Keith Hume MA, MCSD, FHEA

Current roles

Programme Leader: BA (Hons) Illustration & Animation

Biography

I have been a professional illustrator since 1990 working freelance in London then moving to work in Ingolstadt and Stuttgart, Germany for the Audi VW Group. Following this I then moved to work for an independent studio in Munich working freelance for many large clients including BMW, Porsche and numerous advertising agencies. I decided to return to the UK and continued my freelance career and since then have worked for clients in the UK, Europe and globally. My teaching career began in 1996 and I became full time in 2000. I continue to combine my illustration practice albeit in a limited capacity with teaching. I hold a Masters Degree in Design (Illustration), am a professional Member of The Chartered Society of Designers and have recently been made a Fellow of The Higher Education Academy. I am currently involved in consultancy work with Zhejiang University of Communication and Media, Hangzhou, China. This ongoing project has resulted in unique work related professional development modules being written and implemented in China for Graphic Design and Animation students.

I began working as a part time lecturer at Doncaster College in 1996 on the National Diploma in Illustration teaching airbrush illustration. Since then I have taught on the HND Illustration course and was for a time the course Leader of this programme before undertaking a position writing and leading FdA Animation and Games Art and BA Illustration & Animation. I am now the Programme Leader responsible for the BA (Hons) Illustration & Animation top-up and a course tutor on the FdA Animation & Games Art programme.

Current modules taught

FdA Animation and Games Art and the BA (Hons) Illustration and Animation (Top Up):

Drawing & Concept Art
Digital Illustration & Design
Professional Practice
Work Based Learning
Major Project
Portfolio Development & Promotion
Major Project Research & Development
Major Project Realisation

Research / scholarly activity

Work published in:

Charlseworth, A (Editor), (1990) A Practical Guide to Airbrushing, pp.102-103. Surrey, Dragons World. (LRC – 741.29. CHA)

Leek, M, E (Editor), (2001) The New Encyclopedia of Airbrush Techniques, pp. 157. London, Quarto (LRC – 741.29. LEE)

Simpson, I (Editor), (1990) The New Guide to Illustration: Technical Illustration, pp. 128. London, Phaidon.

Exhibitions:

The Art of Explaining - Exhibition of technical illustration at The Science Museum - London - 1989
New Designers Exhibition at The Design Centre, Islington, London, 1990
A Way of Explaining - A travelling exhibition of technical illustration - 1990
Spritz Technische - Munich Academy of Fine Art - Exhibition of airbrush illustration - 1992
Work on permanent display at the Geological Museum - London
Work on permanent display at BMW Headquarters - Munich
Work on permanent display at Peugeot Headquarters – Paris

Projects

Recently I collaborated with my colleague Carey Sizer-Coy, Course Leader Animation & Games, on an International project in partnership with Kirklees College with Jiangbin Vocational School and Zhejiang University of Communications and Media in Hangzhou, China.

External activity / professional links

Member of The Chartered Society of Designers (MCSD)
Fellow of The Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Tutor Member of the Association of Illustrators
External Examiner for FdA and BA (Hons) Graphic Communication at Leeds Metropolitan University.

Freelance Illustrator- represented by The Apple Agency in the UK, KJA –Artists, London and Illustration Works in the US.

http://www.kja-artists.com/portfolio.asp?key=46&st=1&en=18

http://www.apple.co.uk/illustration/results.aspx?searchType=Artist&searchTerm=Keith+Hume&offset=0&artist_id=27

http://www.illustrationworks.com/searchresults.php

Previous clients include: Audi/VW, BMW, Peugeot, Ford, Vauxhall, Lucas Automotive, Ministry of Defence, BAE Systems, BP Amaco, ICI, Novatis, Ciba - Geigy, Smithkline Beecham, Pfizer, Tesco, Asda, Morrison, Iceland, Quick Save, Coca - Cola, Schweppes, Carlsberg - Tetley, Cadbury, Mclean Homes, Hasbro, Mattell, Revell, Waddington’s, Ministry of Sound, Getty Images, Land Rover, Ogilvy - Stockholm, Britvic Soft Drinks, National Geographic Europe.