Undergraduate Course: Introduction to Illustration (intensive) (LLLA07091)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | THIS IS A FOR-CREDIT ONLY COURSE OFFERED BY THE OFFICE OF LIFELONG LEARNING (OLL); ONLY STUDENTS REGISTERED WITH OLL SHOULD BE ENROLLED
This course introduces students to the visual interpretation of themes and texts through drawing and mixed media. During the course students will have the opportunity to explore narrative illustration and, based on literary sources, investigate how to tell a story through images. Students will be taken through a series of illustration briefs which explore the planning and development stages of illustration as well as the context. This will lead to the students¿ own visual interpretation to a given or chosen text to create a more ambitious outcome. |
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Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- By the end of the course, through attending classes and engaging in directed and independent study, students should be able to:
RESEARCH
investigate aspects of historical and contemporary illustration and subject matter through a range of approaches to design research
- PRACTICE
develop a personal visual language by exploring process and materials in creative responses to illustration briefs
- PRESENT
present resolved studio work in an appropriate form demonstrating a range of ideas, storyboarding and development.
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Reading List
Recommended Reading
Books
Baines, P., 2005, Penguin by Design: a cover story , London: Penguin Books
Hyland, A. and Bell, R., 2003, Hand to Eye: a survey of contemporary illustration, London: Laurence King Publishing
Blake, Q., 2002, Magic Pencil: children's book illustration today, London: The British Council ; The British Library
New, J., 2005, Drawing from life: the journal as art, New York: Princeton Architectural Press
Web sources
http://illustration.eca.ac.uk
http://www.illustrationfriday.com
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
drawing, painting and mixed media techniques
story boarding for illustration
creating a series of illustrations
Ability to undertake research and reflective practice and apply these in the context of illustration within visual culture
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Robbie Bushe
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Course secretary | Miss Zofia Guertin
Tel: (0131 6)51 1855
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