GAME ART AND ANIMATION

CREATING THE LOOK AND FEEL OF INNOVATIVE GAMING

Students in the Game Art and Animation program will gain an insight into what is involved at all levels of game development to create 3D art assets for multiple video game platforms such as PC, consoles, handheld games, Internet, phone and other hybrids. Students will master the artistic principles used in 3D video games art asset creation such as color theory, lighting, shading, anatomy, life drawing, perspective, scene staging, modeling low polygon and high polygon, 3D mesh topology, texturing, rigging, hand key character and prop animations, as well as motion capture and facial animation. Students in this program will be prepared for jobs such as character artist modeler and texture artist, character artist animator and rigger, environment artist modeler and texture artist, environment artist animator, mechanical mesh modeler and texture artist, and mechanical mesh animator and rigger.

Degree Objectives

• Establish and defend an artistic style within your work based on sound artistic theories, practices and knowledge.
• Create and integrate into a video game environment 3D video game art assets and animation utilizing industry-standard software tools and techniques.
• Develop original assets for multiple video game platforms such as web, console, PC and handheld gaming platforms emphasizing the differences and similarities of each.
• Working within confines of an industry-standard production pipeline, develop and modify video game art assets and animation.
• Build 3D video game animation utilizing techniques such as hand keying and motion capture to create blend poses, loops, retargeting animation and character rigging.
• Design art assets in order to facilitate the completion of a game project and implement a given game design.