Dip Creative Practice (Games Art) L3

Applications Open - Wednesday, 5 November 2025

Applications Close - Open all year

How to Apply - Apply through KentChoices

PLEASE NOTE - Popular courses can fill up quickly so apply early to avoid disappointment

The UK Games Art, Animation and Visual Effects industries are continuously expanding and are greatly respected throughout the world. Some of the biggest players in those industries are less than an hour?s commute from the MidKent College campuses. If you're looking to join the creative, exciting and fulfilling world of games, film or television production, this course is a great way to start. You will learn directly from staff who have worked on major feature films or made triple A games. All of our teaching staff have signficant industry experience and will draw on this to teach and mentor you through a number of creative projects encompassing animation, visual effects, game environments, character design and creation, plus so much more. The MidKent Games Art, Animation and VFX course represents an opportunity to start down the path to an amazing creative career doing something you love. The level 3 course lets you focus on a number of specialist areas, helping you to plan for your future role in the industry. It will help you to develop a high level of technical and artistic skills in 3D design and production within a number of projects. The course focuses on individual and team-based projects, to enable each assessment to specialise for future progression into industry. You will be taught a number of industry standard software applications (including Unreal, Unity, Maya, Mudbox and Adobe creative suite) helping to develop a variety of projects. You will be assessed through written and practical projects throughout the year. These assessments are a mix of internally and externally assessed work.

Five GCSEs at grade C/4 or above including English and maths at grade C/4 or above.

Successful completion of this course will equip you with relevant skills in character / environment creation, asset creation, product visualisation, VR production, 3D modelling, visual effects and animation. You also have the opportunity to progress onto further study or Higher education.