1. PRODUCE A HIGH-QUALITY ARTISTIC SOLUTION TO A NEGOTIATED GAME ART PROBLEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH INDUSTRY PRACTICES.
Learning, Knowledge and Understanding

2. PROPOSE AND IMPLEMENT AN ADVANCED NEGOTIATED PROGRAMME OF RESEARCH, CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND PRODUCTION, LEADING TO A HIGH-QUALITY GAMES ART ARTEFACT.
Enquiry, Analysis

3. IMPLEMENT ADVANCED ARTISTIC AND/OR TECHNICAL AND INDUSTRY RELEVANT TECHNIQUES IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE ARTEFACT.
Problem Solving, Application

4. COMMUNICATE AND CRITICALLY REFLECT THE DESIGN AND CREATIVE PROCESSES USED IN DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAMES ART ARTEFACT IN A REPORT AND PRESENTATIONS.
Communication, Reflection

Project Production and Management
This consists of:
• A Project Proposal in a negotiated field of study, including preliminary research into workflow/pipeline.
• Interim and final presentations to the primary and secondary supervisor.
Assessing Learning outcomes 2,4

Games Art Artefact Quality
This consists of:
• A completed Games Art artefact in line with the project proposal.
• Highly developed artistic solutions to an industry standard visual quality.
• Demonstration of advanced technical or industry relevant techniques/solutions in your chosen field7
• Demonstration of expertise in the field of Games Art.
Assessing Learning outcomes 1,2,3

Project Documentation & Report
This consists of:
• A report covering research, critical analysis production and reflection which focuses on the journey and creative processes used through the project.
• Each Report book culminates with a breakdown of the practical work.
• The style and formatting should align with industry standard press in the style of Vertex.
Assessing Learning outcomes 2,3,4

The project requires the student to demonstrate a high-quality artistic solution to a proposed games art subject area. They pursue a practical piece of work agreed with their supervisor and proceed to design, create and iterate on the outcome.

The student will work with industry standard production tools under the guidance of a supervising tutor who they will meet in scheduled sessions.

All projects will be grounded in the field of Games Art or would reasonably fall under the duties of an artist within the games industry. Where possible the module will incorporate projects in collaboration with games studios. This includes art tests and live briefs where available and appropriate.

The module will support the student in expanding their transferable skillset including, but not limited to online portfolio curation and development, employability, branding, interview preparation.

The student will document their creative journey and their design and production processes used through the project in a well formatted art book which could be taken to interviews.

The Games Art Project module gives students an opportunity to develop the showcase piece of work for their portfolio. You can focus your work on your career aspirations. Whether it’s stylised characters, grotesque monsters, cyberpunk environments, props from the past, or futuristic vehicles or something more technical. You’ll work with a supervisor to create a highly developed games art artefact with industry standard software whilst receiving lectures on portfolio development and employability.

1 x 2 hour lecture and seminar introducing the module and project in Welcome Week
25 x 1 hour Lectures covering Games Art project management, workflows, employability and portfolio curation
26 weeks of 20 minute Weekly meetings with the Supervisor.

Practical Research: Planning and Design
Authors Paul D. Leedy and Jeanne Ellis Ormrod Publisher: Pearson; 9 edition (3 April 2009) ISBN-10: 0131365665 ISBN-13: 978-0131365667

Internet
Unreal Engine
3ds Max
Maya
ZBrush
Photoshop
Houdini
Marvelous Designer
Substance Suite
Photogrammetry Software e.g. Meshroom
Unity
Wacom Tablets
Microsoft Office
Motion Capture Studio & MotionBuilder

Enrolled on the Games Art BA (Hons) course or variant thereof