Last weekend, I visited Manchester School of Art. I didn't get much information on the actual studios because the studio tours messed up (on our behalf, we missed the tour) so I'm not much wiser on that. However, I did have a look around 2 studios which had open plan stairs and a hell of a lot of room in both. The "fine art" studio was very like North Notts set out their rooms during finals. They were all segregated into your own little section where you could mess around with materials and sketch etc, which I thought was nice for the fine art students. But the Illustration course is under Design and not art and it's in the above building.
I loved the way the building is laid out, the campus in general felt very homely and I know that it would be number 1 decision if I get the chance to go. The campuses are 5 minutes walking distance, however there's also many scattered around the city. The only thing I wasn't keen on was that the other lecturer I spoke to was a complete arse. But the lady who is the other lecturer, was fantastic. So warm, welcoming and helped a lot with my questions! (plus, she was eating the best vegan sandwiches in the world which they sell in every building...)
They would like to see in a portfolio:- 20 Pages long
- Observational and different types of drawing and media/My drawing abilities
- Photos/photography
- Graphics (such as info and scanned in imagery edited by myself.)
- Artist research/in the style of with very critically written evaluations over the artists work and your own
- It has to be nicely presented and thought through
- Sketchbooks
- Idea's and research (well recorded)
- Processes for my ideas.
Within the course you can do anything; first year is about observing the city; creating flip books/drawings/editorial photography etc. They encourage the use of lots of different media.
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