What is illustration?
According to the RAE dictionary, it derives from the Latin illustrare: to give light, to enlighten (in terms of understanding) / to instruct, to civilise / to clarify (a point or matter) / to adorn. To illustrate is to communicate ideas, concepts, attitudes, feelings in a visual manner. Communicating, in this case, means helping to explain stories aimed at concrete and specific audiences. The big difference between illustration and fine arts is that, in most cases, illustrators are working on finding solutions to problems brought to them by someone else, usually in response to a request from a client.
Illustration helps us to understand a text, a product or performance/event. It helps to catch people's attention. It can also be an image that makes us consider another point of view on a specific topic.
This course has a professional and practical focus, and aims to teach students how to tackle and respond visually to professional projects (most of them based on real requests from clients) while at the same time helping them to discover their own voice and visual style.
With regards to class attendance: in principle, all classes will be provided in person, with all established safety measures and protocols in place. However, in case we have to adapt once more to a pandemic situation such as the one we experienced from March to June 2020, we will make the necessary changes.