ART 2450 - Illustration: Introduction

Students will be introduced to the various paths they can take within illustration, including editorial, publishing, advertising, & visual development. The wide breadth of content in this course will reinforce critical aspects of the Illustration process, to include: conceptual thinking, expansive iteration, storytelling, & working within set project parameters. Students will learn that Illustration is not a specific medium or a way of making images, but rather a purpose, which can be approached from countless directions. Students will be encouraged to experiment with both analog & digital. Throughout this course, sketchbooks will be used as a problem-solving tool, as well as a means of visual exploration. Students will be introduced to the work of a range of contemporary & historic illustrators practicing in the paths covered by the course.