58 courses with the subject ILL, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ILL 100Selected Topics1-6
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
Designed for students in fields related to Freelance Illustration for Publishing (either in print or digitally). Assignments in distinctive drawing and digital skills in a stylized approach often commenting on social and/or political issues.
Students interested in improving skills for Graphic Novels, Children¿s Books, Comics or Storyboarding. Assignments: series of images to convey a narrative with strong drawing skills to communicate essential elements of storytelling in a descriptive manner.
Students will employ a graphic approach to illustration using the fundamentals of visual communication to create projects targeted to licensing, stationary, packaging, for graphics studios, etc.
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
Course is designed for students who are interested in field of freelance illustration for publishing. Assignments expect stylistically distinctive creative work and conceptual thinking in commenting on social or political topics. For graduate students, additional work will be required.
For students interested in improving drawing and story-telling skills for Graphic Novels, Children's Books, Comics or Storyboarding. Assignments will include a series of images that convey a narrative, using strong drawing skills and incorporating essential descriptive elements. Grad students are required to do additional work.
ILL 457Illustration Concepts: Visual Development Focus3
This course introduces students to the specifics of Visual Development for animation and gaming. Students will develop characters and environments for a story of their choosing. Grad students are required to do additional work.
Students will make illustrations in a distinctively personal style to create products targeted to licensing, patterning, and decorative work. Students will explore prospective marketplaces appropriate to their work. Grad students are required to do additional work.
Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
Starting with cave paintings, people have always told stories visually. We will follow comics¿ humble beginnings from etchings and engravings to four-color printing and beyond, exploring comics¿ influence on and reflection of American culture. Additional work required for graduate students.
This two week intensive will allow students to visit or host visits with NYC art directors, workspaces, museums and galleries, design firms and publishing houses. Special drawing and research assignments will be assigned throughout.
Students travel to Los Angeles to observe the illustration industry. Students will visit major film studios along with meeting illustrators and other creative industry leaders. Final project is a travel journal documenting their class.
Course is designed for students who are interested in field of freelance illustration for publishing. Assignments expect stylistically distinctive creative work and conceptual thinking in commenting on social or political topics. For graduate students, additional work will be required.
For students interested in improving drawing and story-telling skills for Graphic Novels, Children's Books, Comics or Storyboarding. Assignments will include a series of images that convey a narrative, using strong drawing skills and incorporating essential descriptive elements. Grad students are required to do additional work.
ILL 657Illustration Concepts: Visual Development Focus3
This course introduces students to the specifics of Visual Development for animation and gaming. Students will develop characters and environments for a story of their choosing. Grad students are required to do additional work.
Students will make illustrations in a distinctively personal style to create products targeted to licensing, patterning, and decorative work. Students will explore prospective marketplaces appropriate to their work. Grad students are required to do additional work.
This course will focus on fostering creative ideas and a general understanding of contemporary illustration while exploring a variety of media and materials that are used in the field.
The goal of this class is to build on the objectives learned in ILL 661 Illustration Graduate Studio I. The course will function more independently with students creating, researching and making a hardbound book of a collection of their drawings or visual narrative stories.
This class analyzes primitive, native, and outsider art and their utilization in contemporary illustration. Students will explore new artistic directions in their own work, moving from classic European figurative-based photographic works to the more Expressionistic works of artists like Picasso, Matisse, and Duchamp.
A class for the entrepreneurial artist to develop creative products for commercial markets that can be disseminated via licensing. Students will take their ideas from concept to fabrication while learning about the licensing world.
This advanced workshop focuses on defining a professional orientation in the practice of illustration and visual narratives. There will be a strong emphasis on storytelling techniques widely used in modern visual development for film, video games, storyboards, graphic novels and picture books.
This course is an exploration of the tools used in communicating visual ideas. Assignments and projects will integrate design, illustration, typography and branding, using digital, analog and emerging technologies.
This course consists of three components: Weekly sketchbook drawings at various locations, a narrative series of drawings that journal a place, person, or thing, and the reinterpretation of a historical landmark with a modern approach.
Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
This is a seminar class for graduate students and will focus on exploring research strategies including the collection, interpretation, and presentation of visual information. Students will read selected writings by creatives on a weekly basis, contribute to class discussions, and examine their own research strategies.
This course focuses on defining a professional orientation in the practice of visual narratives and storytelling. There will be a strong emphasis on finding each individual artistic practice and visual voice.
This course explores narrative formulas common within movies, tv, video games, graphic novels, and children's books. By reading and analyzing works of literature students will delve into why such work produces powerful emotional connections. In addition to reading books students will create their own narratives.
This class will not only encourage, but demand exploration and experimentation. Students will step out of their comfort zones and play seriously with a range of media and processes, seeking new forms of expression.
This course focuses on advancing the professional orientation in the practice of visual narratives and storytelling. There will be a strong emphasis on finding the artistic practice and visual voice in the community and the world.
This course helps students identify and foster new opportunities to form and sustain future creativity and culture. Class dialogue will examine the impact on and relationship of artists to business. Students will explore traditional and contemporary ways creatives can connect with their audience.
This advanced workshop focuses on defining a professional orientation in the practice of illustration and visual narratives. There will be a strong emphasis on the integration of visual and verbal modes of communication widely used in contemporary visual development for graphic novels, picture books, storyboards, film, and video games.
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
This course will introduce printmaking procedures, including monotype, drypoint, linoleum cut and silkscreening, that can be done without investing in major printmaking equipment.
This class focuses on thesis topic choice, research, and writing. The written thesis is grounded in research with a direct correlation to the topic of the visual thesis. The thesis subject will be formulated in anticipation of professional outcomes.
Students will create a cohesive series of artworks based on their chosen thesis topic. The form of the visual thesis will be reflective of the students¿ chosen professional direction, using appropriately targeted media, style, and topical focus. The visual thesis will be created for exhibition. The written thesis will be finalized.
Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
Written statement to accompany final project, culmi- nating in oral examination for M.F.A. degree. Taken during final semester upon advisor's approval.
