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Animal Rendering

Learn to realistically depict animals—both real and imaginary. You’ll focus on animal fur, skin, feathers, textures, skeletons, muscles, movements, rhythms, expressions, and basic structures.

Editorial Illustration

You will develop a personal communication approach to viewpoints on a specific subject or situation in this course. This includes an exploration of visual design used to illustrate words while creating portfolio pieces for the magazine market. (This course is cross-listed with ILL 706.)

Comic Book

Students will explore the fun and exciting styles and techniques of comic book illustration and storytelling – step by step. Going panel by panel, students will see how to create in a way sure to bring entertainment to many by using either existing stories or their own tales. Through these… Read More

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 380X.)

Writing for Comic Books and Graphic Novels

Effective strategies for professional comic book scriptwriting are taught in this course. You will read graphic novels and critical writing about comics which emphasize the physical space words occupy. You will produce a completed comic book script by the end of the semester. (This course is cross-listed with LA 217.)

Concept, Technique and Illustration

Find your voice. Experiment with different media as you work through the full illustration process, from concept sketches to finished artwork.

Surface Design and Licensing

It’s fun to see your illustrations at major resale markets. You’ll use vector programs and traditional art mediums to create lifestyle surface art for products like greeting cards, paper products, home furnishings, wall decor, giftware, clothing, and more. Plus, study the art licensing industry. (This course is cross-listed with ILL… Read More

Comic Book Illustration

Discover the magic and art of storytelling by exploring how story elements come alive in a scene! You’ll create your own 1-page comic with 3 dynamic panels.

Clothed Figure Drawing 2

Use value to draw the clothed figure. You’ll learn to see and use shapes in value to create patterns and develop a sense of staging, with a focus on structure, drapery, and the ways light reveals form.

Advanced Digital Painting

Preproduction art, print illustration, and web imagery work require digital painting skills. You’ll create digital paintings that include the illusion of three-dimensional form and depth in digital environments.