Games Art

3D Modelling Foundations

This module introduces students to 3D modelling for games. Using industry-standard 3D modelling software, students will learn the foundational approaches and techniques required to create game-ready 3D assets.

Module code: GAME30506

Introduction To Collaborative Enterprise

Video games are interdisciplinary pieces of interactive art that require a range of specialist skills. The majority of the games that you have played will have been developed by a team of individuals. Games Developers rarely work alone. This module will challenge you to capitalise on your skills and individual creativity while working with a mixed disciplinary team of games developers. Beyond developing a video games artefact, you will be exposed to the tools, practices, and transferable skills required to work effectively as part of a group.

Module code: GAME30512

Art Theory And 2D Skills

This module aims to give the student an overview of basic art and design principles, an introduction to fundamental art theories and their usage in contemporary media and cultural development, as well as supporting development in observational life drawing.

Module code: GAME30507

3D Game Asset Foundations

This Module builds upon knowledge from the first term, introducing more game-ready modelling techniques. You will continue to learn how to model and texture assets using the latest industry techniques and software that become progressively more advanced.

Module code: GAME30505

Introduction Into Games Scholarship

The games industry is a melting pot of different creative and technical roles. In this module, you will begin your journey as a games developer in training, understanding the roles and career opportunities within the games industry and beyond. You will also be exposed to the reality of the industry, exploring the ethical, economic, and societal impact of games. We will also support you in the creation of a career action plan, helping you to develop as an independent learner.

Module code: GAME30513

Level Art And Visual Storytelling

This module aims to build the student’s knowledge and skills in visual storytelling. The module looks at the fundamentals of level design, architecture and spatial design to communicate with the player The module will explore Mise-en-scène, set dressing, composition, & environmental storytelling to portray setting, location and theme. The culmination of this is a playable level in Unreal Engine, built using the MegaScans and marketplace assets.

Module code: GDEV40016

Digital Sculpting And Stylised Assets

From The Legend of Zelda to Fortnite the world of stylised game art is vast, but what exactly is stylised game art? In this module you will not only find that out but be introduced to industry level digital sculpting and asset creation techniques. By the end of this module, you will be modelling stylised game ready models ready for today’s PC and console games.

Module code: GDEV40005

3D Asset Development

Games Art and Concept Art both make extensive use of 3D modelling, texturing and rendering. This module will introduce you to the techniques used in industry to produce assets for a variety of uses.

Module code: GDEV40001

Visual Studies For Games

As Game Artists you need to be aware of contemporary media and its application in videogame creation, as well as be able to convey that understanding visually. This module is designed to develop your artistic eye, your critical analysis, and your visual communication skills via a practical portfolio of art and visual analysis.

Module code: GDEV40025

Principles Of Textures And Materials

This module covers the skills to produce texture assets to the standards of the Games Industry. You will learn how to create textures for both realistic and stylised assets using industry standard software packages and methodologies.

Module code: GDEV40021

3D Game Props: Pipeline And Production

This module provides students with a grounding of 3D Modelling and texturing. Students will learn about the fundamentals modelling and texturing process used in the production of Game Art assets and Concept design workflows. The module allows students to produce a variety of models in different artistic stylisations and photo realistic game props. The focus of the module is on good modelling techniques and on producing visual accuracy in proportions, forms and smoothing.

Module code: GDEV40011

Motion Capture And Animation

During this module you will learn what you need to create real time animation sequences ready for game cinematics or long action sequences utilising motion capture technology.

Module code: GDEV50030

Modular 3D Game Environments

This module will prepare you for the creation of an environment art project using modularity. You will employ workflows of modularity, the grid, trimsheets, shader creation, and lighting to form a piece of environment art based on a real world and concept art references.

Module code: GDEV50029

Junior Collaborative Games Development

Students will work in a junior role in a group comprised of students from across the suite of games development courses to mimic a games development studio. They will work with other juniors and level 6 students who take the role of seniors, to make a vertical slice of a game.

Module code: GDEV50001

Games Materials And Surfacing

This module will give you the opportunity to produce procedural texture assets to the standards of the Games Industry. You will learn how to create realistic surfaces using industry standard software packages to simulate realism.

