Welcome to AD5508 The Illustrator

Chris Ware, for RAW magazine, 1981

This module is designed to enable students to analyse and investigate different genres of Illustration practice, and to define and contextualise the applied aspects of Illustration and provide a context for their own emerging practice. Examples of genre will include sequential/comics artists, children's book illustrators, concept artists and political cartoonists. 

The module will be delivered primarily as a series of seminars, with supporting materials supplied through interactive and audio-visual media and a dedicated blog. Film and animation clips, Skype interviews with practising illustrators and guest speakers will form part of the activities. Help, support and guidance on the completion of the assignment will be provided.

MODULE AIMS

To provide students with:

The ability to relate their own emerging practice with that of current practitioners 

Insight into the historical, cultural and social contexts and purposes of illustrative applications 

An understanding of the contemporary illustrator's economic, social and ethical roles (e.g. entrepreneur, publisher, commentator) 

An expanded frame of reference when defining illustration practice and its applications in the wider media.

Week 1 - 28 October  Chris Ware
Go to the Chris Ware tab at the top of the page to view this weeks topic and resources.

Final things...

Finishing your project - Compile all your blog posts on one page, tab or dedicated blog. Try to keep everything together and simply formatted,- use common sense. Blogger is the simplest.
Put images within the text and make sure they are captioned:
-the artist, if not obvious
-the title OR the publication in which the image appeared
- the date of publication or creation

Create a Word version- paste your blog into Word -it may help to use the word count and formatting tools to help you organise your bibliography. Then upload this Word version to Student Records with the blog address somewhere on it. If you don't have Word make sure the word processing program you are using saves to .doc, .docx, or PDF.
See the tab "E-submission of modules" for info on how to upload. 
Although you have until midnight on Wednesday, try to do it during the daytime so if it doesn't work you have someone to ask. 

Bibliography:

Check your referencing –

A number in the text (1)

Leads to a reference author or source in a list:

1. John Smith, p.34

Which can be looked up alphabetically in the bibliography. Harvard referenced:

The name of the author

The title of the work

The name of the collection, journal etc in which it appears, if relevant

The date of publication

The place of publication

The publisher

SMITH, J, 1978. Training the Brontotherium for forestry work. London: Melton.

Ask yourself- Does the reference lead back to the source?

The “Leeds list” is the most helpful, but the  Insight ones and the Bristol ones are also useful.

CITING ROM ONLINE SOURCES

Golden rule: Don't cite Wikipedia as a source!

This link from Ehow makes some good points about  referencing from websites:

http://www.ehow.com/how_6314101_cite-document-website.html

Sorry! conclusion optional!

Sorry, just realised I was mixing up the assignment with the last one you did, and the conclusion is not part of the assessment. So, if you need to bump up your word count write one, but if you're OK you don't have to. I still feel that an evaluative paragraph of the assignment would be a useful exercise !
For those writing the long essay, a good structure is essential.
Write an introduction, divide the main body of the essay into subheadings, and for this format a conclusion is essential.

The Introduction: 

 Set the scene

 Identify the issues that you are going to explore

 Give a brief outline of how you will deal with each issue, and in which order

The Conclusion:

 Draw everything together

 Summarise the main themes

 State your general conclusions

 Make it clear why those conclusions are important or significant

 Set the issues in a broader perspective/wider context

 Suggest further questions of your own