Digital and Game Art (Top-Up) (Hons) Solent University

Overview

The course philosophy is that by focusing on a specialist area, you can demonstrate the highest level of skill you can achieve in a particular field rather than graduating with an average ability across a wide range of roles.

The learning on the course is highly individual due to the wide variety of career directions you can choose. The experienced and talented lecturers guide you individually on your own learning path, supervising your projects progress as would happen in industry.

The learning on the Digital and Game Art (Top-Up) (Hons) degree at Solent University is highly individual due to the wide variety of career directions you can choose. The experienced and talented lecturers guide you individually on your own learning path, supervising your projects progress as would happen in industry. 

Career

Game artists use software packages to create the visual elements of a game in either 3D or 2D for one or more platforms, such as mobile, PC, arcade or console. The UK computer games industry is the largest in Europe, generating £2bn in global sales each year. 

Digital art is can be applied to many creative industries, from games to TV commercials, to architectural visualisation, to illustration and beyond. Talented artists are constantly in demand and the ones that get noticed are the ones who have an excellent portfolio in their own area, and so spending a year refining your skills in the direction can be very beneficial. 

Members of the teaching staff have wide-ranging experience in the games industry and can help to hone your skills and help you to build your industry contacts.