Program Overview
Students interested in game design school can pursue a Game Art & Design degree at The Art Institute of Las Vegas. In game design school, students can take their creativity and imaginations to a new level.
Game design school is for students who want to learn the art and design skills necessary to pursue work within the gaming field. Game design school students learn hands on, using industry-related software and technology. Students in game design school are taught to combine their artistic and digital skills with their passion for gaming.
The game design school program first teaches basics like drawing, color theory, and 2-D design. Game design school students then progress to modeling and animation. Finally, the most advanced coursework in game design school is taught including scriptwriting, storyboarding, character animation, and production.
Before they graduate, students develop a portfolio of their work from game design school to show potential employers. Graduates of this program in game design school can pursue entry-level jobs like character animator, modeler, game tester, and game designer.
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Program Description
The process of designing and producing computer/video games and other types of interactive multimedia involves a variety of people utilizing specialized skills. Some of these skills are conceptual: designing game concepts and interactions or creating stories. Some of these skills are artistic: creating 3-D models, 3-D animation, and texture mapping for 3-D using industry related software; photo manipulation and original creation of 2-D art for backgrounds and characters using image editing and painting software. Some of these skills are managerial: determining budgets and schedules for project completion and assembling the right group of creative people. Game designers may be specialists in one or two aspects of the total design process, but their value as participants in that process is enhanced by a comprehensive knowledge of the entire operation.
In pursuing the Bachelor's Degree in Game Art & Design, students are first encouraged to master hand skills through a rich variety of fundamental art courses and then learn to use 2-D and 3-D design tools to create characters, backgrounds, animations, and textures used in producing computer/video games and multimedia. In addition, they acquire a level of knowledge in programming and scripting to be able to intelligently converse with programmers.
Graduates of this program can expect to find entry-level jobs such as concept artist, 3-D modeler, effects artist, level designer, interface designer and illustrator. The Bachelor's Degree Program also provides a unique learning opportunity in the management of projects and development teams.