Illustration Workshop Short Course
Course description
By blurring the distinction between illustration and graphic design and allowing type and layout to play an important role, this course will take a broader view of illustration and capture the spirit and enthusiasm of the BA Graphic Design degree course at Central Saint Martins. While there will be the opportunity for some classic illustration and design, you will be encouraged to innovate in your ways of image-making and communication.
The course will emphasise experimentation, the generation of ideas and an awareness of your surroundings. Students will be expected to do a certain amount of work at home as well as practical classroom activities.
The work from this course could be used as part of a portfolio for application to a degree course or professional practice.
Course Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will:
- Have the practical knowledge of how to work from a project brief and create illustration imagery.
- Identify common areas of Illustration practice, e.g. editorial, publishing, narrative and sequential imagery and expressive lettering.
- Create an experimental collection of images on paper.
- Explore basic relief printing and bookbinding
- Understand the life of an illustrator and how to communicate with your intended audience.
- Develop a range techniques using different materials for illustration.
Entry requirements: An ability to draw and an interest in illustration.
Level: all levels
Please note: this course is for students aged 18 and older
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 that’s crystal clear and easy to understand.
Experience life on campus:
- Study at Central Saint Martins, Granary Square a world-famous art and design college
- Network and share ideas with students from across the globe
- Access the technology and materials relevant to your discipline
- 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 and a digital badge:
- 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 and digital badges are great to compliment your cv.
Available dates
Details
- Throughout the course there will be a series of practical workshop activities, each designed to help you explore the different aspects of contemporary illustration. The emphasis is on idea generation and a hands-on approach.
- We will explore narrative and storytelling through character generation and storyboarding and simple bookmaking.
- We will use expressive lettering and hand drawn type as a form of illustration.
- You will investigate the relationship between words and images in visual communication – testing layout and composition.
- We will explore reportage illustration (visual journalism) and how to gather primary research through observation and working on location.
- You will have the opportunity to create images through drawing, collage and printmaking – including Lino cut and Mono-printing.
- Activities will also include important elements that are part of an illustrator’s working experience such as creating images for a particular audience (children for example or editorial images for newspaper and magazines).
- We will experiment with a variety of media - for example using two colours, incorporating a logo with your illustration, and working to a set size.
- We will also look at successful illustrations and discuss what an illustrator’s life is like, through contemporary and historical examples.
Materials
Please bring:
- A Sketch/note book (comfortable size)
- A couple of pencils (selection: 4B - 7B)
- Black fibre pens
- A selection of papers useful for collage (colour texture etc.)
- Scalpel
- Scissors
- Glue stick
- Camera
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