Module code: GDEV50020

Stylised 3D Character Art

Game Characters are what connects and immerses a player to fantastical game world, and the game world is not the only thing that can be awesome. Enter stylised characters, when it comes to them you are not limited to the ordinary and can push the boundaries. In this module you will learn to adhere to and break the rules of anatomy all in the name of style, whilst also being taught industry standard techniques for digital sculpting and game ready character production.

Module code: GDEV50039

Hard Surface 3D Vehicle Production

This module focuses on learning techniques to produce vehicle models for Games. Students will produce a portfolio of vehicle assets and implement them into a games engine.

Module code: GDEV50035

Organic 3D Game Environments

This module will prepare students for the creation of organic environment art. Students will employ workflows of foliage, sculpting, and terrain generation to form an environment art artefact that is based on an organic/natural area of the world re-created inside Unreal Engine.

Module code: GDEV50032

Art Of Lighting

This module will prepare you for lighting multiple mediums of work based on various styles of cinematography, video game lighting, and general lighting theory such as exposure, composition, and mood. You will apply these skills to content inside a game engine using a mixture of metahumans, megascans and free marketplace assets.

Module code: GDEV50007

Realtime 3D Character Production

An exciting opportunity to learn how to convert a high-poly character sculpture into a game-ready asset for use within a games engine. You will learn how to create realistic details by implementing industry-standard software and methodologies.

Module code: GDEV50036

Digital Sculpting Human Anatomy

This module will provide you with additional Knowledge of human anatomy, form, volume, whilst developing strong organic sculpting skills. The content will also be focused heavily on functionality of musculature and means of achieving realistic surface tension within digital sculpting packages

Module code: GDEV50013

Hard Surface 3D Weapon Production

Within this module students will learn to create hard surface weapons based on an existing/specific game titles and/or real-world designs. Students will learn a streamlined development processes used in the development and production of game ready weapons. On completion of this module students will be able to demonstrate effective hard surface modelling techniques, produce visually accurate models’ representative of design references with supporting texture maps and materials.

Module code: GDEV50023

Games Art And Concepts Live Brief And Employability

This module gives you an opportunity to focus your studies on developing an industry standard portfolio piece of Games Art or Concept Art in answer to a given or live brief from the industry e.g., a Games Studio.

Module code: GDEV60019

Advanced Hard Surface Weapon Production

This module forms part of the hard surface pathway building on knowledge from the level 5 Hard Surface weapon module. Within this module students will learn the most up to date and relevant hard surface modelling techniques enabling them to create multifaceted geometry to produce game ready weapons. On completion of this module students will demonstrate an excellent technical understanding of hard surface development techniques and be able to produce a weapon representative of a design reference as a portfolio piece.

Module code: GDEV60007

Senior Collaborative Games Development

Students will work in a senior role in a group comprised of students from across the suite of games development courses to mimic a games development studio. They will work with other seniors to effectively support and lead a team including level 5 students, to make a vertical slice of a game.

Module code: GDEV60033

Advanced Hard Surface Vehicle Production

This module focuses on expanding students’ skills and experience with producing hard surface models exploring advanced techniques and hard surface sculpting. Students will focus on designing, producing and implementing their own models into provided games frameworks, ensuring their work is compatible with gameplay systems to ensure functionality as well as artistic quality

Module code: GDEV60006

Hero Prop Diorama

This module covers the skills to produce a small-scale environment piece in the form of a diorama. You will learn to model and texture a variety of models/props for an in-engine scene which demonstrates a sense of worldbuilding and artistic direction.

Module code: GDEV60021

Advanced Environment Art

This module builds on what you have learned from the level 5 environment art pathways, but with more complex techniques to help push your projects to a higher quality. You will create an environment that features both modular and organic elements, and use several advanced techniques such as uv manipulation, rgb masks, triplanar, speedtree, houdini, substance and megascans to support your project’s development.

Module code: GDEV60005

Advanced Game Creature Production

This module provides you with advanced techniques in the production of Game ready creature art, with a focus on animal physiology and anatomy. The module will introduce new methods for tackling industry standard creature production challenges, whilst supporting already established knowledge

Module code: GDEV60004

Advanced Character Art

This module provides you with advanced techniques in the production of Game ready character art, whilst developing upon your fundamental knowledge of sculpting, retopology, and texturing. The content of this module will be focused heavily towards a more technical approach to character art.

