Direct your career towards the most sought-after design studios with a comprehensive mastery of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Procreate, giving you the versatility to tackle any project”

The constant evolution of tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator or Procreate, together with the fast pace of industries such as fashion or comics, mean that today's illustrators must keep up to date with trends, styles, techniques and all kinds of knowledge that will help them in their daily work.

With the high level of professional competition, it is not enough for the illustrators to have an average knowledge of the software and hardware to be used, but they must also specialize in the fastest growing areas such as illustration, advertising or the publishing world. In this way, they will be able to focus their professional profile to positions such as Comic and Manga Illustrator, Videogame Graphic Designer, Artist for the film industry or Creator of pieces and creativities for advertising campaigns, among many other job prospects that Professional Illustration opens up.

In order to respond to this demand for specialization and renewal of artistic knowledge, TECH Technological University has created an exhaustive program that covers everything from illustration with iPad and Adobe suite to specific techniques and projects in the most important sectors. In this way, the designer will delve into video mapping, lettering, signage or UX projects. For this purpose, they will be supported by extensive multimedia content, including detailed videos, simulated scenarios, reflective readings and other useful resources for each of the topics covered.

A unique opportunity to boost the designer's career in Professional Illustration, with a professional master’s degree that will provide all the keys and technical details for it. The fully online format of the program gives the design professional the flexibility to adapt the entire course load to their own interests, allowing them to combine this degree with their most demanding responsibilities. In short, it is the ideal option to continue to grow personally and professionally without having to abandon any obligations.

Take advantage of the benefits of a completely flexible format that can be adapted to your needs, and you decide when, where and how to face the teaching load”

This professional master’s degree in Professional Illustration contains the most complete and up-to-date program on the market. The most important features include:

• The development of practical cases presented by experts in Professional Illustration
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

You will strengthen your skills when it comes to designing the typography for a campaign or creating a coherent and impactful visual narrative, giving you that professional boost you need”

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who contribute their work experience to this educational program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

Its multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive education programmed to learn in real situations.

The design of this program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, by means of which the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that are presented throughout the academic course. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned experts.

You will be able to access the online classroom from any device with an Internet connection, being able to study and review the contents even from the comfort of your Smartphone"

Hone your concept art skills to create illustrations of all kinds, whether for 3D modeling, sculpture or the film industry"

There are so many branches and job specializations that the designer can find in the field of Professional Illustration that it is essential to have an exhaustive and adequate focus in order to achieve the greatest success. For this reason, the entire syllabus of this professional master’s degree has been designed not only to provide you with the most important knowledge, but also to achieve a series of set objectives that will have a real impact on your job prospects and your own work methodology when dealing with different illustrative projects.

TECH's academic team has designed all the contents of this program to adapt them to the reality of the design market, so that you can specialize in the most important fields of illustration”

Objetivos generales

• Examine current artistic trends in Professional Illustration
• Perform an exhaustive review of the main working tools, both software and hardware, essential in the illustrator's work
• Study the illustrator's work methodology in modern professional sectors

Objetivos específicos

Module 1. Adobe Suite Tools

• Appreciate the great benefits and utilities provided by two basic pillars of Adobe: Photoshop and Illustrator
• Know the basic commands of each program and take advantage of the basic properties of bitmap and vector operation
• Develop a character by correctly differentiating the guidelines of the whole process, culminating with the final touches that give it greater dynamism
• Improve the techniques already known in both softwares through the use of complex tools
• Project vector illustration as an audiovisual resource for the field of animation

Module 2. Illustration with the iPad

• Value the iPad as a key tool in the development of illustrations in the professional field
• Delve into the Procreate application as a canvas to foster creativity and all professional applications
• Learn traditional drawing techniques in Procreate and other visual styles
• Cartoon style character design and storyboard definition
• Study other drawing tools available for iPad as a professional illustrator

Module 3. Digital Storytelling Applied to Illustration

• Knowledge of digital narratives for their application in the field of illustration
• Identify cyberculture as a fundamental part of digital art
• Manage the narrative of semiotics as a method of expression in one's own drawing
• Get to know the key trends in the field of illustration and establish a comparison of different artists
• To master the visual technique of graphic narratives and to value Storytelling applied to the development of a character

Module 4. Editorial Illustration

• Encourage graphic creativity oriented to work in the specialty of editorial design
• Gain knowledge about the techniques of great reference in the publishing environment
• Study the application of humor or graphic parody and its use in the press
• Examine the use of magazines, brochures, or other media as a means of illustrating compositions
• Highlight graphic novels and children's illustration as one of the disciplines most worked and valued by professional illustrators

Module 5. Illustration and Animation

• Apply animation resources by means of digital illustration
• Get to know the most sophisticated tools to work professionally with greater efficiency in the animation specialty
• Study the successful visual references that have set paradigms in the various animation studios
• Illustrate under a series of principles an advertising campaign that will later be animated
• Differentiate technical considerations when working in 2D animation or 3D animation

Module 6. Professional Illustration Focused on Comics

• Interpret comics as a means of expression for many illustrators
• Gain knowledge about the different aesthetics in the visual development of a comic book
• Study the visual and narrative motifs in the superhero comic book genre and in the fantasy/adventure genre
• Analyze comics in Asia, with a formal study of manga as a leisure publishing product in Japan
• Understand the visual motifs of manga and anime and their construction

Module 7. Concept Art

• Introduce Concept Art as an artistic model in the creative landscape of the professional designer and illustrator
• Apply professional sculptural techniques in the digital field
• Knowledge of 3D texturing and coloring in the different elements to be modeled
• Evaluate the digital tools available to model a character or caricature and incorporate the visual requirements studied previously
• Simulate a real 3D project, introducing concepts of cinematographic language and art direction requirements

Module 8. Illustration and Lettering

• Take advantage of the specialty of lettering as a creative way to work and improve different illustration techniques
• Identify typography as an image, communicating concepts through the elaboration of letters and modifying their anatomy
• Know the relationship between calligraphy, lettering and typography
• Investigate the promotion of typography through advertising as a platform to link the individual with the emotions aroused by a particular product
• Project the typography through different media: digital environment, social networks, animation, etc

Module 9. Illustration in Fashion Design

• Apply professional illustration to fashion design as one of the most consolidated modalities of current design
• Get to know the role of the illustrator in the production and distribution of the various fashion collections
• Perform the visual development of a piece through its corresponding phases
• Apply a series of industrial production principles directly related to fashion itself
• Gain knowledge about the technical considerations of special relevance such as pattern making or printing, relating their procedure to the illustration itself

Module 10. Techniques and Procedures in Illustration

• Examine the application of classical 20th century aesthetics to new illustration projects, merging digital with analogical
• Analyze poster design as a propulsion engine for great illustrators and a reflection of their artistic trajectory
• Make use of the film genre as an illustration project for large and small productions
• Study the application of illustration in audiovisual projects such as video mapping
• Delve into the procedure for transferring digital illustration to other projects such as signage and UX design

The contents of this program will exceed your highest expectations, giving you the boost you need to position yourself decisively in the Professional Illustration sector”