The Bachelor in Illustration teaches students capable of conceiving and realizing projects based in personal practice or professional commissions. They will learn to work with a variety of media (from print to digital) in the field of narrative imagery and also acquire a solid grounding in graphic design. This training is reinforced by acquiring the fundamentals of graphic design.

The program brings together individual practice with real projects while providing mentoring in theory and visual culture. Students develop a versatile skill set essential to meet the demands of the professional world of illustration.

Development of a personal artistic practice

Students build and refine their personal universes through projects and the exploration of a variety of techniques.

Mastery of narrative techniques

The program offers a grounding in the skills necessary for the conception and realization through storytelling using a variety of media (publishing, animation, digital).

Professional internships and commissions

The coursework includes projects commissioned by external clients which provides students with real opportunities to develop the skills necessary to execute professional projects (dialoguing with clients, respecting a set of specifications, managing technical and financial constraints), and also offers opportunities to enter the professional world.

Upon completion of the program, students will have acquired the ability to:

• Make use of both traditional and digital drawing techniques related to illustration and animation
• Develop an authorial practice:
  Students will refine and develop their graphic and narrative universes hrough personal projects and the exploration of a myriad of techniques from traditional tools of the trade to digital illustration software and animation interfaces by way of the latest generative tools.
• Design and construct visual narratives adapted to a variety of audiences and contexts
• Adapt their personal product to the specifications of diverse media (publishing, audiovisual, digital)
• Conceive and realize projects for a professional commission, taking into account client expectations, technical, financial and temporal constraints, as well as practices and contexts of distribution

Once they obtain their Bachelor in Illustration, students will be qualified to practice in the following areas:

• Independent illustration
• Comic book art (author)
• Animation (conception and realization)
• Literature for young adults and children (as author, in publishing)
• Video games (scenarios and illustration)
• Press illustration
• Digital creation and production of visual content
• Institutional and private commissions
• Graphic design focused on illustration

Le cursus se déploie sur trois années. La première développe les fondamentaux de l’illustration, de la bande dessinée et de l’image, à travers la pratique d’atelier, les techniques d’impression et la théorie. La deuxième approfondit les projets d’illustration, les pratiques éditoriales et les approches techniques et transversales. La troisième est consacrée aux projets personnels, à la préparation du mémoire et aux réalités professionnelles, avant le Bachelor Thesis, qui articule réalisation théorique et pratique.

Admission to the Bachelor in Illustration requires:

• an upper-secondary diploma or an equivalent qualification
• a degree with a specialization in the relevant field, or one year of recent, documented professional experience in the field of study concerned
• French level B2

If you do not hold the required qualification, you may apply for admission under special conditions. The applicable terms are set out in the Admission Requirements section.