Practical courses for the artists, designers and writers of the future who wish to develop a competitive portfolio and experience university life. Book your place on a Summer School course today!
Introduction:
On this practical course you’ll have the opportunity to engage with the latest concept art techniques and create successful characters and environments for game design using Adobe Creative Suite and Wacom tablets.
You’ll be creating a world of your own, developing a personal approach to either real-life, fantasy, sci-fi or cartoon concept art.
You can have little or no previous knowledge to attend and you can have any drawing ability – you will still achieve great results!
What You'll Study:
This course is ideal for anyone who’d like some fun, hands-on experience turning their ideas into creative, original artworks for game design.
You’ll start by learning how to combine traditional art techniques with digital drawing skills and have a go with some more advanced software in 3D modelling.
By the end of the course you’ll have developed a compelling character and generated an engaging concept for a game.
You’ll also leave with a range of work for your portfolio including development sketches and finished images, and technical notes to continue working on your software skills.
You'll have gained experience of what it's like to be a design student at university, and an understanding of what admissions tutors are looking for.
During this course, you will:
use a combination of hand drawing, collage and digital drawing techniques
develop your drawing skills from observation and imagination
explore perspective drawing and sketching quickly to get ideas down on paper
undertake visual research and create mood boards
explore different design styles and the inspirations behind characters and their environment
discuss the work of industry-level concept artists
visualise your character and setting to create a convincing game concept.
Social Events:
We appoint NTU Student Ambassadors who host social events on Monday and Wednesday evening to help you make friends across the whole of our summer school programme for 15 – 17 year olds, which are free to attend.
Duke of Edinburgh:
This course can count as your Gold DofE Residential Award and is an amazing opportunity to make new friends and memories. It will be fun and gently challenging, allowing you to follow your passion and discover talents you never knew you had.
DofE participants must book both the course and accommodation on campus for this to count towards your Gold Award.
You must also attend the social events that are planned on Monday and Wednesday evenings, and you must plan and attend your own social activities with other participants on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Prices:
Course: £525.00 + (optional) Accommodation: £259.00
You can find out more about our facilities, tutors and how to book your place on the NTU website.