1. You’ll get to be part of a creative community

This course is based at our Harrow campus, home to our most popular creative courses. From Fashion, Film, Television to Music, Art and Design, and Media Communications, you can find them all here. This means you’ll get to be part of a diverse creative community and collaborate with other like-minded students from different courses.

2. Access to industry-level facilities

Our University is known for its outstanding facilities, creative tools and access to a wide range of specialist equipment and technicians. One of our favourite facilities is the Emerging Media Space, which has recently been installed with even more professional gear, including motion capture, compositing, augmented reality and interactive environments that can be explored as part of your course work. We also have generous studio space for drawing, traditional and digital printmaking.

3. Practical assignments to boost your creativity

Practical assignments on this course are focused on creative problem solving, giving visual form to your ideas. Students will have the opportunity to experiment with lens-based media, 3D, ceramics, digital and various other emerging technologies. While students learn all about illustration, they will develop skills across different forms of design. Having a range of skills will boost your employability and help you to stand out from the crowd!

4. Our innovative course structure

This course is designed to empower students to experiment and do more of the things they love. During the first year, you’ll get to explore visual development of image-making, drawing and visual communication within a wide range of media processes and techniques.  At each level of the course, you will have the opportunity to work on industry-focused briefs and explore interdisciplinary practice in digital technologies. You will also have options at each level to expand your practice in areas of drawing, animation, graphics, VFX, Design for games UX / UI etc.

5. Boost your career opportunities

Our ethos on the course is to nurture individual creativity and support you in developing a wide range of skills.

Some of our notable alumni include: 

• Tim McDonagh, a freelance Illustrator
• Ben Jennings, a Cartoonist
• Jim Kay, children’s book Illustrator & Concept Artist
• Solomon Tremowo, CEO of Playerium, a Taipei-based studio that provides technical and creative support for game developers around the globe.

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