Illustration, BA (Hons)

This BA Illustration programme equips you to create innovative visual narratives by encouraging experimentation, inquiry, and risk-taking to cultivate a unique illustrative style.The course offers hands-on exploration of techniques like drawing, photography, printmaking, digital imaging, collage, and 3D methods, helping you identify your passions through real-world projects and briefs from organisations such as QUAD in Derby and Buxton Festival Fringe. Ideal for those eager to innovate in illustration, embrace challenges, and stand out, the programme emphasises practical learning via client briefs, workshops, lectures, seminars, and visits to galleries and exhibitions. Engage in experiences like the student-led PLY group, competitions including New Designers, and challenges from Macmillan and Penguin Books. Graduates emerge with a professional portfolio, ready for careers in editorial, education, children's books, advertising, or freelancing, bolstered by enhanced business skills.