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BA (Hons) Animation & Games

Our stimulating degree courses are delivered by our team of academics, technical demonstrators and invited experts who together deliver excellence in teaching. You’ll learn from real industry professionals, to ensure your future success in the fast-paced creative industries.

Martial Bugliolo is Senior Lecturer Course Leader for BA Hons Animation Games at Arts University Plymouth
Martial Bugliolo
Senior Lecturer & Course Leader
Martial is Senior Lecturer & Course Leader for BA (Hons) Animation & Games at Arts University Plymouth. He is investigating and developing skills and research in areas of new and immersive technologies, such as AR and VR, to identify future trends. Martial is especially focused on how we can enhance these within the curriculum to support the needs and experience of our students. As part of his research, Martial has been invited to contribute as a speaker at national and international conferences such as ECEL European eLearning Conference at Sophia Antipolis Nice, Jisc RSC South West TurboTEL, and the Advance HE (Formerly HEA) Visitors and Residents Conference at Arts University Plymouth and London.​ He has recently been developing work with the Market Hall Immersive Dome and has worked on projection mapping projects for the Plymouth Illuminate festival since its creation in 2017. Martial has been proactively researching and applying technological developments in our Game Arts and Animation curriculum, and through his research has contributed to shaping Arts University Plymouth's Studio Lab for Embodied Media. The Studio Lab is a multidisciplinary team of artists and researchers who are collectively motivated to think about how we can approach the integration of biological and computational systems in a more sustainable and ethical way for the future, by establishing partnerships with regional research universities.
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Luke West
Lecturer
Luke is a freelance artist, mainly working on stylized 3D prop modelling and concept art, all with a strong link to creating fictional immersive worlds. (www.artstation.com/lukewestart). The global reach of the freelance opportunities he has created for himself, enhance his knowledge base as he supports students with similar ambitions to realise their creative potential and begin to operate as professionals within the entertainment industries themselves. Luke’s freelance experience supports students to strengthen their transferable skill sets, and their professional networks, directly supporting their continuing professional development as artists and designers. As an artist and lecturer, Luke continues to explore ways of shaping the Animation & Games curriculum to make session content relevant, fun and up-to-date with industry practice. Luke graduated with a BA (Hons) Design for Games, has completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Education at the University of Plymouth, and achieved a Masters Degree in Creative Education with a focus towards gamification in art education.
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Dr Eddie Falvey
Lecturer
Before joining Arts University Plymouth in 2017, Eddie was based at the University of Exeter where he completed degrees in English and Film Studies. Here at Arts University Plymouth, Eddie is Cross-College Lecturer in Contextual Studies and Contextual Studies Lecturer in BA (Hons) Animation & Games. His AHRC-funded PhD thesis (awarded 2018) focussed on depictions of New York during the time of film’s early development. During his time at the University of Exeter he taught on various modules in the English and Film department. He has published widely on film and associated media and has forthcoming chapters on adaptation and intermediality in the films of Spike Jonze, monstrosity as queerness in contemporary horror film, integration as reception in The Shape of Water, and contemporary adult animation. Eddie is writing a monograph on Stuart Gordon’s Re-Animator, and recently published an edited collection on 21st century horror titled New Blood: Critical Approaches to Contemporary Horror, co-edited with Joe Hickinbottom and Jonathan Wroot, University of Wales Press, 2020. As a contextual studies lecturer, Eddie lectures across the university to students on various degree programmes. His role within the animation and games department is to design and deliver contextual studies across the cohort, including dissertation supervision. Eddie has presented conference papers at a variety of international events, has given public lectures, and has served as a peer-reviewer for journals in film studies.
Mike Ford
Mike Ford
Lecturer
Michael graduated from the University of South Wales in 2005 with a BA Honours in Animation. Upon graduating, he started work at a VFX facility in Soho, London, as a 3D Animator, working on films, television series, advertising and games. For 13 years Michael has worked on various projects for major studios and clients, as well as small niche productions, either on pre-production or post-production. His list of animation credits includes Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Fantastic Four (2015), The Lego Ninjago Movie and The Lego Batman Movie (2017), 300: Rise of an Empire (2014), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), and the TV series Primeval (2008-2009). Michael’s list of visual effects credits includes Aladdin (2019), Men in Black: International (2019) and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018). A full list of credits can be found on Michael's IMDb profile. He has worked in various locations around the world, including Vancouver in Canada and Sydney, Australia. His specialities are in 3D computer animation, layout and previsualisation and teaching animation students the core principles of animation as a craft. His research into augmented reality and virtual reality, and new technologies affecting the craft, has helped to shape our Studio Lab for Embodied Practice.
