Course summary

Our Illustration degree is ideal if you’re interested in image-making, visual communications, printmaking, visual storytelling or animation. You’ll become a versatile illustrator and will establish a personal voice and vision within an engaging portfolio of work. With an emphasis on creative visual thinking this course reflects the rich and diverse nature of contemporary illustration, inviting you to challenge its contexts and boundaries through both digital and craft-based media. Our flexible and integrated approach to learning fosters collaboration, experimentation and engagement in a wide range of visual practice to include; drawing & printmaking, publishing & book arts, illustration for communication (information, awareness & promotion), character and concept art, visual storytelling, editorial illustration and animation. Due to the power of this medium to impact upon audiences and interact with the world, professionalism, sustainability, ethics and diversity are at the heart of all that we do. You will benefit from a range of specialist and visiting lecturers and have the opportunity to work on live briefs and enter high profile national competitions such as D&AD, Creative Conscience and Penguin Books. With an emphasis on creative visual thinking and craft, this course reflects the rich and diverse nature of contemporary image-making, inviting you to challenge its boundaries through both digital and craft-based media. Our flexible studio space fosters an integrated approach to learning and we encourage you to collaborate, experiment and engage in a wide range of related visual practices. These include: image making techniques, drawing for illustration, illustration for information and promotion, photography and art direction, visual storytelling, editorial/book illustration, and crafts and animation.