BA (Hons) Digital Arts Top-Up

Core modules

Major Project

This module helps you to develop an understanding of Digital Art production. You will be encouraged to look at areas of specialisation and expertise, demonstrating an understanding to the professional skills required in these key areas.

Core Skills

This module helps you build specialist skills and knowledge within the digital arts arena, including academic skills such as researching, analysing and presenting technical information as well as creative processes, through to professional skills like the accurate recording and reporting of practical testing, to post-project reflective practice.

Optional modules

Please note: Not all optional modules are guaranteed to run each year.

Advanced 3D

This module helps to expand your knowledge in areas such as texture baking, the high poly pipeline and an overview of current production tools. You will demonstrate awareness and limitations of the aesthetics in real time computer art and how to balance the visual ambition.

Freelance Animation

This module is a simulation of what it means to work as a freelance/team animator within the often-challenging parameters of short form client work.

Concept Art

This module places emphasis on the study of anatomy, how to interpret those observations and apply them to character art in the digital medium. This is classical figure study combined with digital training.

Character Animation

This module follows two threads: The first develops a deeper understanding of character timing and performance. The second is understanding how to use the animation tools to streamline the process and avoid some of the pitfalls associated with bad digital animation.

Digital Character

This module is a chance to dive into the exciting world of character development and sculpting. You will be learning about muscle groups, anatomy and sculpting software, while combining this knowledge to build exciting characters.

Pre-Production

The things you learn in this module will directly inform your Final Major Project so that you know when you start it that you can hit the ground running and spend more time in production and less in making mistakes. You will also do any previz and concept work you need for your project.

Advanced Drawing

There is no better way to explore your creativity than through traditional drawing and this will free you to create concepts and ideas for your digital work in other units and to develop your own artistic style. Using traditional drawing methods you will explore areas such as the human figure, movement and composition while continuing to develop practical skills, observation and recall.