| CODE | DGA2015 | ||||||
| TITLE | Illustration Studio | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Digital Arts | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit will build on the Illustration course of the first year and broadly concentrate on storytelling, text to image translation and their communication to specific markets, deepening students’ knowledge and skills. The study-unit will also focus on ways of manipulating the reader’s view and grabbing his/her attention. Students will be required to present work that is technically refined and that is directed to specific target markets. The study-unit will direct students to finding and establishing their personal style and will train students to work across both traditional as well as digital media. Study-unit Aims: - To deepen students’ knowledge and skills in visual storytelling; - To enhance students’ awareness to particular target markets and address illustration work accordingly; - To channel students to find their own personal style; - To foster a culture of critical, self-reflection and peer evaluation. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - be familiar with the various illustration target markets, such as those of the graphic novel, book illustration, and online illustration, and know how to create work that addresses their needs technically as well as conceptually; - be familiar with techniques of directing the viewer to follow the narrative, both in a linear as well as non-linear fashion; - be used to illustration methods through contextual and historical research. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - deepen his/her market knowledge and enhance his/her technical skills; - create strategies to direct the reader’s view and grab his/her attention; - work across media and find a personal style. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: MAIN TEXTS: - Freehand: Sketching Tricks and Tips Drawn From Art by Helen Birch, ISBN 978-1742706108 - How to be an Illustrator by Darrel Rees, ISBN 978-1780673288 - 50 Years of Illustration by Lawrence Zeegen and Caroline Roberts, ISBN 978-1780672793 SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTS: - Steal like an Artist by Austin Kleon, ISBN 978-0761169253 - Penguin by Design: A Cover Story 1935 – 2005 by Phil Baines, ISBN 978-0713998399 - Faber & Faber: 80 Years of Book Cover Design by Joseph Connolly, ISBN 978-0571240012 - Type and Typography by Phil Baines, ISBN 978-1856694377 - Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton, ISBN 978-1568989693 - Pictures and Words: New Comic Art and Narrative Illustration by Roanne Bell and Mark Sinclair, ISBN 978-1856694148 - On Directing Film by David Mamet, ISBN 978-0140127225 - Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice by Ivan Brunetti, ISBN 978-0300170993 - Drawing Words & Writing Pictures by Jessica Abel and Matt Madden, ISBN 978-1596431317 - Children’s Picturebooks: The Art of Visual Storytelling by Martin Salisbury and Morag Styles, ISBN 978-1856697385 Other journal articles related to the topic will be made available on the Study-unit e-Learning website. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-Requisite Study-unit: DGA1008 | ||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Studio Practice | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Anthony Catania |
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