Digital Illustration

Students explore topics including editorial illustration, conceptual digital drawing, reportage, pattern illustration, character design, observational digital drawing, and more. 

Students can also engage in advanced independent projects including producing graphic novels, working with large scale digital painting, and exploring book illustration. This area combines the longstanding benefits of developing refined drawing skills with knowledge of the new digital tools necessary to achieve sophisticated image-making for the digital age. 

SA/VS has great facilities and equipment for both traditional and digital drawing including spacious studios, six computer labs (with both OS X and Windows based machines) with drawing tablets and 2D and 3D scanners for content creation. 

Students interested in digital illustration will study topics such as observational digital drawing, survey of line techniques, analog/digital interaction, and editorial illustration. The introductory class highlights the teaching of digital fundamentals including drawing software, tablet drawing, and hybrid processes. 

Advanced classes emphasize the development of sophisticated conceptual and technical skills through supervised independent projects and explore the expanded field of drawing by creating digital works that can take on multiple physical forms.