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Concept Art Illustration Training

Develop your artistic and technical skills with a complete 3-year course after a preparatory year, combining theoretical and practical learning.
As an Illustrator, the Illustration Concept Art Professional Cycle will give you the keys to creating worlds in different areas of entertainment, from Video Games to Animated Film and Comics.

  • Location

    Montpellier

  • Total cycle time

    1 preparatory year 3 years of training

  • Certification

    A new application for registration on the Répertoire National des Certifications Professionnelles (RNCP) for the "Dessinateur Illustrateur" title is currently being examined by France Compétences.

  • Stage

    1 to 2 courses

  • Modality

    100% face-to-face

Course presentation

Becoming an Illustration Concept Art professional

Taking part in a wide range of artistic projects in publishing (children's, leisure, comics), communications (graphic design, motion design) and the audiovisual industry (film, animation, video games, etc.) is the daily routine for students on our Illustration Concept Art course.

Their objective? To develop a keen sense of aesthetics and detail, to bring to life worlds that are as vibrant as they are complete.

Their solid grounding in the fundamentals of the applied arts begins in the Design preparatory year.

At ESMA we take
success seriously.

  • 98% Certification success rate (2022)

  • 75% Job entry rate at 6 months (2022)

  • 99% Rate of submission for certification (2022)

The curriculum

Illustration Concept Art

A year's training in preparation for certification

The Concept Art Illustration course in video

Validation of the Illustration Concept Art Professional Certification

The professional certification is the result of rigorous work which will enable you to validate 2 blocks of common skills and an optional block

  • Designing a graphic creation project
  • Producing illustrations (Illustration option)
  • Or create a concept art project (Concept art option)
  • Promoting your work as a graphic designer and illustrator

A new application for registration on the Répertoire National des Certifications Professionnelles (RNCP) for the “Dessinateur Illustrateur” title is currently being examined by France Compétences.

The teaching and assessment methods may be adapted to compensate for any disability, in compliance with the RNCP reference framework.


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Joining ESMA, an investment in the future

Because art is a serious discipline, ESMA requires its students to be fully committed from the moment they are recruited and throughout their course. Entrance assessments, a rigorous study of applications and funding for the year chosen are all required to enter the school.

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