Illustration and Animation
This is the programme that brings visual arts to a higher level of knowledge through interaction with multiple perspectives of visual communication
Milan
On campus
ITA
First Level Academic Diploma in Illustration
Language
Italian
Start date
October 2024
Frequency
Full time
Fruition
On campus
Duration
3 Years
Credits
180
Course Coordination
Daniela Brambilla
Price
From € 8200
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Be inspired by the universal language of drawing and moving images! You will learn how to best express and communicate ideas with our Illustration and Animation degree programme at IED Milano
Experts in the art of illustration and animated images have incredible power: they can see beyond words and visual stereotypes as they draw inspiration from reality or their own inner world. They can move the boundaries of meaning into spaces where imagination and communication work together side by side.
Over your three years of study in Illustration and Animation at IED Milano you will learn how to express your passion in a variety of fields, from the publishing industry to comics and animation. You will get new ideas and bring together visual intuition with the ever-lasting art of storytelling to create innovative, digital and interactive projects.
From the earliest days of your programme, you will take on the tools of drawing and imagery to express your ideas and shape your style. The third year will be the time for you to decide between two different specialization tracks: Illustration, which is focused on working in the publishing industry across all areas of visual communication, and Animation, where you will learn how to create products using moving images.
After the course, a First Level Academic Diploma is issued. It is recognised by MUR - Italian Ministry of University and Research - and has the same legal value of a Bachelor’s Degree.
Information to decide
This is the ideal degree programme for you to explore the creative potential of drawing and visual communication
On your three-year degree programme in Illustration and Animation at IED Milano you will learn to create your own style and develop technical practical skills based on a powerful creative approach. The purpose of the programme is to prepare you for both traditional and new market opportunities, working on hands-on projects within the cultural and industrial environment of design and visual communication.
Through the workshops you will practice your knowledge of such areas as pre-production, brief analysis, layout and storyboard creating and designing figures, objects and scenes with plastic materials and a variety of techniques. That’s not all: you will also learn basic painting techniques and become familiar with specific software for image and text layout, as well as for motion graphics and other effects.
The three years of study are divided into six terms as you gradually develop project design and creative skills, achieving full self-reliance to complete projects of your own. The third year you will be choosing between two tracks, Illustration and Animation, where you can develop vertical skills on publishing or animated images. By the end of your third year, you will be working on a dissertation project that will be the highlight of your degree and specialization.
The three-year programme in Illustration and Animation at IED Milano is the best option for anyone who wants to express and develop a personal style, explore the potential of visual communication and share a passion for drawing in a way that is both powerful and creative.
We like to think of this programme as an opportunity to build on and develop two key elements: the pleasure of challenging a blank sheet of paper and the curiosity to bring about ideas from details. We are looking for anyone who wants to explore the world of illustration and animated films with a view to starting a professional career inspired by the pleasure of learning how to create images and give them movement and life.
The Undergraduate Programme in Illustration and Animation is your best option if you want to turn your passion into a career in such areas as fiction, school and textbook publishing, newspapers and magazines, discography, advertising, storyboards and layouts, comics and storytelling, apps and ebooks, 2D cinema, video animation, videogames, theme songs, animated graphics for TV and web.
The degree programme in Illustration and Animation will allow you to gain early experience with hands-on projects working in partnership with agencies, companies and institutions. This experience will open up new opportunities for you in a growing job market that is expanding through different channels. You will be working as either an Illustrator for traditional and digital publishing, for the web, comics and advertising, or as a Character Designer, and again as an Animation Designer or Storyboarder.
You will find all this in a cultural environment of continuous activity in Milan, a lively and resourceful city in Italy, home to the publishing industry, cinema and animation video production. The city can offer continuous inspiration combined with full support from a community of people who live and breathe illustration and animation every day.
Our three-year degree programme is known and appreciated for its highly practical approach and the possibility to choose between two specialization tracks: Illustration and Animation.
The degree Programme in Illustration is focused on how market trends are changing, especially in the publishing industry as a result of the spread of digital media. It develops a creative approach to image production, with a strong focus on publishing, ebooks and interaction of static images with animation and sound, with specific software tools;
The specialization track in Animation will allow you to go through all the phases of creating an animated product (be it a short/pilot animation for a cartoon, a commercial or other creative forms of animation) with the same project design approach as in large sized international productions.
The programme has seen many successful alumni build their careers and achieve excellent results (among them, Illustrators like Alessandro Gottardo Shut, Olimpia Zagnoli, Emiliano Ponzi and Annalaura Cantone, Giorgio Scorza of Movimenti Production, the storyboarder Davide Veca and the character designer Andrea Greppi). It is focused on market evolutions and demands as it prepares you to manage new digital technologies and create visual and animated products that are used in the multimedia, crossmedia and transmedia world.
