Honours Bachelor of Illustration
Course Overview
Sheridan's Bachelor of Illustration program offers a comprehensive education in both traditional and digital illustration techniques, preparing students for diverse careers in visual communication. The curriculum emphasizes storytelling and idea communication through images, supported by a strong foundation in life drawing, human anatomy, and digital media. Students gain professional experience through a 14-week work placement and develop a portfolio and website to showcase their skills.
Key Program Highlights
- Exploration of drawing, painting, and digital approaches including motion, 3D, and web
- Focus on illustration-specific courses beyond typical visual communication programs
- Development of illustrations for publishing, film, motion, games, and editorial contexts
- 14-week professional work term with potential placements in locations like New York or Europe
- Creation of a workplace-ready portfolio and website to enhance career readiness
Course Overview
Sheridan's Bachelor of Illustration program offers a comprehensive education in both traditional and digital illustration techniques, preparing students for diverse careers in visual communication. The curriculum emphasizes storytelling and idea communication through images, supported by a strong foundation in life drawing, human anatomy, and digital media. Students gain professional experience through a 14-week work placement and develop a portfolio and website to showcase their skills.
Key Program Highlights
- Exploration of drawing, painting, and digital approaches including motion, 3D, and web
- Focus on illustration-specific courses beyond typical visual communication programs
- Development of illustrations for publishing, film, motion, games, and editorial contexts
- 14-week professional work term with potential placements in locations like New York or Europe
- Creation of a workplace-ready portfolio and website to enhance career readiness
Requirements
Modules
- Illustrative Structural Drawing 1
- Illustrative Life Drawing & Painting 1
- Illustration Conceptual Process 1
- Illustration Design Principles 1
- Composition And Rhetoric
- Illustration Conceptual Process 2
- Illustration Life Drawing & Painting 2
- Illustrative Structural Drawing 2
- Illustration Design Principles 2
- Degree Breadth Elective
- Illustration Concepts
- Illustrative Painting: Colour & Light
- Illustrative Figure Drawing
- Illustration Media Principles
- Degree Breadth Elective
- Illustration Disciplines 1: Visual Methods
- Illustrative Painting: Environment
- Illustrative Drawing: Motion & Environment
- Illustration Media Strategies
- Degree Breadth Elective
- Illustration Disciplines 2: Visual Strategies
- Information Illustration
- Illustrative Drawing And Painting
- Illustration Design Studio
- Degree Breadth Elective
- Cooperative Education Internship Forum
- Illustration Professional Studies
- Contemporary Illustration & Commentary
- Illustration Special Topics
- Illustrative Drawing And Painting Explorations
- Degree Breadth Elective
- Internship
- Illustration Thesis
- Illustration Entrepreneurial Studies
- Illustration Narrative
- Illustration Workshop
- Degree Breadth Elective
- Illustration Advanced Thesis
- Illustration Emerging Markets
- Illustration Visual Essay
- Breadth Elective
