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 digital technology workshops.
• We aim to teach you transferable skills and how to use a wide range of tools to bring your ideas to life.
• 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.

 

Why you should study this course

• 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).
• Industry standard software teaching and workshop skills are embedded into the course structure and its delivery.
• 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. 
• 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.
• 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.