Illustration I
Date 6 Oct 2025 to 15 Jun 2026
Teachers
Location Ar.Co – Antigo Mercado de Xabregas, Lisboa
Schedule Mondays from 15h to 17h30
Type annual
Program
On-campus classes
The main objective of the Illustration course is to develop, through short spanned exercises, the students’ skills for graphic expression, as well as their capacity to interpret an idea or text for drawing (illustration). Throughout the school year exercises will deal with the concept of the original, as well as with editing and publication. The creation of images in different techniques explore the relations between image and text and each student’s capacity for interpretation. Working in various contexts of illustration (postcard, poster, book cover, magazine) clarifies the specific demands of each one of these situations. Analysis of the structure of various publication (illustrated album, fanzine, book-object) will help to adapt each student’s portfolio to the characteristics of one of these formats.
The course includes the workshop: Illustrated Minipedia
This workshop proposes the creation of an illustrated mini-encyclopedia (Minipedia) from A to N, based on the fictional categories of the Chinese encyclopedia, fruit of Jorge Luis Borges' imagination, entitled 'Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge'.
We will work on the construction of a series of 14 illustrations through logical disagreement exercises that promote a playful relationship between text and image.
Participants will end the workshop with a paginated and photocopied edition of their Illustrated Minipedia.
