The brief The title is Seven days. These can be the seven days of the week or random days that tell a story. Your interpretation can be...

You have been asked to produce an illustrated strip of up to five frames for use in schools explaining to young teenagers how to cope...

Collect as many examples of imagery for children as possible. Group the illustrations you’ve collected into the target age groups....

Produce a series of illustrations for packaging to be used for a new range of organic biscuits for children. There are three varieties in...

Begin by taking each pair of words in turn from the list below and writing them in your own handwriting. Big Small Fat Thin Fast Slow...

Your brief is to produce three illustrations for a series of books jackets, at the size of an existing travel guide, for the locations...

Buy a newspaper with a supplement and go through cutting out any article that contains an illustration. Notice the heading for each...

Most of the work you’ve created so far has been as a result of specific exercises with clear objectives defining the outcome. However,...

The brief A magazine wants an illustration on one of the following topics: Lost Disaster Discovery Guilty secret They want an...

Collect as many examples as possible of different characters – newspapers and magazines are a particular good source. Catalogue these...

This exercise is designed to push you through a deliberate process of stylisation. Tackle it with an open mind and be prepared to adapt...

A friend has asked you to design a tattoo for them based on the word Mum. He would also like you to make it into a greeting card that he...

For this exercise you are asked to provide an illustration for use on the menu of a sophisticated, quality fish restaurant – one in a...

You are asked to produce a cover illustration for a natural history book for children (age 7–11) entitled Animals from Around the World....

You have been asked to produce three illustrations be used as part of a series of A3 posters to publicise the museum to the following...

Find a range of illustrators who use a particular medium. You may focus on the traditional such as pencil, watercolour, paint, gouache,...

The brief To design an illustration for a poster for a music event. An Early Music concert, a Jazz evening or for a pop group. You can...

For this exercise you are going to mock-up a book cover. From your book shelves or the library choose a book title that appeals to you....

This exercise is to help you to edit an image to its main structural form and to practice creating a clear visual. From the work you have...

Make a small collection of objects around a theme – choose from: Festival The morning after Summertime Workshop Using a digital camera...