Illustration

Nathan Watson

Your experience in the CCS Illustration department integrates the fundamentals of visual storytelling, figure drawing, color, composition and perspective with industry-relevant coursework.

Our Illustration elective course options form pathways in Visual Development, Publishing, Fashion Lifestyle and Licensing, Comics and Sequential, or Gallery Artist. Through these pathways, you will develop a portfolio specific to your career goals and creative interests.

Our pathways will help you create a focused portfolio for freelance or studio-based careers in Illustration, and that, combined with our business-centric courses and optional Creative Entrepreneurship concentration, will prepare you for work in a studio or opening your own.

Numbers that matter

REAL-WORLD

students worked with professionals from Nickelodeon on real prop assignments, FX,character design and more for the animated series The Loud House

5

tracks students have the option of studying – Visual Development, Publishing, Fashion Lifestyle and Licensing, Comics and Sequential or Gallery Artist

63%

placement rate with a ton of career possibilities

INDUSTRY

Visual development alumni work for leading entertainment companies including, Disney, Sony, Nickelodeon, Dreamworks and more

A CREATIVE COMMUNITY

Ryan Savas

'99 Illustration
Head of Story
Sony Pictures Animation

Sydney G. James

'01 Illustration
Fine Arts Painter and Muralist

Michael Maher Jr.

'07 Illustration
Visual Effects & Art Director
Uncharted Territory

  • Ryan Savas

    '99 | Illustration
    Head of Story
    Sony Pictures Animation

  • Sydney G. James

    '01 | Illustration
    Fine Arts Painter and Muralist

  • Michael Maher Jr.

    '07 | Illustration
    Visual Effects & Art Director
    Uncharted Territory
Make ● Play ● Think

CAREER CHOICES

  • Advertising Illustrator

  • Creative Director

  • Digital Illustrator

  • Gallery Artist

  • Lighting Designer

  • K-12 Art Teacher

  • Motion Illustrator/Designer

  • Multimedia Designer

  • Storyboard Artist

  • Textile Pattern Illustrator

  • Visual Development Artist

  • Web Designer

Want to learn more?

Visit the CCS Website

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