Game Art & Animation

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.

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