Diploma of Creative Arts ( 3D Animation )

Learn to design and develop characters and worlds – from concept to finished art – and create arresting graphical motion and believable characters. Introducing you to the art and practice of animation, this course allows you to specialise in your passion, be it story and art direction, 2D + 3D hybrid animation, technical art or a combination of them all.

We’ll make sure you are up to speed on all the latest developments demanded by the industry, you'll have a chance to intern, network and study abroad along the way. Graduate with a top-notch portfolio, a show reel, and knowledge of who’s who where it counts, to launch you into the industry.

During this course you will be able to access HTC Vive and Occulus Go for VR, Green-screen studios, Wacom Intuos Pro and Cintiq tablets, Ball and Socket stop-motion rigs, Redshift 3D, Pixar RenderMan & Arnold for lighting and rendering, Quixel Suite for texture painting and look development, ZBrush, 3D-Coat, and Mudbox for asset creation, Blackmagic Fusion, Mocha and After Effects for compositing, Adobe CC suite for artwork creation, video editing and motion design, Range of professional character rigs for animation studies, Autodesk Maya and Motionbuilder for animation and motion editing, Shotgun Studio for project management, Over 2 terrabytes of online storage and office 365 subscription, Unity Pro & Visual Studio, including range of assets and extensions  for game development, Lightboxes + line testers, Dragonframe stop-motion software, 18-camera leading precision motion-capture suites and MotionBuilder and Mixing and recording studios for soundscapes. 

Get hands-on with the design and development of characters and worlds – from concept to finished art – and create arresting graphical motion and believable character performances with a Diploma of Creative Arts (3D Animation). Master drawing and visualisation techniques, learn traditional techniques and cutting-edge motion design and master the core skillset and tools required for 3D modeling and animation.

Associate Degree Exit Point: Students who have successfully completed 4 trimesters of the Bachelor programme may successfully graduate with an Associate Degree qualification.