Illustration Overview

From superheroes to monsters and jokes to political statements — you can imagine it, then learn ways to create it on paper, on the screen, or in 3-D.

"Illustration engages our hearts, serves our minds and reflects our culture as it embraces our past, expresses our present and reaches into the future. Illustration is the mirror to our time in history."
—C.F. Payne, CCAD chair of Illustration

You'll become familiar with the vast possibilities inherent in mass media, computer technology, three-dimensional illustration, cartoons and comics, animation, and Web design. You'll be exposed to techniques used in editorial and advertising production, and with using of a range of materials—from pencils, to inks, to the latest in computer imaging.

Professional faculty mentor you as you develop your visual and technical skills and as you tap into the great reservoir of imagination needed to communicate and tell stories.

Students who prepare for today's changing marketplace in illustration work for design and advertising firms, newspapers and magazines, book publishers, and art and animation studios. CCAD graduates work throughout the U.S. at companies including Sony Pictures, McGraw Hill Publishing, Marvel Comics, American Greetings, and Hallmark.