Undergraduate Illustration (BFA)
Program Overview
The Illustration program will prepare you for the communication arts industry by helping you to develop traditional drawing skills, teaching you the latest digital imaging technologies, and giving you practice in sculpted dimensional methods. You will develop your individual style and learn conceptual skills to produce effective illustrations for advertising, book publishing, editorial art, and many other applications. Many of our studios have computers integrated into their workspaces, with large computer labs always available. The Illustration faculty provides exceptional professional preparation and exciting learning opportunities, and shares with students its involvement in research and scholarship. Recent graduates of the program have found employment as illustrators in a wide variety of industries including book and magazine publishing, retail and product manufacturing, graphic design and advertising, digital and stop-motion animation studio work, and museum illustration.
Illustration Links
- Association of Illustrators
- Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
- Graphic Artists Guild
- Society of Illustrators
- Illustration Conference
- The Professional Association for Design (AIGA)
- Illustration Magazine
- How Design
- Norman Rockwell Museum
- National Museum of American Illustration
- Communication Arts
- Negativ World Wide Art Land
- Protecting Your Ideas
- Adobe Design Center
- Becoming a Free Agent
- US Small Business Administration
- US Copyright Office
- ZAKS Illustrators Source
- Big Illustration Group
- Picture Book Directory of Children’s Illustration
- Workbook Portfolios
- The I Spot
- Illustration Agency International
- Three in a Box Portfolios
- Port Sort Cooperative
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Top Employers
- Apple
- Disney
- Cartoon Network
- Reebok
- Adidas
- Nickelodeon
- Reader's Digest
- Atlantic Monthly
- Marvel Comics
- Dutton Children's Books
- Hallmark Cards
- American Greeting Cards
- Ralph Lauren
- Up With Paper
- New Readers Press
- The Jim Henson Company
- Vanity Fair
- Penguin Books
- The American Museum of Natural History
- Vista Print
- Bix Pix Animation
- Anthropologie Clothing
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Top Careers
- Newspaper Illustrator
- Book Illustrator
- Magazine Illustrator
- Advertising Illustrator
- Freelance Illustrator
- Art/Creative Director
- Illustration/Art Editor
- Graphic/Illustrative Designer
- Comic Book Artist
- Graphic Novel Artist
- Animation Stills Artist
- Movie Visual Development Artist
- Set/Background Artist
- Storyboard Artist
- Character Designer
- Web Illustration Artist
- Gaming Attributes Illustrator
- 3D Modeler/Texture Artist
- Technical Illustrator
- Diorama/Display Artist
- Caricature Artist
- Portrait Artist
- Mural Artist
- Window Dresser/Artist
- Illustration/Art Educator
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