Concept Art for Games and Film (with a Foundation Year) BA (Hons)

University of Staffordshire

This degree is designed to prepare you for working within the thrilling and rapidly advancing entertainment industry. Its 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.CareersOur graduates have secured employment in roles such as concept artist, illustrator and 2D/3D games artist, including character and environmental artist. Companies include Playground Games, Fireproof Studios, Jagex, Antimatter Games, Testology and Mirror Image Design. Other graduates are working as freelance concept artists within the games and film industries.

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