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Coventry University
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Course overview
The opportunity to experiment with cutting-edge animation technology
is what attracted me to this exciting course.
NATHAN WILLIAMS, STUDENT
This course provides an exciting mixture of approaches to animation
and illustration and will provide you with the necessary skills to
function as a professional.
If you choose this course you will benefit from:
- The opportunity to exhibit your work at such design expositions as
New Blood and New Designers, as well as such prestigious locations as
The Public Gallery at the Hangzhou Animation Festival
- The opportunity to undertake a work placement or study abroad
between years two and three
- A highly accomplished teaching team who represent a dynamic range
of experience within illustration and animation practice. From
publishing to animation and CGI, these award-winning practitioners
bring the reality and expectation of creative professional practice
into the studio
- Guidance on a range of technologies, both traditional and
technological, that are used in both illustration and animation at a
professional level
- The opportunity to experiment and develop animation skills with
specialist equipment, including the dedicated high-end stop motion
equipment in the stop motion shooting area
This course is based around a wide range ofapproaches to the
development of your own work in relation to both illustration and
animation.
Drawing is a key element that will underpin your studies but you will
also study a range of approaches to both disciplines so that you can
begin to develop your own signature work.
View the course structure and module list from year one through to
your final year.
Career opportunities
Graduates from this course have gone on to become successfulillustrators and animators. The most recent example of this is Alex T
Smith who became a published author and illustrator of children’s
books within a year of leaving the course. His book, entitled Elliot
Jones Midnight Superhero, is available in Waterstones.