This Level 3, two-year game art and animation course is suitable for both school-leavers and adults. It presents an exciting and challenging prospect, offering the opportunity to acquire skills and understanding across many areas of the digital creative industries, including interactive media, animation, video production, digital art, and games design. This enables you to develop a diverse skill set, to launch a successful start in the creative sector.
Explore game art and animation in traditional, 2D digital, and 3D formats using industry-standard software, enhancing your design capabilities. Embrace creativity and cultivate problem-solving skills through practical and theoretical projects, providing a comprehensive understanding of the industry. Apply these skills in tasks like crafting gaming worlds, character creation, audio production, and animation.
Students will need 5 GCSEs at Grade 4 and above including English and maths and a portfolio of art work.
Successful completion of the course will support your career aspirations and help prepare you for a wide range of potential employment opportunities or further/higher education in areas including creative and digital media.
You will learn through group work, tutorials, and practical sessions. Students will have the opportunity to use industry standard software which includes but not limited to, Autodesk Maya, Unity 3D, Photoshop, Substance Painter and Blender.