Are you an artist with a passion for games? Do you want to develop your skills to meet the challenges of the games industry? At Falmouth, you’ll work with programmers and designers in 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 welcome 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.
Modules could include: □□ Development Synergies □□ Game Art: Concepts and Contexts □□ Group Game Development Project □□ Game Art 2: Crafting and Refining □□ Major Project
Entry requirements □□ We welcome applicants with varied qualifications, but typically you’ll need an undergraduate degree in a related discipline. Our typical applicants hold an undergraduate degree of 2:2 or above, or equivalent experience
Why study here? □□ Showcase your skills in context by working on a game art project and learning to co-create as part of a team □□ Be supported by tutors with experience at companies like Rare, EA Games, Microprose and Square-Enix □□ Access industry-standard hardware and software, a well-equipped life drawing room, dedicated space in a game development studio, and the same management tools and game engines used by the industry
Assessment method
□□ We’ll also welcome your application if you have formal or ‘certified’ learning (such as training courses not run by universities or colleges) and learning from work experience or self-study. This is called Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL), and should have been gained within the last five years, and be equivalent to the learning outcomes of our minimum entry qualifications □□ APL applicants using experience to apply should note there is a £200 application fee for entry with advanced standing or with exemption from specific modules or credit
□□ 100% coursework in the form of projects, papers, pitches and portfolios
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