9 Concept Art Bachelors Degree Programs

More than a degree, the Concept Art and Illustration Career Program is your springboard to transform ideas into powerful visual worlds. Be part of a dual certification USA–Spain and build a portfolio that will open doors in film, video games, and professional illustration. Blended · Online · On-campus.

The Games Art BA will provide you with the creative skills and technical knowledge needed to design visual assets in-game environments; you’ll design the characters, objects and backgrounds that make games come to life. This course will prepare you to become a confident games artist who can create visuals and user experience design applicable across a wide range of industries and emerging technologies. 

The Games Design BA equips you with creative and technical skills to craft future games. In the first year, you'll explore core principles, game mechanics, and design, with the option to specialize in Games Art. Later, you’ll refine 2D/3D game development, VR, and UX, preparing for careers in indie and AAA studios.

Passionate about the world of games and comics? Dream of creating exciting concepts for worlds and characters? Our highly popular BA (Hons) Comic & Concept Art degree course at UCA Fanrham will give you the tools and the network to follow those dreams. You’ll learn the techniques and modes of presentation used in the industry, together with fundamental art skills which you’ll then apply in different ways, depending on your chosen medium. Plus, you’ll gain the storytelling skills to bring your characters and worlds to life.

The Bachelor in Comics and Concept Art course has evolved from our award-winning 2D animation course. Our digital animation program as a whole, is accredited by The Rookies, SideFX, and CILECT. This means you'l be joining a department that's gained industry recognition for training the animators of the future. As well as expert teaching, at Herts, you'll have access to dedicated PC labs, kitted out with everything you need to bring your creations to life.

In our new Game Art & Design major, you will be able to share and build games created through your unique perspective. You’ll learn everything game-making, from introductory coding to playable prototypes.

Digital media and interactive entertainment are the most pervasive and popular modes of connection, influence, and communication in today’s world. Students majoring in Animation & Game Art receive introductory and advanced training in this integrative and technology-driven field.

Study games at NUA and you will join a university ranked in the world’s top courses by the global games industry veterans behind The Rookies in 2021. You will design and create characters, props, environments and vehicles using 2D and 3D content creation software for a range of platforms, including console, web, mobile, computer, augmented and virtual reality.

In this one-year Visual Development for Entertainment Ontario College Graduate Certificate, you refine your artistic skills for a specialized career in the entertainment industry. As a visual development or concept artist, you take creative ideas and generate visual designs for a wide range of media products. This includes but is not limited to, creating characters, prop designs, and environments that help tell the story of a film, show, or video game.