Scholarships Competition for Undergraduate Courses
140 Scholarships available in Italy and Spain
Syllabus
first year
On your first year, which is entirely focused on drawing, you will approach basic cultural, technical and project design tools until you fully master technique and methods. You will be able to manage your creative flow and develop new forms, analyse and understand reality with your own ideas, but most importantly translate your creativity into hands-on projects.
HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY ART
HISTORY OF DRAWING AND GRAPHIC ARTS
ICONOGRAPHY AND ANATOMICAL DRAWING
THEORY OF PERCEPTION AND PSYCHOLOGY OF FORM
DESIGN FOR PAINTING 1
DIGITAL ANIMATION TECHNIQUES 1
ILLUSTRATION 1
COMPUTER GRAPHICS 1
SEMIOTICS OF ART
second year
The second year will be a time for exploring, experimenting and practising methods, tools and theory-based skills throughout assisted project activities. You will eventually become more familiar with the project design process, gaining more insight into specific professional areas.
ELEMENTS OF MORPHOLOGY AND FORM DYNAMICS
DESIGN FOR PAINTING 2
DIGITAL ANIMATION TECHNIQUES 2
ILLUSTRATION 2
COMPUTER GRAPHICS 2
PHENOMENOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS
SOCIOLOGY OF COMMUNICATION
FILM AND VIDEO HISTORY
VIDEO PRODUCTION ELEMENTS
SCENOGRAPHY
third year
The third year is about vertical specialization and critical study of an area of your interest. This process will have as its highlight a dissertation project where you can practice your ability to work independently with your personal style and creative identity.
Illustration
The Illustration specialization track has a focus on creating and producing images for the publishing industry and for all the many different fields and channels of visual communication.
Animation
The Animation specialization track provides a program covering all phases of the creation of an animated product (cartoon, commercial for advertising or animated image).
MULTIMEDIA PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
MASS MEDIA THEORY AND METHOD
TECHNIQUES OF NEW INTEGRATED MEDIA
GRAPHIC DESIGN
ILLUSTRATION 3
ILLUSTRATION 4
DESIGN FOR PAINTING 3
Faculty
Daniela Brambilla
Illustrator
Course Coordinator
Dario Albini
Founder & Creative Director of Atabaliba Studio
Barnaba Canali
Freelance Artist
Annalaura Cantone
Artist, children's illustrator
Laura Fiori
Art Director
Riccardo Galimberti
CEO, Executive creative director and Co-owner of Racoon Studio
Mauro Gandini
Illustrator, Painter, Sculptor
Giorgio Ghisolfi
Director and lecturer
Massimo Giacon
Illustrator and Designer
Ferruccio Giromini
Journalist, image critic and historian, lecturer, writer
Elisa Macellari
Illustrator
Marta Sofia Marzullo
Freelance Animator and Illustrator
Andrea Pagliardi
Cultural Operator of animated films
Alberto Ponticelli
Cartoonist
Francesco Poroli
Illustrator, Art Director
Paolo Rui
Artist, illustrator
Francesco Santosuosso
Architect, painter, illustrator
Alessandra Scandella
Illustrator
Giacomo Silva
Graphic designer
Roberta Sironi
Designer of Visual Communication and Design
Arianna Vairo
Illustrator and Engraver
Lorenzo Lodovichi
Visualizer, Illustrator and Director
Cinzia Piloni
Creative, Copywriter, Story Teller, Strategic Planner, Researcher, Poetess
Debbie Bibo
Literary agent, founder of Debbie Bibo Agency
Riccardo Colombo
Art Director
Mattia Distaso
lllustrator
Teodora Filipova
Technical director for animated series
Ambra Garlaschelli
Illustrator, Graphic Designer
Stefano Goitre
Creative and Executive Producer
Sebastiano Paccini
Founder of the project Libri Finti Clandestini
Balthazar Pagani
Publisher
Ruslan Audia
Concept Artist
Fabio Buonocore
Illustrator, Graphic Designer
Antonio Dall'Osso
Scenographer
Ilaria Faccioli
Illustrator
Samuele Gaudio
Illustrator
Stefano Pietramala
Freelance Publishing Illustrator
Davide Veca
Storyboard Artist Director
Marco Ventura
Freelance Illustrator
Chiara Molinari
Storyboard, lay-out and character Designer
Inside the labs
ENGRAVING AND PRINTING TECHNIQUES LAB
DRAWING LABS
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SCANNER LASER 3D - G-SCAN
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