Children's book illustration: intermediate and advanced

• explore and develop character design
• explore and develop ideas in response to a given brief
• explore different methods of sequential story telling.
• develop page layouts using text and image
• prepare a picture book dummy and manuscript to submit to an agent or publisher.

Please bring an A4 or A3 sketchbook and notebook to record your ideas.

It would be useful to bring a memory stick (or portable hard drive – please note: PC formatted hard drives can be read by Apple mac computers, but not written to.) CDs/DVDs are available.
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If you would like to buy art materials for your personal use outside of the course, City Lit students receive 10% discount off everything* from Cass Art, the UK's leading art supplies retailer. Your tutor will advise you on what you should buy. You will need to show your enrolment receipt in-store to receive your discount

The course will combine demonstration, workshop tasks, group discussion and critique, and individual tuition. You will be encouraged to contribute ideas and present your work. You will examine different approaches and styles of illustration, and through experimentation with a variety of media, will learn how to tackle the development of ideas and character. Homework will include research and image development.