Are you ready to bring your creative visions to life through animation and illustration? Our BA (Hons) Animation with Illustration degree is designed to blend the best of both worlds, preparing you for a dynamic and rewarding career in the animation industry.
The Animation with Illustration course is crafted through close consultation with industry professionals to ensure it meets the demands of today’s creative landscape. Not only will you delve into both 2D and 3D animation, but you will also develop essential drawing skills, which are highly sought after and yet in short supply.
In your final year, we will be focusing on your future career. We will develop your online portfolio and look at ways of marketing yourselves effectively in this predominantly freelance industry. During your time at Futureworks, you will have many opportunities to make career contacts and we will explore ways of exploiting those contacts, finding jobs and interviews and even work on interview technique.
Students who complete this course can expect to find roles as Illustrators, storyboard artists, 2D or 3D animators and other roles within the animation industry. You could end up working freelance, within animation companies, post-production facilities or other sectors of the creative industries.
To be considered for this course, you will require 104-120 UCAS points.
A portfolio is required for this course (applications will not be considered otherwise)
You can apply for this course by applying directly to Futureworks. Alternatively, you can apply via UCAS.
The UCAS codes for this course are as follows:
UCAS Code: W216
Institution Code: F98
If you have any questions please call us on 0161 214 4602 or email admissions@futureworks.ac.uk
Successful applicants will be invited to an interview where you will have the opportunity to talk about your work, influences and interests. A guide will be sent with your interview details to help you prepare for your interview. Ideal applicants will have a keen interest in animation, illustration, and production. You will be asked to bring any relevant examples of work with you, in the form of a portfolio.
For your portfolio we recommend including some observational drawing, ideally life drawings. Experience in digital working and animation is not necessary prior to starting the degree, but if you have explored any of these avenues already then we’d love to see them. Other than that, bring in any work you are particularly proud of, between 8 and 10 pieces in total, and be prepared to talk through your working process in the interview.
