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Animal Anatomy

Take a walk on the wild side. Using digital media and traditional drawing techniques, you’ll study the fur, skin, textures, skeletons, muscles, movements, rhythms, expressions, and basic structures of animals, comparing animal forms to our own. Note: homework requires digital skills.

Final Review Preparation

A comprehensive critique of your final thesis project will help your review go smoothly and successfully. You’ll learn specific areas you may wish to address to enhance the caliber of your entire presentation.

The Rendered Figure

Learn proportions and structure of the human figure. Gain chiaroscuro skills in the correct application of light/shadow, centering, as well as advancing/receding light to describe the figure as dimensional form. Draw from both nude and clothed figure, focusing on proportions, rhythm, stretch, compression, and expression. Learn to edit, idealize, and… Read More

Professional Practices for Illustrators

Prepare your illustrative art for the professional marketplace. After conducting a personal career analysis and building a financial strategy, you’ll develop a persuasive, multi-channeled portfolio package that includes a personal website.

Directed Study

Refine your skills. As a Master of Fine Arts degree candidate, you’ll complete course assignments to develop the conceptual, design, and technical skills needed to successfully complete your MFA Thesis Project and/or portfolio. You must have passed your midpoint review. Director approval required. Fees and prerequisites will vary by topic.

Writing for Picture Books

Can picture books reflect the momentous moments in a child’s life? You’ll explore universal themes of family, friendship, sibling rivalry, and independence to develop picture book characters and stories that speak to children’s interests and validate their emotions. (This course is cross-listed with ILL 318.)

Posters and Packaging

Become an illustrative storyteller. Increase the narrative impact of your work by combining your composition, design, and perspective techniques with solid drawing and painting skills. You’ll use research, photography, sketches, and multiple techniques. (This course is cross-listed with ILL 704.)

History of Illustration

Who are the significant American illustrators of the twentieth century? You’ll gain an historical awareness of modern illustration by examining social conditions, compositional styles, trends, and subject matter.

Refining Layouts in Ink

Working either traditionally or digitally, use inking to elevate your work. You’ll gain the inking skills to create mood, add definition, and convey a sense of dimension to augment your penciled sequential images. (This course is cross-listed with ILL 392.)

Fantasy Illustration

Creatively bring your individual style and imagination to life in the fantasy genre. Combining reference and invented elements, you’ll learn to design and depict believable characters, creatures, environments, and apparatus while producing five portfolio-quality images.