Games Art, BA (Hons)

Course summary

If you have ever played a video game and been drawn in by the immersiveness of the environment art or marvelled at the imagination of the characters or creatures, the BA (Hons) Games Art course may be for you. Teaching you on industry-standard hardware and software, this course will advance your creative and artistic skills with opportunities to work collaboratively with game designers, animators and VFX artists to create Blueprint games. Working alone, in teams or in industry focused workshops, you’ll develop the digital toolset, creative invention, and contextual knowledge to bring your visual imagination to life. You’ll graduate with an industry-ready reel demonstrating your invention and artistic prowess. EmployabilityGraduates will be prepared for a broad range of careers in games art. This could include roles such as character artist, 3D modeller, environment artist, concept artist, storyboard artist and 3D LookDev artist.FacilitiesWe’re committed to helping you explore, expand and refine your craft, as you discover new creative horizons with some truly great tools, equipment and workspaces. Visit our facilities hub at www.ntu.ac.uk/artfacilities to find out more.We are also proud to be launching the new Design & Digital Arts building to prepare our graduates for success in professional, technical and commercial careers in the growing cultural and creative industries. This landmark building will place Nottingham as a UK hub for film, television, animation, UX design, games design, graphic design and more.Facilities include:Collaborative studio spaces for each disciplineDigital Innovation Lab and VR/Mixed Reality StudioExhibition spacesTV and Film StudioBlack Box studioFilm Production editing suitesScreen printing roomSound studiosStop Motion StudioCafé

Modules

[Year one]

• Principles of Screen Arts (40 credit points)

• Introducing 2D Digital Art (40 credit points)

• Games Studies (20 credit points)

• Introducing 3D Digital Art (20 credit points)

[Year two]

• Processing 2D Digital Art (40 credit points)

• Processing 3D Digital Art (40 credit points)

• Games Design Studio (40 credit points)

• CoLab: Research, Exploration and Risk-taking (20 credit points)

• Optional module: You will also choose one optional 20-credit module from:

• 3D Materials and Exploration

• Storyboarding

• Character Ideation

• Experimental Animation

• Motion Graphics

• Digital Marketing and Communication

• Performance for Motion Capture

• Sound Art & Design

[Year three]

• Optional Placement Year (Sandwich)*

We have an option for all of our students to undertake a placement year (Sandwich) and allow you to decide whether this is right for you once you have completed years 1 and 2 of your course. This time spent working in industry provides our students with crucial work experience, which is highly prized and much sought after by employers upon graduation. If you are successful in securing a placement you will have the chance to gain an additional Certificate or Diploma in Professional Practice, dependent on duration.

• If you choose to take the sandwich route option, you will still need to apply for this course with the full-time UCAS code.

[Final year]

• Games Art Project (60 credit points)

• Screen Arts Collaboration (40 credit points)

- Games Entrepreneurship (20 credit points)

Assessment method

People excel in different ways, and we want everybody to have the best possible chance of success. On this course you will be assessed on a range of individual and group presentations, and your final year project. Your work in Year Two accounts for 20% of your final degree mark, and your work in your final year accounts for the other 80%Year 1: coursework (100%)Year 2: coursework (100%)Year 3: coursework (93%), practical assessment (7%).

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[Year one]

• Principles of Screen Arts (40 credit points)

• Introducing 2D Digital Art (40 credit points)

• Games Studies (20 credit points)

• Introducing 3D Digital Art (20 credit points)

[Year two]

• Processing 2D Digital Art (40 credit points)

• Processing 3D Digital Art (40 credit points)

• Games Design Studio (40 credit points)

• CoLab: Research, Exploration and Risk-taking (20 credit points)

• Optional module: You will also choose one optional 20-credit module from:

• 3D Materials and Exploration

• Storyboarding

• Character Ideation

• Experimental Animation

• Motion Graphics

• Digital Marketing and Communication

• Performance for Motion Capture

• Sound Art & Design

[Year three]

• Optional Placement Year (Sandwich)*

We have an option for all of our students to undertake a placement year (Sandwich) and allow you to decide whether this is right for you once you have completed years 1 and 2 of your course. This time spent working in industry provides our students with crucial work experience, which is highly prized and much sought after by employers upon graduation. If you are successful in securing a placement you will have the chance to gain an additional Certificate or Diploma in Professional Practice, dependent on duration.

• If you choose to take the sandwich route option, you will still need to apply for this course with the full-time UCAS code.

[Final year]

• Games Art Project (60 credit points)

• Screen Arts Collaboration (40 credit points)

- Games Entrepreneurship (20 credit points)