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BA (Hons) Illustration Degree Show 2024
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BA (Hons) Illustration Degree Show 2024

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Leo Bateman
Jake Boal
Olivia Briggs
Fay Butler
Ryan Bell
Robert Carruthers
Yuki Cheong
Grace Fiteni
Kiyanna Lei Green
Alexander Healy
Abbie Leigh-Holbrook
Chloe Horan
Cerys Howells
Susi Hoxhaj
Dani Ingold
Harri Lewis
Yasmin Morgan
Maxine Ndlovu
Christine Oris
Chloe Pritchard
Tyler Smith
Purva Sohelia
Chloe Tebutt
Benjamin Thompson
Bea Zaman
Terence Timmins
Eliza Wright



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L4 - New Kids on the Block
Equipment List
Reading List
Looking and Listening

Equipment List



Making materials - pens, paints and physical stuff
We realise that how you make your work is very personal but here is a basic list of what we would expect you to be bringing to studio sessions each week. You dont need to bring all this every time (and in fact we will often ask you to being specific things to specific sessions) but we expect you to have access to all this stuff over your first year. Strictly NO GLITTER. Places to shop: 
  • We like the shop on Parkside Campus at BCU, Cass Art, Tiger to buy things from.
  • We also like a rummage round in The Works, Poundland, Hobbycraft and DIY shops too for weird stuff.
  • Bizarrely you can often find good stuff in TKMaxx and Homesense too...



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Sketchbooks - A3 and A4 please! Small notebooks also useful. Coloured pencils - ooooooohh rainbows! Felt pens - Sharpies and the like. Definitely black but any other colours you like. PAINT. Just PAINT. Whatever type you like. ERASERS. RUBBERS. WHATEVER. Pencils. Any grade. Sharp or blunt. Just pencils. Ink - Any colour you want. Strictly NO SQUIDS. Paintbrushes. Not fussed about type just bring em. More pens. Bring more pens. Poscas too. Rulers. Extra points for metal. Gold stars for safety ones. Scalpel or craft knife. Swan Morton 10A blades if that means something? Glue sticks - tasty, tasty glue sticks. Scissors. Lett handed ones if you are southpaw. Tape. Bring tape. Masking tape is good. He does not work here. (Sorry.) Stuff to make collage from. Start collecting bits of magazines, paper, text etc... Tape measure. You dont need one of these but if you do you will be very popular at degree show time. Sharpener. Make things sharp whenever you want. Crayons say "hi". Rulers also possibly required for fighting cats. POSSIBLY. Mixtapes not required - We do have a L4 Spotify Playlist from last year though....


Tech and things that plug in - digital stuff



You can access and hire a lot of equipment at BCU but for your first year the most valuable thing you can have is a smart phone and if you can stretch to it a good laptop. Lots of the creative industries use Apple products and although they are expensive a good Macbook laptop bought in your first year will easily last you all through your studies with us and probably well into your first job after. As staff we dont recommend the use of ipads in your first year as we find it limits skill building and exploration - we will talk about this more in the first week of the course.

Places to shop:

  • CEX is excellent for 2nd hand laptops - its more expensive than ebay but everything comes with a 2 year warranty.
  • Apple education pricing though Unidays gives you about 10-15% off the list price and there are often other incentives such as free Airpods too.
  • Apple refurb is another good option - second hand but returned to Apple, refurbed and boxed with a year warranty and up to a 20% discount. 



Cameras are GOOD but TBH your phone will do. If you want anything better you can borrow one. Ipads and tablets - we dont recommend these in your 1st year so speak to us before you buy.... If you are going to buy one BIG thing buy a laptop - ask us for advice as many companies have really good offers on at the start of term... Memory sticks and portable hard drives are super useful. Software - Adobe licenses are available to students (ltd number) at the start of term. Ask us about alternatives and options.