My question is, do you take in applicants with a level 3 access course. I am doing an access course in illustration and I willing to to apply for this course in the 2015 catchment.
Hey little claude, does Hertfordshire University offer any courses that have 3D games environments included in with any of the content of those courses? i'm currently researching universities that have content related to this as its generally what I am interested in.
We cluster students into what they enjoy doing by level 2 so they can specialize in their chosen field.
First year is like a foundation course so you get to try techniques from VFX, 3D Animation, 2D Animation and Games Art. While its a hard slog there are so many cross transferable skills that you will learn so its well worth the battle.
An example is Zygimantas Neviera above, he is a good concept artist, 3D modeller but towards the end of level 2 he found he was enjoying animation and rigging the most.
So in answer to your question Yes you will be able to do environment creation.
These look amazing I'd apply for the MA in Games Art, but sadly, i don't have much of a Portfolio (or anything worth putting in one), and i live about 2 and a half hours drive away, so, not really feasible for me, sadly.
Hi Anthony, why not make a Polycount thread and get cracking
We have a range of students, some are total experts in their field and have a few years industry experience and just want to have a chance at making there own portfolio and projects. Others come from totally different back ground and need to learn lots of new software.
Mohit Kallianpur from Walt Disney Animation Studios (Director of Cinematography & Lighting) popped in to say hello and give a little talk to the UHAnimation students this week, what a cool man.:thumbup:
If any of you Games Art pros ever want to pop in to talk to the students then PM me and I will book you in
You best talking to administration before applying as the University and Government change things every year.
At the moment (01/07/2014) to get on the Animation courses in a nutshell you need the following.
1- Youre in love with your computer!!
2- Good drawing skills (sculpture, painting, photography)
3- Art Foundation, A-levels or BTEC, 280 UCAS points or higher
4- Maths & English GCSE grade C or higher*
5- Bags of Enthusiasm!
6- Extras: tell us about yourself, for example acting, music, 3D experience, film studies, animation and anything else you might like to tell us, in the past we have had Olympic ice skaters, band members, Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) and anything else you can tell us about yourself that can give you the edge or stand out from the crowd.
I hear that the points tariff might soon go up as we went over 1000 applications for 90 places on the BA 3D,2D,VFX and Games Art courses for the second year and we interview everyone so we need to make some changes.
The reason I say talk to administration is because there are qualifications like English Keyskills Level 2 Communication, Level 2 Functional Skills English, IGCSE First and Second Language English C+, Double Award English Studies C+, IBMid Grade 4+, Maths Keyskills Level 2 Application of Number, Level 2 Functional Skills Mathematics, Open University pass in M or T prefixed courses, AQA Level 2 Cert (GCSE) Use of Mathematics Grade C, IGCSE Maths C+, IBMid Grade 4+, and the government and University guidelines change their mind on these all the time.
You could come and do an MA for free through our research lab if you have an idea you would like to research or company you would like to create, might even get paid if the idea is solid enough.
I need to unsubscribe from this thread.. the work from students is too good
Thank you
Life Rocs
An animation made in seven weeks, the Hertfordshire graduates doing us proud at the BFX competition.
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Break down
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I am really happy for BA Games Art alumni Scott Homer who has now taken a post at Epic Games in Raleigh, North Carolina.
[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=APSaMCcb-aM[/ame]
I will add that to the list of companies our Alumni now work or have worked, "gotta collect them all", I knew my Pokemon skills would come in handy one day.
Games:
Activision, Apache Solutions Ltd, Babel Media, Beatnik Games, Bioware, Blue Byte, Bohemia Interactive Simulations, CD Projekt Red, Climax, Creative Assembly, Crytek UK, Digi-Guys, Dovetail Games, DR Studios, Dreampainters SRL, Electronic Arts, Epic Games, Eutechnyx Ltd, Exient, FortuneFish Ltd, FreestyleGames, Frontier, Frozenbyte, Full Fat Games, Gaming Realms, Geomerics, Goodgame Studios, Gusto Games, Headstrong Games, Heavy Spectrum, Hothouse Creations, Idle Creations, If You Can, Ignition London, Jagex, Juice Games, Keen Games, Kuju, Lionhead Studios, Mind Candy, nDreams, Nektan, Nintendo, Outso, PaperSeven, PlayerThree Ltd, Playfish, Playground Games, Plumbee, Poly Assets United Inc, Psychotron, Radiant Worlds Ltd, Rare-Microsoft Games, Real Time Worlds, Rebellion Games, Related Designs, Reloaded Productions, Remedy Games, Remode, Rockstar North, Rocksteady Studios, Simulspace, Slinky Pictures, Sony-London Studio, Sony-Cambridge Studio, Space Ape Games, Spiral House, Splash Damage, Square Enix, Supermassive Games, The Chinese Room, Traveller's Tales, Twimler, Ubisoft, Zoe Mode.
