Prerequisite(s): ARFD 100. Restriction(s): BFA Illustration Majors Only or Department Permission. In this course, students plunge into the professional field of illustration through different media formats and functions, while gaining an introduction to the diverse markets within the illustration industry. This course applies foundational artistic principles to the practice of illustration through the utilization of composition, value, perspective, and color theory to foster conceptual thinking and facilitate visual narrative. Students will cultivate ideas and concepts through several projects that emphasize the vital roles that contemporary and historical research, and the use of photographic references, play in illustrative ideation. Students will learn the life cycle of developing an illustration through fast sketching, value studies, experimenting with a variety of artistic mediums, and group critiques, to bring their work to completion.