Welcome Guide 2016BA (Hons) Illustration

Liyu Xue, Illustration,UCA Farnham

In this section you’ll find your enrolment and induction timetables. Please take careful note of the dates and times you’ll need to attend during your first week.

INDUCTION AND ENROLMENT TIMETABLES

If you’re not able to make any of these dates, please let your Campus Registry contact know as soon as possible. You can find their contact details in this Welcome Guide.

TIME LOCATION

MONDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER

10:00am Quad

10:00am - 12:30pm

12:30pm - 1:30pm

1:30pm - 3:30pm B123 (Illustration Studio)

4:00pm - 5:00pm Refectory

WEDNESDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER

B123 (Illustration Studio)10:00am - 1:00pm

ACTIVITY AND DATE

Students will be collected from under the course sign in the Quad

Introduction to Course

Lunch Break

Studio Activity

All Students – Campus Welcome – visit the Refectory for your free

drink and meet staff and students on Campus

Studio Activity

B123 (Illustration Studio)

5:00pm - 5:30pm The Elaine Thomas Library Enrolment - Please bring your ID and Qualification Certificates

TUESDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER

10:00am - 12:30pm B123 (Illustration Studio)

12:30pm – 1:30pm (drop in)

1:30pm - 3:30pm B123 (Illustration Studio)

4:00pm - 6:00pm Room W612

Studio Activity - meet your mentor

Welcome to UCA Freshers’ Fair – drop in throughout the day for

more information about our services

Studio Activity

International and EU Welcome Event - (An event for new non-UK

students which includes a welcome from the leadership team, free

food and drink and an opportunity to meet other new students)

Refectory

1:00pm - 2:00pm Lunch

W02 Lecture Theatre 2:30pm - 3:40pm Introduction to IT Services and Gateway Services

THURSDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER

Free Day

FRIDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER

10:00am - 2:00pmMentors intro to Farnham – out on location

3:30pm – 4:30pm B123 (Illustration Studio)Meet Year 0 & MA students

B123 (Illustration Studio)

2:45pm-3:15pmIntroduction to the Students’ Union Room G14

WELCOME

Follow our blog to see current and graduating students work:

ucaillustration.blogspot.co.uk

If you have any questions, please contact the following:

Faculty Office01252 892794

Jane Cradock-WatsonCourse Leaderjcradock-watson@ucreative.ac.uk

An answer phone service is available on the above line for any out of hours enquiries.

Welcome to UCA! We’re delighted you’ve chosen to study with us and become part of our creative community. To help you prepare before joining us in September, this guide outlines your reading list, the equipment you’ll need for your course, and any projects you should do over the summer. Remember to look at your course timetable in this guide too.

If you have any questions, the contact details for your Faculty are opposite – get in touch and they’ll be happy to help. We look forward to seeing you at UCA.

Francesca Jefferys, Illustration, UCA Farnham

PRE-ARRIVAL In this section you’ll find a list of activities to complete before you join us in September.

READING LIST

On our Illustration course we expect our students to be active in seeking out art to enhance their knowledge and understanding of the creative world.

Here you’ll find a suggested reading list including books and magazines, which are all available at: www.amazon.com and the UCA Library.

You can also find them at all good book stores such as Waterstones, where we recommend you spend time browsing over the summer.

Keep this list as a starting guide to help your studies over the next few years. We’ve also included a list of websites that we’d like you to explore.

Enjoy the variety and be inspired!

-Smith, Keri, How to be an Explorer of the World

-Brereton, Richard, Sketchbooks: The Hidden Art of Designers, Illustrators and Creatives: Lawrence King

-New, Jennifer, Drawing from Life: The Journal as Art : Princetown Architectural Press

-Campanario, Gabriel, The Art of Urban Sketching: Drawing on location

-Zeegan, Lawrence, Roberts, Caroline, Fifty Years of Illustration: Lawrence King

-Benaroya, Ana, Illustration Next: Contemporary Creative Collaboration: Thames and Hudson

-FL@33, Made and Sold: Toys, T Shirts, Prints, Zines and Other Stuff: Lawrence King

-Backemeyer, Sylvia (ed.), Picture This Artist as Illustrator, Coventry: The Herbert Press

-Bell, Roanne and Mark Sinclair, Pictures & Words: New Comic Art and Narrative Illustration, London: Laurence King

