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illuStrAtionucas codeBa (Hons) illustration: W220course leader: lisa ricHardson24 | 25tHe courseThis course promotes an expansive notion of illustration. Itrecognises and embraces the potential for illustration to bea ‘wild frontier’. It explores the exciting synergy between and theblurring across contemporary disciplines, whilst challenging andinterrogating preconceptions. Illustration is a way of seeing andunderstanding the world, connecting and communicating theemotional, psychological, cultural, socio-political and historical.The course will provide you with an active creative environmentwithin which you will be encouraged to experiment, test anddevelop your work. You will explore drawing, painting andprintmaking, as well as lens-based, digital, interactive andtime-based media; this variety of media reflects the diversityof contemporary illustration. Learning is underpinned andenhanced by work experience, entering competitions andresponding to ‘live’ project briefs. Our aim is to support andenable you to develop as an individual practitioner and tobe prepared to work confidently and successfully within andat the forefront of the creative industries.resourcesAll three years work together within two main studios withtwo computer suites and a separate tutorial space for individualand group work. You will also have access to the UniversityCollege’s other facilities including its print room and workshops.The course team has an extensive range of expertise andinterest in illustration and related areas. Guest lecturers andvisiting tutors from industry are also invited on a regular basisto bring additional experience and practical knowledge ofspecific areas of illustration.
year 1Year 1: Experimentation. You will be introduced tothe notion of Illustration and its genres. You will learnthe basic skills used by illustrators and gain a broadunderstanding of the subject, looking at the ways inwhich illustrators have worked in the past and howthey work now. Students look at drawing approaches,problem solving for clients, 2D digital imaging,working with text, forms of learning, life drawingand computer skills.year 2Year 2: Exploration. You will explore illustrationconcepts and processes in more depth. Studentsconsider the interpretation of text, narrative,working with fiction, screen-based work, magazines,interactivity, software and the professional practiceof the illustrator. Project work may be handmade,print-based or screen-based. You will have theopportunity to push the boundaries of your workand the concept of illustration, by collaborating withother courses such as Fashion Studies, Costumeand Film Production.year 3Year 3: Innovation. You will be encouraged tomanage your own learning and work independently.Final major projects usually focus on your maininterest and may be linked to an outside client.Our industry links are well established and we willhelp connect you to potential work experience andthird party projects. In this way our Year 3 studentsacquire an increasingly vocational appreciation ofillustration as it is practised in the real world.interVieWs and portFoliosThrough the presentation of yourportfolio you should be able todemonstrate that, besides possessinggood drawing, design and graphicskills, you are highly motivated andcommitted to a career as an illustrator.We look for people with creativity andoriginality evidenced by a variety ofproject work. A-level candidates arevery often recommended to possessa Foundation Diploma in addition totheir A-level grades. This is becausethis course requires a high degreeof skill, technical knowledge andconceptual understanding thatcannot always be demonstratedthrough A-level study.WHat We looK ForWe look for candidates who areintellectually curious. You will need tobe open and questioning on a wholerange of topics, be they social, global,or environmental; all issues whichare potentially the raw materials andsubject areas for illustration projects.Besides good drawing skills, we lookfor visually literate people who can talkconfidently about what they like doing,the books they read and the films theywatch. Illustrators are people who areinterested in life in general and we lookfor people from different backgroundsand those with enquiring minds.more inFormationA ‘Showcase’ has been designed togive you the opportunity to take acloser look at the facilities, studios,staff and tutors of this course, togetherwith examples of current studentprojects, recent work placements,graduate career prospects, exhibitions,events and awards, links with industryand other interesting facts. There isalso further information about entryqualifications and the potential costof materials and visits.WWW.aucB.ac.uK/illustrationsHoWcase
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