Illustration and Animation MA

Course overview

If you are seeking to enhance your professional portfolio and understanding of emerging practice, we offer a vibrant, creative community in which to progress your personal research and practice, in order to make your own unique contribution to illustrative and animated visual communication.

You’ll also be encouraged to develop a unique visual signature and a compelling visual voice that will help you to effectively communicate with intended audiences - both are essential for success in professional practice.

Careers and opportunities

Upon successful completion, you will be able to:

• demonstrate through practice, an advanced understanding of the creative production of animation and illustration genres
• analyse problems of a creative nature and provide appropriate solutions
• describe, interpret and evaluate artefacts, artworks, designs and events from a range of critical perspectives, taking account of the context of their production, consumption and critical positioning
• research and synthesise information to make presentations
• prepare a working brief in keeping with the creative business practices associated with the field
• apply with a high degree of confidence and mastery the conceptual and practical elements of hybrid techniques as appropriate
• participate in, and engage with practice surrounding new and traditional media
• engage creatively when applying differing and various media and techniques in the pursuit of a successful answer to client/brief requirements
• engage with the needs of a client which aids both client and practitioner to create a successful brief.

National and international graduate career prospects are many and varied and include education, curation, film and television, games disciplines, print and publishing, animation, film, scientific and technical illustration, storyboarding and character generation in 2D and 3D for traditional and emergent media.

We help you develop a wide range of transferrable skills associated with the use of information gathering, communication technology, professional practice, time management, project management and self-promotion. This could open up career opportunities that include education, television production and web-based media. You may also wish to continue your studies at PhD level or establish a freelance business.