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Assignment notes for AD 5508 “The Illustrator”

This assignment will be completed via blog posts, in no less than 5 stages, over the course of the module. Each subject heading discussed in the seminars will focus on the named illustrator or artist studied during the topic lectures and exercises.

You will compose a referenced blog post of words and practice-based visual experiments investigating the practice of at least 5 of the offered topics/artists. Each of the blog posts should be uploaded as soon as possible after they are completed.

For each of the 5 subjects e.g.Chris Ware you will produce:

1.     Chris Ware

FOUR visual experiments/explorations of methodologies

Each with written caption and Harvard reference/s

2.     Sara Fanelli and Oliver Jeffers- Children’s Book Artists

FOUR visual experiments/explorations of methodologies

Each with written caption and Harvard reference/s

3.     Self Published Artist/Editorial Illustrator TBC

FOUR visual experiments/explorations of methodologies

Each with written caption and Harvard reference/s

4.     Concept Artist Stephen Cooper

FOUR visual experiments/explorations of methodologies

Each with written caption and Harvard reference/s

5.     Political Cartoonist Steve Bell / Martin Rowson

FOUR visual experiments/explorations of methodologies

Each with written caption and Harvard reference/s

All work to be uploaded to a blog by 7 Dec with email link sent to both George and Dolores, with backup PDF or Word copy uploaded to Student Records.

Assessment and presentations of your work to be held on the Monday following the deadline.