For some majors, submitting a portfolio of your work is a required step in the admissions process; other majors offer the opportunity to submit a portfolio to support your application.
The purpose of the portfolio submission is to evaluate your development as a creator and assess your ability to thrive in the program you’ve selected. Portfolio submissions are required for Game Art and Game Design. Portfolio submissions are optional for Animation, Creative Media, Filmmaking, and Graphic Design & Visual Communication.
All portfolio submissions will be reviewed by the faculty of each respective major. Please upload your portfolio to the major in Slideroom that corresponds to the one in which you are applying for admission.
Required submission: work that demonstrates skill, visual aesthetics, artistic practice, subject matter, and art appreciation.
Required submission: design and document a simple board game with its own board, pieces, and optional elements that incorporate the given theme.
Recommended but not required: artwork that demonstrates your aesthetic skills and passion for creating artwork in traditional and digital media.
Recommended but not required: works that demonstrate your creative process, sources of inspiration, and goals.
Recommended but not required: work that demonstrates your ability to portray an engaging story or idea through video, writing, or photography.
Recommended but not required: work that shows your observational drawing skills, creativity, visual communication and concept.
Portfolio is recommended but not required: Students should concentrate on demonstrating the depth of their artistic talent—quality is preferred over quantity.
Portfolio recommended but not required: You can demonstrate your readiness through the combination of creative works and a written statement in your portfolio.
Portfolio recommended but not required: You should submit work that shows your creative spark, ideas, and the passion you want to share with the world.
Required Portfolio: Students should concentrate on demonstrating the depth of their artistic talent.
Required Portfolio: Students should concentrate on demonstrating creative interpretation, meaningful integration of the theme and good communication, both visual and written.
Portfolio recommended but not required: Your portfolio can demonstrate your observational drawing skills, creativity, visual communication, and concept.