Visual Communication: Illustration - MA

Master

In London

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    1 Year

Our Visual Communication: Illustration MA course will enable you to pursue your ambitions to work as a visual communicator with specific expertise in illustration.

Thanks to an interconnected approach to research and design, you’ll utilise both theory and practice to develop a portfolio of professional-level work that demonstrates your complex problem-solving capabilities, creativity and critical thinking. You’ll engage and develop your skills through collaborative, multi-disciplinary practices.

Your core modules will promote critical thinking through design practices, enabling you to work both speculatively and on fully-realised outcomes. Through design research methods and design project development you will form and refine a project proposal, which you’ll go on to complete as your final major project.

Throughout this course you’ll notice an emphasis on recurrent central elements such as socially-engaged design. You’ll be encouraged to explore the social, cultural, ethical and economic impacts of visual communication practice.

What's more, you'll be in good company. As you can see from our photos, visual communication students at London Met's School of Art, Architecture and Design never fail to bring unique talent and creativity to the table. Among recent successes is The Mamas Grandeur (pictured), a book illustrated and made by our alumna Sally Finning. Written by author Rob Pocklington, the story follows the journey of two women who are grounded in the being and knowledge of the woods and their experience as sudden changes occur. The book was shortlisted for the Association of Illustrators World Illustration Awards 2016 Children's Books category, and was Children's Book category merit winner for the 3x3 illustration annual no.13.

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Location

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London
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31 Jewry Street, EC3N 2EY

Start date

On request

About this course

Take the next step towards your career in visual communication with this illustration-focused MA. With an emphasis on research, experimentation and creative risk-taking, our Visual Communication: Illustration MA course will empower you to enter your field with a clear vision and sense of your role as a designer in today’s world. Whilst building strong industry connections through your tutors and placements, you’ll also become more flexible and independent in your learning.

The course is full of opportunities for growth:

professional industry practice – work on live project briefs with industry partners (such as the public realm improvements scheme with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and The City of London Corporation)
situating your practice – how to formulate a clear direction for your practice
improving complex problem solving and critical thinking
collaborative and multi-disciplinary working
building knowledge through research and development
the challenge of expertly communicating and presenting your thinking and outcomes
opportunities for exhibition

a good lower second class honours degree (2.2) in a relevant field (eg graphic design, illustration, animation, branding, photography, architecture, marketing, 3D design, multimedia, interiors) or an equivalent EU/international qualification

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Subjects

  • IT
  • Visual Communication
  • Editorial
  • Illustration
  • Image
  • University
  • Industry
  • Communication Training
  • Critical Thinking
  • Project
  • Art
  • Design

Course programme

Where this course can take you

Following completion of our Visual Communication: Illustration MA course, you will find yourself equipped to pursue a variety of career routes. Opportunities for professional employment may include:

  • freelance illustrator
  • in-house illustrator
  • book cover designer
  • art director
  • storyboard artist
  • creative director
  • print designer
  • image researcher
  • project manager
  • strategist
  • studio manager
Assessment

You will be assessed via a portfolio of your written, visual and physical project work and research, all of which will directly relate to the specific practice requirements of visual communication.
The conclusion to your MA will take the form of a final major project. This will see you select your own focus to carry out an exciting detailed study, allowing you to then formulate your own argument or theoretical position and produce an independent body of work. This project seeks to challenge and test your creative ambition in an area that interests you. Your work will be exhibited at the MA graduation show hosted at our central London campus.

Visual Communication: Illustration - MA

Price on request