Animation Concept Art
Learn to Create Visual Concepts That Capture a Story’s Emotional Core in 12 Months
Specializations and Careers
Level Design
Game Art
Coding
Level designers take the individual components created by the development team and tie them together to create the encounters players experience while they play. Within the discipline, there are sub-specializations into narrative, environmental set dressing, or scripting of game content.
Careers:
- Level Designer
- Technical Designer
- Environmental Level Designer
- Narrative Designer
- Creative Director
- Design Lead
- Production Support
Artists in the game industry are responsible for creating the assets used in game. Within the industry, artists specialize into a number of sub-fields, taking advantage of extremely powerful tools like Substance Designer, ZBrush, and Maya to do everything from hard-surface modeling to realistic or stylized characters, and procedural materials.
Careers:
- 3D Generalist
- Environmental Artist
- UI Artist
- Cinematics Artist
- 3D Animator
- VFX Artist
- Character Artist
- Pre-visualization Artist
Careers:
- Gameplay Programmer
- Network Programmer
- Audio Programmer
- Technical Director
- Software Architect
- Technical Artist
- Tools Programmer
Coders use computer languages within game engines to create or extend the features in games or to create tools for others to use to create content. Coders are the first to see things in action inside the game, and the tools they create are the foundation of the game industry.
Six Terms. One Goal: Become an Animator.
Explore the fundamentals of drawing, painting and animation and learn how to communicate visually.
Term
1
Expand your fundamental skills through the exploration of creating new and exciting worlds.
Term
2
Learn the fundamentals of translating words and ideas into compelling visual stories.
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3
Focus on assembling your portfolio and prepare for your professional career and to unleash your creations on the world via your website.
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6
Dedicate your time and energy to your Final Project, a high quality pitch package that will form the backbone of your professional portfolio.
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5
Collaborate and combine talents with a team and challenge yourself to create stories the world has never seen. Create increasingly sophisticated concepts and designs.
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4
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Alumni Success Stories
Vancouver Film School alumni are some of the most successful professionals in the video games industry.
Here is a sample of their achievements.
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Six Terms. One Goal: Become an Animator.
Industry Showcase
Near the end of your year in the game design program, you will complete your final team-based project and pitch it to an invite-only audience of professional game designers and industry recruiters from over 100 companies.
Start Your Animation Career with VFS
VFS is one of the leading animation schools in the world. Taught by experienced professionals who know the industry inside and out, VFS’s Animation Concept Art program will have you career-ready in just 12 months.
Make Great Connections For Your Future
A VFS education means joining the VFS alumni family. You will have access to a network of creative professionals that are embedded in the industry and will forge strong connections that will last throughout your entire career.
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