Illustration From Brief to Concept Short Course
Course description
Illustrating non-visual languages can be challenging. This course will introduce you to effective and powerful ways to respond conceptually to real-world briefs based on expressive writing, songs, sound and performance.
The course will present a number of briefs for students to respond to. Drawing on themes from other creative disciplines, the sessions will guide you through a multi-sensory approach to art making, collaboration and building confidence in your visual style. By the end of the course you will have developed a toolkit to respond to different forms of media..
The course leaders will integrate pieces of music, poems, passages of text and contemporary discussion into the workshops, in order to stimulate fresh and original ideas and push the boundaries of your practice. The result will be a number of artworks to add to your portfolio or submit to a client.
Who should take this course?
Illustrators and visual communicators; wanting to expand their portfolio and practice, applying for illustration courses, and/or interested in other art forms and collaboration.
Course Outcomes
- Be able to respond to many types of illustration brief with originality
- Have developed confidence in image making and your illustration style
- Be able to apply your illustrations to a number of settings
- A series of artworks to add to your portfolio or submit to a client
- Industry insight & from other creatives and their respective disciplines
Entry requirements: No essential skills required- but the course is aimed at Illustrators and visual communicators, and so ideal for someone in these backgrounds.
Level: All Levels
Clear, easy to understand lessons:
- Our tutors will explain things in easy to understand, accessible English. If they need to use any special terminology they will make sure they explain what they mean.
- New methods will be shown to students through live demonstrations, in a way thats crystal clear and easy to understand.
- Experience life on campus
- Network and share ideas with students from across the globe
- Access the technology and materials relevant to your discipline
- Shop in our college shops for any materials you might need
- Ask questions of your tutor in real time
- Receive feedback and critique on your assignments
- Experience the many sights of London on your down time
A certificate of completion:
- You've put the work in so we want to make sure you have something to show for it!
- As long as you attend a minimum of 80% of your classes, we will provide you with a certificate of attendance.
- We always recommend you attend all of the classes so that you get the most out of the experience!
- Certificates are great to compliment your cv.
Available dates
Make an enquiry or call us on 0207 514 7015.
Details
Topics covered:
- Responding to real-world briefs based on sound, music, poetry, text and performance
- Image making techniques (mark-making, collage, drawing, using found imagery, watercolour, print making)
- Concept and idea generation techniques
- Composition and scale
- Developing personal voice /style
- Design skills - presenting your work digitally and physically / beside text
- Professional application + industry insights / how you approach editors/publishers/labels and work with artists on briefs
Materials
Some materials will be provided for this course, however students are encouraged to bring a sketchbook and any image making materials they enjoy using.
IMPORTANT - Adobe ID Login for Short Course Students
Students will need to create an account with Adobe (unless you already have one) in order to access the Adobe suite at the college – instructions are included below. You will need to use a personal email address to create this. If you already have an account with Adobe, please make sure you bring your login details with you on the first day of the course.
Please note:
- The software will only be accessible when logged into a UAL networked computer
- The same account can be used outside of the University, but software will only be accessible through a personal paid subscription that students will need to set up independently
- You can still create an account on the day but doing this beforehand will save time and avoid delays to the start of the class.
- If you already have an Adobe ID/ subscription you can use this on your short course rather than setting up a new account.
- During this course you may be using Adobe Photoshop. If you do not already have Photoshop, you can sign up for a free 7 day trial of Adobe Creative Cloud. Please note a credit card is required to register for the free trial. The subscription must be cancelled on the date provided by Adobe if you do not wish to continue onto a paid account.
To create an account students will need to:
- Go to Adobe Sign in page.
- Select ‘Create an account’
- Enter your details and select ‘Create account’
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