Module code: GDEV60003

Games Development Project

The Games Development Project module gives students an opportunity to undertake an in-depth piece of research testing and analysis or a high-quality artefact, ready for their portfolio. You can focus your studies on your career aspirations. Whether it's stylised game characters, stalking AI monsters, procedural environments, immersive level design, or a concept for futuristic vehicles. The project allows you the opportunity to work with a supervisor and tailor the project to you. Your supervisor will be your guide and project manager. Supporting you in your journey to create a highly developed outcome with industry standard software whilst receiving lectures on portfolio development and employability.

Module code: GDEV60001

Principles Of Textures And Materials

This module covers the skills to produce texture assets to the standards of the Games Industry. You will learn how to create textures for both realistic and stylised assets using industry standard software packages and methodologies.

Module code: GDEV40021

Digital Sculpting And Stylised Assets

From The Legend of Zelda to Fortnite the world of stylised game art is vast, but what exactly is stylised game art? In this module you will not only find that out but be introduced to industry level digital sculpting and asset creation techniques. By the end of this module, you will be modelling stylised game ready models ready for today’s PC and console games.

Module code: GDEV40005

3D Game Props: Pipeline And Production

This module provides students with a grounding of 3D Modelling and texturing. Students will learn about the fundamentals modelling and texturing process used in the production of Game Art assets and Concept design workflows. The module allows students to produce a variety of models in different artistic stylisations and photo realistic game props. The focus of the module is on good modelling techniques and on producing visual accuracy in proportions, forms and smoothing.

Module code: GDEV40011

3D Asset Development

Games Art and Concept Art both make extensive use of 3D modelling, texturing and rendering. This module will introduce you to the techniques used in industry to produce assets for a variety of uses.

Module code: GDEV40001

Visual Studies For Games

As Game Artists you need to be aware of contemporary media and its application in videogame creation, as well as be able to convey that understanding visually. This module is designed to develop your artistic eye, your critical analysis, and your visual communication skills via a practical portfolio of art and visual analysis.

Module code: GDEV40025

Level Art And Visual Storytelling

This module aims to build the student’s knowledge and skills in visual storytelling. The module looks at the fundamentals of level design, architecture and spatial design to communicate with the player The module will explore Mise-en-scène, set dressing, composition, & environmental storytelling to portray setting, location and theme. The culmination of this is a playable level in Unreal Engine, built using the MegaScans and marketplace assets.

Module code: GDEV40016

Hard Surface 3D Vehicle Production

This module focuses on learning techniques to produce vehicle models for Games. Students will produce a portfolio of vehicle assets and implement them into a games engine.

Module code: GDEV50035

Digital Sculpting Human Anatomy

This module will provide you with additional Knowledge of human anatomy, form, volume, whilst developing strong organic sculpting skills. The content will also be focused heavily on functionality of musculature and means of achieving realistic surface tension within digital sculpting packages

Module code: GDEV50013

Junior Collaborative Games Development

Students will work in a junior role in a group comprised of students from across the suite of games development courses to mimic a games development studio. They will work with other juniors and level 6 students who take the role of seniors, to make a vertical slice of a game.

Module code: GDEV50001

Stylised 3D Character Art

Game Characters are what connects and immerses a player to fantastical game world, and the game world is not the only thing that can be awesome. Enter stylised characters, when it comes to them you are not limited to the ordinary and can push the boundaries. In this module you will learn to adhere to and break the rules of anatomy all in the name of style, whilst also being taught industry standard techniques for digital sculpting and game ready character production.

Module code: GDEV50039

Games Materials And Surfacing

This module will give you the opportunity to produce procedural texture assets to the standards of the Games Industry. You will learn how to create realistic surfaces using industry standard software packages to simulate realism.

Module code: GDEV50020

Hard Surface 3D Weapon Production

Within this module students will learn to create hard surface weapons based on an existing/specific game titles and/or real-world designs. Students will learn a streamlined development processes used in the development and production of game ready weapons. On completion of this module students will be able to demonstrate effective hard surface modelling techniques, produce visually accurate models’ representative of design references with supporting texture maps and materials.

