Kendall College of Art and Design
(800) 676-2787
17 Fountain St. NW,
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Make a living AND make a difference.
As a graduate of the Illustration program, you'll be well-equipped to find employment with magazines, periodicals, book and software publishers, manufacturers, or working with various types of electronic media. There are also opportunities in the motion picture, video, and computer game design industries. Or, you may decide to be a self-employed, freelance illustrator, and do work in several of these industries on a contract basis.
Possible Careers
- Freelance Illustrator
- Contract or In-House Illustrator
- Technical Illustrator
- Editorial Illustrator
- Book Illustrator
- Illustration Educator
- Animator
- Cartoonist
- Mural Designer
- Storyboard Artist
- Picture Editor
Where KCAD Illustration alumni work
- Disney Television Animation (Glendale, CA) – Storyboard Artist
- BERLINE Advertising, Marketing, and Digital Communications (Detroit, MI) – Graphic Designer
- Extra Credit Projects (Grand Rapids, MI) – Owner/Principal
- Kirbi Illustrations (Detroit, MI) – Owner/Operator
Where KCAD Illustration alumni have attended graduate school
- Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY) – Master of Arts, Illustration
- University of Hartford Art School (Hartford, CT) – Master of Fine Arts
- University of Michigan-Flint (Flint, MI) – Master of Arts, Education Technology
- Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah, GA) – Master of Fine Arts
- Lipscomb University (Nashville, TN) – Master of Arts, Education
- Columbia College (Chicago, IL) – Master of Arts Management, Business and Entrepreneurial
- Brigham Young University (Provo, UT) – Master of Fine Arts
- Lesley University (Cambridge, MA) – Master of Arts, Mental Health Counseling
- University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH) – Master of Fine Arts
- Andrews University (Berrien Springs, MI) – Master of Architecture
- Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ) – Master of Fine Arts
Resources
- Association of Illustrators
- Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook – Craft and Fine Artists
- CollegeGrad – Craft and Fine Artists Career Information
- Graphic Artists Guild
- ONet OnLine – Fine Art Career Information
- Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
- Society of Illustrators
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