Animation & Game Art

Recognized as one of the top 25 Game Design BFA programs in the country, and the #1 school in Maine, our program will help you develop a robust studio practice through the production of works across a range of traditional and emerging media.

Students may create content for animation, games or both while studying in our program. Lower level classes cover the breadth of the respective production pipelines, which allow our juniors and seniors to focus deeply in their area of interest, or to create their own collaborative or individually produced animated films or games.

Our program is designed to teach animation and game artists to communicate effectively with their audience through all facets of production. This means that from development and pre-production through design, asset creation, animation and post-production choices are made that affect how viewers/gamers connect with and understand both characters and narrative. Our award-winning faculty, including Program Chair Adam Fisher and Assistant Professor Adam deGrandis ’05, bring deep experience in the industry to help you do just that.

Majors in Animation & Game Art have 24/7 access to industry standard hardware and software to create 2D digital, 3D, and stop-motion animation and games. Classes cover full pipelines for both games and animation, as well as specific areas of focus such as character and background design, storyboarding, 3D modeling, character animation, stop-motion, game development, game art production and much more.

The program’s dual emphasis on developing both individual exploration and collaborative practices prepares graduates for lifelong personal and professional creative practice. Potential internships, portfolio reviews from industry artists and professional studio courses prepare students to competitively enter the professional marketplace.

Life After Graduation

Our alumni have gone on to join major studios around the country or start their own successful animation studios, building careers as filmmakers, Emmy- winners, game creators, video editors, 3D modelers and 3D artists, puppet fabricators, mold makers, effects animators, and more.