3D, 2D & VFX :
Absolute Post, Acheron Films, Activ8, AixSponza, Altergaze VR, Analog, Ancha, Aniboxx, Animated Storyboards, Anthem Studios, Archipelago, Argon Effects, Atomic Arts, Atticus Finch, Axis Animation, AxisVFX, Azimuth Post Production, Baby Cow, Base Black, Big Red Button, BinWeevils, BlinkInk, Blue Spill, Blue Zoo, Boombox, Boutiq, Boxframe, Brown Bag Films, Caboom, The Character Shop, CherryCherry, Cinesite, Click 3X, CoolToons, Cult Toons, Cumi Ltd, Dead Pixels, Digi-Guys, , Disney Production, DixonBaxi, Double Negative, EightVFX, Factory Fifteen, Finish, FireStep, Flickerpix, Fluid Pictures, The Foundry, Framestore, Gener8, Gentlemen Broncos, Glassworks, Glowfrog, Gnu Films, Happy Finish, Hi-ReS, Huge Media, ImpossibleTV, Infinite Frameworks, Inspidea, Jason Harding Productions, Jellyfish Pictures, Jim Henson's Creature Shop, Kavaleer Productions, Kazoo Creative, Keyframe Studios, Kuro Dragon, Laika, Les' Copaque, Lola Post Production Ltd, Lupus Films, Mainframe, Method Studios, Milk Visual Effects, MNC Animation, Momoco, Moving Picture Company, Munky, The Mill, Nadom, National Space Centre, Natural Motion, nDreams, The Neighbourhood, Neon, Nexus Productions, Nomint Pictures, Nuframe, Nvisage, One Dead Pixel, One of Us, Overthrow Productions, Passion Pictures, Peerless Camera Company, Picasso Pictures, Picture House TV, Pipedreams 3D, Pixomondo, Plowman Craven, The Pond Studio, Postyr Post Production, Prime Focus, PTE media, Pumphouse Productions, Qvisten Studios, Realise Studio, Realtime UK, Redvision, ReelGood, Rewind FX, Rise FX, RJDM Animations, Rushes, Saddington & Baynes, Selex SI, The Senate VFX, The Sex Pixels, Sherbert, Smoke and Mirrors, Spider Eye, StitchthatTV, Storm Studios, Studio AKA, Studio Liddell, Sudden Black (SBTV), Superfad, Tandem Films, Th1ng, The Third Floor, Inc, Tidal Films, U6 Studio, Uber, Union VFX, Villains Wear Black, Vine Post Production, Visual Method, Windmill Lane VFX, Zoo Films.
Architectural Visualization
ArcMedia, AVR London, BAM Design, Bentley Motors, Build, Burrows CGI, Carey Group PLC, Crystal CG, Foster and Partners, Last Pixel, Miller Hare, PreConstruct, Real Visual, Red Vertex, River Film Communication, Rock Hunter, Smoothe, Square Edge, Taylor James, Tiger X, Tinderstone, Uniform, V-Real, Vyonyx, Product Visualisation
3D4 Medical
A.i.Solve, Autonomy, , The Creative Partnership, Dialectyx, Douglas Fisher, Firedog Design, Fusion Medical Animation, HMX Media, MediaSphere Ltd, MP Studio, Odd Boy, Random 42, Sparkle Media, Wilma Studio
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Here is video timelapse of its creation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1myVINR2sk#t=0
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Click the cubes ^
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Mouse cursor position only ^
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Working demo, A.C.E they started two weeks ago and have until May 2014 to get this finished.
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David Nicholls - http://www.dmnicholls.co.uk/
A little Dota 2 project by Zygimantas Neviera.
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We cluster students into what they enjoy doing by level 2 so they can specialize in their chosen field.
