Over the last twenty years the discipline of illustration has undergone major changes; computers and the Internet have transformed the way that people communicate and have influenced the production of media. Illustrators consequentially have had to face these challenges both ethically and creatively. Should they leave all traditional methods of image making behind them, or remain with the tried and trusted methods of working?
MA Illustration positions itself at the centre of this debate. Many Illustrators work in both digital and traditional mediums, allowing for the combination of skills such as drawing, printmaking and three-dimensional art combined with digital processes. One issue, however, that has remained constant throughout this period of change, is the illustrator's search for a personal visual language, a unique voice to carry forward into the world of communication.
Xue Jia
Many pieces of artistic works are centre around youth's spiritual activities. But most works only describe their life from the surface in general. Young people cannot get help to show their inner space from others all the time. Therefore, my works aims to help them express themselves through a vivid vision and outpouring of my age.
Xue Jia
MA Illustration
Kwyrwy_wy@hotmail.com
Ha Hyo Jung
One image can say so much more than one word. Different children have different thoughts. I have high aspiration towards creating playful illustration books. The "Picture Book" in my project is approached more like a toy than ordinary book which has fixed format so that children can create their own world with their individual voices and thinking.
Ha Hyo Jung
MA illustration
Clayton Junior
Along with a research on illustrated stories and artist's books, my work is based on the drawing narrative capabilities. Through an experimental take on the figurative drawing, it explores a particular visual world which could offer trough fragments different layers of meanings and interpretations.
Clayton Junior
MA Illustration
clayton.junior@yahoo.com
www.claytonjunior.com
Man-ju Lee
The negative side of humanity could cause much terrible destruction, but it also could be a power to force human to introspect and go forward.
Man-ju Lee
MA Illustration
Adriana Munoz
The zest and pleasure of drawing, anywhere with anything. Experimental Dimensional Illustration.
Adriana Munoz
MA Illustration (Part-time)
adriana@colourpiano.com
www.colourpiano.com
Thanks to the Everyman Cinema Club