University of Hertfordshire (BA & MA Games Art, 2D & 3D Animation & VFX, Comics & Concept Art)

littleclaude · Mar 2017

Ahh, the little Scott Homer I once knew as a student is growing into real hard core guru. I posted his first showreel on Page 1 of this thread and since then he has been on quite a journey- Crysis series, Homefront: The Revolution, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Paragon and Robo Recall.

He has made this great tutorial on his Paragon Rock Workflow
https://80.lv/articles/paragon-rock-workflow-lv-80-tutorial/

Image: https://80lv-cdn.akamaized.net/80.lv/uploads/2017/03/INTRO2_LOWPOLY-ROCK-STRUCTURES-1024x567.jpg

ilikefruit · Mar 2017

Hey some amazing work being produced there

So how many hours a week do the students work in lectures and the like and how many hours outside of lectures would you say they work on average?

littleclaude · Mar 2017

Hi ilikefruit, I will PM you.

And the results are finally published on The Rookies "Find out The Best Creative Schools in The World - Official Ranking 2017." Big shout-out to all the Animation Team, Visiting Lecturers and Tech Staff that keep this beast rolling, on wards and upwards, watch this space

BEST NEXT-GEN GAMING SCHOOLS 2017

Rank	SCHOOL	Location
1	UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE	Hatfield, England
2	GNOMON	Los Angeles, United States
3	ISART DIGITAL	Paris, France
4	3DSENSE MEDIA SCHOOL	Singapore, Singapore
5	HOWEST UNIVERSITY	Kortrijk, Belgium
6	THINK TANK TRAINING CENTRE	Vancouver, Canada
7	SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN	Savannah, United States
8	VANCOUVER FILM SCHOOL	Vancouver, Canada
9	FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY	Winter Park, Florida

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In more news and I am not jealous in any way that his fist job was for Industrial Light and Magic working on Star Wars so last years graduate Chris Turner got to go to the Oscars in Los Angeles. Not a bad start to your career.

littleclaude · Mar 2017

So proud of all the students, graduates and staff. It feels more official now it has a poster

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/s9/mqf602dswvzh.jpg

littleclaude · Mar 2017

Nice to Sam Bang in this Documentary about winning the 2016 "Search for a Star" competition.
https://youtu.be/DJz7WRAk29s?t=788

littleclaude · Mar 2017

Final year BA student Chris Pereira is really killing it with his final major project "Vokyo"

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/ou/ynni0w3zpsco.jpg

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littleclaude · Apr 2017

This is how the The Rookies 2017 is looking for Herts this year, good luck everyone.

Animation

Alberto Marcis http://www.therookies.co/people/alberto-marcis/

HARRY SMITH - http://www.therookies.co/projects/animation/winter-2016-showreel/

JAKE GOODE - http://www.therookies.co/projects/animation/showreel-2/

Film of The Year

A Day in the life of Geoff - http://www.therookies.co/film-of-the-year/foty-animation/a-day-in-the-life-of-geoff/

The-Unlucky-Bait - http://www.therookies.co/film-of-the-year/foty-animation/the-unlucky-bait

Welcome-to-Paradise - http://www.therookies.co/film-of-the-year/foty-animation/welcome-to-paradise

Illustration

Alec-Thomas - www.therookies.co/people/alec-thomas/

Zakia-Abdullah - http://www.therookies.co/people/zakia-abdullah

Alex Makhoul - http://www.therookies.co/people/alex-makhoul/

Game of The Year

Effigy - http://www.therookies.co/game-of-the-year/goty-next-gen-gaming/effigy-2/

Next Gen Gaming

Aleksandra Jankowska - http://www.therookies.co/people/aleksandra-jankowska

Ben Ashcroft - http://www.therookies.co/people/ben-ashcroft/

Ben Macauley - http://www.therookies.co/people/ben-macauley/

Chen Yang - http://www.therookies.co/people/chen-yang/

Chloe Lamb - http://www.therookies.co/people/chloe-lamb/

Christopher Kabeya - http://www.therookies.co/people/christopher-kabeya

Callum Tweedie Walker - http://www.therookies.co/people/callum-tweedie-walker

Giorgio-Pennisi - http://www.therookies.co/people/giorgio-pennisi

Harry Biggs - http://www.therookies.co/people/harry-biggs/

JORDAN MOSS - http://www.therookies.co/projects/next-gen-gaming/miscellaneous-wips/

JOSH HERRING - http://www.therookies.co/projects/next-gen-gaming/national-history-museum/

Joseph Hobbs - http://www.therookies.co/people/joseph-hobbs/

Kieran Young - http://www.therookies.co/people/kieran-young

Lee-Devonald - http://www.therookies.co/people/lee-devonald

Parham Miladilari - http://www.therookies.co/people/parham-miladilari

Rene Mitchell - http://www.therookies.co/people/rene-mitchell-lambert/

Ryan Gilbert - http://www.therookies.co/people/ryan-gilbert/?updated=true

Nazir Joshua Khusal - http://www.therookies.co/people/nazir-joshua-khusal/

Chris Pereira - http://www.therookies.co/people/chris-pereira/?updated=true

Georgia-Jeffries - http://www.therookies.co/people/georgia-jeffries

“Vokyo” http://www.therookies.co/game-of-the-year/goty-next-gen-gaming/water-city-vokyo/

