Illustration Design Track

Our Illustration Design curriculum is the broadest education available within our program, effectively preparing you for a variety of careers as a visual storyteller.

Students master a broad range of applications for their work, including print and digital-based enterprises that can be applied within the fields of editorial, publishing, product application, advertising, merchandising and graphic novels. You'll be prepared to work as a full-time employee, an independent contractor or an entrepreneur, with an expertise in design and typography broadly applicable to messaging campaigns in a variety of media.

Career Opportunities

• Freelance artist and illustrator
• In-house designer in publishing or advertising
• Entrepreneur

Key Courses that Best Represent This Track

• Illustrating for The New York Times
• Illustration for Publishing
• Illustration Strategies

What You'll Learn

Conceptual illustration for application to editorial, publishing, advertising and web projects; craft development in drawing and painting; art direction; poster and book cover design; illustration for PSAs; portraiture; hand-lettering; as well as advanced techniques utilizing Photoshop, Illustrator and Procreate software.

Notable alumni

Our graduates are sought-after visual storytellers whose designs educate, entertain and best of all, inspire.

• Grant Higa, Illustrator, Wieden+Kennedy, Tokyo
• Bijou Karman, Freelance artist/illustrator, clients include Google, Planned Parenthood, the New Yorker
• Leonardo Santamaria, First-generation Filipino-American freelance illustrator, clients include NPR, TED, Politico