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Illustration is a powerful means of expressing ideas, eliciting emotion and sparking imagination.

By enhancing your traditional craft skills and experimenting with new technologies, tools and techniques, you’ll develop your own unique visual language as you master the art of making images come to life.

On this Illustration degree, you’ll become an original, critical thinker, and adept visual problem solver. Through interactions with clients, art directors and designers, you’ll gain the skills needed to create a standout illustration portfolio and the professional experience required to succeed in your career.

You will:

• Be part of a thriving and immersive studio culture that embraces innovation, champions risk-taking and encourages creative collaboration
• Create your own digital portfolio and marketing campaign using digital platforms to reach global audiences 
• Get your work seen by art directors, editors and designers around the world by engaging with a range of professional platforms 
• Attend guest lectures from alumni and industry leaders that have previously included Dave McKean, Owen Davey, Harriett Lee Merrion and Edel Rodriguez 
• Learn vital professional practice skills by working on engaging industry briefs
• Participate in our industry feedback week, gaining personalised portfolio feedback from agencies, publishers and design houses
• Explore illustration as a tool for positive change, in response to environmental, ethical and moral challenges

Course details:

On this Illustration degree, you'll have the opportunity to gain a BA(Hons) degree over three years or study Illustration BA(Hons) with an Integrated Foundation Year and/or professional placement.

During your Illustration course, you’ll develop an authentic visual language by experimenting with a broad range of media and processes, as well as established and emerging technologies. You’ll learn to communicate conceptually using visual problem-solving strategies and techniques combined with ongoing reflective analysis and research. 

You’ll also build strong project management and collaboration skills, learning to translate briefs and see a project through from ideation to research and development to final output. Further industry insights and experience will be gained through our programme of internationally renowned guest speakers. 

Careers:

Our Illustration graduates have worked as:

• Freelance illustrators working in editorial, advertising, publishing, fashion and narrative across a broad range of national and international clients, including the BBC, Google, The Royal Mail, The Guardian, Penguin, The New Yorker, Vodafone, Walker Books and The Wall Street Journal. 
• Designers, art directors and animators in companies such as the British Museum, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Goodgame Studios, Nickelodeon, The Telegraph and Vault49 Design. 
• App and web designers.
• Film and TV graphic designers.
• Concept and character artists and visualisers.