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School of Illustration

"There is no greater instrument for understanding the visual world than the hand and a pencil."
~ Milton Glaser

As one of the nation's top illustration schools, we offer specialized illustration career training unlike any other art school. Whatever your passion is, we offer the courses you need and the professional instructors to guide you.

Illustration Schools and Degree Programs

• Illustration Bachelors Degree Program
• BFA Program Learning Outcomes
• Illustration Masters Degree Program
• MFA Program Learning Outcomes

Online Illustration Schools and Degree Programs

• Associate of Arts
• Bachelor of Fine Arts

• Master of Fine Arts

Illustration Class Descriptions and Course Schedules

• Traditional Illustration
• Digital Illustration
• Visual Development and Concept Art
• Fashion Illustration
• Fantasy Illustration
• Sequential Art and Comic Book Art
• Childrens Book and Book Covers
• Graphic Design Illustration

• Animal Illustration
• Creature Design
• Wildlife Illustration
• Fantasy Life Drawing
• Fantasy Creature Drawing
• Character Design
• Character Drawing
• Cartooning
• And more!

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Illustration Career and Job Opportunities

• Illustrator in Advertising
• Publishing
• Editorial
• Comic Book Artist
• Graphic Novel

• Concept Art and Visual Development
• Greeting Cards and Paper Goods
• Children's Book Artist
• And more!

Illustration Companies Hiring Our Graduates

Film and Game Companies

• Bandai Namco
• Blue Mars
• Blue Sky
• Cryptic Studios
• Dreamworks
• EA
• Fantasy Flight Games
• ILM
• Lucas Arts

• Massive Black
• PDI
• Pixar
• TellTales
• Toys for Bob
• Valve
• Warner Bros. Studios
• Zynga
• And More Top Studios

Comics

• Boom! Studios
• Carnal Comics
• Dark Horse
• DC
• Image Comics

• Marvel Comics
• Popgun Anthology
• Tokyo Pop
• And More Top Publishers

Print

• American Greetings
• Lockheed Martin Corporation
• National Geographic
• Rolling Stone
• San Francisco Bay Guardian

• Simon and Schuster
• Spin
• The New Yorker
• US Postal Service
• Wall Street Journal
• And More Top Publishers

Professional Development and Continuing Art Education

Reach your individual goals in illustration by taking non-prerequisite classes

More Illustration School Information

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