Hmm that showreel looks really fantastic, the whole idea of having strong 2d art skills has been the mantra of alot of artists on this forum. It's kinda nice to see that some universities are really taking 3d art seriously. Alas a course like this came round 5 years too late for me.
Hello littleclaude, I have a dream of studying at your school but I also know I still have a lot to learn so I would like to directly apply for a foundation degree. Could you please advise which foundation course is recommended for 3D Games Art? Many thanks in advance, David
Hello Chipmunkzors Thanks for the kind words, the reason we look into Sound Creation is due to the nature of making great looking animatics, we have to cover not only sound but cinematography, compositing, pitching, story telling, story pitching and a whole lot more. The students are transformed into industry facing…
Graduate Will Burdett is part of an award winning team at Framestore for his great 3D modelling work on "Gravity" not to mention.... "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,…
I've applied to Herts to start in september 2011, i should have an interview in the next two months (hopefully) what can you suggest i bring? i have a pretty large 3D portfolio, how nessessary is the 2D drawing... i have a couple of sketches here and there and a half finished sketched book, but most my anatomical study is…
Hi Fogbrain 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…
Hello First of welcome, please come onto www.3dhit.co.uk and see what our students are doing, its our student and alumni forum where you can get lots of crit on your portfolio and ask students any questions you would like to know. You also might want to look at what our courses offer here http://uhanimation.co.uk/ At…
Hello Put in just your best 3D models and if you can flesh it out with some wireframes, sketches, AO pass and maybe some research like a small mood board to make a double page spreed for every 3D model that would be great. That way you only need to show 6-10 3D models. If you are new to 3D then flesh out your portfolio…
Hello This is to help any students that are thinking off applying to BA Games Art, on this channel there is also advice for 3D Animation, 2D Animation and VFX. The work in the video are examples from student applicants that are currently on the course. Good luck and I look forward to meeting you. We had over 1200…
Thank you Gmanx :) We are looking for someone to head up 2D Animtion if you know anyone? the post will be going live soon. It would be great to teach the students to make some great looking sprite games like "Ori and the Blind forset" or "Rayman Legends" or top down games like "Clash of Clans" New showreel of all the…