BA (Hons) Animation & Games

Overview

From writing and making the most of your CV to gaining industry experience, the acquisition of professional skills has been written into the programmes of study by our staff teams, who have ‘real world’ experience. They are also supported by our Industry Liaison Groups, who help inform the development of the higher education curriculum.

Professional practice is embedded within all of our programmes. Throughout your studies, you will have the opportunity to develop the key professional, transferable skills for employability in the creative industries and potentially work in partnership with other sectors locally, regionally, nationally or internationally. Our Animation & Games students have gone on to work at leading creative studios such as Creative Assembly, Playstation, Rebellion Studios, and Industrial Light and Magic. Recent contributors to the course include Jim Parkyn from Aardman Studios, Jack Eaves and Frederic Fitzpatrick from Rebellion Studios, Tim Nguyen from Playstation, and Henry South from ILM (Industrial Light and Magic). Graduates can become:<ul><li>2D Texture Artists</li><li>3D CGI Animators</li><li>3D Modellers</li><li>Print Artists (stop motion production)</li><li>Animators</li><li>Art Directors</li><li>Character Designers</li><li>Compositors</li><li>Concept Artists</li><li>Filmmakers</li><li>Illustrators</li><li>Set and Prop Designers</li><li>Storyboard Artists</li><li>UX & UI Designers</li><li>VFX artists</li></ul>

Our Graduates

Oliver Hughes

Oliver Hughes studied BA (Hons) Animation at Arts University Plymouth, graduating with a First Class Honours in 2021.Since graduating, he has been working as a 3D animator for the Moving Picture Company, a British visual effects company based in London that has contributed to titles including Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio, Top Gun Maverick and Spiderman: No Way Home.Oliver recently worked as an animator on Apple TV’s Prehistoric Planet.

Henry South

After taking his first steps in 3D modelling at Arts University Plymouth, Henry South has gone on to work on some of the biggest Hollywood blockbusters in recent history. From Guardians of the Galaxy and Star Wars to Jurassic Park and Watchmen, Henry has held roles including Senior Artist at Industrial Light and Magic, a motion picture visual effects company founded by George Lucas in the 1970s. Henry also previously worked as a Lead Artist at Framestore, a visual effects company based in London, and as a Lead Artist at MPC. Whilst working as a Senior Artist at Industrial Light & Magic, Henry worked on films including Avengers: End Game. Henry currently works as a CG Supervisor at Jellyfish Pictures, on properties including LEE, the Lee Millar biopic, on which he took the role of Visual Effects Supervisor. Click here to check out Henry's IMDB profile.

Tim Nguyen

After graduating from BA (Hons) Game Arts with a First Class Honours, Tim Nguyen worked as User Interface Artist at Creative Assembly (owned by Sega), on titles including Total War Elysium on PC and mobile and Halo Wars 2 on Xbox One. Tim currently works at Sony’s London studio, as a User Interface and Experience Designer. He has worked on titles including Returnal and Destruction AllStars, both released on PlayStation 5. See Tim at Game UX 22 Summit here, talking about the process for designing innovative and holistic art styles for user interfaces.

Megan Shepherd

Since graduating from BA (Hons) Game Arts in 2018 with a First Class Honours, Megan has worked in the gaming industry in a variety of roles. Having previously worked as a games tester and games artist for the likes of video game developer Black Cat Entertainment as well as a placement with Industrial Lights & Magic, Megan now works as an Art Technician for Ubisoft Leamington, one of the world’s largest and well known games developers, responsible for titles such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Prince of Persia and Watch Dogs.

Stefan Stoev

Stefan studied a BA in Game Arts, graduating with a First Class Honours in 2016. Originally from Bulgaria, Stefan has worked across Europe in a variety of roles including 3D Character and Prop Artist at Bon Art Studio in Sofia, Bulgaria, 3D Character Artist specialising in modelling for VR books at Zoomikon Press in Amsterdam, Holland and 3D Character Artist for Streum Studio, Mathematic Studio and GamecoStudios, all based in Paris, France.His portfolio includes working on titles such as Sea of Thieves, Doom: Annihilation and Necromunda: Hired Gun.