Today ECA is quiet and peaceful as students steadily work away towards their Christmas deadlines feeling encouraged by the success of a last nights Book Marks event. For those who don’t know, this semester the Illustration Department organised Book Marks @ ECA, an Artists Book and Zine fair in celebration of Book Week Scotland. Students, staff and alumni showcased a …
Student’s Illustration Featured in The Guardian
We are very happy to announce that 4th year Morag McClenaghan has recently had her fashion illustrations featured on The Guardian fashion blog. The article explores alternative mediums to street style photography including a discussion on Morag’s role in shaping the underground illustrated street style movement. Read the article here: http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/fashion-blog/2014/nov/06/street-style-illustration-fashion-gets-nostalgic Explore Morag’s website here: http://moragillustration.com Nov 28, 2014
BookMarks @ ECA, Today 4-8pm
Join us in the beautiful ECA Sculpture Court today for BookMarks, an artist book and Zine fair. Browse the work of students, staff and alumni and speak with the artists themselves. A perfect opportunity to buy unique Christmas gifts or to inspire your own creativity. We hope to see you there! Nov 27, 2014
French Film Festival Poster Competition
Earlier this semester our students worked on a fantastic exhibition held in the Filmhouse Cafe Bar. In collaboration with the French Film Institute, each illustrator redesigned a classic french film poster in celebration of the 22nd French Film Festival UK. The chosen films varied in genre, tone, taste and era, leading to a diverse range of beautifully illustrated posters. …
Meet the Residents: Jessica Kettle
Much as I love to fill my first blog post with a selection of awe inspiring finished illustrations, unfortunately things don’t seem to work that way at the start of anything and so the start of my residency has produced more ideas and experiments than pretty jpegs. Music is still a large part of my …
Friday Talk Series with Catherine Rayner
This afternoon our students will be enjoying a presentation from the talented Catherine Rayner, as part of our Friday Talks Series. As a children’s book illustrator, Catherine Rayner has created a hoard of endearing and loved characters including Solomon Crocodile and Smelly Louie. Her tactile and sophisticated approach to illustration challenges the traditional aesthetic of Children’s …
Meet The Residents: Laura Darling
Currently I am working on a project for Dundee Rep, creating illustrations to accompany a new story written by Vivian French. Mammy McArthur’s Little Grey Mouse will be read to tiny wee baby children in a series of theatrical story-telling events throughout the festive season. In other news, I have recently rediscovered dip pens and am …
National Museum of Scotland Christmas Activity Sheet Competition
Recently our talented third years have been working on a great professional practice brief with the National Museum of Scotland. The challenge was to design a unique children’s christmas activity that incorporated elements of the museum. It was also important for our students to think practically as the selected design will be produced on a large scale …
Meet the Residents: Sorcha Fitzgerald
Hello! For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Sorcha and I have just graduated from ECA this year. I feel like my residency has kicked off to a good start. At the end of September, I helped a group of the 4th years run an afternoon workshop at Portobello High School …
Fun and Games
Well it has certainly been a playful week in the Illustration Department, as our students worked on the collaborative brief ‘Fun and Games’. On Monday morning our young illustrators were divided into groups of 3 or 4, mixing year groups, interests and characters. The teams set to work designing their own hand crafted games, which were tested in a whole department games session and award …
