Let your imagination run free and create the unexpected with the Bachelor of Design (3D Animation) at Deakin. Explore how animation is used across film, television, advertising, web, motion-capture and game design – and learn to draw or digitally create characters that leap off the page. 

Do you dream of working with Pixar, Dreamworks or Studio Ghibli? 

During your degree, you’ll learn the tools, strategies and design methodologies required to develop your creative, technical and analytical skills in animation production. You’ll also explore design histories and theories and gain expertise in animation methods like computer graphic animation (3D CG modelling, character design and rigging, CG lighting and rendering) and motion-capture techniques.

Throughout your course, you’ll work on real client briefs and ongoing creative projects. What better way to kickstart your career than by working with industry professionals from the moment you start university – tackling on-the-job challenges you’ll face in the real world.

If you’re creative, and love moving picture, this course could be for you. You can even specialise in design areas you’re interested in by choosing elective units in your second and third year.

As a graduate, you’ll be a well-equipped multidisciplinary designer ready to work in motion design, animation, film, television, web design, Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR). Roles include:

• 2D or 3D animator
• augmented realities designer
• arts editor
• cartoonist
• digital designer
• game developer
• illustrator
• modeller
• motion capture technician
• motion graphics designer
• multimedia developer
• VR designer.