Name: Graduate Diploma of Creative Technologies
Price: 10500 NZD

Qualification

One Academic Year
Graduate Diploma Level 7

140 Credits

Start Dates

22 September 2025

23 February 2026

20 July 2026

Course Fees (Year 1. See fees information.)

Domestic $11,000.00 NZD

International $35,549.80 NZD

Admission Requirements

Open to applicants with a degree qualification, or relevant professional experience in a design or creative technologies domain 4+ years

Portfolio Requirements

Standard Portfolio

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Bring your on creative style to the gaming industry.

Great games don't just play good, they look good too. The Graduate Diploma of Creative Technologies Game art stream will teach you the skills you need to take your creative vision and turn it into industry-ready game assets that wouldn't look out of place in the biggest AAA titles.

You should study Game Art if you are passionate about creating worlds, characters, and interfaces that exist within the context of a video game. By studying Game Art, you will learn how to design beautiful and immersive environments and believable characters, and then combine those elements to deliver a gaming experience that people will cherish.

Our Graduate Diploma of Creative Technologies - Game Art is designed to work around your existing skills, and get you to an industry level game artist in just one year.

Course Outline

Aimed at those who have experience in digital art or design who would like to improve their skills while also learning to design and create their own games.

This stream is available for February intake only.

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Digital Art
Learn to create digital art for games. You will create concept art for characters and environments while also developing production ready assets such as user-interfaces.

2D Game Production
Create your own 2D game through guided lessons that will enable you to go from pitch, to prototype, to a completed project.

Game Design
Explore principles of game design through topics such as mechanics, balance, player motivation, narrative, level design and more. Through practical projects and iteration, you will apply your learning to design a game.

Major Project
Develop an independent project of your choosing utilising the skills you have learned throughout the course. Alternatively, students may undertake a major game production in a team working with other artists and programmers. Note: team production is subject to availability.

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Aimed at those who have experience in digital art or design who want to learn 3D. This option is also suitable for those with little to no experience in 3D who wish to extend their skills in the context of game development and production.

This stream is available for July intake only.

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3D Modeling
Learn industry standard 3D tools to model, texture and animate a range of assets optimised for production. You will create props, environments and characters of your own design that are ready to be used in a game engine.

Technical Art
Work in modern 3D game engines such as Unity and Unreal to develop an understanding of materials, lighting and visual effects, and basic scripting.

Game Design
Explore principles of game design through topics such as mechanics, balance, player motivation, narrative, level design and more. Through practical projects and iteration, you will apply your learning to design a game.

Major Project
Develop an independent project of your choosing utilising the skills you have learned throughout the course. Alternatively, students may undertake a major game production in a team working with other artists and programmers. Note: team production is subject to availability.

Course Outline

Aimed at those who have a basic understanding of 3D in Maya for games who would like to improve their skills in sculpting, hard surface modelling, and PBR workflows. In addition, game engines are utilised to create high quality scenes and technical implementations.

This stream is available for February and July intakes.

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Advanced 3D
Develop an advanced understanding of industry standard 3D tools to model, sculpt, optimize and texture assets utilising modern workflows. You will create a range of hard surface and organic models to create a portfolio of production ready assets.

Advanced Technical Art
Work in modern 3D game engines such as Unity and Unreal to develop an advanced understanding of materials, lighting, rigging, and visual effects, culminating in an real-time scene.

Game Design
Explore principles of game design through topics such as mechanics, balance, player motivation, narrative, level design and more. Through practical projects and iteration, you will apply your learning to design a game.

Major Project
Develop an independent project of your choosing utilising the skills you have learned throughout the course. Alternatively, students may undertake a major game production in a team working with other artists and programmers. Note: team production is subject to availability.

The Graduate Diploma of Creative Technologies provides you with everything you need to level up your skills, and to bring a more diverse skillset to your existing career, or the tools to switch to a new one. Our graduates have gone onto have successfull careers in industry, freelance, or even growing their existing businesses.

Game Designer & Level Designer

Designers can be both technical and creative, creating systems and mechanics as well as levels and environments depending on the role. They consider what makes the games fun, balanced, challenging, or interesting while collaborating with artists and programmers.

3D Artist

Be responsible for designing and creating highly detailed, visually stunning characters for games, immersive worlds and settings where gameplay takes place. This role involves building detailed 3D environments, characters that are consistent with the games' style, and everything that brings the game world to life.

Technical Artist

Bridge the gap between the art and programming teams, ensuring that artistic visions are fully realised within the technical constraints of a game. This role involves optimising assets, developing shaders, and troubleshooting performance issues while also creating tools and workflows that streamline the production pipeline. Technical Artists are crucial in balancing visual quality with game performance, combining creative skills with technical know-how.

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Graduate Diploma of Creative Technologies - Game Art

What is the Graduate Diploma of Creative Technologies - Game Art?

Bring your on creative style to the gaming industry.

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