Develop the practical and critical skills to become an expert digital artist within the games design and creative entertainment industries.

Explore design in the intersection between art, gaming and technology.

As part of your course you’ll:

Apply the fundamentals of design theory to game art and related visual media

Develop practical 2D/3D visualisation and compositional skills

Establish your practice in the form of a personal portfolio

Understand the application of critical studies in relation to game art and what is required when working on the production of digital assets within game engine and visualisation technologies

Undertake personal, detailed academic and practical research in relation to your specialised subject area

Validate your creative process through your dissertation and portfolio of work

You’ll engage with a series of stimulating summer projects before your course starts, designed to prepare you for first year of study.

Informed by an intellectually stimulating and challenging academic environment and developed in consultation with industry, including game studio and publisher Team17 and Rockstar Leeds, you’ll build a strong practical skillset focused on developing your creative practice.

Teaching & Learning

Independent study is a crucial part of learning at university and you will be required to undertake many hours of self-directed research and reading, and preparation and writing of assessments. Your course is delivered through a number of modules, which will help you to plan your time and establish a study routine. Outside of your lectures, workshops and tutorials, a range of support is available to assist with your independent study. Our subject-specific librarians will be on hand to direct you to the specialist learning and study-skill resources. You’ll also be assigned an academic advisor to give you tailored feedback and support.

Career Prospects

Your future career is our business. That's why we offer further study opportunities across all our subject areas. Our postgraduate courses are a great way to enhance the skills you have already learnt, benefit from our links with industry and give you a CV that will catch the eye of employers.

On graduating from this course, you will be a critically and intellectually informed practitioner. You will be an expert in the creative production pipeline, how to problem solve, and tell visual stories from conception through to completion. Within that process, you will be confident in your ability to select and evaluate the best ideas for development and be practised at working collaboratively. Your transferable skillset will give you the option to work across the creative media and digital entertainment sectors.