FNDT 174: Core Studio in Illustration

This course introduces students to the basic vocabularies, materials and methodologies of contemporary illustration. Through presentations, research, iterative exercises, group discussions, and constructive critiques, students will explore the key fields, processes, and media that form the basis of illustration practice. Students will form a basic foundation of the materials and principles associated with visual communication, and their professional outlets. Through critical analysis and reflection, students will explore the utilization of these artistic concepts and principles, contextualized within social, historical, and contemporary frameworks. Upon entering the illustration program in their second year, students will have a strong underpinning of technical and conceptual skills ready to develop further in a variety of illustration fields.