MA Illustration in Leeds United Kingdom | Leeds Arts University

This program provides a comprehensive exploration of modern illustration through an engaging, inquiry-based curriculum. Students will investigate diverse creative approaches that expand notions of storytelling, communication, and visualization via research, practical work, and critical discussion. The course creates an inspiring environment for pushing illustration's creative limits, examining specialized techniques in personal artistic practice, sequential storytelling, and publishing formats like picture books, zines, visual journals, and narrative experimentation. Participants will explore collaborative design processes alongside autobiographical and autofictional methods rooted in personal experience. A faculty with wide-ranging expertise in illustration and visual culture will guide students, introducing research and presentation techniques through guest lectures, workshops, and seminars that connect coursework to professional settings. The curriculum embraces both traditional and digital image-making techniques relevant to today's creative landscape, fostering thorough investigation and innovative experimentation through hands-on, exploratory methods.