Games Art Courses For 2D Art

Hello all,

I’m a mature student and this year I’ll be completing an access course in Game Design, but I decided that the coding part wasn’t really for me so I’ve opted to pursue a degree in Games Art.

I found a University and applied. I sent my portfolio, which admittedly was lacking because I just really started doing artwork this year so I had to quickly push some pieces out for it to meet the 2 week deadline. We have only just started doing the art stuff properly at college now.

The University offered me a place, which I need to get back to them about, on their foundation degree rather than the Bachelor’s. The problem with this is that I was applying for the Bachelor’s because of its ability to focus on 2D or 3D art, the foundation degree is mainly focused on 3D. I’m looking to primarily work with pixel art as I know that’s what I would like to specialise in. Looking around it seems like most universities are catered towards 3D art or the 2D art side is very vaguely mentioned. Does anybody have any experience or suggestions for universities that would allow me to explore 2D Games Art further?

Apologies for the lengthy post,

Thanks for reading.

TL;DR

I want to study Games Art, looking for a place that allows me to expand upon my abilities in 2D art.