BA (HONS) ILLUSTRATION WITH ANIMATION

This module will equip students with a greater ability to communicate through writing, and speaking, as well as enhance their receptive skills with reading and listening. Overall, students will learn key foundational skills in academic English and develop a greater ability to use English in both formal and informal settings. The aim of this course is to build a strong foundation for students to extend towards more specialist, academic forms of English usage and comprehension.

This is a foundation module intended to provide students with a clear overview of principles of academic Integrity, forms of assessment, academic writing, presentations, structure, clarity, and methods of argumentation and coherent expression. The module will be delivered in 3–hour sessions comprising both traditional lecturing with group work, practical exercises, and in–class assessment and knowledge checks.

This is a foundation module intended to provide students with an introduction to a wide range of necessary study and personal skills, including ideation and creativity, effective study, stress and health management, teamwork and collaboration, personal branding, and career development.

The module aims to develop the student's ability to challenge preconceptions, analyse, reflect and review their progress within the context of art and design methods and to increase their personal independence by developing ideas that extend their skills through the practical investigation of materials, techniques, and processes associated with a specialist art and design study. Students will explore personal learning approaches that enable them to recognise and work confidently within the distinctive learning ethos and characteristics of a practice-based programme.

Develop as a versatile visual designer and communicator by integrating illustration with animation. Learn to apply your creative skills across a wide range of professional contexts – from screen-based media to publishing and site-specific installations.

Build expertise in both traditional and digital techniques, including drawing, reportage, life drawing, printmaking (such as: screen print, Riso, monoprint), bookbinding, 3D making, Adobe Creative Suite (such as: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Character Animator, Aero), and animation (experimental, short-form, 2D with TV Paint, 3D stop-motion with Dragonframe, and Maxon Cinema 4D).

Boost your portfolio and visibility through industry-recognised competitions such as the Penguin Design Awards, World Illustration Awards, and Creative Conscience Awards.

Learn from internationally renowned guest speakers and leading industry professionals. Gain career insights from school graduates working across illustration, animation, and creative enterprise.