This studio-based course aims to produce creative and innovative illustrators who are equipped to succeed in roles across the industry. You will explore the design principles of contemporary media while learning valuable traditional skills and gain a broad and distinctive range of visual languages working with animation, computing, photography and printmaking. This new course capitalises on the heritage of graphic design education at LCC by acknowledging traditional values and specialist skills while recognising the changing and dynamic nature of design and illustration. Students have graduated from the course to work in a diverse range of creative companies, including: Alexander McQueen, Airside, Pentagram, John Brown Publishing, etc. Graduates from this degree have also set up their own companies, operated as freelance Illustrators and become exhibiting artists and designers. The BA (Hons) Illustration and Visual Media course at LCC seeks to challenge existing preconceptions and definitions of Illustration and encourages students to view themselves as thinkers as well as image makers. Taught by a team of practicing artists, designers, researchers and academics, all the tutors on your course are actively involved in scholarly investigation, graphic design and art related professional practice. The course fosters an understanding of contemporary creative practice, critical debate and scholarly responsibility. The course offers you the intellectual and creative space to examine existing definitions of illustration whilst exploring future directions. This enables students to work in a broad range of media, processes and techniques. Nothing is 'off limits'. Students are supported in negotiating individual routes of study in response to a series of set, live and self-initiated briefs. Emphasis is placed on developing a range of practical, conceptual, research and decision-making skills that are transferrable from the academic environment to the world of creative practice beyond university. LCC Illustrators make intelligent, well informed, critically-engaged work that goes beyond stylistic aesthetic concerns and graduate as self-motivated individuals equipped to shape the future of art and design practice. This course is taught within the School of Design at London College of Communication. Learning and teaching Courses in UAL span a broad range of art, design, communication, business, media, science and communication subjects. So the ways in which you learn and how your time is used will vary according to the specific course you are studying; this may be in studios, labs, classes, involve working alone, learning from peers in pairs or groups, or with external partners. Most importantly, no matter which course you enrol on, you will learn not only about your subject but also about how you learn and how to increase your knowledge base. Our courses will guide you to take increasing responsibility and ownership of your work and your learning. We do this so that you will be ready and able to take full advantage of the full range of opportunities offered by the creative industries in the global economy. Assessment Assessment always sounds austere and foreboding, but it is not. We see assessment as a very real part of learning, rather than just a means of looking back at past work and measuring achievement; we believe that assessment helps you plan future work and develop new ideas. Your work will be assessed through projects or portfolios, with written papers or research journals, and, on some courses, examinations. You will be graded according to a set of marking criteria that relate to such things as research, subject knowledge, methodology, and your capacity to analyse and reflect on your achievements. So don’t be afraid of assessment - it is the way to progress.

Students have graduated to work in a diverse range of creative companies, including: Alexander McQueen, Airside, Pentagram, John Brown Publishing, Vault 49 (New York), Prologue (LA). etc. Students often set up their own companies, operating as freelance Illustrators, becoming exhibiting artists and designers. Given the breadth of the course you will not only learn new skills relating to image generation but also expand upon those that you may already possess. You will engage with a range of media from print to digital media and a variety of outputs including editorial design, sculpture and moving image. Illustrators no longer purely visualise content but provide the content, design it and market it. Therefore students on the course are introduced to aspects of design such as typography which not only allows you to add context to your illustrative work but also gives you a further range of skills relevant to progession into further study or work. Alumni Some of our students have also gone onto have great success within industry. These include the following: Ben Reece: Researh studios Anna Francescutti: Alexander McQueen Jonathan Kenyon: Vault 49 NY Lauren Necati: Thames and Hudson Clare Willis: John Brown publishing Niall Thompson / Nils Pormann: Dandelion and Burdock Cecilia Carlstedt: freelance Illustrator Anne Harild: Illustrator / Artist Jacqueline Ford: Rob Ryan studios Abigail Aked: The Spectator The above list of students highlights the diverse, transferable skills base and breath of expertise our graduates take with them into an increasingly diverse and interdisciplinary market. Enterprise and employability at UAL We know what it takes to be successful in your chosen field. Your tutors are professionals in their own right and understand what you need to help you establish your career. Staff in our Centre for Student Enterprise and Employability (SEE) are dedicated to helping you build up work-relevant skills, knowledge, experience and networks throughout your time here. You will also benefit from our many relationships with industry, which give our students exclusive opportunities and access to networks and funding. Artists and designers tell us they value UAL's informed engagement with their career and professional practice development and our ability to offer them practical advice, guidance and opportunities across the wide spectrum of possible professional pathways - as entrepreneurs and employees. Staff value the resources and skills UAL makes available to help them deliver effective professional and career development through the curriculum. Find out more ArtsTemps (SEE) is the UAL in-house recruitment agency placing students and graduates in paid temping roles within the University. Creative Opportunities (SEE) is the UAL job vacancy and work placement website for students and graduates and advertises hundreds of creative job and placement opportunities each month. Get more information and advice on employment and creative careers for all UAL students and graduates.