Course summary

The programme is aimed at students who wish to enter the marketplace as Artists with a particular emphasis on Illustration for Comics and narrative sequential work. This includes the comic or cartoon strip; the graphic novel; film/TV/theatre/animation pre-production; storyboarding; instructional diagrams; children’s storybook; computer games characterisation and web graphical illustration. The programme takes a broad approach to illustration for Comics practice and seeks to combine traditional hand skills with more contemporary digital practice. This provides students with the opportunity to study a wide range of creative approaches such as printmaking, animation, sequential illustration and digital applications. Students are encouraged to embrace the studio culture and will predominantly work at New College Swindon College, where they will be part of a wider community of creative practitioners. Students will develop the business acumen, critical sensibilities, and entrepreneurial skills to practice in a competitive marketplace. Students will be able to embark on a career not only familiar with the latest technology, processes, and wider comics community but also with the ability to create innovative illustrations for Comics that can shift the industry forward.