The field of children’s books is a continually expanding market for illustrators. If you choose to specialize in this area, you’ll find four track-specific classes that encourage the necessary scholarship, studio methods, and business practices to unlock creative artwork: Writing for Children’s Books In this course (Bachelor of Fine Arts, Illustration - Children's Book Illustration Area of Specialization, Bachelor Degree) you’ll learn how to create stories that attract a child’s natural interest in plot, character, and location.

Children’s Book Illustration 1 + 2 These two technical and conceptual courses will challenge you to turn your stories into lively images that follow the professional requirements for publication and, most importantly, are effective in capturing the attention of a young audience.

The details of character development, movement and style are the general instruction in this fourth course in the specialization sequence. Assignments include two- and three-dimensional explorations meant to develop distinct personalities, appealing to a child’s imagination.