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Illustration encompasses all disciplines within the Art & Art History Department at Eastern, offering diverse career paths. Illustrators work across various industries and specializations, both as freelancers and full-time employees. They utilize a range of media, often integrating traditional techniques with digital tools. Additionally, proficiency in business skills is essential for effectively marketing their work to clients directly or through agents.
Career opportunities in illustration span a wide array of fields, including advertising, preproduction, film, TV, and video, corporate and nonprofit organizations, book and editorial design, packaging, fashion, greeting cards, retail, medical and scientific illustration, technical illustration, architectural illustration, and 3D illustration, among others.
As part of Eastern’s Writing Across the Curriculum program, Art majors complete their University Writing Requirements with advanced Art History classes. Students can enroll in Stage 2 Writing Classes once they have taken either ENG 100 or ENG 100P and both ART 211 and ART 212. Four- year students should aim to take their Stage 2 class in their Sophomore year and the Stage 3 class in their Junior year.
After completing ART 122, ART 124, and either ART 110 or ART 202, students are required to submit a portfolio demonstrating artistic capability for admission to upper-level courses. Portfolios must be carefully prepared according to guidelines available for download on the department website. After portfolios are submitted and program admission approved, students are eligible to enroll in upper-level art courses. Portfolio Requirements