Nobrow’s Sam Arthur will be speaking about his life and work this Friday as part of our ongoing Professional Practice Lecture Series. Nobrow is an independent publisher of many beautiful things, including zines, books and prints of the highest quality. Come and listen to his wise words at 2.30pm, Friday the 17th of January, in …
Oban exhibition
Last week we celebrated the end of our Oban project with an exhibition of students’ work in the art college’s Andrew Grant Gallery. Each student had been given a board to pin up their work after resolving and ordering what they had taken away from the trip to Oban. They did so rather excellently, using …
Illustrators invade Oban
The annual Illustration trip to Oban is quickly becoming a beloved tradition, and this year our illustrators were joined by a number of Graphic Design and Animation students on their quest to draw, explore and develop their work while breaking out of their daily routines. Setting off from Waverley Station on a Thursday morning, we …
ECA Illustration takes part in Book Week Scotland
First and Second Year students have been teaming up over the last week to produce small editions of books about Edinburgh’s famous Grassmarket as part of a collaborative book project between the Illustration Students at Edinburgh College of Art and Analogue Books to celebrate Book week Scotland. Julie from Analogue Books did a splendid job of starting …
Astrid Jaekel features on Summerhall TV
Former student and part-time tutor with us and the Office of Lifelong Learning speaks about some of her recent work on Edinburgh’s Rose Street in this clip by Summerhall TV. Nov 14, 2013
ECA Illustration welcomes Nick Sharratt
Visiting lecturer Nick Sharrat will be talking about his work on friday the 1st of November 2013. Nick is a celebrated writer and illustrator of childrens’ books who has worked on The Story of Tracy Beaker, Eat Your Peas, Pants and many many more. Oct 31, 2013
Moving Pictures with the Third Years
The Third Year students recently tried their hands at animating with the help of Michael Kirkham. Each of them created work in response to 20 seconds of Chopin’s Polonaise in F Sharp Minor, which was then put together to form ten minutes’ worth of eclectic moving images. Impressive work from our first-time animators! Oct 30, …
Recoat Gallery visits ECA Illustration
Ali and Amy of Glasgow’s Recoat Gallery will be talking about their work on October 25th 2013 as part of our Professional Practice lecture series. Over the past few years Recoat have made their name as a place for both emerging and established illustrators, graffiti and street artists, as well as photographers from Scotland and …
Cat O’Neil wins the Cheltenham Emerging Talent Award 2013
Congratulations to our former student Cat O’Neil for winning the prestigious Emerging Talent Award at the 2013 Cheltenham Illustration Awards for her mini-comic “The Way We Move”. Well done Cat! Make sure you check out the rest of her work as well, it’s stunningly good stuff. Oct 23, 2013
Second Years wrap up their PRINT project
Our Second Year students finished their PRINT project last week, with great results! The task was to produce a set of four original A6 prints on the theme of “pairs”, two in full colour and two in monotone. Here are some close-ups: Valpuri Karinen – screenprint Peony Gent – linocut Sara Ljeskovac …