Dami-Nuga - http://www.therookies.co/people/dami-nuga

Ryan-Gilbert - http://www.therookies.co/people/ryan-gilbert

Stevie-Cole - http://www.therookies.co/people/stevie-cole

Tudor-Morris - http://www.therookies.co/people/tudor-morris/

zakia-abdullah - http://www.therookies.co/people/zakia-abdullah/

Photography

Alex-Baro - http://www.therookies.co/projects/photography/alex-baro-photography/

Visual Effects

Artur Drozdowicz - http://www.therookies.co/people/artur-drozdowicz/?updated=true

Boyan Georgiev - http://www.therookies.co/people/boyan-georgiev

“Breath” - http://www.therookies.co/film-of-the-year/foty-visual-effects/breathe/

Chris-Fryer - http://www.therookies.co/people/chris-fryer

Dan Dindarov - http://www.therookies.co/people/dan-dindarov

Dmitrij Chassazirov - http://www.therookies.co/people/dmitrij-chassazirov

Eddy Idriss - http://www.therookies.co/people/eddy-idriss/

Hannah Bahyan - http://www.therookies.co/people/hannah-bahyan/

Joseph Lynch - http://www.therookies.co/people/joseph-lynch/

Joshua Cann - http://www.therookies.co/people/joshua-cann/

Keagan Harris - http://www.therookies.co/people/keagan-harris/

Liam Barlow - http://www.therookies.co/people/liam-barlow/

Reece Weldon - http://www.therookies.co/people/reece-weldon/

Samuel Wilkins - http://www.therookies.co/people/samuel-wilkins/

Thomas Mccall - http://www.therookies.co/people/thomas-mccall

Yi Tak Leung - http://www.therookies.co/people/yi-tak-leung

Virtual Reality

Hopefully more to come soon

littleclaude · May 2017

Wanderer’s Quest

Download coming soon.

littleclaude · May 2017

Olivia Ellen Grimmer's new character

Image: http://www.therookies.co/media/reviews/photos/thumbnail/1160x3000s/0f/03/45/101960-cernunnos-50-1493527963.jpg

littleclaude · May 2017

Chris Pereira, Vokyo DegreeProject 2017 (WIP) - Still got a little longer to add some finishing touches

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJsVVlurroU

littleclaude · May 2017

Nice to see "Fringe" making it onto the Unreal Twitch feed

Well done - Craig Payne, Euen-Tan and Benjamin Macauley on your efforts for your final major project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlOjx4lxSFo

littleclaude · May 2017

Very proud of MA Alumni Victor Gaza's Character Art dump - https://www.artstation.com/artist/vickgaza

He has come a long way since page 6 of this thread.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/uo/rbbiymmc5i6i.jpg

littleclaude · May 2017

MA Student, Stefan Misirdzhiev - Reel
Website - https://www.artstation.com/artist/chesher

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69au49oBbV8&feature=youtu.be

littleclaude · May 2017

Big up the music students, Jam Jar

Part 1 - https://www.facebook.com/uhcreatives/videos/1509811095737467/

Part 2 - https://www.facebook.com/uhcreatives/videos/1509811095737467/

littleclaude · May 2017

Will miss Craig as he goes off to Splash Damage this month.

littleclaude · May 2017

I am happy to say a live Virtual Reality MA project went on display at the Barbican Theatre in London today.

More information can be found here - https://www.barbican.org.uk/theatre/event-detail.asp?id=21473&pg=12082

MA Students that have there levels featured in the project, look out for them in September when they graduate.

Regne Jose Vivas

360 image - https://www.facebook.com/createconverge/photos/a.1812421748975628.1073741828.1770192859865184/1864494750434994/?type=3&theater

littleclaude · May 2017

BA Level 2 project

Pathfinder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue9YU_uJdWA

littleclaude · May 2017

Nice to see final year project "Welcome to Paradise" in 3D World magazine.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/ea/7w5j2yqzptd6.jpg

littleclaude · May 2017

Deja Vecu

BA final year project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfQVcyxFi_A

littleclaude · May 2017

Princess Knight, BA level 2 project.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khGwANDdSUk

littleclaude · May 2017

Home, BA level 2, UE4 cinematic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNPaO54AaR4

littleclaude · May 2017

Great to see BA Alumni rocking it on the Art Station competition - https://www.artstation.com/contests/ancient-civilizations/challenges/19

1st, Floyd Billingy Senior Environment Artist @Splash damage

3rs, Desmond ManEnvironment Artist @Sumo Digital Sheffield

and Honourable Mention
Karen StanleyEnvironment Artist @Ubisoft Massive

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littleclaude · May 2017

Chateau Maquis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1JXIgRcnr8

Vokyo, The final finished project.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKlDEB91IRU 

littleclaude · May 2017

Hannah Smith final year project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPojugPR08U

littleclaude · Jun 2017

BA Year 2 project, made in UE4, car configurator.

littleclaude · Jun 2017

Big up to the VFX course for this one.

littleclaude · Jun 2017

The Rookies Finalists 2017

Here is a list of projects and students work that made it into the 2017 final shortlist, fingers crossed for September for the finals.

