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.

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Careers and alumni profiles

Sectors of activity
- Publishing (children’s publishing, illustration, comics)
- Video games
- Animation
- Visual communication/advertising
- Teaching/education
As a freelance artist/author.
Target professions
- Illustrator, children’s illustrator, illustrator comic strip artist
- Comic book artist
- