Undergraduate Course: Developing an Illustration Project (LLLA07031)
Course Outline
| School | Centre for Open Learning |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| 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 course is designed for students who wish to create an ambitious personal illustration project. Students can adapt a written a story or series of poems to develop these into an involved illustration project or a non-narrative series of images and ideas which can be visualized further into a series or a book. This course will provide the support for students to discuss and test out ideas using a range of traditional and non-traditional techniques, methods and concepts. |
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Academic Description
This course is designed for students who wish to create an ambitious personal illustration project. Students can adapt a written story or series of poems to develop these into an involved illustration project or focus upon developing a non-narrative series of images and ideas, which can be visualized further into a series or a book. This course will provide the support for students to discuss and test out ideas using a range of traditional and non-traditional techniques, methods and concepts.
Outline of Content
The course teaching is typically delivered over weekly class sessions of around 3 hours each and totaling 30 hours. Alternatively, the course can be delivered more intensely or as a block if required.
Over the class sessions the course will cover:
- An overview of the course and a short illustration brief
- Drawing and sketchbooks
- Ideas - If you had to create your project in one evening
- Research methodologies and developing ideas
- Research for your project and character development
- Sequential imagery with a short book brief
- Development and planning - materials and process
- Development and planning - further exploration
- Individual work on final artworks - individual tutorials
The Learning Experience
The teaching will be based and delivered in specialist art and design studios or workshops and will typically include a range of practical exercises, introductions to techniques, processes and concepts, and set projects which lead to more focused and personal exploration. Over the course, students' progress will be monitored and supported by the tutor. Teaching will include practical demonstrations, one to one tuition, group discussions and critiques.
For work required to be undertaken after the class hours are complete, the course tutor will set students a 'directed study plan' which can be undertaken without the need for specialist workshops or access to models.
Directed study will include research into a range of suggested artists and their associated movements to engender a contextual awareness. Students are expected to demonstrate how their research has informed their work through annotated sketchbooks, a visual digital journal and practical outcomes.
The Directed Study Plan will include preparing evidence of research and practical work to form an appropriate presentation for assessment.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Unless otherwise stated, all students on this short course pay a published course fee per enrolment.
In addition to the course fee, students are expected to provide the following list of indicate tools, materials and equipment:
(Estimated cost: £20 - £50 depending on usage)
- an A4-sized sketchbook
- 2B, 4B and 6B pencils
- a dipping pen and a drawing nib (mapping nib is ideal)
- black ink ( this can be Indian ink or acrylic ink)
- a selection of cheap watercolour brushes
- a few sheets of A2 or A1 heavy or light-weight cartridge paper according to student preference.
- a selection of drawing materials such as fine-liners, watercolours, acrylics or colour pencils depending on individual projects.
- craft knife, masking tape, putty rubber and a ruler.
Additional recommended materials and equipment students can provide:
- Digital camera
- Mount board for presentation
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Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Research, context and ideas: Demonstrate the ability to develop ideas from a personal or existing texts to create and extended a series of illustrations, supported by contextual research and references.
- Practice, skills and techniques: Show a confidence in using a range of established and experimental techniques to explore and inform visual ideas, developing a personal and visual language for a project.
- Selection, presentation and reflection: Evidence appropriate judgement to document, select, edit and present a body of coherent works, expressing a concept or idea through a visual, illustrative form.
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Reading List
BAINES, P., 2005. Penguin by design: a cover story, 1935-2005. London: Allen Lane.
HYLAND, A. and Bell, R., 2004. Hand to Eye. London: Laurence King Publishing.
BLAKE, Q., The British Library and Laing Art Gallery, 2002. Magic pencil: children's book illustration today. London: The British Council.
NEW, J., 2005. Drawing from life: the journal as art. New York: Princeton Architectural Press.
BLAKE, Q., 2005. In all directions: Travel and Illustration, London: National Touring Exhibitions/Hayward Gallery
ZEEGEN, L., 2012. Fundamentals of Illustration. 2nd ed., Worthing: AVA Publishing.
Web sources
http://www.theaoi.com
http://illustration.eca.ac.uk
http://www.illustrationfriday.com
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Using drawing as a means of visual communication
Considering compositional devices for illustration
Ability to undertake research and reflective practice and apply these in the context of illustration within visual culture
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| Keywords | Illustration,Drawing,Project,Sketchbook,Design |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Oliver Reed
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Course secretary | Ms Kameliya Skerleva
Tel: (0131 6)51 1855
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