新罕布什尔南方大学

Game Art Degree Online Program Overview

Bring virtual worlds to life with an online game design and art degree.

Whether it's imagining rich virtual game worlds or designing creatures from another planet, you'll be on the right path to the fast-paced, exciting world of video game art and design with SNHU's Bachelor of Arts in Game Art and Development.

As an online game design degree that zeroes in on game art, this program will help you build a portfolio of compelling front-end game designs. You'll use industry-standard 3D and 2D graphic software to learn and apply game design and game art principles such as:

• 3D modeling & 3D mesh topology
• Lighting, shading and texturing
• Illustration & digital painting
• Rigging

Creativity, critical thinking and technical skills all come together in this highly sought-after undergraduate program. The convenience of SNHU’s online offering means you can remain located in the areas of the country where the markets are booming – the West Coast or Florida, for instance – and emerge with the skills you need to enter an industry that's both fast-paced and always changing.

You'll learn how to:

• Design professional quality digital game and interactive media elements
• Recommend strategies that shape the design of digital games and interactive media
• Apply industry tools used to create digital games and other interactive media
• Evaluate and respond to problems through creative thinking and collaboration
• Optimize the design of interactive media elements within various digital platforms

Career Outlook

According to Newzoo, the global video game industry is projected to grow to more than $180.1 billion by 2021.1 In addition, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, job growth for multimedia artists and animators is projected to grow 4% through 2028 – on pace with the national average for all occupations.2

SNHU offers a critical advantage in a highly competitive field, as our program uniquely hones in on today's industry standards and essential skill-building to excel in game design and game art.

Whether it's for games or movies, ed-tech or the military, here are just a few careers you might land with an online game art degree:

• Environment artist. Create the virtual worlds and landscapes the game's characters will inhabit.
• 3D modeler. Build detailed 3D models of objects and characters.
• Character animator. Use models to animate objects and characters.
• Concept artist. Envision and plan the look and feel of virtual worlds and characters.
• User interface (UI) artist. Design and draw the menus, heads-up display and other navigational components of a game or virtual environment.