5-year Dual Career - Fullstack Concept Artist for Videogames Postgraduate Programme By Universal Arts School |TopUniversities

5-year Dual Career - Fullstack Concept Artist for Videogames

Main Subject Area

Art and DesignMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Art and Design

Degree

Other

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Videogame Art

Learn and master the concepts, the techniques and tools to be a successful Environment and Prop Artist. The role of the Environment/Prop Artist is to create worlds. They need to tell a story that will immerse the players in a narrative. They do this through designing and creating all types of assets; like castles, all kinds of vehicles, weapons, etc. An Environment/Prop Artist collaborates with other disciplines like level designers, and other artists, and between them they build and refine the 3D content that will define the game aesthetic and make sure the gameplay flows smoothly.

Illustration Concept-Art

Working for a large illustration, concept, film or video game company is thrilling. Here you will discover all the professional techniques, keys and tricks. We will provide the technical knowledge to take your art to the next level and how to design fantasy worlds, real or fictional, that will later become small or large film, television or video games productions. Your imagination has no limits, discover how to direct your talent towards a future profession. You will learn the basics of professional drawing and delve into composition, vanishing points, framing, perspective, thumbnails and a wide range of concepts before moving on to the next steps of shading, color and texture for environments and characters and achieve professional results. You will create a final portfolio of your work to present at studios and production companies.

Sculpting Extreme

Pixologic Zbrush is a benchmark for organic modeling in Film and Videogames in the industry. Learn to work in Sculpting mode to create the most complex and detailed 3D models on the market. You will learn to design and model characters for different sectors that apply 3D. You will learn about human anatomy and sculpting techniques. From the initial idea to the sculpt, detailing, texturing and implementation. All of this applied to different styles such as cartoon, realism, creatures and any character you can imagine using all the techniques and keys used in the industry.

You will learn to use Zbrush in depth and to combine it with other 3D packages, implementing the power of creation exponentially. Zbrush has been used in films such as Avatar, The Incredible Hulk, The Avengers, The Lord of the Rings. It has also been used in movies and series like The Hobbit, Tron, Star Trek Into Darkness, Iron Man, Pacific Rim, The Amazing Spiderman, the Chronicles of Narnia series, the Pirates of the Caribbean series and in video games like "The Last of Us", "Gears of War", "God of War" or "Assassins Creed", among many others.

Matte Painting

Learn Photo Bash and Matte Painting techniques from the artistic basics of color, photography, lighting and framing and apply them while learning software that will allow you to create your own content.

The Studio Production

In your last year of training you will work as a REAL PRODUCER with our THE STUDIO PRODUCTION program, which offers the advice and training needed for the development all types of projects. Work alone or assemble your own team, take advantage of our know-how and all our facilities. Finish your training with a successful project and a professional demo-reel.

During this 9-month program you will work on a real project and manage objectives, schedules, deadlines like in a real company. You will learn to work the same way as in a real video game or film development studio by creating a real project; your project.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Art and Design

Degree

Other

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Videogame Art

Learn and master the concepts, the techniques and tools to be a successful Environment and Prop Artist. The role of the Environment/Prop Artist is to create worlds. They need to tell a story that will immerse the players in a narrative. They do this through designing and creating all types of assets; like castles, all kinds of vehicles, weapons, etc. An Environment/Prop Artist collaborates with other disciplines like level designers, and other artists, and between them they build and refine the 3D content that will define the game aesthetic and make sure the gameplay flows smoothly.

Illustration Concept-Art

Working for a large illustration, concept, film or video game company is thrilling. Here you will discover all the professional techniques, keys and tricks. We will provide the technical knowledge to take your art to the next level and how to design fantasy worlds, real or fictional, that will later become small or large film, television or video games productions. Your imagination has no limits, discover how to direct your talent towards a future profession. You will learn the basics of professional drawing and delve into composition, vanishing points, framing, perspective, thumbnails and a wide range of concepts before moving on to the next steps of shading, color and texture for environments and characters and achieve professional results. You will create a final portfolio of your work to present at studios and production companies.

Sculpting Extreme

Pixologic Zbrush is a benchmark for organic modeling in Film and Videogames in the industry. Learn to work in Sculpting mode to create the most complex and detailed 3D models on the market. You will learn to design and model characters for different sectors that apply 3D. You will learn about human anatomy and sculpting techniques. From the initial idea to the sculpt, detailing, texturing and implementation. All of this applied to different styles such as cartoon, realism, creatures and any character you can imagine using all the techniques and keys used in the industry.

You will learn to use Zbrush in depth and to combine it with other 3D packages, implementing the power of creation exponentially. Zbrush has been used in films such as Avatar, The Incredible Hulk, The Avengers, The Lord of the Rings. It has also been used in movies and series like The Hobbit, Tron, Star Trek Into Darkness, Iron Man, Pacific Rim, The Amazing Spiderman, the Chronicles of Narnia series, the Pirates of the Caribbean series and in video games like "The Last of Us", "Gears of War", "God of War" or "Assassins Creed", among many others.

Matte Painting

Learn Photo Bash and Matte Painting techniques from the artistic basics of color, photography, lighting and framing and apply them while learning software that will allow you to create your own content.

The Studio Production

In your last year of training you will work as a REAL PRODUCER with our THE STUDIO PRODUCTION program, which offers the advice and training needed for the development all types of projects. Work alone or assemble your own team, take advantage of our know-how and all our facilities. Finish your training with a successful project and a professional demo-reel.

During this 9-month program you will work on a real project and manage objectives, schedules, deadlines like in a real company. You will learn to work the same way as in a real video game or film development studio by creating a real project; your project.

Admission Requirements

Students can apply to study at Universal Arts School through the online admissions portal. Advisors are on hand to help explain the process and discuss any location-specific issues – like visa requirements – with prospective students. UA School applicants need to input their prior education details and select the location, subject area and type of study. Although there are no mandatory levels of prior learning required, all applications need to undertake an admissions test to gauge their level of understanding and experience within the industry.

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