This two-year creative diploma program combines traditional and digital illustrative media with freelance business skills to help you succeed as a professional illustrator.

 

Throughout the program, you will build your visual art skills through drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpting and digital media. The program’s specialties include children’s book illustration, comics, editorial illustration and concept art for film and game animation.

 

At the same time, you will learn how to run your own small business as an entrepreneurial artist with innovative courses exploring website development, accounting, marketing and revenue-generating skills.

 

Skills

Throughout this program you will develop the following skills:

• advanced drawing and painting
• concept development
• critical thinking
• digital painting
• developing your creative voice
• entrepreneurship skills
• sculpting
• printmaking
• visual development