Course Overview - Illustration BA (Hons)
Turn your passion for art and creativity into an exciting professional career in Illustration.
This course is designed and taught by successful practicing illustrators, artists and designers, who all share a common desire to explore your personal interests in drawing and storytelling and push the boundaries of illustration.
The course has an inter-disciplinary and student-centred approach, enabling you to develop your individual creative practice and direct your portfolio towards a wide range of potential career paths.
* A programme of traditional and...
Turn your passion for art and creativity into an exciting professional career in Illustration.<br/><br/>This course is designed and taught by successful practicing illustrators, artists and designers, who all share a common desire to explore your personal interests in drawing and storytelling and push the boundaries of illustration.<br/><br/>The course has an inter-disciplinary and student-centred approach, enabling you to develop your individual creative practice and direct your portfolio towards a wide range of potential career paths.<br/><br/><br/>* A programme of traditional and digital technology workshops.<br/><br/><br/>* We aim to teach you transferable skills and how to use a wide range of tools to bring your ideas to life.<br/><br/><br/>* On successful completion you should gain business and marketing skills, which aim to guide you through the steps you need to be industry ready for a successful career in illustration and other creative careers.<br/><br/><br/>**Key course benefits**<br/><br/><br/>* Professional practice and employability skills are taught and embedded into the course from day one and run as a strand throughout. You will be taught by staff who are active practitioners in the field of art and design and have relevant industry experience (staff may be subject to change).<br/><br/><br/>* Industry standard software teaching and workshop skills are embedded into the course structure and its delivery.<br/><br/><br/>* You will seek to develop your professional understanding of illustration and associated creative practices and develop a portfolio to target your career goals and aspirations. <br/><br/><br/>* You will have the opportunity to work on live and real-world briefs to develop your confidence in working with and presenting to external clients.<br/><br/><br/>* Following the University’s recent major investment in Art and Design, Illustration is now located in the newly re-configured, state of the art, city centre development. It benefits from a vibrant array of advanced facilities, including state-of-the-art teaching spaces and technical workshops, multi-use, lens-based, immersive technology and hyper studios as well as a public gallery space. <br/><br/><br/>* The course and students benefit from membership to the AOI (Association of Illustrators).<br/>