I WANT TO BE AN

ILLUSTRATORCherry Zhao Zichu

WHAT IS AN ILLUSTRATOR?

+ Narrative artist specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation to the content of the associated text.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

+ Coming from a variety of educational background

+ Associate's or bachelor's degree (core concepts in drawing and design through hands-on and theory courses, materials and methods)

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

+ Students take classes in figure drawing, computer animation and art history while developing a portfolio of work.

HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES+ Introduction to Visual Art √+ Advanced Visual Art+ Drawing/Design+ Literature and the Arts √

COLLEGE PROJECT

+ Cooper Union+ Columbia University+ UCLA+ RISD/Brown Dual Degree Program+ Tufts/SMFA Dual Degree + Yale ………………

EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK

Employment (1) EmploymentRSE (3)

Mean hourlywage

Mean annualwage (2)

Wage RSE (3)

11,830 6.3 % $25.67 $53,400 3.0 %

RSE： a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimatehttp://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes271013.htm#(3)

REFERENCE

+ http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-an-illustrator-do.htm

+ http://www.illustrationweb.com/artists+ http://education-portal.com/

professional_illustrator.html

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