The List: http://www.therookies.co/2017-results/

Game of the Year – Console and PC Finalists for 2017:

Deja Vecu

Pathfinder

Fringe

Games:

Stefan Misirdzhiev

Jordan Moss

Callum Tweedie-Walker

Virtual Reality:

Essence

Animation:

Jake Goode

Phoebe Warries

Photography:

Hannah Hickey

Film of the Year:

Lunnette

Welcome to Paradise

VFX:

Exit Stage Right

SAT

Internship Finalists:

Phoebe Warries

Jordan Moss

Stefan Misirdzhiev

Brad Heally

Jordan Browne

William Jaravaza

Graphic Design:

Becki Goldsmith.

Scholarship Finalists:

Giorgio Pennisi

And here are the videos of the games

Fringe

Pathfinder

Deja Vecu Trailer

Chidambhar_Swaroop · Jun 2017

Hello sir,
Myself Swaroop.
I had few questions regards Masters in Game and Design. Can I DM u ???
Tnx

littleclaude · Oct 2017

Its a new year, so here is some fresh talent.

I will start with Callum's latest post.

littleclaude · Oct 2017

Also in more news we cam in 4th place this year in The Rookies, down from 1st last year so we have everything to work for this year. The work across the board from many academic institutions was outstanding, good luck everyone for this year.

http://www.therookies.co/schools/best-game-design-development-schools-world-2017/

And this is how we did overall, School of the Year Official World Rankings 2017

Games 4th Place

Animation 5th

Illustration 10th Place

littleclaude · Oct 2017

Josh is improving all the time in his final year.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/88/m5xb5e9qpfvu.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-29r3hKu1g 

littleclaude · Oct 2017

Aleksandra Jankowska is off to a great start in her final year. She worked on Pathfinder last year as her Final Major Project.

littleclaude · Oct 2017

Image: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DM1vjP2WkAUSF_j.jpg

Nice twitch feed from this old gang of Alumni (not Mr Tan but he is also awesome)

https://go.twitch.tv/videos/185302586##

littleclaude · Oct 2017

I was invited to the London Unreal Event at the Firefox headquarters to talk about how the BA & MA Game Art course at the University of Hertfordshire is one of the best courses in the world. I introduced Sol from Rewind as one of our Alumni before he talked about all his amazing projects, shameless plug

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littleclaude · Nov 2017

Its been a great week thanks to Boss Alien and Playground Games giving some great talks about what they do. And a big thanks to Aardvark Swift for organizing the "Get in the Game Tour"

Also here is a promising level 2 student, Lyn Wang. Sometimes when I look at students work I bite the back of my knuckles behind the monitor so they can not see me, lol

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/ib/3fly79igoxb5.png

littleclaude · Nov 2017

UH Alumni Vincent Chai’s made the front cover of this free magazine by 3D total

https://shop.3dtotal.com/magazines/free-total-magazine/total-magazine-issue-02.html?utm_medium=3dtotal_homepage&utm_source=top_row&utm_campaign=total_issue02

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littleclaude · Nov 2017

Very proud of our UH Alumni making this for the BBC

Home puts you at the center of the story, taking you on an emotional and personal journey while delivering beautiful, heart-stopping, and memorable moments.

Download it here - http://store.steampowered.com/app/512270/Home__A_VR_Spacewalk/

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/256698157/movie480.webm?t=1510004471

Image: http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/512270/ss_53192b164973f0aa7566925d4da1b24012edfd8e.600x338.jpg?t=1512034680

littleclaude · Dec 2017

littleclaude said:

Home, BA level 2, UE4 cinematic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNPaO54AaR4

Nice to see this project appear on the Epic Games Launcher today. They are final year students this year so watch this space

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/5u/lkqlb4d4bktb.jpg

littleclaude · Dec 2017

Well done all the audio students that entered the "Search-for-a-Star"

University of Hertfordshire just won 1st, 2nd and 3rd place

http://gradsingames.com/search-for-a-star/articles/game-audio-students-showcased-in-university-of-hertfordshire-winter-challenge/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSXZ8fIf3TQ

littleclaude · Feb 2018

This is week 1 of Semester B and this project is of to a great start, fronted and its still got over four months of development "The Resistance" - 3rd Year Project.

https://80.lv/articles/vertical-slice-building-a-medieval-city/

littleclaude · Feb 2018

Loving the look of this Project final year project
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Technical Lead - Callum Tweedie-Walker

Art Lead - Alec Thomas

Lyra: The Traitor Lyngrave is a non-linear narrative driven game with turn based combat. As the player encounters new characters, they will face hard decisions that can have drastic consequences. Set amidst a ferocious civil war, the player must choose what lies ahead for the two protagonists, and even their country as a whole.

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