Games Art BA (Hons) at University of Northampton

This course explores the visual side of the video games industry, including concept art, UI, 3D modelling and character and environment design. You'll learn the full creative process, from initial ideas to implementing final assets in a working game.

Faculty: Faculty of Education, Arts, Science and Technology  |  Department: E-Sports and Game Development  |  Duration: Full Time: 3 years; Full Time Foundation: 4 years; Part Time: 4 - 5 years  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Northampton, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

On this Games Art BA course, you will focus on the production of professional standard art assets for video game development, but you will also be exposed to the whole life cycle of game production from the initial ideas process, through testing and iteration stages, to the final release stage. Modules include Drawing Fundamentals, Group Game Project: Fundamentals, 2D Game Asset Production, 3D Game Asset Production, 3D Character Art, Material Development for Games, 3D Environment Modelling, Digital Sculpting Fundamentals, Group Game Project: Advanced, Concept Art Techniques, 3D Art for Game Engines, Digital Sculpting for Character Art.

Career pathways

This Games Arts Degree will give you all the skills and experience you need to find work in the broad field of games design and games art. Previous games art students have gone on to work at: Playground Games Firesprite Codemasters Jagex Austella VR Totem Learning Dream Harvest Games Sumo Digital You may also be able to secure work in areas such as animation, architectural visualisation, visual effects, and model-making for film and TV.

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