GRAPHICS, ILLUSTRATION & GAME ARTS: UAL LEVEL 3 EXTENDED DIPLOMA IN CREATIVE PRACTICE

A digital specialist and self-confessed nerd, Johnny is driven by a desire to narrow the distinction between science and the arts. A BSc in Digital Art & Technology and a career as a web programmer have led to his interest in data and generative art - using code as a paintbrush - and in computer games both as products of design and as learning tools. Always with one ear to the ground, he enjoys problem-solving indie games and discussing cutting edge technological developments. "I love that our students are encouraged to explore and not to play it safe. When things go wrong here it's an opportunity to learn rather than a failure and that makes for progressive and exciting ideas. Having learnt from my time in industry and my creative practice I'm an advocate of collaboration and flexibility so seeing groups click creatively and develop professionally is a real joy. It's great to see the widespread adoption of contemporary communication technology and online tools at the university too. There's an exhilarating energy about the place."

Jake is a creative practitioner with a multidisciplinary approach that encompasses drawing, illustration, printmaking and photography. Since studying on the BA (Hons) Drawing and Applied Arts degree at the University of the West of England in 2011, he has continued to maintain an active studio practice, whilst developing personal projects. Alongside his studio practice Jake completed a PGCE and now works as a part-time educator - Jake has lectured for BA Illustration, Animation, and Drawing, Painting and Printmaking at Arts University Plymouth, he currently teaches on the pre-degree graphic design and illustration programme. Jake’s specialist interest is in traditional intaglio printmaking processes and in life drawing. Jake’s own work is characterised by monochromatic depictions of places of sanctuary both man-made and in the natural world. His passions include picture- book illustration, observational drawing methodologies and procedures, and drawing as a developmental process, its histories and context.

Sam Brown is a multidisciplinary designer, interested in how traditional materials and processes can enhance digital design. Initially working as a Graphic Designer she has now spent ten years working in further education. Sam has a BA (Hons) in Typography and recently completed an MA in Visual Communication from Arts University Plymouth. Her master's research questioned and re-imagined our interactions and experiences with time and place and proposed interactions with the digital world untethered from technological devices. She has also worked as a designer/editor for the Arts University Plymouth SUB publication, a new academic journal featuring submissions from staff and MA student researchers. Sam has also worked as an editor for the 2019 Making Futures journal which features submissions from the international 2019 conference held at Arts University Plymouth.

Sarah Colman is a practicing artist and educator. Her work is inspired by how we experience the world around us. It’s an attempt to dig deep and bring out the hidden beauty of a material or an overlooked aspect of the world. Craft is fundamental to the way she produces objects and images; in the creative process of making, she finds a kind of alchemy at her fingertips. Her approach to making drawings, prints, or sculpture is intuitive and has a light touch, and the aesthetic often toys with the border between art and design. Sarah studied Sculpture at the University of the Arts, London (2008) and trained as a secondary school art teacher at the Institute of Education, London (2009). In 2017, she gained a Masters in Contemporary Fine Art Practices (Work Masters) from the HEAD (Haute École d'art et de design), Geneva. After graduating, she was an artist in residence at Foundation Bruckner (2019), a ceramics foundation in Geneva, and ‘The Material Archive’ at Sitterwerk, St Gallen (2019 - 2020). Alongside her role at Arts University Plymouth, she continues to research material processes and develop her knowledge of ceramics at her studio in Plymouth.