Our underlying philosophy is Experience and Encounter, inviting students to deeply investigate the interplay of image-making, design thinking, and social engagement. Illustration fuses personal vision and rigorous professional practice to help students build the responsive skill set required to flourish in a variety of creative markets. Powerful imagemakers and skilled visual storytellers, illustrators create work for a highly diverse marketplace including animated films, computer gaming, picture book and comics publishing, visual journalism, surface design, apparel and fashion, and product design.