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Undergraduate Course: Illustration 1B: Introduction to Illustration 2 (DESI08064)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course aims to continue developing core skills which are fundamental to illustration and to broaden the students knowledge of Art and Design. Through a series of Illustration briefs students will investigate a variety of subject matter and deliver creative responses. An enhanced element of freedom will allow students to make creative decisions which draw upon and further their previous learning.
Course description Following Semester 1, students will continue to explore the theory and practice of Illustration in the visual interpretation of texts and ideas. Through a consolidation of working methods and knowledge of Illustration students will be able to reflect on their own progress to a greater degree than previously and to develop curiosity and foster critical enquiry within their personal practice. Increased confidence in being able to communicate visually will allow students to take more risks and explore more complex ideas within their work.

There will be an additional focus on storytelling and authorship with more independent decision-making within projects to allow students to start developing personal lines of enquiry. A number of project briefs will explore the broad discipline of Illustration, including print-making, digital print and book-making as well as 3 dimensional illustrated artefacts and exploration of animated Illustration.

Location-based research activities including drawing from observation are a core activity of this course. There will be a series of organized field trips and visits to exhibitions and students are also expected to carry out and document their own independent research within the broader field of art and design, for example by visiting museums and galleries and by reading relevant literature.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements If this course is core to your programme you will be automatically enrolled, for all other students, including Design students, the course is open on a first come first served basis until the course is full. Where a course depends on some technical proficiency, PTs are encouraged to help students check with the appropriate Course Organiser regarding suitability, eg if student has previous external practical experience. The course will be open to enrolments from Thursday 13th September at 9.30am. Please sign up for the course through your own School (they will advise if this is done your PT, SSO or Teaching Office). We do not currently keep a waiting list.
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2018/19, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  15
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 5, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 6, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 20, External Visit Hours 3, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 4, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 155 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Summative Assessment

Final summative assessment is portfolio containing 3 assessed elements. The portfolio is submitted at the end of the course and is worth 100% of the overall final course grade:

1. Preliminary Sketchbook work (33.3%)
Worksheets or sketchbooks (approx. 1-2, sized at least A4) which show evidence and documentation of research themes, demonstrates evaluation and critical analysis of findings and illustrates the students approach to the design process.

2. Materials and Process (33.3%)
Worksheets or Sketchbooks (approx. 1-2, sized at least A4) which show evidence and documentation of hands-on experimentation with materials and processes. This includes a broad range of approaches to drawing, printmaking exercises, bookmaking mock-ups and evidence of digital image-making and layout.

3. Final resolved Pieces (33.3%)
Resolved pieces (approx. 3-5, sized at least A4) as a result of the preliminary sketchbook process.

Formative Assessment

Mid-way through the course students will present preliminary and resolved work to date through a verbal and hardcopy presentation. Within a week students will receive verbal feedback as well as indicative grades (in writing) for each of the 3 learning outcomes.

Relationship between Assessment and Learning Outcomes:

All 3 learning outcomes are equally weighted and assessed in relation to the summative portfolio submission described above as follows.

Preliminary Sketchbook work is used to assess Learning Outcome 1
Materials and Process is used to assess Learning Outcome 2
Final resolved Pieces is used to assess Learning Outcome 3
Feedback Formative verbal feedback will be given regularly throughout the course through tutorials and peer review through small group discussions.

Formative verbal feedback will be given in week 5 - 6 examining all preliminary and resolved work to date through a verbal and hardcopy presentation. Indicative grades will follow in writing within a week after the presentation.

Summative written feedback and grades will be given at the end of the course.
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Analyse ideas and key themes and apply a broad range of research methodologies in response to Illustration briefs while demonstrating a contextual awareness of Art and Design.
  2. Explore and explain the development of ideas and practical skills in rough visuals, and developmental illustrations, investigating a broad range of materials and processes.
  3. Resolve, refine and present finished illustrations in appropriate formats as solutions to a brief.
Reading List
J. Uglow, WORDS AND PICTURES, 2008, Faber & Faber

B. Shahn, THE SHAPE OF CONTENT, 1992, Harvard University Press

A. Male, ILLUSTRATION: A THEORETICAL AND CONTEXTUAL PERSPECTIVE, 2007, AVA Publishing
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills On completion of the course students will have the following range of skills:

Research and enquiry:
Good knowledge of a range of approaches to independent research
Confidence in visual interpretation and communication through drawing practice
Ability to take risks when developing creative responses to briefs

Professional:
Communicate verbally through presentations and the explanation of ideas
Communicate in written form, both formally and through sketchbooks
Have interpersonal skills which allow peer review that is sensitive and useful
Being able to place themselves within the discipline and express aims for personal development through knowledge of it

Personal and intellectual autonomy:
Develop a personal language through the cultivation of themes of interest and authorship
Ability to make confident creative decisions and statements and to take creative risks

Personal effectiveness:
The ability to plan, organize and manage their time
KeywordsDrawing,Sequential narrative,Visual stories,Storytelling authorial illustration practice,colour
Contacts
Course organiserMs Astrid Jaekel
Tel: (0131 6)51 5732
Email: Astrid.Jaekel@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Gill Lowther
Tel: (0131 6)51 5712
Email: glowther@ed.ac.uk
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