Illustration | 探花族 in 探花族, Fla.

Visual ArtsIllustration

A studio classroom at 探花族 featuring students and a professor critiquing illustration work.

BFA or BA with concentration in IllustrationDraw your own conclusion.

You (in the role of illustrator) and your professor (in the role of art director) will enact professional world scenarios day in and day out 鈥� exploring the different markets of illustration and various aspects of the illustration business.

Career opportunities include: concept art, graphic novels and comics, children鈥檚 books, editorial illustration and licensing design.

Important Dates

Portfolio Reviews

Check-in for each audition or portfolio review will be at Terry Concert Hall.

For audition dates, learn more about the audition and portfolio review process.

A studio classroom at 探花族 featuring students and a professor mapping graphic novels and children鈥檚 books.

Why study Illustration?Your unique vision brings ideas to life.

As an individual artist, you have your own style, preferred subject matter and media. Your future clients will have their own subject matter and individual preferences, too. This need not be a conflict. The Illustration program at JU allows you the freedom to develop a portfolio of work based in your own interests so that when the time comes, you will be able to market yourself to the clients that will be a good match for you.

Faculty

Nicholas McNallyAssistant Professor of Illustration

In addition to being an educator, Professor McNally is a writer-illustrator and painter. A few career highlights:

Client list includes Carus Publishing, Pauline Books and Media, The Stafford Palace Theater, Greene Room Productions and Robyn Newhouse Hall.
Honored by Society of Illustrators of New York, Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, Creative Quarterly, Spectrum, and INDA.
Exhibition venues include the Museum of American Illustration in New York City, Gallery Nucleus in Los Angeles, Annenberg Hall at Harvard University, and Southlight Gallery in 探花族.
Currently represented by Williams Fine Art Dealers in Wenham, Mass.
Public lectures include "Metaphor in Myth and Image: How Darwin Influenced the Visual Arts," and "#nofilter: Imagination in the Portraits of Hans Holbein the Younger."

More about Nicholas

Our Illustration ProgramMajors & Minors

Rigorous training in conceptual thinking skills. Tireless work at observational drawing. An exploration of the various markets of illustration. A practical approach to business. These are the elements that will prepare you to enter the illustration field, and they lie at the heart of our degree:

Explore concept art, editorial illustration, and narrative illustration broadly, until you decide on the individual direction you want to take your portfolio.
Provides a holistic approach to illustration education in which conceptual thinking skills are just as important as drawing skills.
Draws inspiration from other illustrators, both historical and contemporary, to support creativity through a diversity of perspectives and experiences.
Prepares you to be a dynamic artist able to navigate your way through what will be the ever-evolving illustration job market of the future.

BFA Illustration

BA Illustration

Minor Illustration