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During your time studying BA (hons) Illustration at HCA, you will hone your ability to convey an emotion, weave a narrative, explain a complex issue and illuminate an astonishing array of subjects, all through the power of your image-making.

You will be armed with the fundamental knowledge needed to become an illustrator, encouraged to explore an amazing breadth of image-making techniques and inspired to create your own path as a creative professional during and beyond this course.

Studying Illustration at Hereford College of Arts offers the workspaces, contact time and opportunities needed to make great work.

On the Illustration degree at HCA, our priority is helping you to develop your unique, personal ‘voice’ as an illustrator. We do this by running a broad-based course, which means you will be supported to explore and develop a myriad of techniques and mediums before focussing-in on what makes your work identifiably your work.

Throughout the course you will have the opportunity to take part in many small group workshops and drawing classes. You will also benefit from talks by our experienced course tutors, workshop technicians and visiting illustrators. When it’s time to get to work on your projects, you can do so in your individual, personalised workspace.

We encourage group discussions and hold regular group feedback sessions so that students can encourage and support one another. One-on-one tutor time means you get the individual help you need with a variety of projects, where you could be making anything from an individual image for a newspaper to a picture book or zine.

With a sturdy footing in traditional processes, such as drawing and printmaking, Illustration at HCA also keeps its eye on the most contemporary practices. The course is associated with many high-profile illustrators and internationally renowned events. Illustration at Hereford also provides access to world-class workshop facilities and trips to cultural epicentres. Live briefs with external clients mean you will gain first-hand professional experience before you even graduate.

HCA Illustration students also have access to technical support in superb craft-orientated workshops that use traditional print processes, including letter press, collagraphy, mono-printing, engraving, etching and screen-printing. Students benefit from excellent IT facilities and support that provides industry standard software on both PC and MAC systems. This includes the complete Adobe suite of products, including Photoshop, lllustrator and After Effects, plus I-stop Motion and Final Cut Pro for video post-production.