Aaron Prout
Aaron Prout
Technical Demonstrator- Multimedia Lab
Aaron graduated from our BA (Hons) Photography programme in 2014 with a 2:1. He joined the academic team here at Arts University Plymouth in 2016, and he works as a Technical Demonstrator within our Animation, Photography and media courses, with a primary focus on stop motion animation and manual photography. Since joining the university's academic team, Aaron has improved and extended our stop motion animation area so that it is now at industry standard. In 2017, Aaron completed a development course at Aardman Animations; the world famous, four time Academy Award® winning animation studio, and creators of Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep. Aaron's areas of interest includes lighting and composition, as well as photo-manipulation, layer masking, photo editing and music/sound. He runs stop motion and photography workshops, as well as photoshop tutorials, and greenscreen compositing in Nuke. Aaron is interested in researching node based compositing compared to layer based compositing, and Photoshop compositing.
Terry Maughan
Terry Maughan
Lecturer
Terry has had significant experience as a freelance creative professional, collaborating with national entities like Granada Studios (ITV), as well as engaging in local community initiatives before rejoining Arts University Plymouth in 2013. His academic journey culminated in the attainment of a Masters Degree in Publishing with Illustration, during which he directed his scholarly focus towards elucidating the symbiotic relationship between artistic pedagogy and the publishing domain, particularly through an autonomous approach. Within the realm of game development, Terry collaborates with multiple enterprises, contributing content for traditional boardgames and cartography for Tabletop Role-Playing Games (TTRPGs), alongside his involvement in the creation of independent comic books across diverse formats encompassing artistic rendering, scriptwriting, and lettering. He is also currently engaged with ongoing projects linked to folklore, Dartmoor and storytelling. Currently, Terry is committed to providing students with a good foundation in practical drawing skills, with an impetus on unlocking and realising their own creativity as the industry's new content providers. The main focus of Terry's teaching practice within BA (Hons) Animation & Games has been to provide students with skills linked to context of practice, and how theory and industry all relate to the student's own development as a creative practitioner within the games industry. He also specialises in two-dimensional art, character based design, and concept art. Terry looks to develop the student's understanding of fundamental drawing techniques through the use of life drawing workshops and dynamic drawing lectures related to composition perspective and use of media, all of which converts to an understanding of techniques used in digital image making for thegames industry. Research Interests: Terry is a research academic, with many interests. His current area of focus is the links between AI and Surrealism. Titled Unintentional Surrealism of AI, this research looks to add a different perspective on the current conversations around AI and the imperfection within the realm of AI-generated imagery. Terry has also spoken at the International Society for the Study of Surrealism as a member of the ISEU research group. Which bringstogether academics from the University Bournemouth, University of Cambridge, and the Alchemical Landscape project. Their work taking its cue from the alchemical and transformative legacies of Surrealism, particularly its perambulatory and cartographic trajectories, the ISEU’s work could be described as a group ascent of Mount Analogue. Each artist seeks the keys to the personal landscapes that the mediumship of the group brings into view. Moving through physical and psychic space, the group also attempts a return voyage, bringing, by way of a ‘veritable occultation’ of conscious intent and an openness to the sphere of the synchronistic, spirit presences back into this world. Research Headlines: Terry's creative endeavours within the ISEU Gazetteer have found a home in the digital pages of the Temporal Boundary website, a publicationhoused on the Big Cartel publishing platform. Beyond mere publication, Terry's contributions have sparked dialogue and reflection at the prestigious international Trans States conference. Terry's work for the ISEU can be found on its own dedicated space on the web, accessible at https://www.iseu.space/.
Sam Elliott Technical Demonstrator for Animation and Game Arts at Arts University Plymouth
Sam Elliott
Technical Demonstrator- Multimedia Lab
Sam is an accomplished 3D artist, renowned for their exceptional work spanning character design, 3D printing, and Unreal Engine expertise. In 2010, Sam graduated with a first-class BA (Hons) degree in Game Arts, marking the inception of a profound journey into the boundless realm of 3D artistry. This expedition has catapulted Sam into the spotlight as a highly sought-after industry figure, celebrated for their relentless pursuit of creativity and innovation. During the final year of their university course, Sam initiated the establishment of a thriving business, dedicated to sculpting and 3D printing custom miniatures — a venture that resonates with clients seeking bespoke creations. Sam's extensive freelance experience ensures they remain deeply rooted in the professional Game Arts domain, with a keen interest in guiding students to align their studies with industry standards across the software platforms they master. Sam's commitment to bridging the academic and professional worlds enriches the educational experience for aspiring talents.