Games Art and Design

Take your passion for video games to the next level and develop the creative thinking and production skills that you need for a career in the games industry.

In this course you'll level up your knowledge of games art and design processes, production concepts and industry-standard tools and techniques. By creating games and mods you'll learn about animation, 3D modelling, concept art, and designing for mobile and virtual reality platforms.

This major allows you to explore different areas of specialisation to suit your dream career path, so you'll learn what's involved working as a: concept artist, games designer or technical artist.

For roles in concept art, you'll learn how to bring your ideas to life, building skills in 2D illustration and character design. For roles in games design, you'll learn to construct virtual worlds, as well as techniques for level design and developing high-concept gameplay. In production art, you'll learn to create characters, props and terrains, and will explore production art processes for 3D modelling, animation and texture painting. Games Art and Design student Rhianna translated their passion for gaming character creation into course assignments - hear all about their journey.

Depending on the area you choose, you can learn how game designers create games and gamified systems around systems of play, how concept artists transform ideas into visuals, or how production artists create characters, props and terrains. This allows you to gain the benefits of the fundamental concepts in digital art workflows and design, as well as the relevance and experience of working with industry best-practices.

3 reasons to study Games Art and Design at Murdoch

1. Learn from academics who are international games production experts who have worked for Disney Interactive, Universal Pictures and Storm Bunny Studios.
2. Have access to some of the latest technologies and facilities including a dedicated games computer lab, VR headsets, green screen studio and interactive audio suites.
3. Follow in the footsteps of some of our other Murdoch graduates who have gone on to work on Furious 7, Fantastic Four, The Hobbit and more.

What you'll learn

Build the knowledge and skills you need to meet your career or study goals. Here are some of the things you'll learn:

• Advanced 3D character animation
• Mobile app and interaction design
• VR, platforms and publishing
• Critical games play and design
• Digital painting

Your future career

The games industry is experiencing substantial growth and the ubiquity of games means that there are not only more jobs than ever available in the entertainment games space, but that companies in other fields are looking to skilled games graduates to create digital experiences for their business needs, such as simulation, training, or education. Careers could include:

• Concept or Technical Artist
• Animator
• Character or Environment Modeller
• Game or Level Designer
• Production or Lighting Artist

You could work in various local and international agencies as well as in web development.

For further admission information about this course, please download our Information Pack.

Ready to apply? Before you start, make sure you have some or all of the following documentation ready for a quick application.

• Completed official Academic Transcripts and Certificates of Completion
• ATAR results
• STAT Test results

Ready to apply? Before you start, make sure you have some or all of the following documentation ready for a quick application.

• Complete or incomplete official Academic Transcripts and Certificates of Completion - both original and English translated versions
• English Language Proficiency Document (if available)