Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design: Illustration Track

“The craft of illustration belongs to the field of visual and audiovisual creation, aiming to represent concepts, convey ideas or create visual narratives, on both analogue and digital media. Professional illustrators work towards the publication and reproduction of their creations across various media, publications and communication outlets, in all cases linked to copyright. The graphic discourse that characterises it is a vehicle for both aesthetic values and reflection on reality.”

The growing prominence of illustration in contemporary design, art and communication requires professionals with higher-level training than currently exists, moving beyond the traditional craft-based and self-taught education that is now insufficient.

Elective subjects are taught in the first and second semesters of the fourth year and offer content that complements the main programme. Cross-disciplinary in nature, they allow students to explore specific content within and beyond their chosen specialisation, encouraging an interdisciplinary approach and broadening knowledge across different fields of design and creation.

External internships are a training activity carried out by students and supervised by a tutor from the company or institution where they take place, together with an academic tutor from the Escola d’Art i Superior de Disseny de València. Their main aim is to allow students to apply and complement the knowledge acquired during their academic training while, at the same time, developing the competences that prepare them for professional activity, facilitate their employment and foster their entrepreneurial capacity.

To train professionals with specific preparation, able to embrace the dynamic changes that —across different scenarios: economic, environmental, political, cultural and ecological— have accelerated and emerged ever more rapidly and powerfully in recent years, transforming not only the reality of the current business management model but also social reality. Professional development spans 4 areas of activity: