Course summary

Illustration and Concept Art is an exciting, innovative one year honours stage course, structured to enable you to realise a professional identity and portfolio for employment within the creative industries. This course primarily aims to provide progression from the Foundation Degree in Illustration and Concept Art onto level 6 (honours stage) so that you can attain the qualification of BA (Hons). In addition, the course also offers opportunities for students from other Art, Design, and Media Foundation Degrees and HND’s, including professionals and practitioners wishing to gain an academic qualification at this level. Run by a professional team with involvement from industry partners, this course offers you great opportunities to work in an inspiring and realistic environment using industry standard equipment and software. If you have a burning passion for creative work which embraces both traditional and digital technologies and want to develop your skills towards employment, then Doncaster is the place to be. This course is a perfect progression route from the FdA Illustration and Concept Art course. This course provides a range of skills relevant across a variety of different professions, and is particularly relevant to people already working in, or looking to develop a career within a range of concept art and illustration roles, such as: Creature, character, and environment design for film/games/TV Children’s book illustration, both fiction and non-fiction Art for animation Publishing, packaging, advertising, and editorial illustration During this time, students will work towards developing and realising creative, practical, intellectual, and transferable skills. Although employment is the normal progression route for the majority of graduates, this course will provide you with a strong academic basis to continue studying at Masters level or apply for a Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) or a Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE).