Animation

Animation is a discipline that sits at the crossroads of visual art, storytelling, and digital technology. It encompasses a wide range of techniques, from traditional hand-drawn and stop-motion methods to computer-generated imagery, motion graphics, and immersive digital environments. What unites them is the animator's fundamental task: to create the illusion of movement and to use it in the service of narrative, expression, or communication.

The skills involved are simultaneously technical and creative, requiring both precision in execution and imagination in conception.

At Wrexham University this part-time programme includes a foundation year, giving you the preparation needed to build your technical skills and creative confidence before progressing into the main degree. You will explore a range of animation techniques, developing your understanding of timing, movement, character, and visual storytelling, as well as the digital tools and workflows used across the animation industry. The programme encourages you to experiment and develop a personal creative approach, moving from initial concept through to finished screen work.

Studying part-time allows you to develop your practice at a pace that accommodates other commitments.

You will build proficiency in digital skills and animation software alongside the conceptual and critical understanding needed to make work that is artistically compelling and technically accomplished. The degree also develops your ability to manage projects, meet briefs, and communicate your creative decisions clearly, all of which are important in a collaborative, deadline-driven industry.

Graduates of animation go on to work in film and television production, video games, advertising, motion graphics, interactive media, education, and the growing field of immersive and extended reality content. Postgraduate study in animation, visual effects, games design, or screen production is a common next step for those wanting to specialise further or pursue research in the field.