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To support your application you will be asked to submit a portfolio. It is an opportunity to show us who you are, your creative ability and your potential.
Your portfolio can be submitted digitally, or you can physically bring it in to an Applicant Taster Day. This page provides a detailed insight into how to submit the best possible portfolio for your course.
Please note that if you are applying to the following courses you will not need to submit a portfolio:
BSc (Hons) Video Game Development
BA (Hons) Digital Marketing
BA (Hons) Film Business and Promotion
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Video Game Design and Production – Digital Portfolios
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The ideal digital portfolio will have:
Examples of working game play, this can be in any game engine e.g. Unity, Unreal, Stencyl, Game Maker or Construct2. It really doesn’t matter which, we just want to see you have got your hands dirty with game development and tried to find some fun in a game system.
Examples of game analysis, this can be a game review or a written piece about a specific game genre or type.
Examples of game design documentation, for example a game design wiki or a Game Design Document (GDD).
A case study / reflection on a game development project you’ve worked on. This can also take the form of a developer diary.
Don’t worry of your portfolio doesn’t have all of these items, in short we are looking for design curiosity and drive along with the ability to co-ordinate your own activities and the activities of other in the pursuit of game development. So if you can only demonstrate 1-3 examples on the list we’ll consider your application.
Please add a link to your digital portfolio in your personal statement on your UCAS application.
Video Game Design and Production – Physical Portfolios
We don’t make offers on the course until we’ve been able to review an applicant’s work. If you don’t have a digital portfolio our first advice would be to make one. Upload a game you’ve made on Dropbox or OneDrive and send us the link, upload a video of your game play on YouTube and share the link, anywhere online we can view your work we class as an online portfolio. If you absolutely can’t create a digital portfolio you’ll be invited to a ‘non offer holder’ Applicant Taster Day in early 2018. During that session you’ll meet with a course tutor who’ll review your physical portfolio with you.
BA (Hons) Video Game Digital Art – Digital Portfolios
Content
The ideal digital portfolio will have:
Examples of core art ability in the form of sketches and drawing.
Examples of 2D digital artwork produced in applications such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, SketchBook Pro or GIMP
Examples of 3D props and/or assets produced in applications such as 3DS Max, Maya or Blendr. Screenshots taken from a variety of angles to demonstrate structure.
Screenshots of examples of 3D character work produced using ZBrush or Mudbox. Taken from a variety of angles to demonstrate structure.
Examples of in game assets displayed in the engine they were produced for (Unreal or Unity for example)
Don’t worry of your portfolio doesn’t have all of these items. In short we are looking for core art ability and an attempt to apply your artistic talent to video game development, so if you can only demonstrate 2-3 examples on the list we’ll consider your application.
Please add a link to your digital portfolio in your personal statement on your UCAS application.
BA (Hons) Video Game Digital Art – Physical Portfolios
We don’t make offers on the course until we’ve been able to review an applicant’s work. If you don’t have a digital portfolio our first advice would be to make one. Scan your work in and or take photos and upload them to a website, anywhere online we can view your work we class as an online portfolio. If you absolutely can’t create a digital portfolio you’ll be invited to a ‘non offer holder’ Applicant Taster Day in early 2018. During that session you’ll meet with a course tutor who’ll review your physical portfolio with you.
