Illustration and Illustration Design

SCAD-Savannah Illustration

SCAD-Atlanta Illustration

SCAD-Savannah and SCAD-Atlanta B.F.A., M.A. and M.F.A. in illustration B.A. in visual communication with a concentration in illustration M.A. in illustration design

SCAD-eLearning M.A. in illustration design

Studying illustration at SCAD means experimenting with a variety of traditional and contemporary media and techniques and developing your own personal style. The program also teaches you the practical side of the illustration business, including portfolio presentation, marketing and invoicing.

Resources

• Light tables and Artographs for traditional illustration work
  
• Computer/studio classrooms with the latest hardware and software for electronic illustration
  
• Regular visits by publishers, prominent illustrators, art directors, sketch artists, cartoonists and artists’ representatives
  

Real World Experience
Students enter national and international competitions: the New York Society of Illustrators and the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, 3 x 3 magazine, CMYK Magazine, Applied Arts, the Society of Korean Illustrators, RSVP, American Illustration and others.

Annual SCADDY Awards
Advertising-related student work is recognized in this annual awards show.

Careers in Illustration and Illustration Design

Careers
• illustrator — advertising, book cover, children's book, commercial, costume, computer game, digital, editorial, freelance greeting card, product, publication
• artist — storyboard, quick sketch, graphic, mural, graphic novel
• art director
• set designer
• cartoonist
• character designer for animation
• caricaturist
• instructor

Some Employers of SCAD Alumni

• Advance Creative Staffing • Adventure Children’s Museum • American Greetings • Animation Collective • Apex Signs and Designs • Binders Art Center • Christiansen’s • CNN • Consolidated Designs Inc. • Corporate Report • Custom Printwear Inc. • Devon Direct Marketing • Disney Interactive • Hallmark • Heritage School • Inside Out • Jesterhead Creations • John Stolbart Gallery

• Johnson Group • May Merchandising Co. • MSP Communications • Radical Axis • Reader’s Digest Children’s Publishing • Simon and Schuster Publishing • Tallahassee Democrat • Tarulli Video Productions Inc. • Team Up International • TSI Sports Inc. • Turner Productions Effects • VSI Communications • Walt Disney Imagineering • West End Games • W.E.T. Studios • WJMX-FM • World Color