Student work

BA (Hons) Animation and Illustration work

On our BA (Hons) Animation and Illustration course you'll explore the connections between animation and illustration, helping you create sequential narratives using a variety of methods – from traditional handmade image-making, to the latest specialist 2D digital animation, 3D CGI used in industry and cutting-edge interactive techniques.

The degree will prepare you for work in the creative industries as an 2D/3D animator, motion graphics designer, or illustrator. Many of our graduates now work with leading animation studios and UK broadcasters such as The Mill, 12 Foot 6, Slurpy Studios, The Like Minded, Filofax, BBC and Channel 4, as well as developing freelance careers in animation and illustration.

You can also watch the short films produced by our students for BBC Radio 4's The Listening Project, The Globe Theatre, Jacinta Pinto's winning entry for the New Designers Screening Award, or see work by recent graduates on our Creative Showcase.

  • BA (Hons) Animation and Illustration work
  • Animation still of crow businessman watching piece of paper float down onto desk

    Animation & Illustration Showreel 2026 - A montage of clips from major project films by graduating students.
  • Animation still of purple bird wearing cloth hat looking suspicious in alley with spray can, while besuited crow hides behind dumpster

    Birds of a Feather - by Gerald Ani
  • Animation still of two robots looking at empty plant pot in communal room

    Uprooted - by Amber Crouchman
  • Animation still of US city landscape in red, white and blue

    Motion Graphic (based on Jean Baudrillard's book "America") - by Joe Davey
  • Animation still showing red-haired woman studying precious stone with one eye closed

    Ammon - by Mathilde Chapman
  • Graphic novel double spread showing animals around their hometown, with tension between carnivores and others

    Graphic novel - by Liia Pronina
  • Double spread from black and white graphic novel showing characters interacting on a tube train

    Moonlight Mile - by Lonnie Willet
  • Animation still of crow businessman watching piece of paper float down onto desk
  • Animation still of purple bird wearing cloth hat looking suspicious in alley with spray can, while besuited crow hides behind dumpster
  • Animation still of two robots looking at empty plant pot in communal room
  • Animation still of US city landscape in red, white and blue
  • Animation still showing red-haired woman studying precious stone with one eye closed
  • Graphic novel double spread showing animals around their hometown, with tension between carnivores and others
  • Double spread from black and white graphic novel showing characters interacting on a tube train
  • Animation still of crow businessman watching piece of paper float down onto desk

    Animation & Illustration Showreel 2026 - A montage of clips from major project films by graduating students.
  • Animation still of purple bird wearing cloth hat looking suspicious in alley with spray can, while besuited crow hides behind dumpster

    Birds of a Feather - by Gerald Ani
  • Animation still of two robots looking at empty plant pot in communal room

    Uprooted - by Amber Crouchman
  • Animation still of US city landscape in red, white and blue

    Motion Graphic (based on Jean Baudrillard's book "America") - by Joe Davey
  • Animation still showing red-haired woman studying precious stone with one eye closed

    Ammon - by Mathilde Chapman
  • Graphic novel double spread showing animals around their hometown, with tension between carnivores and others

    Graphic novel - by Liia Pronina
  • Double spread from black and white graphic novel showing characters interacting on a tube train

    Moonlight Mile - by Lonnie Willet