Module code: GDEV50023

Modular 3D Game Environments

This module will prepare you for the creation of an environment art project using modularity. You will employ workflows of modularity, the grid, trimsheets, shader creation, and lighting to form a piece of environment art based on a real world and concept art references.

Module code: GDEV50029

Motion Capture And Animation

During this module you will learn what you need to create real time animation sequences ready for game cinematics or long action sequences utilising motion capture technology.

Module code: GDEV50030

Art Of Lighting

This module will prepare you for lighting multiple mediums of work based on various styles of cinematography, video game lighting, and general lighting theory such as exposure, composition, and mood. You will apply these skills to content inside a game engine using a mixture of metahumans, megascans and free marketplace assets.

Module code: GDEV50007

Organic 3D Game Environments

This module will prepare students for the creation of organic environment art. Students will employ workflows of foliage, sculpting, and terrain generation to form an environment art artefact that is based on an organic/natural area of the world re-created inside Unreal Engine.

Module code: GDEV50032

Realtime 3D Character Production

An exciting opportunity to learn how to convert a high-poly character sculpture into a game-ready asset for use within a games engine. You will learn how to create realistic details by implementing industry-standard software and methodologies.

Module code: GDEV50036

Dta Industrial Placement

Module code: PLAC00003

Advanced Game Creature Production

This module provides you with advanced techniques in the production of Game ready creature art, with a focus on animal physiology and anatomy. The module will introduce new methods for tackling industry standard creature production challenges, whilst supporting already established knowledge

Module code: GDEV60004

Advanced Environment Art

This module builds on what you have learned from the level 5 environment art pathways, but with more complex techniques to help push your projects to a higher quality. You will create an environment that features both modular and organic elements, and use several advanced techniques such as uv manipulation, rgb masks, triplanar, speedtree, houdini, substance and megascans to support your project’s development.

Module code: GDEV60005

Games Art And Concepts Live Brief And Employability

This module gives you an opportunity to focus your studies on developing an industry standard portfolio piece of Games Art or Concept Art in answer to a given or live brief from the industry e.g., a Games Studio.

Module code: GDEV60019

Senior Collaborative Games Development

Students will work in a senior role in a group comprised of students from across the suite of games development courses to mimic a games development studio. They will work with other seniors to effectively support and lead a team including level 5 students, to make a vertical slice of a game.

Module code: GDEV60033

Advanced Hard Surface Weapon Production

This module forms part of the hard surface pathway building on knowledge from the level 5 Hard Surface weapon module. Within this module students will learn the most up to date and relevant hard surface modelling techniques enabling them to create multifaceted geometry to produce game ready weapons. On completion of this module students will demonstrate an excellent technical understanding of hard surface development techniques and be able to produce a weapon representative of a design reference as a portfolio piece.

Module code: GDEV60007

Advanced Character Art

This module provides you with advanced techniques in the production of Game ready character art, whilst developing upon your fundamental knowledge of sculpting, retopology, and texturing. The content of this module will be focused heavily towards a more technical approach to character art.

Module code: GDEV60003

Advanced Hard Surface Vehicle Production

This module focuses on expanding students’ skills and experience with producing hard surface models exploring advanced techniques and hard surface sculpting. Students will focus on designing, producing and implementing their own models into provided games frameworks, ensuring their work is compatible with gameplay systems to ensure functionality as well as artistic quality

Module code: GDEV60006

Games Development Project

The Games Development Project module gives students an opportunity to undertake an in-depth piece of research testing and analysis or a high-quality artefact, ready for their portfolio. You can focus your studies on your career aspirations. Whether it's stylised game characters, stalking AI monsters, procedural environments, immersive level design, or a concept for futuristic vehicles. The project allows you the opportunity to work with a supervisor and tailor the project to you. Your supervisor will be your guide and project manager. Supporting you in your journey to create a highly developed outcome with industry standard software whilst receiving lectures on portfolio development and employability.

Module code: GDEV60001

Hero Prop Diorama

This module covers the skills to produce a small-scale environment piece in the form of a diorama. You will learn to model and texture a variety of models/props for an in-engine scene which demonstrates a sense of worldbuilding and artistic direction.

Module code: GDEV60021