Professional Diploma in Creative Multimedia Illustration

Creating illustrations can be an art and an enjoyable hobby. If this is your love, here is a training course to turn your personal interest into career opportunities, with a recognised qualification. The Professional Diploma in Creative Multimedia Illustration equips learners with the knowledge and techniques to master illustration across traditional and new media platforms, hence the readiness to communicate ideas and tell stories through visuals for yourself and your clients across businesses.

The programme is organised around nine modules (30 hours each) to cultivate creative illustration skills progressively: 

• Illustration Studies: beginning with the study of fundamental drawing and visualisation theories and techniques in a studio setting, you will learn to transform concepts into visual expressions; techniques attained will be applied on human figure drawing to deepen understanding of visualisation in narrative, editorial, documentary and commercial contexts; you will also learn to appreciate works by illustration masters from past to present to obtain insights and inspiration for developing personal illustration styles

• New Media Illustration: from idea communication to storytelling, from 2D to 3D, you will commence with creating illustration, animation and vector art through mastery of Adobe Creative Suite, progressing to 3D digital art and animation with modelling techniques, and eventually develop a storyboard in motion graphics using After Effects; the learning will be rounded up with industry sharing to broaden understanding of professional animation production techniques and trends

• Applied Illustration: a step-by-step guide to start up your own illustration business, from business model, funding and grants application, self-promotion, client communication to personal style development; you will also acquire skills of character design and sculpting, as well as visual narrative techniques with practices on book design and character imagery

Upon completion of the programme, learners should be able to emerge as illustrators capable of narrating ideas and stories across media and abreast of illustration trends, broadening career prospects in graphic design.

➞ Payment Methods
Remark: Fees paid are non-refundable and non-transferable unless the course is cancelled.

Financial Aids

(1)
(2)		This course has been included in the list of reimbursable courses under Continuing Education Fund. This course is recognised under the Qualifications Framework (QF Level 4).
(3)		ENLS (Extended Non-means-tested Loan Scheme)

Basic Qualification

Mature Applicants
Mature applicants, i.e. those aged 21 or above with at least two years’ relevant working experience, can be admitted. Where appropriate, the applicant may be required to pass an entrance assessment, which can be in an oral and/or written form.

Documents Required for Application
1) Completed Application Form (Online)
2) Upload Copy of proof for Academic Qualifications
3) Upload Copy of proof for Working Experience

Chow LEE
Chow is a Hong Kong-based illustrator. In the 1990s, he established Chow Lee Illustration Studio and has been participating in illustration teaching in Hong Kong and Macau, promoting cultural and creative industries.
In 2010, Chow won the Gold Award in the 1st Greater China Illustration Awards - The Best Illustration (Advertising). He has also organized numerous joint illustration exhibitions as a curator and exhibitor.
Since 2012, he has co-organized the Professional Diploma in Creative Multimedia Illustration with the Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI). In 2014, he was a winner of the "Ten Outstanding Designers Award".
Chow's illustration works cover different creative media, including print advertising, film, TV programme illustrations, stamp illustrations, animation and outdoor murals.
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Lange WONG

Lange is a Hong Kong game developer. She has worked in various types of game companies, including 3D animation and user interface design. In recent years, Lange focuses more on hand-drawn illustrations and has created artwork for a diverse range of projects: The movie "The Way We Keep Dancing" T-Shirt illustration for the hip hop artist Heyo, designed concert visuals for the band "De Tesla", created cover art and illustrations for the novel, and produced themed illustrations for Menya Musashi and CCCC/select at the Langham Place store.
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Johnson CHIANG
Johnson is the creator of the character 'JohnDog", the curator of Hong Kong Art Toy Story 2022 (Thailand Exhibition). He is a professional member of the Hong Kong Society of Illustrators, and was the chairman from 2014-16. In 2013, he published the book “Come on, Creative!” on how to use creativity. With over ten years of experience at three major 4As agencies in Hong Kong, he has been responsible for a wide range of tasks, including brand management, marketing strategies, and advertising tactics.
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