Illustration Project

Code:

PIL01

Acronym:

PIL

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Design

Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Design
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Illustration, Edition and Print

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEI	17	Plano de Estudos do MIEI_Publicação em DR de 07 de setembro de 2022	1	-	9	45	243

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The UC of Illustration Practices aims to develop a set of skills for the artistic, scientific, and professional performance of students:

Recognizing the different fields and functions of illustration;

Accessing historical knowledge and contemporary production in illustration;

Engaging directly with authorial practices, processes, and specific techniques;

Implementing strategies and working methods within the project context;

Constructing narratives by appropriately relating textual and visual information;

Meeting programmatic and functional needs in different contexts;

Considering different audiences and recipients;

Acquiring technical and procedural tools;

Identifying problems and adapting solutions;

Stimulating productivity and autonomy with a focus on professional activity.

Learning outcomes and competences

The teaching methodologies are geared towards achieving the learning objectives as they provide access and create conditions for the development of the stated competencies. The sharing of theoretical and practical knowledge aims to make the approach accessible and inclusive. The coordinated execution of diverse and sequenced exercises seeks to equip students with the experience necessary for autonomy. Individual and collective support fosters collaborative, discussed, persistent, and continuously updated work, simulating professional practice. The direct contact with authors and their respective processes aims to consolidate students' conceptual and technical knowledge, allowing them to intimately understand specific approaches and styles. This knowledge enables the reformulation of criteria and the emphasis on concrete strategies, enhancing the conceptual and technical quality required for professional illustration in the job market.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Mandatory literature

Arizpe, E., Styles, M. ; Children Reading Pictures, Routledge, 2006
Doyle, S.; Grove, J.; Sherman, W. ; History of Illustration, Fairchild Books, 2019
Houston, K.; A cover-to-cover exploration of the most powerful object of our time, W.W.Norton., 2016
Hunt, P; Crítica, teoria e literatura infantil. , Cosac Naify., 2012
Ludovico, A; Post-digital print: The mutation of publishing since 1984, : Onamatopee. ISBN: 2012
Male, A; The power and influence of illustration. Achieving impact and lasting significance through visual communication, Bloomsbury Visual Arts., 2017
Male, A. ; Illustration: A Theoretical and Contextual Perspective, , AVA Publishing, 2017
Morlok, F; The Bookbinding Bible, Laurence King Publishing., 2018
Nodelman, P. ; Words About Pictures., The University of Georgia Press. , 1998

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teaching methodologies are based on exposition, questioning, demonstration, and collective and individual supervised activities. The activities include research and organization of visual and textual information, analysis of relevant images and cases, experimentation, development of alternatives, and selection and deepening of solutions.

The assessment is weighted based on students' engagement with the course, participation, and collaboration in the context of the assignments and tasks to be developed. The assessment focuses on the overall work portfolio, including research and organization of information, experimentally and in-depth executed exercises, considering the strategies as well as the project and procedural qualities.

The assessment is distributed, without a final exam, and is divided into two components: works developed in accordance with the presented proposals (70%) and class participation (30%).

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	20,00
Trabalho de campo	20,00
Trabalho laboratorial	30,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto
Frequência das aulas
Trabalho de campo
Trabalho de investigação
Trabalho laboratorial
Total:	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Students must be present and participate in the tasks proposed by the teacher from the beginning to the end of the contact time.

Calculation formula of final grade

The following will be considered as evaluation points:
- research capacity
- autonomy
- attendance
- efficiency
- originality
the final classification will be the sum of the weighting factors analyzed during the course of the semester.