Illustration
Illustration
Illustration
The art department offers illustration courses that enable students to develop a portfolio of work demonstrating their personal style and understanding of technical and conceptual skills necessary to compete in the job market. Assignments are presented in context of the fine arts, graphic design, web and print applications. They focus on relevant issues encouraging exploration of traditional and digital media, critical thinking skills such as the ability to communicate effectively in a professional environment, the ability to generate ideas and perform necessary research and open-minded discussion.
Illustration is emphasized as a freelance career that may include a broad range of publishing venues such as editorial illustration, advertising art, comic illustration, website development, licensing industry opportunities and the social media as a marketing tool. Rowan illustration students are included among the winners in recent Society of Illustrators/New York Student Scholarship Competitions. Former students and guest lecturers have demonstrated success in careers such as children’s book illustration, medical illustration, greeting card design and licensing.
