Illustration

Base Knowledge

N/A

Teaching Methodologies

6.1 The methodological choices will focus on three key educational components: oral presentation oriented to the estimated contents; study and presentation of works/ productions and their authors; work development under the teacher guindance.

6.2 Continuous assessment components and weights
6.2.1 Continuous Evaluation
The work to be performed will be in maximum number of 4 and the evaluation will obey the criteria that will be explained in different briefings.
Theory (Group Work) – 25%;
Theoretical and practical, practice (Individual Projects and/or group work) – 75%;

6.2.2 Exam components and weights
Theory – 25%
Practice – 75%

Learning Results

3.1 Acquire the theoretical, practical, aesthetic and technical knowledge necessary for visual communication of concepts/ideas, within the illustration;
3.2 Learn to analyze alternatives in a draft illustration, taking into account the visual message that needs to be transmitted to a particular audience;
3.3 The student should acquire knowledge about materials, techniques and media used in the illustration projects, as well illustrators and works;
3.4 The student should know suit illustration different languages for different communication problems by designing, planning and organizing aesthetic solutions appropriate to the message transmitting.
3.5 Know different forms of illustration and its most significant representatives.
3.6 The student must understand what the various fields of illustration.

Program

4.1. THE ILLUSTRATION.
4.1.1. Concept, function, domains of illustration, visual storytelling
4.1.2 Process: Briefing to the finalization of the project
4.1.3 Materials, media and techniques
4.1.4 Page composition principles
4.2. WORKS AND AUTHORS
4.2.1 Illustration Genres
4.2.2 Visual Language
4.3. GRAPHIC DESIGN ILLUSTRATION
4.3.1 The medium as message
4.3.2 Illustrated Narrative
4.4. Illustration and three-dimensionality
4.4.1 Materials, Media and Techniques

Curricular Unit Teachers

Grading Methods

Continuing Evaluation
  • - Theoretical component - 25.0%
  • - Individual and/or Group Work - 75.0%
Examen
  • - Practical component - 75.0%
  • - Theoretical component - 25.0%

Internship(s)

NAO

Bibliography

3DTotal Publishing (Ed.). (2021). How to Be a Children’s Book Illustrator: A Guide to Visual Storytelling. 3DTotal Publishing
Bang, M. (2016). Picture This: how pictures work. Chronicle Books
Loomis, A. (2012). Creative Illustration. Titan Books.
Lupton, E. (2011). Intuição, Ação, Criação, Graphic Design Thinking. Editoral Gustavo Gili.
Munari. B. (2008). Das coisas nascem coisas. Edições 70.
Press, G. (2007). Illustration Play. Victionary.
Salisbury, M. & Styles, M. (2020). Children’s Picturebooks: The Art of Visual Storytelling (2.ª Ed.). Laurence King Publishing
Sam, M. (2022). Picturebook Makers. Thames Hudson