First year is like a foundation course so you get to try techniques from VFX, 3D Animation, 2D Animation and Games Art. While its a hard slog there are so many cross transferable skills that you will learn so its well worth the battle.
An example is Zygimantas Neviera above, he is a good concept artist, 3D modeller but towards the end of level 2 he found he was enjoying animation and rigging the most.
So in answer to your question Yes you will be able to do environment creation.
Best Wishes,
Neil
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=130767
Scary Oculus rift CryEngine Game.
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Video of it working
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTa4N-AQFBI#t=0
MORE TO COME SOON.... we have got to iron out the bugs, lots of reading of the manuals and testing the results.
See how this one prints out
I will post up how to get the best 3D results if anyone is interested. Can not wait to see what the students come up with.
100% CG, clouds, water, missile and so on...
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And some more shots
http://kazperstan.co.uk/
"Ronin"
"Robocop"
"Where the Wild Things Are"
"Sherlock Holmes"
"Clash of the Titans"
"Prince of Persia"
"Your Highness"
Timothy Blake is also on fire this year and he only just graduated, nice model.
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And some more work from level 1&2 BA
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Karen Stanley
Elyse Gymer
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We have a range of students, some are total experts in their field and have a few years industry experience and just want to have a chance at making there own portfolio and projects. Others come from totally different back ground and need to learn lots of new software.
If any of you Games Art pros ever want to pop in to talk to the students then PM me and I will book you in
And the quick courtesy shot with our students.
Work by Adam Ostridge, he graduates in a month if you want him now's the time -
Roel Coucke
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/roel-coucke
Michael Hyman
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/michael-hyman
sadan-aksoy
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/sadan-aksoy
frendy-aristo-wijaya
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/frendy-aristo-wijaya
andrei-shah
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/andrei-shah
alex-baro-cayetano
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/alex-baro-cayetano
karen-stanley
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/karen-stanley
tom-balev
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/tom-balev
adam-tennant
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/adam-tennant
david-nicholls
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/david-nicholls
munira-dubery
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/munira-dubery
marcel-petras
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/marcel-petras
adam-ostridge
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/adam-ostridge
matthew-cooper
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/matthew-cooper
elyse-gymer
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/elyse-gymer
charlotte-laycock
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/charlotte-laycock
chang-wing-chyuan
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/chang-wing-chyuan
Josh parks
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/josh-parks
Zygimantas Kucas
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/zygimantas-kucas
Michael Wilde
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/michael-wilde
Matt Gifford level 5
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/matthew-gifford
Joe Kane, lvl 6
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/joe-kane
Yizhen Ng, Lvl 5
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/yizhen-ng
radu-ciubotariu
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/radu-ciubotariu
Elyse-Gymer
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/elyse-gymer
Arttu Koskela
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/arttu-koskela
Sam Biddle
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/sam-biddle
Josh Thornhill
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/josh-thornhill
Tim Blake
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/tim-blake
Adam Nield
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/adam-nield
Owen Fern, Level 5
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/owen-fern
And finally some first year students, good for them
Zak Boxall Level 4
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/zak-boxall
Adam-Nield, Level 4
www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/adam-nield
People choice
Zak Boxall
http://www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/zak-boxall#sthash.alkTmcLb.dpuf
radu-ciubotariu
http://www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/radu-ciubotariu
VFX
Zak Boxall
http://www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/zak-boxall#sthash.alkTmcLb.dpuf
matthew-gifford
http://www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/matthew-gifford
Andrei Shah
http://www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/andrei-shah
Games Art
artur-olestsik
http://www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/artur-olestsik
adam-ostridge
http://www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/adam-ostridge
david-nicholls
http://www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/david-nicholls
karen-stanley
http://www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/karen-stanley
shaun-baker
http://www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/shaun-baker
Boot Camp VFX
Tim-Blake
http://www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/tim-blake
Zygimantas-Kucas
http://www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/zygimantas-kucas
Matthew-Gifford
http://www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/matthew-gifford
Boot Camp Games Art
artur-olestsik
http://www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/artur-olestsik
roel-coucke
http://www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/roel-coucke
michael-hyman
http://www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/michael-hyman
marcel-petras
http://www.cgstudentawards.com/entries/marcel-petras
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UHAnimation Alumni,
Crowd TD & FX TD Showreel 2014
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It was made in UDK.
