Student winner D&AD 2012

Congratulations to BA (Hons) Illustration Year 3 student Rupert Smissen, who won a D&AD Yellow Pencil at New Blood 2012 yesterday. Rupert entered the Little White Lies cover competition and chose to illustrate the film Black Swan.

Rupert Smissen

Installing BA (hons) Illustration Degree Show 2012

Year 3 students have been busy this week installing the 2012 BA (hons) Illustration Degree Show. This year there will also be a pop-up shop selling prints and limited edition works. Watch this space.... The show opens on Tuesday 26 June - come along, all welcome! The exhibitions is then open to the public from Wednesday 27 June - Tuesday 3 July, 10am-4pm. Extended opening is on Thursday 28 June 10am-9pm. Closed Sunday. More info on NUCA shows here

East London Comics and Arts Festival 2012

The first East London Comics and Arts Festival organised by Nobrow is happening on Sunday 17 June, 9.30am-9pm at The Village Underground. A great day of books, comics, prints, workshops, talks, portfolio surgeries (including surgeries with NUCA visiting tutor, Nick White), great food and music. More about ELCAF 2012

Nick White, 'People I've Never Met & Conversations I've Never Had'  Published by Nobrow Press

Susan Aldworth at Wellcome Collection

Susan Aldworth, Out of Body, 2009

Susan Aldworth, who teaches on the BA (Hons) Illustration course at NUCA is part of an intriguing exhibition, 'Brains: The Mind As Matter' (29 March - 17 June 2012) at the Wellcome Collection in London. The exhbition explores what humans have done to brains in the name of medical intervention, scientific enquiry, cultural meaning and technological change. Featuring more than 150 objects including real brains, artworks, manuscripts, artefacts, videos and photography.

Year 3 Illustration Student selected for Serco Prize for illustration 2012 exhibition

I'm pleased to announce that Chris King Year 3 Illustration has been selected to exhibit his entry for this years London Transport Museum Serco Illustration Prize.

Winners will be announced in November at the Transport Museum in Covent Garden. Here is Chris's entry. Chris said 'London has lots of secrets and Pigeons, so I decided to combine the two'. 

Well done Chris!

NUCA Illustration Students on D&AD shortlist

Year 3 students Stacey Knights and Rupert Smissen have been nominated for D&AD Yellow Pencil Awards for their work on the ‘The Little White Lies’ project. Here is Stacey's entry.

Stacey Knights, 'Little White Lies'

Gary Oldman's character George Smiley is represented by the queen chess piece and I noticed how the shape of that chess piece could be used to form the shape of the tie the character wears. 

Gary Hunt shortlisted in the RSA Student Design Awards

Gary Hunt, a Year 3 student, has made the shortlist for the RSA Student Design Awards competition to design a set of postage stamps that encourages the art of letter writing. 'My idea was to get people to develop their own unique characters on the envelope. Therefore not only is the letter inside a keepsake of memories and conversation, but also a container that bears this personal touch. A stipulation of the brief was to make the stamps so engaging that the customer felt compelled to purchase them to send a letter. I think one of the most engaging forms of communication is humour, so this is the angle I went for.' 

Gary Hunt, RSA stamp designs