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1. Portfolio Statement
Please complete this section with a short statement (100-150) words outlining why you have applied for your chosen
programme(s). What inspires you? What are your aspirations for the future?
I have applied for this course because it combines my two passions; art and design and gaming. Art and
design enables me to view the world from different angles. It allows me to send a message or express
thoughts more easily than English language can. It allows me to take different ideas, fantasies and emotions
and convert them into physical images or models. As an avid gamer I know that video gaming is an exciting,
growing and developing field. I understand how games commit players, down to the awe inspiring
aesthetics, compelling, interesting story and the characterization and animation which work in harmony to
create a truly immersive and special experience. My dream is to work in the creative or artistic field of game
design and I feel this course will help to develop my skills and understanding enabling me to succeed.
Your Name Owen John Huish
GCU Course(s) you are applying for. Computer Games (Art and Animation) GW4G
Please note if you are applying for more than one course, 3D Animation and Visualisation or Computer Games (Art and Animation) you
will need to submit your portfolio to both programmes. These programmes are very similar programmes in the 1st year and there will be
scope to transfer between them during or at the end of 1st year.
UCAS No. 2122691319

2. Drawings – Screen 1
V&A Museum Statues-

3. Drawings – Screen 3
Greenwich
Architecture

4. Drawings – Screen 2

5. Drawings – Screen 4
Digital Character experimentation

6. Design Project 1 – Screen 1
Here is an art and design project where I
had to design a shelter under the theme of
Construction and deconstruction.
I started by doing some
research into artists and
designers as well as
movements.
I also began to draw up early
concepts, themes and develop
some prototypes.
Shelter Project

7. Design Project 1 – Screen 2
I then began to experiment
with materials and create
some models to help visualise
my final product.

8. Design Project 1 – Screen 3
I then finally
produced my
finished model.
Adding small
details and
etchings

9. Design Project 2 – Screen 1
Greenwich and Trinity Buoy Wharf Project
To start this
project I started
dong studies of
the areas of
Greenwich and
Trinity buoy wharf
a swell as doing
research into the
history.
For this project
we visited
Greenwich and
Trinity Buoy
Wharf and had
to create a
brief inspired
from the two
locations

10. Design Project 2 – Screen 2
I then began
developing ideas
and visualising
different
possibilities and
outcomes
I also refined
a brief and
client to give
the project
some more
direction.

11. Design Project 2 – Screen 3
Finally I experimented with the
materials and tried many different
methods of achieving the desired
looks, until I was satisfied with the
result.

12. Design Task (Film Poster) – Screen 1
This poster I developed for my graphic design
course. The task was to completely recreate a
movie poster using budget elements. I did this
by using children’s toys to represent the
different parts of the poster such as the globe
and characters. I also used different paint
brush effects and blending to make it look as
close to the original as possible.
Transformer Poster recreation (parody) Task
(original)
(Recreation from scratch)

13. Design Task (Film Poster) – Screen 2
This a poster I created
for a movie not yet
released after watching
a trailer. I have
presented my poster as
a billboard in a virtual
location.

14. Design Task (Film Poster) – Screen 3
This is a poster concept I
developed from a stock
image of a glacier for the
(then) upcoming star
wars movie. I used a
wide range of tools to
achieve this such as
smudging the water to
give the illusion of ripples
on my imposed
background.