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http://www.cgstudentawards.com/school-of-the-year/winners
It's great to be placed on the same page as VFS and Gnomon who were the well deserved winners.
Watch this space
Made in the CryENGINE
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http://www.herts.ac.uk/uhonline/online-courses/illustration-online-degree-ma-pgd-pgc
Here is some of their work, love the first one (Depeche Mode) more then likely way before your time
You list GCSE English language requirements as A-C but GCSEs go A*-U so it should be A*-C
Correct me if im wrong
You best talking to administration before applying as the University and Government change things every year.
At the moment (01/07/2014) to get on the Animation courses in a nutshell you need the following.
1- Youre in love with your computer!!
2- Good drawing skills (sculpture, painting, photography)
3- Art Foundation, A-levels or BTEC, 280 UCAS points or higher
4- Maths & English GCSE grade C or higher*
5- Bags of Enthusiasm!
6- Extras: tell us about yourself, for example acting, music, 3D experience, film studies, animation and anything else you might like to tell us, in the past we have had Olympic ice skaters, band members, Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) and anything else you can tell us about yourself that can give you the edge or stand out from the crowd.
I hear that the points tariff might soon go up as we went over 1000 applications for 90 places on the BA 3D,2D,VFX and Games Art courses for the second year and we interview everyone so we need to make some changes.
The reason I say talk to administration is because there are qualifications like English Keyskills Level 2 Communication, Level 2 Functional Skills English, IGCSE First and Second Language English C+, Double Award English Studies C+, IBMid Grade 4+, Maths Keyskills Level 2 Application of Number, Level 2 Functional Skills Mathematics, Open University pass in M or T prefixed courses, AQA Level 2 Cert (GCSE) Use of Mathematics Grade C, IGCSE Maths C+, IBMid Grade 4+, and the government and University guidelines change their mind on these all the time.
Best Wishes and I hope that helps.
Neil
The Catch, 2D Animation
Whispers of the Ocean, Short film, VFX piece.
0315, Train crash, VFX piece.
Aurora, 2D Animation
A Fist Full of Amateurs, 2D Animation
Siren, CryEngine, Playable Game
The Shadowed Crow, CryEnine
Infinity Class, VFX piece.
Delayed, VFX piece.
A.C.E. UDK Engine
Gatekeeper, Unreal 4
Storm in the Willows, CryEnine
Whispers of Rei, Oculus Rift
The Barbarian Library, 3D Animation
Elmstead and Close, Architectural Visualization
Polycount thread - http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=137364
Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/hunterstale
[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5yO4P8s5oc[/ame]
Check it out and give them some support.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=295749938
[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdlv19pMvtU[/ame]
You could come and do an MA for free through our research lab if you have an idea you would like to research or company you would like to create, might even get paid if the idea is solid enough.
More about that here - http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=136823
Also the MA Games Art course in this months 3D Artist magazine, very nice of them to do so.
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Francesco Segala, Pixelart 2D sidescroller project
www.youtube.com/watch?v=izGijNHS3KM&feature=youtu.be
Polycount thread - http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=137364
More information on his project here https://www.facebook.com/hunterstale
Here is his book
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You can order the book here, £13 including post - http://www.peecho.com/sps/13297424530800/36083-Hunter%20s%20Tale%20mini%20artbook
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Thank you
Life Rocs
An animation made in seven weeks, the Hertfordshire graduates doing us proud at the BFX competition.
[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxY-TvZUPpk[/ame]
Break down
[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v8AMgoIqVI&list=UUPyuWvK--jAfy1a21lQrzuw[/ame]
[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=APSaMCcb-aM[/ame]
I will add that to the list of companies our Alumni now work or have worked, "gotta collect them all", I knew my Pokemon skills would come in handy one day.
