Game Art, BA (Hons)

Become an industry-ready game artist by acquiring creative and technical skills in digital art using tools like Adobe Photoshop, Maya, ZBrush, Substance Painter, and Unreal. Develop expertise in character, concept, and environment art, 3D modelling, UV mapping, baking, composition, and shading. In later years, contribute to major game development projects, graduating with confidence for the fast-growing games sector. Falmouth stands out as the UK's top university for concept art and illustration, offering cutting-edge facilities, industry-standard software, and collaboration with professionals from titles like Grand Theft Auto and World of Warcraft. Students create real games, retain intellectual property, and network through events, with graduates securing roles at studios such as Frontier Developments and Splash Damage.The curriculum integrates traditional art practices with digital techniques, covering life drawing, 2D and 3D modelling, and game development pipelines. Year one focuses on foundational skills; year two emphasizes collaborative projects and portfolio building; year three involves specialized practice and major collaborations. Assessment is entirely coursework-based, including visual, verbal, and written assignments to enhance employability.

You'll study the principles of game art in the context of traditional art practice, combining subjects like life drawing and composition with digital 2D and 3D modelling. We'll also build your expertise in concept, character and environment art, agile project management, and game development pipelines and processes. Focused on industry practices, much of your learning will come from working in game development teams – devising and developing real games using real-world practices. Year one During the first year of your Game Art degree, 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 processes, 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 to build digital worlds and characters. Modules: Concept Art 1 Character Art 1 Environment Art 1 Concept Art 2 Character Art 2 Environment Art 2 Year two You'll grow your confidence in game art and your skills in using professional digital tools. You'll provide art assets to a collaborative project with game students of different disciplines, giving you valuable experience in an industry-style development pipeline. An additional specialist practice project lets you hone your skills in a particular area of game art and create high quality work for your portfolio. Modules World Building: Pre-production Developing Concept Art Vocabularies Developing Character Art Vocabularies Developing Environment Art Vocabularies Art Research Practice World Building: Production Portfolio Development Year three With specialism, independence and professional practice at the front and centre of this year, 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 Future Skills Professional Portfolio Technical Art Practice Future of Games Major Collaboration As part of our process of continuous improvement, we routinely review course content to ensure that all our students benefit from a high-quality and rewarding academic experience. As such, there may be some changes made to your course which are not immediately reflected in the content displayed on our website. Any students affected will be informed of any changes made directly.