Game Art

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Art

Every year the video game industry continues to grow, churning out ever more complex storylines, stunning visual landscapes and memorable characters. Earn your Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Art at BEAU, and you can be behind the scenes making virtual worlds come alive.

Program objectives

This program is designed to develop your artistic skills and apply them to the video gaming industry.

• Incorporate light, shade, color and detail in texture maps
• Create models using principles of form, shape and structure
• Generate creative content in the form of concept art
• Express emotion in animation
• Apply artistic skills to produce rich gaming environments

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Sample Classes

Storyboarding for the Game Artist

This course looks at storyboarding as a tool for conveying ideas visually in the gaming industry. Students explore different methods for representing concepts both digitally and traditionally. They study how to identify and select elements of a concept that need to be translated into visual communication.

Game Concept Art

In this course, students create concept art, the characters and worlds that serve as game foundations. Students study how to represent their ideas through 2-D and 3-D means as they develop concept art for their own game ideas.

Game User Interface Design

During this course, students look at the different types of interfaces and explore the construction of visual user interfaces. They examine the elements of a user interface and how they connect the player to  the game. Students create mockups of interfaces for a variety of game types during this class.

Game Animation I

Students study what it takes to breathe life and emotion into a 3-D character. They examine body language and movement mechanics. Basic animation concepts and techniques are covered, including how to use modern animation software to accomplish character movement.

Notes. 1 – Tuition, fees and textbook costs are current as of July 1, 2011 and represent estimated costs for students completing the program “on-time”; 2 – “Median Federal Loan Debt” is the median value of total debt from federal student loans for students completing the program in the 2009-2010 award year; 3 – “Median Private Loan Debt” is the median value of total debt from private loan sources for students completing the program in the 2009-2010 award year; 4 – “Median Institutional Loan Debt” is the median value of total debt from institutional financing plans for students completing the program in the 2009-2010 award year; 5 –the “On-Time Completion Rate” reflects the percentage of students completing the program in 2009-1010 who did so within the normal program length; 6 – Job placement rate calculated for 2009-2010 program graduates using the method established by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS – www.acics.org); 7 – O*Net is the U.S. Department of Labor’s database for job titles and information related to employment in specific career fields. The occupations listed in the table above result from entering the program’s CIP (Classification of Instructional Programs) Code into the O*Net Crosswalk at http://www.onetonline.org/crosswalk/. CIP codes reflect broad categories of educational programs rather than the specific focus of a program offered at a particular institution. As a result, the occupations listed above represent potential careers that may be obtained by graduates of this program and may include occupations in which program graduates do not work. Please speak to an admissions representative to learn more about specific career opportunities for graduates of this program.Values of “n/a” appear for new programs that had fewer than 10 graduates in 2009-2010.