Game Art & Animation

This eight-month graduate certificate program is designed to turn talented artists into AAA game asset modellers. This unique program will have you creating and animating environments, characters and other assets within a 3D environment.

Through this program you will learn modelling, lighting, texturing, animation, scene staging, art direction and production management. Your learning will be further advanced by using industry-relevant techniques taught by professors with years of industry experience. With high-end computer hardware and software, you will learn to use tools used to develop game art and incorporate it into real-time environments.

What You’ll Learn

• Design animatable characters using the principles of characters design and creativity.
• Read and analyze game design documents and create effective storyboards and layouts from them.
• Create 3D environments, objects and characters within 3DS Max or other appropriate high-end 3D animation software (with most current version available).
• Animate their characters in a way as to produce the convincing illusion of motion in time and space within 3DS Max or other appropriate high-end 3D animation software (with most current version available).
• Light and texture effectively in a variety of game styles within 3DS Max or other appropriate high-end 3D animation software (with most current version available).
• Use a motion capture system to capture character animation and import it into a game engine using 3DS Max or other appropriate high-end 3D animation software (with most current version available).
• Import game elements such as characters, assets and levels into game engines using 3DS Max or other appropriate high-end 3D animation software (with most current version available).
• Produce a 3D game level and animated characters within using 3DS Max or other appropriate high-end 3D animation software (with most current version available) and associated software (Combustion, Premiere) as evidenced by output to videotape (or other appropriate industry standard medium).
• Prepare a variety of industry standard documents and reels in a skilled manner and demonstrate professional presentation and organizational skills.