Program Overview

3D Design

3D design educates you to become a modern artist ready to work in the film, television, and gaming industries.

About

The Visual Communications Design study programme with specialisation in 3D Design equips you with the knowledge needed to become a contemporary artist ready to work in the film, television and computer games industries. You will acquire fundamental skills of drawing and visual thinking and gain an understanding of composition, visual space, colour and lighting.

On top of this traditional knowledge base, you will acquire the knowledge of digital sculpturing, 3D visualization, animation and digital design. During your studies, you will unlock your creative potential in modern technology by creating realistic and imaginary characters and objects in line with emerging trends in real business environments. Throughout the four-year programme, you will learn to express yourself and create in a virtual world and have a chance to prepare a portfolio that will be a stepping stone to your further career.

We will prepare you to become an expert in creating various aspects of virtual worlds. From conceptualizing characters, objects and environments, to specialized animation and visualization 3D Design study programme using the latest technology, you will learn to create in a virtual environment and use your creations in a variety of real and virtual scenarios. Depending on your preferences, you will be able to further specialize in concept art, digital sculpture and 3D shaping, animation, film and video, as well creative process analysis and artistic direction.

What will you learn at the Visual Communications Design study programme with specialization in 3D Design?

This four-year undergraduate study programme aims to equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary for a career in game development, animation and 3D Design study programme studios, departments of creative agencies, and production studios, whether in Croatia or abroad.

Curriculum Structure

This study programme was designed taking into account the latest trends in the field of art and 3D Design. Its goal is to develop creativity and creative thinking, but also to focus on teamwork and the development of a “designer mindset.”

Lecture Plan

• Typography
  • The evolution of letterforms, typeface anatomy and relationships between characters, as well as familiarity with the basic concepts of typography will enable you to choose styles to use in 3D Design study programme and animation.
• Film and video
  • New technologies have established the internet as the most important distribution platform, but the content production process is still dependent on the creativity of the author.
• 3D lighting nad rendering
  • This course will teach you to understand the important role of light in scene creation and visual art in general.
• Character animation
  • This course will teach you to map the faces of your virtual characters in order to give them emotion.
• Texturing
  • Texturing applies the final “skin” to any 3D object.
• Plastic anatomy
  • Nowadays, as computer graphics and special effects have reached hyperrealistic levels, a basic knowledge of anatomy has become extremely important, especially when it comes to bones, muscles and tendons visible on humans and animals.

Additional Opportunity for Study Programmes Fully Delivered in English

Algebra Bernays University, in collaboration with Goldsmiths, University of London, offers students enrolled in this study programme the opportunity to obtain an additional British diploma.

Examples of jobs we’re preparing you for:

• Digital designer
• 3D models and forms designer
• 3D animator
• Creative project manager

Module Example

Character animation

This course will teach you to map the faces of your virtual characters in order to give them emotion. You will learn the basics of acting and carefully timed and planned gestures to achieve a higher professional level of animation and make the animated characters more understandable.

Study Programme Details

• Dual degree: Yes
• Study type: On campus
• Medium of instruction: English, Croatian
• Study programme duration: 8 semesters (4 years)
• Semester duration: 15 weeks of active teaching + 4 examination weeks
• Total number of ECTS points: 240
• Academic title: bacc. art. undergraduate in Visual Communications Design
• Certifications obtained during studies: ECDL Start (4 exams), Adobe Certified Professional – Visual Design using Photoshop