Video Games Art Production (Evening - 20 weeks)

• You'll study in an environment that mirrors industry standards from day one, to give you a true taste of life in the workplace. You’ll work with software like Maya, Zbrush, and Unreal Engine which are used day to day by professionals.
• Study in the evening - this course packs the same punch as our full-time 12 week course but you get the flexibility to study in the evenings. We keep our class sizes small so you’ll get plenty of 1-2-1 time with your tutor.
• You’ll be taught by industry professionals who know what skills and experience are required for roles in game art, teaching you real-world tips and tricks.
• Over the duration of the course you’ll start developing your very own portfolio of work - this will become your visual CV for future employers and will help you stand out in this growing but ever competitive industry.
• There's high demand for skilled games artists and we can help you connect with studios and find roles. Escape Studios is well regarded in the industry and you’ll become part of our creative, vibrant, well-connected and global community of Escapees. 
• You’ll become part of our Escape community, with over 15 years experience teaching talent in the creative industries and thousands of alumni, our network can help you land your dream career.
  

Week 1

• Moodboards
• Maya - Introduction
  

Week 2

• Maya - Low poly and Blocking a level
• Maya - Modularity
  

Week 3

• Maya - Modelling 1
  

Week 4

• Maya - Modelling 2
• Maya - Intro to UV
  

Week 5

• Maya - Advanced UV in Maya
• Maya - Texel Density workflows
  

Week 6

• Textures in Photoshop
• Tiling Textures
• Textures in Quixel Ndo
• Textures in Bitmap to Material
  

Week 7

• Unreal Engine - Introduction
• Unreal Engine - Basic Lighting
  

Week 8

• Maya -  Subdisvisions Modelling 1
  

Week 9

• Maya -  Subdisvisions Modelling 2
  

Week 10

• Zbrush 1
  

Week 11

• Zbrush 2
  

Week 12

• Zbrush 3
  
• Substance Designer - Introduction
  

Week 13

• Substance Designer - Advanced
  

Week 14

• Substance Painter - Introduction
• Substance Painter - Baking
  

Week 15

• Substance Painter - Advanced
  

Week 16

• Unreal Engine - Lods and Collisions
• Unreal Engine - Advanced Materials
  

Week 17

• Unreal Engine - Vertex Painting
• Unreal Engine - Fog and Post Process
  

Week 18 - Compositing CG

• Unreal Engine - Blueprints
• Foliage
  

Week 19

• Unreal Engine - Foliage tools
• Foliage
  

Week 20

• Introduction to Speed Tree
• Advanced Speed Tree
  

• Photoshop
• Maya
• Zbrush
• Substance Painter
• Substance Designer
• Unreal Engine 4
• Speed Tree
• Quixel's Ndo
  

The games industry is one of the most creative, diverse and exciting industries for a digital artist to work in today. As a Games Artist you could be creating stunning worlds, characters or props in styles ranging from the realistic to cartoony or anywhere in-between. One of the greatest things about being a Games Artist is that you never stop learning and are always looking at the latest techniques and tools which means the job never gets boring.Some of the opportunities you will be able to consider on completion of the course include:

• Environment Artist for Games
• Lighting Artist for Games
• Level Artist

As you develop more experience and your skills develop further, the pool of roles you will be suitable for will grow. For more careers advice, download our Careers guide.

After the classroom course is over we offer three months of online mentoring, so that our students can continue to refine and polish their skills. We take aftercare very seriously - since it can take time to put together a job-ready demo reel, we make sure our students get the time and practice that they need to refine their work to make them job-ready. Learn more about our Aftercare support.

Our students go on to work in many areas of the creative industry and recognised as highly respected creative professionals. Find out what our Games alumni have been working on and how they got into industry.

Fees: £3,196