find your perfect postgrad program
Search our Database of 30,000 Courses

Leeds Arts University: Illustration

Institution Leeds Arts University View institution profile
Department Art and Performance
Web www.leeds-art.ac.uk/
Email marketing@leeds-art.ac.uk
Telephone 0113 202 8000
Study type Taught

Summary

This course offers an expansive understanding of contemporary illustration through an inquisitive and explorative programme of study. On this course, you will explore multidisciplinary methods of working which extend the concepts of communication, narrative and visualisation through research, practice and discursive critique.

The course offers students a stimulating space for exploring the boundaries of illustration. It will offer the opportunity to unpick the specialist mechanisms related to authorial practice, sequential narrative, as well as publishing approaches such as picture books, zines, visual diaries and other illustrative story play. The course will encourage you to consider co-designed and collaborative methods of practice, as well as autobiographical, autofiction and other approaches derived from the ‘lived experience’.

You will be supported by a team with diverse research and practical interests from the fields of illustration and its broader visual cultures. Research and dissemination methods will be introduced and developed with the support of visiting industry speakers, workshops, lectures and seminars with opportunity to situate work in relevant professional contexts.

The course celebrates image making through analogue approaches and digital approaches to working which complement contemporary practice. You will be encouraged to undertake in-depth examination and experimentation of interdisciplinary practical and theoretical research methods through hands-on and playful approaches.

MA

Founded in 1846 as the Leeds Government School of Art and Design, Leeds Arts University has built an international reputation as one of the UK’s leading creative arts education institutions.

The University offers MA courses in Advertising and Branding, AnimationComic Art and Graphic Novel, Creative PracticeCreative Writing,  FashionFine ArtGraphic DesignIllustration and Photography  all delivered by expert tutors who are all highly experienced in their creative field.

Whatever subject you choose you can take advantage of great industry links, providing networking and other professional opportunities, including …

View Profile

Not what you are looking for?

Browse other courses in Arts, Art, Drawing, Illustration, Technical illustration, Creative arts, Design, Design theory, Graphic design, Media design, Communication design or Crafts, or search our comprehensive database of postgrad programs.

Postgraduate Bursary Opportunity with Postgrad.com

Are you studying as a PG student at the moment or have you recently been accepted on a postgraduate program? Apply now for one of our £2000 PGS bursaries.

Click here