Illustration (Hons) Solent University

Overview

In dedicated studio space, you’ll have the room, equipment and academic support to reach your full potential. You’ll study a variety of modules such as Orientation, Concepts and Themes, Visual Language, Critical Discourse, Editorial, The Society of Superstition and Phobias and Research and Authorship; with options to specialise in your preferred area of creativity.

You’ll also propose, plan and produce a body of work that will draw together your technical and conceptual skills and demonstrate competence in studio protocols and proficiency in applying methods, materials and technologies. 

This Illustration (Hons) course at Solent University degree explores the art of illustration and visual communication in children’s and adult’s narrative, together with editorial and journalistic illustration which explores new approaches to contemporary illustration.

Career

For illustrators, much of the industry works on a freelance basis, however in-house opportunities are also available in a wide variety of organisations, from publishers to advertising and design agencies, and the public sector. In addition to fiction illustration, graduates could also work in fields such as fashion, textbook publication, architectural or medical illustration, and website and games production.

UK publishing revenues reached £6.9bn in 2023, according to data from the Publishers Association. The authoritative Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report predicts the UK advertising market will grow by 3.8% to reach £36.1bn. (Creative Industries Council).