ANIMATION & ILLUSTRATION
Bring Ideas to Life Through Story, Character and Motion
Develop your ability to communicate through drawing, illustration, character design, visual storytelling and animation. The programme combines creative exploration with practical digital techniques to help you build expressive and engaging visual experiences.
ANIMATION & ILLUSTRATION
Develop Skills for Visual Storytelling, Character Design and Motion
Explore illustration, character development, sequencing and animation through practical projects that strengthen creative thinking, drawing ability and digital production skills.
Illustration Foundations
Illustration Foundations
Build confidence in drawing, composition, visual interpretation and image-making while developing a distinctive creative approach.
Key areas
- Drawing and sketch development
- Composition and visual hierarchy
- Colour and form
- Concept development
Explore Storytelling
Character & Visual Storytelling
Learn how characters, environments and sequential imagery can communicate ideas, emotions and narratives effectively.
Key areas
- Character development
- Storyboarding
- Sequential art
- Narrative composition
Explore Animation
Motion & Animation Practice
Develop practical animation skills by combining timing, movement, digital tools and visual storytelling into engaging motion-based work.
Key areas
- Animation principles
- Motion and timing
- Digital animation workflows
- Short animated projects
WHAT YOU’LL EXPLORE
Ways of Seeing, Making and Bringing Ideas to Life
Develop a broad creative skill set across drawing, storytelling, character development and motion through practical studio-based learning.
Visual Observation
Strengthen your ability to study form, proportion, movement and visual detail.
Illustration Practice
Explore drawing, colour, composition and image-making across traditional and digital media.
Character Design
Create expressive characters through research, sketch development, shape, personality and visual style.
Animation Principles
Understand timing, spacing, movement and other foundations that create believable motion.
Design Annimation
Use contemporary digital tools to develop, refine and produce motion-based creative work.
Creative Portfolio
Bring selected illustration and animation projects together into a focused body of work that demonstrates your process and abilities.
ANIMATION RESOURCES
Explore the Skills Behind Visual Storytelling and Motion
Develop the creative and technical abilities needed to move from early ideas and sketches to expressive illustration, character design and animated visual communication.
Character & Concept Development
Create distinctive characters, environments and visual ideas through research, sketching, shape, expression and style exploration.
Storyboarding & Visual Narrative
Plan scenes, actions and sequences that organise ideas clearly and establish the structure, pacing and direction of a story.
Motion & Digital Animation
Apply animation principles, timing and digital production techniques to transform static artwork into engaging motion-based experiences.
BEGIN YOUR CREATIVE JOURNEY
Bring Your Ideas to Life Through Animation
For questions about the Animation & Illustration pathway, creative focus areas and study guidance, connect with the department directly. You can also explore student work to see how drawing, storytelling, character development and motion come together in practice.