Game Art & Animation - Champlain College

Game Art & Animation from Champlain College is a Campus Bachelor Multimedia degree that prepares you for a Communications career. Take your creativity into the box. Game artists apply their creativity to develop the graphic assets that define all the visual aspects of a game from the interface and environment to objects and characters that inhabit that environment. In Champlain's Game Art and Animation program, the industry-seasoned faculty help you gain technical skills to work with cutting-edge industry technology while developing your creative practice as a game artist. Build on tradition and technology. The curriculum builds on a solid foundation of visual courses from traditional art and graphic design to advanced 3D modeling, animation and portfolio development. Students use state-of-the-art hardware and software and can focus on 3D modeling, 3D animation, character design, 2D animation and web-based media, or interface design. Course work emphasizes group dynamics, workflow, organization, technical expertise, production values, an aesthetic vision, and the creative process. Teamwork is the key to success. Students enrolled in Game Art and Animation, Game Design or Game Programming work in a collaborative environment modeled on the video game industry. This team-based environment represents the convergence of the video game entertainment industry with emergent and immersive technologies, serious games, 2D- and 3D-art, animation, interactive storytelling and interface design. Students from all three programs collaborate throughout their four years at Champlain in production environments to create original 2D and 3D projects. The culmination of your education is a complete year-long project where you and your team take an original game idea from concept to gold master. Join the future of mass media. In 2007 the computer and video game entertainment industry grew 6% to reach $9.5 billion. Added to the landscape are the growing number of jobs outside of traditional video game production. These positions utilize the same skill sets to create game-based materials used in a variety of industries from military, industrial, corporate, and medical training to advertising, marketing and other promotional media. Program Details Program Highlights Explore a comprehensive curriculum spanning traditional, foundational arts classes to the latest in 2D and 3D art production. Develop your portfolio under the tutelage of industry-seasoned professionals. Explore state-of-the-art technology resources, including the latest software, in our cutting-edge multimedia, 3D-art and game production labs. Study abroad in Montr?al, Canada, the second-largest region in the world for game development. It's just 90 miles north of Champlain. Make fresh connections to industry through adjunct faculty and guest speakers. Champlain has collaborated with industry professionals from such companies as Artificial Mind and Movement (A2M), Electronic Arts, IBM, Eidos, Ubisoft, Radical Entertainment, Cryptic Studios and America's Army. Join our community. The Champlain College Game Developer's Association is a student chapter of the International Game Developer's Association (IGDA). Career Opportunities 3D Development 3D Modeler Texture Artist 3D Animator 3D Environmental Artist 3D Level Artist 3D Character Artist Technical Artist 2D Development Web artist 2D Animator Interface Artist Concept Artist View more details on Champlain College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Multimedia courses.