Production of digital concepts that define next-generation culture

Digital works have become a ubiquitous and familiar component of 21st century daily life, vitalizing media such as Internet, mobile phones, TV, computer games, DVDs, and manga. This art form is flourishing in rapidly diversifying fields including characters, illustrations, video, and animation. This digital creation course focuses on two vital sets of skills: developing personal creativity, and mastering computer graphics techniques, to ensure maximized contents business potential. The course pursues new solutions in digital design — boundary-crossing innovations in video, music, games, and publishing, wide enough to create new forms of entertainment.

Department profile (May 2009):

Total undergraduate students: 132
(M: 44; F: 88)

Overseas undergrad students: 1

Faculty:

1st year: Basics of hand-drawn design, digital techniques, special English language for designers
Studio practice, scenario preparation, CG (drawing and animation)

2nd year: Web games, motion design, team project work
CG (Web), online design, game design, movie design, character design, DTP design, contents production

3rd year: Practical challenges in utilizing media towards producing original works
Contents production, character design, movie design, DTP design, online design, game design, and lectures on contents business

4th year: Professional fieldwork experience, fuller understanding of planning aspects, developing intelligent response to design challenges
Content planning, internship, graduation production

Graduates & their work: