🎨 You express yourself using more than words. Colours, shapes and images are your mode of speech and you create whole worlds and tell stories in digital and analog. ✨ Then a Bachelor’s degree in Illustration (B.A.) is perfect for you. 🚀 The study programme allows you to acquire the skills for a successful career in media, arts and culture.
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Illustration (B.A.)
What you'll learn
In the Bachelor’s programme Illustration (B.A.), the focus is on visual language 🎨✨. You will learn how to tell stories through images 📖, convey messages creatively 💡, and combine text and image in powerful ways.
Your studies include:
🖼️ Analogue techniques – classical printing methods such as screen printing, risography, or etching 💻 Digital tools – software for illustration, animation & visual storytelling ✍️ Typography & Editorial Design – designing magazines, books & editorial projects 🌀 Experimental approaches – working in three-dimensional space & concept art
👉 Hands-on experience: In projects with real clients and through excursions to illustration and animation studios, you will gain valuable professional experience and start building your network early on 🤝.
✨ Whether it’s comics, posters, character design, or short animated films – you will develop your own style and be well prepared for a creative career both in Germany and abroad 🌍.
As an illustrator, a wide range of career opportunities opens up to you after graduation 🎨✨. You can realize your own projects or collaborate with companies from various industries. Typical fields of work include:
📚 Creative self-employment – working for book markets, cultural institutions, science, advertising agencies, and publishing houses 📰 Media design – print, digital formats, websites, and editorial illustration 🎮🎬 Moving image & entertainment industry – 3D animation, animated and cartoon films, video games, special effects, and character design 📖 Literary projects – children’s books, non-fiction, or graphic novels
With your internationally recognized Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), you are well prepared ✅ for direct entry into the professional world as well as for pursuing a Master’s degree in Germany or abroad 🌍.
