Years 2 to 4 Graphic Arts Illustration Program

The Graphic Arts Illustration Program

The first year of this programme is dedicated to artistic exploration.

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Teachings

The second year of the Bachelor in Graphic Arts and Illustration aims to develop students' drawing skills, introduce them to various illustration techniques and storytelling, and equip them with the essential digital graphics skills needed to produce graphic design projects.

The third year of the Bachelor further develops students' graphic design and storytelling skills. Creative workshops enable students to develop a more personal visual style.

In the fourth year, students focus primarily on their Final-Year Project (FYP). Each student develops a project designed to showcase a portfolio of work demonstrating a high level of graphic and artistic expertise to companies and production studios.

The first year of this programme is dedicated to artistic exploration.

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The + of the Arts Program
Illustration Graphics

• A solid general training allowing to work in several areas of drawing
• Openness to jobs in tension such as storyboard, concept art…
• Support and opening up to the professional network
• Possibility of doing a period of artistic residency abroad
• Further study possible in Year 5: specialization in Comic Book Author (Bordeaux) or 2D Animation & Storyboarding (Tours).

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What opportunities are there after
the Graphic Arts Illustration course ?

The numerous and complementary disciplines make graphic arts a world of specialists who work alone or in teams depending on the projects. We thus find children’s or advertising illustrators, comic book authors and artists, storyboarders or concept artists who create graphic universes.

Educational objectives

Create and produce illustrations, concept art adapted to different formats in using various graphic techniques.

• Develop and deepen drawing techniques on different media.
• Building a graphic and artistic culture
• Identify narrative forms.
• Develop Scripts and Create Storyboards
• Create graphic concepts.
• Decline the graphic concepts produced on different supports and media.

Dates

Next Intake: September 2027

Prerequisites

• Year 2 Admission: Applicants must have successfully completed one year of higher education (equivalent to 60 ECTS credits)
• Year 3 Admission: Applicants must have successfully completed two years of higher education (equivalent to 120 ECTS credits)
• Year 4 Admission: Applicants must have successfully completed 3 years of higher education (equivalent to 180 ECTS credits)
• Applicants must have strong general knowledge across a broad range of subjects and demonstrate regular practice in artistic disciplines. They must also complete entrance assessments, which include producing a number of creative works, and attend an individual interview to discuss their motivation.

Terms of access and duration of studies

• Applications are open until the start of the academic year.
• Total duration: 4 years (approximately 2,600 hours), plus Artistic Exploration (if required).

Teaching methods used

• Learning artistic and graphic fundamentals and putting them into practice.
• Graphic exploration and experimentation.
• Realization of artistic projects.
• Professional situation.

Assessment modality

Continuous assessment throughout the program and evaluation during project phases. At the end of the program, students create a comprehensive visual research portfolio and present it to an assessment panel.

Results indicator(s)

Programme pass rate (Class of 2025 - 200 students enrolled in the programme *): 95%
Overall employment rate after 6 months (Class of 2025 - 65% response rate / 6 campuses**): 72%

* all candidates who have successfully completed the programme, as recorded in the minutes of the final assessment board.

** Graduates pursuing further studies and those who did not respond to the survey are excluded from the calculation of employment rates (internal survey).

You may be wondering about the possibility of following our training courses. Contact us, so that we can inform you and guide you as best as possible: accessibilite@brassart.fr.