Illustration

In this course, students will design and carry out illustration projects using various techniques and across different fields: editorial, industrial product, advertising, conceptual and digital art, among others.

Turning a passion for drawing into a future-proof profession full of opportunities.

The studies prepare students to create original illustrations for different fields: science, technology, architecture, interior design, fashion, advertising, products, editorial and press. Mastery of both traditional and digital techniques is required, and the work is applied to interactive, printed, and fold-out media.

Those who complete the course obtain a Higher Technician diploma, which allows them to enter the workforce to perform tasks such as:

Design, organization, and management of illustration projects.
Creation and execution of original illustrations for various fields: science, technology, architecture, interior design, fashion, advertising, graphic design, editorial, and press.
Creation and execution of interactive and three-dimensional fold-out book projects.
Analysis of proposals and conduct of documentary and graphic research for illustration projects in different fields.
Collaboration in the organization and supervision of the editorial production of illustration projects.

Basic Data

Title: Higher Technician in Plastic Arts and Design in Illustration.
Level: Higher Education Course in Plastic Arts and Design. Level 1 of the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education (MECES).
Total Duration: Two thousand hours distributed over two academic years.
ECTS Credits: One hundred twenty
Artistic Professional Family: Graphic and Audiovisual Communication.
European Reference: CINE-5b (International Standard Classification of Education).

General Competencies of the Higher Technician in Illustration

General competencies describe the combination of skills, motivations, and traits needed to effectively perform a wide range of jobs within the specialty.

Create original illustration work of formal and functional quality based on a personal project or a specific professional commission.
Plan the realization of the project by defining the most suitable expressive, formal, functional, aesthetic, and technical resources.
Develop the different phases of the project and the corresponding quality controls to achieve a final product that meets the professional graphic, communicative, and expressive objectives.

Professional Competencies of the Higher Technician in Illustration

Professional competencies are related to the job role and include all the skills and aptitudes needed to successfully perform the work:

Identifies the artistic, formal, functional, and technical aspects of an illustration project, as well as the most suitable persuasive, informative, and identifying elements according to the specifications of the commission.
Plans and develops illustration projects according to the previously determined narrative and technical specifications.
Selects, analyzes, and archives documentation and graphic reference material for the realization of the illustration project.
Selects and skillfully uses the most appropriate techniques or artistic styles to address the graphic, communicative, and expressive objectives of the project.
Executes the illustration project considering the particularities of the graphic medium in which it is incorporated.
Establishes the quality controls corresponding to each phase of the project process.
Prepares originals considering the specifics of subsequent reproduction processes and performs the corresponding follow-up and quality control.
Effectively coordinates the work derived or generated from these responsibilities.
Adheres to the specific regulations governing the professional activity.