This month, the Edinburgh College of Art Illustration Department is pleased to present Escapade, a collection of works created by students, staff and notable alumni exhibited at the Doubtfire Gallery. We are excited to share our experience of what Illustration means to us as individuals and as a collective. One of the most exciting aspects of Illustration …
Friday Talk – Patrick Benson
So this Friday is our LAST professional practice talk of the year! We hope our students have enjoyed the series and will refer to them often throughout their own illustration careers. This week we will be joined by award winning children’s book illustratorPatrick Benson. Check out some of his work and short bio below. Patrick will also be offering valuable …
Friday Talk from Jane Hyslop
This week students and staff are eagerly anticipating our Friday Professional Practice talk from alumni and tutor Jane Hyslop. The illustration department enjoys weekly tutorials from Jane in creating drawing journals, book binding and all things intricate and precise. After sharing in her vast knowledge, we look forward to adventuring into Jane’s own practice and hearing about her experience as …
Illustration Meets Comedy
Last night the Illustration staff and students ventured out of the studio and into the wild world of experimental comedy! As their final major project for the year, our first years have been exploring a broad variety of storytelling techniques. Experiencing everything from traditional scottish tales from kilted storytellers to a chilled afternoon listening for the …
An afternoon with Sorcha Fitzgerald and Jessica Kettle
For this weeks Professional Practice Lecture we will be joined by Freelance Illustrators and ECA Artists in Residents, Sorcha Fitzgerald and Jessica Kettle. Sorcha is a recent alumni of the undergraduate course and has had a lot of success both during her time on the course and in her graduate practice. Sorcha uses printmaking, collage and a strong sense …
Mapbooks
‘In order to be able to function in the world humans have found it essential to map their surroundings in order to impart information to others and to understand the world for themselves. However, it has not always only for practical reasons that maps have been made. People, from childhood, have a natural urge to …
David Roberts Professional Practice Talk
This Friday we will be joined by acclaimed children’s book illustrator David Roberts. David will be sharing his experiences in the illustration world and words of wisdom with our ambitious students. After studying fashion at Manchester Metropolitan University, David worked in fashion illustration before exploring his ‘true calling’ as a children’s book illustrator. David signed up with …
Meet the Residents 2: Sorcha Fitzgerald
Hello! Here are some of the things I have been getting up to recently: Currently I am working on a personal project illustrating The Girl Without Hands, which is a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. I am using mono print to make these (this won’t be a surprise for those of you who know …
The Last Great Voyage of Discovery
One hundred years ago, in 1914 Ernest Shackleton set sail with a team on the last Polar expedition of its kind, his aim to cross Antarctica via the Pole. This was the last great adventure of discovery, exploration today is rooted in scientific endeavor, and it is a story littered with intriguing details of reindeer …
Student Exhibition at Simpson House
Simpson House Show Illustration students from Edinburgh College of Art are collaborating with the Simpson House counseling center to meet their desire to have some fresh, original artwork to permanently fill their center. Twelve illustration students have created work to donate to the center, which will be installed during Innovative Learning Week. To celebrate these …
