film

Concept Art for Games and Film is ideal if you're interested in a career in game arts and concept creation, and have strong drawing and painting skills.

This degree is designed to prepare you for working within the thrilling and rapidly advancing entertainment industry. It’s perfect if you wish to mix the artistic, creative and technical skills required to be a 2D or concept artist in either the games or film industry.

Our academics are experts in painting, life drawing, digital sculpting, 3D modelling, animation, lighting and rendering, digital compositing, digital painting, games scripting, motion capture, cinematography and post-production.

As members of the games industry body TIGA, we provide access to some of the latest technology in game art development. You will use our purpose-built HD TV studio, green screen studios, post-production suites, state-of-the-art digital cinema cameras, HD cameras, motion capture studio, Unreal games engines, and Wacom graphic tablets.

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

Course Modules

Year One: Environment Concept Design; 2D Drawing, Technical Illustration and Digital Painting; 3D Props and Materials; Character Concept Design

Year Two: Creature Concept Design and Sculpting; Game Production Studio; Mastering Study to Concept; Vehicle and Prop Design

Year Three Core: Games Art and Concepts Live Brief and the choice of one of the following: Final Year Project: Art Artefact; Final Year Project: Collaborative Project; Final Year Project: Dissertation
Year Three Optional: Character Design for Production; Environment Design for Production

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.