-Berger, John, Ways of Seeing, London: Penguin

-Fletcher, Alan, The Art of Looking Sideways, London: Thames & Hudson

-Hyland, Angus and Roanne Bell (eds), Hand to Eye Published Contemporary Illustration, London: Laurence King

-Hyland, Angus, Pen and Mouse: Commercial Art and Digital Illustration, London: Lawrence King

-Le Coultre, Martijn F, A Century of Posters, Aldershot: Lund Humphries

-Madden, Matt, 99 Ways to Tell a Story, London: Jonathan Cape

-McCloud, Scott, Re-inventing Comics, New York: Paradox Press

-Noble, Ian, Picture Perfect: Fusions of Illustration and Design, Hove: Rotovision

-Poyner, Rick, Obey the Giant: Life in the Image World, London: August Media

-Zeegan, Lawrence, The Fundamentals of Illustration, Worthing: AVA Publishing

Julia Coyne, Illustration, UCA Farnham

MAGAZINES

-The Illustrated Ape Magazine-Cross Fields-Creative Review-ROJO-V&A Magazine-The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration-Baseline-Eye-Le Gun-3X3-Varoom Magazine -Wrap Magazine-Nobrow-Loop Magazine-Freize-Elephant-Selvedge-Juxtapose Magazine.

WEBSITES

itsnicethat.com

houseofillustration.org.uk

theaoi.com

illustrationfriday.com

apeonthemoon.com

Ruth Young, Illustration, UCA Farnham

Naba Rai, Illustration, UCA Farnham

You’ll incur some additional costs during the course. We’ll pay for materials used during inductions, specifically during printmaking inductions. Some materials, such as basic paper, charcoal and ink will be provided free of charge.

Once printmaking inductions are over, you’ll have to pay for printmaking materials such as screens, plates, paper, etc. Any specialist materials which you might require, for example inks, liquid watercolours and fine art inkjet paper, you’ll have to pay for yourself.

As an Illustration student you’ll begin to build up a variety of materials which you like to work with as the course progresses.

The basic materials list we have given you is a starting point from which to build your own specialist materials tool kit.

- A1 portfolio – essential for handing work in for assessment- Pair of compasses- Steel ruler – at least 50cm long- Metal set square- Dip pen and range of drawing nibs- Range of pencils – please no ‘H’ pencils- Graphite sticks- Old toothbrush- Putty or kneadable rubber- Glue – both Pritt Stick and PVA- Gouache paints – quality rather than quantity- Watercolour paints – quality rather than quantity- Inks – quality rather than quantity- Scissors- Scalpel and blades – Swann Morton handle / 10A blades (with a cork to store safely)- Stanley knife- Cutting matt – At least A3 size, ideally larger- Chalk or pastel fixative- Chalk pastels - Coloured pencils- Masking tape- Roll of lining paper – try B&Q or Wilkinsons- Brushes – a wide range, to include watercolour, sizes 3,6,12, and decorator’s brushes- Sketchbooks - preferably hardback not spiral bound in a range of sizes (A3 and A5 are good)

COURSE COSTSEQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS NEEDED

In the past, the course has made overseas trips to Paris and Barcelona. Overseas trips are not mandatory but you’re expected to pay the costs of joining such a trip. To give you an idea of what you should budget for, the 2015/16 Paris trip cost approx. £270 for travel and hotel, and the Barcelona trip approx. £315 for travel and hotel. Usually each year group will have at least one UK trip, which might involve travelling up to London for an exhibition or going to draw on location. UK field trips are sometimes free, but you’re likely to be expected to pay the cost of travel.

VISITS

- ‘Intuos Pen & Touch’ graphics tablet (these are compatible with the drivers installed on campus)- USB storage pen.

Sam Selley, Illustration,UCA Farnham

SUMMER PROJECT

Joshua Lewis, Illustration,UCA Farnham

KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU

Create one image for each of the following facts about yourself, i.e five images in total.

-The place I was born-My Favourite food-My favourite film-A hobby-How I spent this summer

SPECIFICATIONS

-Use whichever processes and media you like. You may consider print, collage, mixed media, paint, ink, pencil etc.

All images should be postcard sized - 105mm × 148mm

DEADLINE

The work made during this task will be displayed in a pop up exhbitiion during Induction Week.

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