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Students from Centennial’s Game Art & Design program, in collaboration with students from University of Toronto’s Department of Computer Science and Faculty of Music, created these games. The games were wholly conceived and created by the students. UofT students provided the programming chops as well as music, Centennial students provided the art assets as well …
Students in 4th semester of the Game Art & Design program collaborated with University of Toronto programming students to create 3D games for mobile. Four teams created a diverse set of mobile games using Unity and Maya/3DsMax. The original games were conceived and executed in a very short development period within a single semester. Many …
At Centennial College’s Story Arts Centre, creativity and commerce intersect as artistic students are taught how to make media, and how to succeed in the industry that makes that media. One such program is Game Art and Design, taught at the Story Arts Centre. Game Art Students receive intensive hands-on training in current software and modelling methodologies in …
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We’re living among a generation where many of us were raised with game controllers in our hands and want a career making these things that entertained us. Gamers have come a long way from the days when video game testing was thought of as the ideal career, though. Now, if you want to work on …
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The Game Art & Design program starts right away with the skills you will need to be a video game artist. From the first week you will work in traditional media, as well as begin the process of mastering software such as ZBrush, 3DsMax, Photoshop and others. Below are some samples from the Fall 2014 semester. …
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Awesome samples from the third semester Character Design 2 course.
In the Game Art & Design Porgram students are challenged to work in the Unreal game engine. Below are a few concepts that students produced.
Below is a gallery of zBrush sculpts done by third semester students in the Game Art & Design Program. Below are final renders of the same sculpts.
On April 3, 2013 the Design Exchange hosted the annual Level Up game student showcase. Students from 12 colleges and universities in the Toronto area showed their games to peers and industry, the event expected over 600 attendees! Graduates from Centennial College’s Game Art & Design program displayed their demo reels and current students attended …
I review applicant portfolios for Game Art & Design and Digital Animation on a weekly basis. Sometimes I am surprised in a good way, some days in a bad way. Good days are when I am blown away by the talent I see, bad days are not so much the quality of work presented, but …