The Department of Illustration prepares students for the challenges of professional practice while encouraging creative vision and personal expression. The curriculum emphasizes drawing, painting, conceptual problem-solving and professionalism as the basis for producing innovative imagery for a mass communications audience. Students develop their ability to apply fundamental design principles through a variety of studies related to the analytical process of picture-making.
Projects address the categories of book, editorial, institutional and advertising illustration.
The skills acquired through the illustration program are applicable to a variety of traditional industries as well as new and emerging communication environments. Illustration faculty are award-winning professionals who reinforce industry standards by bringing their experience into the classroom on a daily basis and requiring a high level of commitment from their students. Illustration students are rewarded for their hard work with the satisfaction of knowing that they have contributed to their own growth and developed a strong foundation for a career in the visual arts.