In addition, you take part in lecture and seminar activities which allow you to explore the contextual and professional background to the projects you are undertaking. During projects, there will be tutorial sessions with academic staff where you explore your practice in more detail. At other times during your study, you will be working on individual self-initiated projects. Sometimes you will work in whole groups, sometimes you will working in teams, with presentations of your work to your peer group and the academic staff. You develop your skills across a wide range of project-based activities, which take place within a studio setting appropriate to the subject. The teaching on this course is firmly rooted in studio practice. Completing this course will equip you with all of the skills necessary for the industry. We place emphasis on real life experience, so you will be given opportunities to publish and sell your work in the market place. Our trips have included international conventions in New York, Germany and Japan. Recent visits have included Mike Collins (Doctor Who and IDW Comics), David Lloyd (V for Vendetta and Aces Weekly), Simon Donald (Viz Comics), Jon Haward (Marvel UK and Eagle Comic), Graham Humphries (Evil Dead, Nightmare on Elm St.), Frazer Irving (Marvel, DC, 2000AD), and Kevin Gunstone (Marvel, Image, Dark Horse). Visiting industry practitioners will support, guide and work with you in our studio, offering advice, tips and technical knowledge drawn from their vast experience. This will help you to develop a host of skills and techniques to confidently tackle industry live briefs and progress your practice. Taking place in a lively studio space, you’ll follow an industry focused programme of creative visual thinking and a diverse approach to working across a variety of platforms.

Comic life 3 or motionartist