For more information, contact Jeff Burgess at 604.323.5964 or jburgess@langara.bc.ca.
Location Main Campus
Schedule Information • Entry Dates: January, May and September
Info, Resources & Forms www.langara.bc.ca/cs/illustration
Commercial Illustration COMMERCIAL ILLUSTRATION CERTIFICATE PROGRAM (PART-TIME) The Commercial Illustration Certificate is an extensive program aimed at individuals who wish to pursue a career in commercial illustration, or who wish to update their illustration skills. The program consists of 18 courses that include traditional art training – from Life Drawing and Media Techniques to Drawing for Illustration – as well as working with digital applications like Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. This program explores stylistic strategies for commercial illustrators as well as critical business issues such as pricing, contracts, and self-promotion. Students will produce a commercially viable portfolio of work as their graduation project. The emphasis of this program is on developing a personal style and voice, along with honing skills that enable individuals to accomplish traditional and digital storyboarding, advertising, and editorial illustration. Instructors in the program are working illustration professionals with significant teaching experience in the applied arts who bring the highest degree of industry experience and award-winning credentials to the program. Students will work on projects that emulate real industry situations and learn through a mentorship-style of instruction that mimics the art director-illustrator relationship in the real world.
Admission See website for more details.
Certificate Requirements Upon completion of the 18 required courses in the Commercial Illustration Program, students may apply for certification. This process is free of charge and involves sending the student’s final portfolio to a panel of top industry illustrators and client representatives. When the majority of the panel agree that the portfolio is commercially viable, the student will receive certification. We recommend that the student plan for six terms to complete the program before applying for a certificate.
Lifetime Alumni Benefits Once a student finishes the 18 required courses for certification, they receive Lifetime Alumni Status. See website for more details.
Required Courses and Curriculum Structure Term I
Term V
• Life Drawing I (30 hours)
• Applied Illustration II (30 hours)
• Drawing for Illustration (30 hours)
• Professional Practices (36 hours)
• Colour Theory and Application (36 hours)
• Adobe Illustrator - Level 2 (36 hours)
Term II
Term VI
• Life Drawing II (30 hours)
• Applied Illustration III (30 hours)
• Stylistic Movements in Illustration (30 hours)
• Portfolio Development (30 hours)
• Media Techniques I: B/W & Water Media (30 hours)
• Photoshop for Advanced Illustration (30 hours)
Term III • Applied Illustration I (30 hours) • Adobe Photoshop - Level 1 (36 hours) • Adobe Illustrator - Level 1 (36 hours)
Term IV • Sequential Narrative for Illustration (30 hours) • Media Techniques II: Oils and Acrylics (30 hours) • Adobe Photoshop - Level 2 (36 hours)
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