You will learn traditional and digital techniques in drawing, painting and visual storytelling, with a focus on creating illustrations for various industries such as gaming, publishing, and product design. Our curriculum stays up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies, developing your skills in software tools, like the Adobe Creative Suite, to create and maintain a professional portfolio.

With an average of 15 students per class, our faculty, comprised of professionals with successful careers in illustration, fine arts and design, will give you personalized instruction and mentorship.

Design students have access to facilities for photography, painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, digital media labs, a motion capture studio and the Multimedia Checkout Center. Throughout the program, you will create projects ranging from illustrating books and graphic novels to creating game art, surface designs and packaging.

Our program emphasizes industry preparedness, and offers internships and networking opportunities with publishing houses, game studios, design firms and arts organizations in Seattle and beyond. Graduates pursue careers as illustrators, concept artists, graphic novelists, game artists, surface designers and editorial illustrators.