Cartooning Diploma Course(D2)
Tutored by John Byrne
Course Overview
The London Art College has unrivalled experience in developing cartoonists. For almost 75 years from our beginnings in Fleet Street (at that time the centre of the UK press and media world) we have been working with our students to help them realise their dream of becoming published cartoonists. In the 21st century our new and updated course aims to continue that tradition for the new generation of aspiring cartoon professionals and hobbyists alike.
With 28 study units covering every aspect of this marvelous art form - Getting started, Basic techniques, colour and perspective, The art of Humour, Cartoon layouts, Children, animals & birds in cartoons, Figure drawing, Heads & eyes, Features & expressions, Character identification, the main Joke formats, Strip cartoons, Caricatures and much much more - our students receive a comprehensive course that we believe is unequalled elsewhere. It also includes comprehensive and up to the minute information and guidance on selling your work and earning an income in today's cartoon markets whether in print or online.
You can find shorter courses, you can find cheaper courses - but you won't find a better one!
London Art College's written course provides very practical advice, sound techniques and a modern approach to the subject. The course includes advice on selling your work and developing the commercial opportunities that your talent can open up. Working 4-6 hours a week, most students can complete the course in under twelve months. At the end of it, and with personalised feedback from your tutor-and recognised as one of the top cartoonists and teachers in the business for over 20 years-you will have the knowledge, skills and grounding you need to make the grade as a cartoonist with real prospects of selling your work.
Course Prices
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Critiques
If you have scanning / photography facilities, students are able to upload their artwork to the Artwork Submission Area on our website. Each student is given a unique username and password on enrolment for their own private section in this area. Students can upload their artwork to this area for the tutor to collect and critique. The tutor will then upload feedback for the student to download or read.
Critiques via Regular Mail
If you do not have any facilities to upload your artwork, you can send your work in the normal way to the tutors centre and receive your artwork back with your critique. It is essential you label all packages/artwork your student number.
Support
All our courses are written to be complete in themselves. However we realise that students may appreciate being able to get clarification about various things as they work through their programme as well wanting reassurance that they are putting techniques into practice effectively. The tutors provide the technical support to deal with relevant queries.
Most courses have their own dedicated Tutor. The tutor keeps the course up to date and relevant to today's students. They are available to the individual student for advice and encouragement. Each course has regular exercises and assignments that are constructed in such a way as to give the student the opportunity to practice the techniques learnt on the course and to test themselves as they go along. The student is encouraged to submit the assignment work to the college for the tutor to critique. The student's work will be returned together with the tutor's personal critique. On many courses the assignment work may be suitable for inclusion in a student's Portfolio of Work that could be very useful later. The college will use the assignments submitted as the basis for any award of a letter, certificate or diploma.
