Applying to universities for masters in game art design

[Arvind]

Hi,

I’m applying to some universities to get into game art design and game development courses next fall. They are all in the US, as i believe that US is the current hub for education in this field. My portfolio consists of artwork mainly done in blender and gimp, because that is what i had access to . Here is the list of universities im applying for :

• Carnegie Mellon Universityhttp://www.etc.cmu.edu/admissions/process.html
• Rochester Institute of Technology http://igm.rit.edu/node/133
• University of Southern Californiahttp://www.lcc.gatech.edu/graduate/dmms/
• University of British Columbiahttp://mdm.gnwc.ca/program/mdm-program-overview
• Southern Methodist University, Guildhallhttp://www.guildhall.smu.edu/Video-Game-Development-Master.195.0.html
• University of Pennsylvania http://www.cis.upenn.edu/grad/cggt/cggt-overview.shtml
• University of Central Florida, FIEA ( http://www.fiea.ucf.edu/joomla/index.php )
• New York University [U]http://www.scps.nyu.edu/areas-of-study/design-programs/graduate-programs/ms-digital-imaging-design/curriculum.html[/U]
• National University http://www.nu.edu/OurPrograms/SchoolOfMediaAndCommunication.html
• Savannah College of Art and Design http://www.scad.edu/interactive-design-and-game-development/index.cfm

Getting into any one of these courses would be like a dream come true for me …

I need to know what the guys at BA think about this. I’m an avid gamer and i really hope to be part of the industry…

here’s my portfolio : http://sites.google.com/site/arvindsgame/home

This is what i’ll use to support my application …

[Uncle_Entity]

Have you done an undergraduate degree yet?

I don’t know what ‘state of the art’ in game art design is (sculpting I would imagine) but if you really want to get into a graduate level program you should really stack your portfolio with that in mind.

Can’t really help you out too much since the one class I needed to double major in art/art history was the portfolio class requirement and since they didn’t allow double majors like that I never took it. But I did have a friend who graduated at the same time as I did that went on to grad school and she spent a lot of time crafting her portfolio for each school she applied to.

[Arvind]

I have finished my undergraduation and i believe fullfilled all requirements to get into one of these universities…

The only thing that bites me now, is how good my portfolio is,…

The SMU guildhall has requested for a separate traditional art portfolio, listing explicitly what they require in the sketchbook you send them ( eg one figure drawing, male and female, male female heads in different views etc.)

Other universities have just requested a portfolio, mentioning nothing else about it… so ive stacked up on both traditional and digital …