Illustration BDes (Hons)

Students can enter illustration after successfully completing our Art and Design (General Foundation) course (apply for course WW12) or on successful completion of a recognised Foundation Course or equivalent (apply for course W220). This is normal for many art and design courses.

In the Art and Design (General Foundation) course you will learn the core values which will enrich and expand your personal visual language, preparing you nicely for a further 3 years in Illustration.

• Tutor-set Briefs
• Introduction to Technical Processes
• Introduction to Computer Aided Design
• Introduction to Creating a Personal Programme of Study
• Creative Research Methodology
• Contextual Studies

Level 2 of the programme is structured to provide a broad foundation of knowledge and experience. You will be introduced to relevant equipment and varied media used in the production process for your choice of specialism. Projects and assignments help you develop the relevant learning, research and technical skills, exploring creativity and individual aptitude through each process.

• Personal Programme of Study
• Tutor-set and Live Briefs
• Strategic Experimentation
• Research and Development of Ideas
• Cultural Experience Foreign Study Trip
• Contextual Studies
• Elective modules such as:
  • Visual Effects
  • Comic Art & Graphic Novels
  • Printmaking

Level 3 is designed to encourage experimentation, cross course projects, exploring ideas and making use of appropriate technical methods. All students prepare and present a programme of personal project work that reflects the research and development of ideas. During this year you will undertake a series of assignments designed to develop good professional practice necessary to succeed in your chosen career.

• Personal Programme of Research
• National Competitions
• Supporting Study Elective
• Exhibitions in Dundee and London

In the final year - Level 4 - you will organise and present a personal programme of study that will form the major part of your submission for the Honours degree examination. You will be encouraged to integrate all aspects of your research with a written thesis and the production of your final outcomes. You will produce a body of work that will demonstrate a mature visual understanding of materials, methods and processes required to transform ideas into reality.