Illustration

The Illustration degree course at Brighton enjoys a reputation for producing artists who are confident in using their own creative voice and who work in a range of styles.

This course celebrates both the traditional and the contemporary, exploring what illustration could be, not just what it is. We place an emphasis on experimentation, and our course team will help you to develop your own visual language.

You’ll benefit from dedicated studio space, excellent specialist art and design libraries and our internationally significant Design Archives. You will enjoy a programme of studio and gallery visits and an optional study trip. There are opportunities to exhibit throughout the course and a final-year graduate show.

You will be part of the vibrant Visual Communication programme of courses and our teaching staff are leaders in their fields - past contributors have included Raymond Briggs, Cressida Cowell MBE, Quentin Blake, Emily Gravett, John Vernon Lord, George Hardie and Jasper Goodall.

TOP REASONS TO CHOOSE THIS COURSE

Success of our graduates – our alumni are at organisations including The Tate, MTV, Weiden + Kennedy and many more high-profile institutions

Artistic reputation - we're renowned for producing artists who are confident in using their own creative voice and who work in a range of style

International exchanges – there are exchange opportunities with Nagoya University of the Arts in Japan, Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore and the Berlin University of Applied Sciences in Germany

Develop valuable transferable skills – these include critical thinking and writing, independent research and analysis, excellent presentation, written and oral communication skills.

Option modules – in your second and third years enable you to tailor your degree to your specific career ambitions.

Live industry projects and links with professional practice – these mean that you will leave confident in your own illustrative technique and theory ready for your chosen professional path.

Engaging audiences with your work – we'll teach you how to promote and share your work

Collaborative working – just like in industry, you will connect with students from the visual communication programme, developing contacts for when you graduate

Major graduate show – at the end of the degree you exhibit a body of work in the public graduate show, a large-scale exhibition.

Brighton Illustration Fair - this annual event takes place on campus bringing you into contact with industry professionals and giving you the opportunity to show your work.

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