BA (Hons)

Illustration

Teaching & Learning

 

What you'll learn

This module aims to enable you to explore ideas and introduce you to Illustration approaches and processes through a series of short projects. You are encouraged to discover new ways of thinking about Illustration and experiment with creative problem-solving. You will become familiar with the course philosophy and ethos, gain an understanding of your new learning environment and become a part of the course community.
Develop new skills and approaches to challenge your existing creative practice. Through a range of activities, you will develop an awareness of illustration techniques and processes. This module also provides an opportunity for you to establish an initial ability to experiment with and articulate process.
Investigate how to interpret and analyse images, combinations of image and text as well as sequential and moving image forms through a theoretical and practical application of semiotics. You will develop an understanding of different communication models and their relevance to understanding the functions of visual communication in general.
You will be introduced to practical and conceptual creative approaches that will help you to interpret and visually represent content from a wide range of sources. The aim of this module is to expand your understanding of the potential of narrative and sequential forms within and beyond existing boundaries of Illustration practice.
Gain an understanding of contemporary illustration, graphic design and visual communication through its relationship to the history of art and design in general. You will begin to be able to locate your own work within wider contexts.
This module aims to enable you to explore ideas and introduce you to Illustration approaches and processes through a series of short projects. You are encouraged to discover new ways of thinking about Illustration and experiment with creative problem-solving. You will become familiar with the course philosophy and ethos, gain an understanding of your new learning environment and become a part of the course community.
Develop new skills and approaches to challenge your existing creative practice. Through a range of activities, you will develop an awareness of illustration techniques and processes. This module also provides an opportunity for you to establish an initial ability to experiment with and articulate process.
Investigate how to interpret and analyse images, combinations of image and text as well as sequential and moving image forms through a theoretical and practical application of semiotics. You will develop an understanding of different communication models and their relevance to understanding the functions of visual communication in general.
You will be introduced to practical and conceptual creative approaches that will help you to interpret and visually represent content from a wide range of sources. The aim of this module is to expand your understanding of the potential of narrative and sequential forms within and beyond existing boundaries of Illustration practice.
Gain an understanding of contemporary illustration, graphic design and visual communication through its relationship to the history of art and design in general. You will begin to be able to locate your own work within wider contexts.

What you'll learn

Explore the potential and possibilities for the visual interpretation of texts and subject matter through image-making. This module will further identify your own interpretive approaches and develop your visual thinking and problem solving through research, experimentation and pictorial/verbal communication.
Extend the scope of your practical skills through the exploration of multidisciplinary methods of making. An emphasis is placed on the importance of playful approaches in the development of a creative practice, the value of actively embracing uncertainty as a key learning strategy and the role of process-led working as a means of invention.
You will be introduced to key debates, both historically and in a contemporary context, within illustration and visual communication and begin to apply some of these to your own emerging practice. Develop your critical thinking by researching, analysing, reflecting on, responding to and discussing some of the key debates within illustration.
This module introduces you to broad methods for exploring stories culturally, conceptually and practically with an emphasis on being socially aware and responsible. It provides an opportunity for you to identify and articulate your individual emerging practice through the production of a body of work and integrated Critical Study.
Begin to integrate theory and practice through a critical and professional study presented through written, visual and / or audio-visual formats connecting your research and critical understanding of the work made in the studio.
Explore the potential and possibilities for the visual interpretation of texts and subject matter through image-making. This module will further identify your own interpretive approaches and develop your visual thinking and problem solving through research, experimentation and pictorial/verbal communication.
Extend the scope of your practical skills through the exploration of multidisciplinary methods of making. An emphasis is placed on the importance of playful approaches in the development of a creative practice, the value of actively embracing uncertainty as a key learning strategy and the role of process-led working as a means of invention.
You will be introduced to key debates, both historically and in a contemporary context, within illustration and visual communication and begin to apply some of these to your own emerging practice. Develop your critical thinking by researching, analysing, reflecting on, responding to and discussing some of the key debates within illustration.
This module introduces you to broad methods for exploring stories culturally, conceptually and practically with an emphasis on being socially aware and responsible. It provides an opportunity for you to identify and articulate your individual emerging practice through the production of a body of work and integrated Critical Study.
Begin to integrate theory and practice through a critical and professional study presented through written, visual and / or audio-visual formats connecting your research and critical understanding of the work made in the studio.

What you'll learn

You will be challenged to create a body of work appropriate to your emerging practice. Through negotiation, you will propose, develop and refine projects allowing you to build on and acquire new skills and explore appropriate practices within illustration.
You will explore how your future practice can exist within contexts external to your study, and within the scope of your individual ambitions. You will be encouraged to actively participate in commercial, cultural and community contexts, considering ethical implications.
Develop your ideas and approaches towards illustration by negotiating, developing and refining a coherent body of work, which represents a consolidation of your practice.
You will be challenged to create a body of work appropriate to your emerging practice. Through negotiation, you will propose, develop and refine projects allowing you to build on and acquire new skills and explore appropriate practices within illustration.
You will explore how your future practice can exist within contexts external to your study, and within the scope of your individual ambitions. You will be encouraged to actively participate in commercial, cultural and community contexts, considering ethical implications.
Develop your ideas and approaches towards illustration by negotiating, developing and refining a coherent body of work, which represents a consolidation of your practice.