Game Art

Are you an artist with a passion for games? Do you want to develop your skills to meet the challenges of the games industry? On this Game Art MA course, you’ll work in multi-skilled teams within a studio environment to create innovative and arresting art for games.  

Nurture your creativity as you collaborate with like-minded artists in an inspired and focused space. We’re looking for illustrators, fine artists, sculptors, graphic designers or anyone with a passion for the visual dimensions of games. Ultimately, you’ll graduate as a workplace-ready professional with a strong insight into the games industry, ready to make an impact.  

You will:

• Showcase your skills in context by working on a game art project and learning to co-create as part of a team  
• Access industry-standard facilities and the same management tools and game engines used by the industry  
• Learn 2D and 3D art creation methods, including concept, environment and character art, supported by tutors with experience at companies including Electronic Arts, MicroProse, Rare and Square Enix  
• Explore game development pipelines, techniques and processes such as Agile development and version control