BA (Hons) Illustration with Foundation Bachelor's degree at Westminster

Critical thinking is fundamental to our ability to progress in an increasingly complex and changing world. It is an essential skill across a range of academic and practice-based disciplines. This module helps you understand the importance and function of critical thinking both at university and beyond. By working in partnership with academic staff and peers, you will explore how critical thinking aligns with disciplinary practices, shapes scholarly knowledge, and addresses inequalities. Through

This module provides you with an opportunity to develop a broad understanding of the key working methods, concepts and principles of the Art and Design disciplines within the Foundation course. You will be challenged to complete a sequence of short projects, working across a range of techniques within the subject disciplines. Self-evaluation and documenting your learning are both important elements of this process, and you will be learning by doing.

This Semester 2 module deepens and consolidates the fundamental skills, approaches and processes of Art and Design research and practice developed in Semester 1 through a practical Extended Project. It helps you to develop your creative practice, based on iterative practical, technical and contextual research, and undertaken through a negotiated project. With an overarching theme set across disciplinary pathways, you will work within a chosen discipline, with group and individual tutorial suppor

This Semester 1 module introduces fundamentals of Art and Design practice and research. It helps you to develop your individual creative practice based on an understanding of visual and contextual research processes through structured studio, research and technical activities.

This module introduces you to the key academic, professional, and personal skills essential for success at university. It encourages good practices in writing, presentation, and time management, while also fostering reflection to help you build confidence as you transition to higher education. Open to all students enrolled in courses delivered through Westminster Foundation Pathways, the module provides a creative and supportive environment where you can reflect on and develop your academic and

Following the Art and Design modules of Semester 1, this module provides you with the opportunity to engage with some of the key themes and practices of Art and Design disciplines. You will be challenged to complete several projects of approximately one month's duration, selecting techniques and working methods from the available disciplines. Self-evaluation and documenting your learning continue to be important elements of this process, and you will be learning by doing. Explore, and experiment

Through this module you will develop your industry skills in conversation with critical studies, preparing you to transform and lead the creative industries. It will build your industry knowledge, develop practical and digital skills, and explore creative production technologies within your specific discipline. With guidance, and your own study and experimentation, this module aims to strengthen your creative confidence by developing your expertise and knowledge in your discipline area. You will

In this module you will expand your image making skills, developing greater appreciation of illustration as a tool to document, observe, inform, provoke, educate in responses that originate in real world situations and events. You will take the role of a visual journalist, a commentator or even an activist, exploring various approaches to recording and visually interpreting political events, social issues and action, and lived experience.

This module is designed to open up speculative enquiry and creative exploring of drawing approaches. Learning on this module is transferable and interdisciplinary offering a range of practical workshops and projects to widen the potential of possibilities in drawing practice and deepen your understanding of visual design and image-making.

In this module you will gain a good understanding of the changing contexts and cultures of illustration and visual communication. You will consider different forms of media, the social sectors you aim to address, the ways you are distributed, and how such factors have an impact on the kinds of images and messages that are produced. In the studio you will develop your own lines of visual inquiry to apply and explore selected contexts and cultures of image-making.

This module invites exploration of a range of methods of creating imagery and visual meaning. The module supports you to gain an understanding in visual communication and develop your skills in drawing and image-making. Projects are designed to set simple constraints and creative challenges that ask you to test your image-making ability and aptitudes as well as develop your knowledge of visual literacies. You will have the freedom to choose to work with a range of processes that may include mixe

This module is an introduction to working with 2D animation software. It will give you an overview of the various applications of 2D modelling and animation, as well as an understanding of 2D aesthetics. A series of workshops will introduce you to the skills needed to create your own 2D assets, and you will practice animating a 2D rig. These workshops will be the building blocks you need to develop your own concept for a 2D asset or animation.

This module introduces you to the practice and production of 2-dimensional (2D) game development. You will consider some of the principles used to develop 2D games. Look at the concepts and methods used to create 2D assets to match a games design brief, including those used to create retro styles such as pixel art.

This module introduces you to the creative and professional practice of concept art across games, film, and related creative industries. You will develop your ability to communicate visual ideas through a range of traditional and digital techniques while exploring the role of research, iteration, and presentation in visual storytelling. You'll investigate how historical, cultural, and global perspectives shape visual languages and production contexts, and how awareness of inclusion, representati

This module aims to introduce you to the joy of typography. It introduces the concepts, approaches, cultural and technological developments relating to typography. You will explore issues including type as visual message, contemporary contexts and perspectives, and the role of typography in digital media. Workshops and projects give you an understanding of how to employ typographical structures to present the written word. Begin to identify possibilities for your own creative direction. While co

This module is designed to prepare you for life after graduation, which includes building a sustainable career in the creative industries. Through a combination of theoretical learning and practical application, you'll delve into the professional aspects of the creative industries, including industry standards, client relationships, project management, and ethical considerations. Engaging seminars, workshops, and lectures from industry experts will offer invaluable perspectives and real-world ex

This module explores the impact of illustration practice as image and meaning production. As a future illustrator, you will engage with diverse, evolving cultures and visual practices, so you need to understand multifaceted contexts and impacts. With guidance and support, you will produce illustration work while examining its impact within broader visual and cultural frameworks. Through documented practice and research, you'll develop your passions and inquiries, ultimately creating meaningful a

This module highlights the importance of mastering digital techniques while also engaging you in ranging methods to foster creativity towards producing distinctive images as an expert Illustrator. After initial practical workshops and lectures you will plan and direct your own