Last updated: Tuesday,September 27,2011,14:09

Illustration Schools

Do you like to draw? Have you ever thought about honing your innate skills at illustration schools? There you can learn to communicate big ideas through illustration.

From books that require technical drawings to beautifully-illustrated calendars to animated movies on the big screen, illustration creates visual representations and brings ideas, information, concepts, and stories to life.

Illustration is a powerful instrument. For artistic purposes, illustration can be used to convey emotions, beauty, humor, or even horror. It can inspire awe, repulsion, action, or other feelings and outcomes.

For scientific or technical purposes, illustration can be used to communicate processes and sets of instructions, clarify and simplify difficult concepts, and explain things that may not be visible to the human eye.

Schools that offer Illustration Schools programs

Campus

Westwood College

Qualifications: Associate, Bachelor
Programs: Associate Degree - Graphic Design and Multimedia, Associate Degree - Graphic Design, Bachelor Degree - Graphic Design: Major in Visual Communications
Locations: Denver, Arlington, Woodridge, Chicago, Atlanta, Upland, Annandale, Torrance, Calumet City, Anaheim, Los Angeles

Online

Art Institute Online

Qualifications: Bachelor, Associate
Programs: Graphic Design, Game Art & Design, Web Design and Interactive Media
Locations:

Campus

American Career Institute

Qualifications: Certificate
Programs: Graphic Design, Digital Multimedia Design, Digital Gaming Design
Locations: Cambridge, Braintree, Springfield, Framingham, Columbia, Woburn, Silver Spring, Baltimore

Campus

Keiser University Campus

Qualifications: Associate
Programs: Design and Multimedia, AS, Video Game Design, AS,
Locations: Tallahassee, West Palm Beach, Hollywood, Tampa, Lakeland, Port Saint Lucie, Fort Lauderdale, Daytona Beach

Campus

South University - Campus

Qualifications: Bachelor, Associate
Programs: Graphic Design (BS), Graphic Design (AS),
Locations: Columbia

With illustration programs at art or illustration schools you may learn things like color theory, composition, form, how to perform visual research, interpreting texts and images, illustration techniques, observational drawing of real life subjects, line drawing, color illustration, and post-production illustration work using software like Adobe Photoshop.

Illustration work is used in sectors as varied as publishing, entertainment, animation, games, academia, museums, and advertising.

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