Games:
Activision, Apache Solutions Ltd, Babel Media, Beatnik Games, Bioware, Blue Byte, Bohemia Interactive Simulations, CD Projekt Red, Climax, Creative Assembly, Crytek UK, Digi-Guys, Dovetail Games, DR Studios, Dreampainters SRL, Electronic Arts, Epic Games, Eutechnyx Ltd, Exient, FortuneFish Ltd, FreestyleGames, Frontier, Frozenbyte, Full Fat Games, Gaming Realms, Geomerics, Goodgame Studios, Gusto Games, Headstrong Games, Heavy Spectrum, Hothouse Creations, Idle Creations, If You Can, Ignition London, Jagex, Juice Games, Keen Games, Kuju, Lionhead Studios, Mind Candy, nDreams, Nektan, Nintendo, Outso, PaperSeven, PlayerThree Ltd, Playfish, Playground Games, Plumbee, Poly Assets United Inc, Psychotron, Radiant Worlds Ltd, Rare-Microsoft Games, Real Time Worlds, Rebellion Games, Related Designs, Reloaded Productions, Remedy Games, Remode, Rockstar North, Rocksteady Studios, Simulspace, Slinky Pictures, Sony-London Studio, Sony-Cambridge Studio, Space Ape Games, Spiral House, Splash Damage, Square Enix, Supermassive Games, The Chinese Room, Traveller's Tales, Twimler, Ubisoft, Zoe Mode.
3D, 2D & VFX :
Absolute Post, Acheron Films, Activ8, AixSponza, Altergaze VR, Analog, Ancha, Aniboxx, Animated Storyboards, Anthem Studios, Archipelago, Argon Effects, Atomic Arts, Atticus Finch, Axis Animation, AxisVFX, Azimuth Post Production, Baby Cow, Base Black, Big Red Button, BinWeevils, BlinkInk, Blue Spill, Blue Zoo, Boombox, Boutiq, Boxframe, Brown Bag Films, Caboom, The Character Shop, CherryCherry, Cinesite, Click 3X, CoolToons, Cult Toons, Cumi Ltd, Dead Pixels, Digi-Guys, , Disney Production, DixonBaxi, Double Negative, EightVFX, Factory Fifteen, Finish, FireStep, Flickerpix, Fluid Pictures, The Foundry, Framestore, Gener8, Gentlemen Broncos, Glassworks, Glowfrog, Gnu Films, Happy Finish, Hi-ReS, Huge Media, ImpossibleTV, Infinite Frameworks, Inspidea, Jason Harding Productions, Jellyfish Pictures, Jim Henson's Creature Shop, Kavaleer Productions, Kazoo Creative, Keyframe Studios, Kuro Dragon, Laika, Les' Copaque, Lola Post Production Ltd, Lupus Films, Mainframe, Method Studios, Milk Visual Effects, MNC Animation, Momoco, Moving Picture Company, Munky, The Mill, Nadom, National Space Centre, Natural Motion, nDreams, The Neighbourhood, Neon, Nexus Productions, Nomint Pictures, Nuframe, Nvisage, One Dead Pixel, One of Us, Overthrow Productions, Passion Pictures, Peerless Camera Company, Picasso Pictures, Picture House TV, Pipedreams 3D, Pixomondo, Plowman Craven, The Pond Studio, Postyr Post Production, Prime Focus, PTE media, Pumphouse Productions, Qvisten Studios, Realise Studio, Realtime UK, Redvision, ReelGood, Rewind FX, Rise FX, RJDM Animations, Rushes, Saddington & Baynes, Selex SI, The Senate VFX, The Sex Pixels, Sherbert, Smoke and Mirrors, Spider Eye, StitchthatTV, Storm Studios, Studio AKA, Studio Liddell, Sudden Black (SBTV), Superfad, Tandem Films, Th1ng, The Third Floor, Inc, Tidal Films, U6 Studio, Uber, Union VFX, Villains Wear Black, Vine Post Production, Visual Method, Windmill Lane VFX, Zoo Films.
Architectural Visualization
ArcMedia, AVR London, BAM Design, Bentley Motors, Build, Burrows CGI, Carey Group PLC, Crystal CG, Foster and Partners, Last Pixel, Miller Hare, PreConstruct, Real Visual, Red Vertex, River Film Communication, Rock Hunter, Smoothe, Square Edge, Taylor James, Tiger X, Tinderstone, Uniform, V-Real, Vyonyx, Product Visualisation
3D4 Medical
A.i.Solve, Autonomy, , The Creative Partnership, Dialectyx, Douglas Fisher, Firedog Design, Fusion Medical Animation, HMX Media, MediaSphere Ltd, MP Studio, Odd Boy, Random 42, Sparkle Media, Wilma Studio
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