Illustration programmes at Plymouth College of Art offer a diverse image-making experience resulting in outcomes and contexts such as traditional publishing, independent books, zines and limited prints, through to online publishing and interactive, moving image outputs.
Throughout
the programme students are encouraged to extend their drawing skills and the
development of their conceptual thinking to progress towards a personal visual
language and identity.
A competitive and demanding discipline, we
value high levels of imagination and conceptual thinking, alongside problem
solving skills and consideration of clients, contexts and audiences.
Interdisciplinary
and
collaborative practices are explored and professional aspirations are directed
through opportunities to engage with national and
international competitions and live briefs/commissions.
On this blog, you can click on the links to explore images created by students on YR1, YR2 and YR3 on the programme as well as work by our Alumni. You can also find more information about us through our adventures and our creative inspiration.
Here are a few examples of some of the initiatives we have developed to enhance and enrich our programme over the last few years:
Pylon Press
Pylon Press is a support structure for creativity where as a programme we explore independent publishing through collaborative projects and self authored texts.
Independent Illustration Practice
Our ongoing passion for entrepreneurial practice explored previously through the Illustration Bureau, the Illustration Stuff Fair and the Illustration 109 shop and more recently shops in Drake Circus.
