Discipline guide
Illustration
Pictures that carry stories and ideas.
Illustration is image-making with a job to do — editorial, publishing, character, comics, picture books. The discipline trains a personal visual language that can serve someone else's brief without losing itself.
What students make
- Sequential work: narratives, zines, picture-book spreads
- Editorial pieces responding to real texts
- A recognisable personal style, tested across briefs
Where it leads
- Editorial and publishing illustration
- Character design
- Comics and graphic novels
- Visual development for animation and games
Directions, not promises — careers are built from the work, and the work starts now.
The portfolio
What reviewers look for.
Voice matters more than technique inventory. Reviewers want a point of view — and evidence you can hold it across a brief, a deadline and a format change.
Strong homes for it
Could illustration be their lane?
Bring what your child already makes — we'll read it honestly and map the next step.
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