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Choosing the right OCA course for you
Posted: 01/07/26 09:49 |
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Are you feeling stuck with choosing which course to apply for? At OCA, we offer a wide range of courses to suit different interests, and choosing the right one when you apply can sometimes feel daunting. Consider what you love: what is it that you will look forward to studying in depth? You might feel that you already have a strong understanding of the career path and subject you wish to focus on, but at this stage of study it can also be difficult to pinpoint exactly what you wish to specialise in.
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Alix Brown – Flexibility, Feedback and Finding My Voice
Posted: 25/01/26 08:31 |
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I’m Alix Brown, and I’m currently studying Creative Arts at OCA. At the time of writing, I am partway through Unit 3.2, and working on external projects related to Photography and Illustration. Originally, my plans were to write for children as well as illustrate, but during Unit 3.1, I fell in love with the visual […]
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OCA Illustration: Introducing Robyn Wilson-Owen
Posted: 06/11/24 12:08 |
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Hello, I am Robyn Wilson-Owen, a maker of children’s picture books, a former theatre designer, and a new tutor on OCA’s BA Illustration. I will always try to encourage my students to draw from life as much as possible, and to embrace making lots and lots of bad drawings – because there are no good drawings without lots and lots of bad drawings first!
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Beeple’s ‘Everydays’: The Value of Digital Artwork
Posted: 18/03/21 09:37 |
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Last week an artwork sold at Christie’s Auction House for $65m (about £47m). ‘Everydays: The First 5,000 Days’ by the American artist Beeple (better known to his family as Mike Winkelmann) is now the most expensive piece of digital art ever created, but its provenance and value are not contained within the work itself, as […]
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A conversation between Foundations Drawing student David Csaba and tutor Cheryl Huntbach
Posted: 09/12/20 09:09 |
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It may be interesting for prospective students, and others to know a little about your background, your life, and art experience prior to your OCA studies- for example from where you originate (how this may or may not inform your own studies / drawing work / process. My name is Csaba David and I have […]
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OCA recommends: ‘Manga’ at the British Museum, until 26 August 2019
Posted: 16/07/19 09:47 |
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Until around 20 years ago, it was possible to determine a comics artist or illustrator’s national and cultural origins from their aesthetic – from the elements of composition, mark-making, gesturality and myriad other aspects of image-making that comprised their personal visual language. Now none of these origins can be taken for granted. The fundamental question this raises is about the future of design and illustration generally – is the increasing similarity of visuality a ‘good thing’ or not?
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