Art and Design (Graphics)

Course summary

Graphic Communication is a design course for all those interested in pursuing a career in the creative industries. Graphic Communication opens endless potential career avenues – from Illustration, game and character design, architecture, product design, brand identity, animation and motion graphics, to stage set, vehicle and costume design. The course examines the basics of design, including design problem solving, allowing you to select, investigate and work in your specific areas of interest. You will be exploring a range of traditional drawing and painting media, stencilling, and collaging as well as learning to use industry-standard software packages such as Photoshop and Illustrator and their equivalents. The department is well equipped with digital drawing tablets, scanners, digital cameras and access to a range of colour printing facilities. This allows you to develop and create professional quality work that will take you on to the next stage of your education, apprenticeship or career. Students will participate in a series of skills workshops and be expected to demonstrate their creative ability in the following areas; typography, photography, digital image manipulation, fine liner illustration, cross-hatching, continuous line drawing, branding, logo design, monoprint, cell drawing, and digital colour. Students have flexibility in their approach and can specialise in an area of design or explore a theme through graphic processes; such as illustration, animation, game design and architecture. You will learn to develop skills and knowledge using Adobe Creative Suite to create digital compositions of final artworks, produce illustrations using a graphics tablet and also motion graphics.