Illustration is one of the most traditional and powerful platform in the visual communication discipline. It is a visual language that allows us to convey a massage, tell a story, communicate information along side interpretation. In the course the students will practice classic challanges in the field of illustration. The projects develop gradually from a single Word-Image relationships to a series of visual depictions to ideas and concepts through the connection between the visual language chosen and the goal of the project. until they will have enough experience to illustrate a complete text. During the course we will work with varies formats' texts, aodiences, and techniques, in order for all the students at the Visual communication department to gain the basic skill of illustration, stylizing and image making.

In the course we will explore manual Hebrew lettering, conduct design processes that will begin with drawing, scribbling, lettering by hand and continue with styling, refinement, digitizing and creating an original and legible piece of typography (a logotype, sentence, title or slogan). During the course we will work in class, alongside short presentations that will overview historical and contemporary lettering conventions from various worlds (shop signs, posters, coffee shop blackboards, graffiti, dynamic and interactive typography etc.).