Game Art, BA (Hons)

Gain the creative and technical skills to succeed as a digital artist.As a game artist, you’ll be joining one of the fastest growing sectors of the games industry where skills are in higher demand than ever before. On this Game Art degree, you’ll work in multi-skilled collaborative teams and graduate as a confident, industry-ready game artist. You’ll study fundamental game art principles alongside traditional art practice, building your expertise to contribute to a major game development project in your second and third year to help you graduate with an industry-ready portfolio.You will:Develop skills in concept art, character art and environment art, while gaining fundamental industry skills in 3D modelling, UV mapping, baking, composition and shading Work in one of the largest and best-equipped dedicated game-making spaces of any university in the UK Study in a studio environment with access to industry standard hardware and software Master a range of industry-standard tools used to produce game art including ZBrush, Maya, Substance Painter and Marmoset Work in multidisciplinary teams where you keep the Intellectual Property (IP) of any games you produce Network with industry through our Guest Speaker programme and end of year Games Expo