This course will provide a culmination to the illustration program of study and is intended to prepare students for freelance work in illustration, or supplement their professional practice in related design disciplines. Students will learn to convey meaning and messages through illustration and to confidently navigate the complementary relationship with the Media Arts concentrations. The class stresses the development of projects from inception, through writing and ideation to publication, whether print or digital. Students will be able to gravitate towards their chosen specialist areas in this diverse discipline and complete their final project in that area. These will include, editorial, medical, scientific and botanical illustration, book illustration, sequential art including graphic novels and comics, as well as 3D illustration. Character development is a key focus, as it relates to animation, comics, digital cinema, and illustration for game art.

Prerequisite: ARTM2610 Introduction to Illustration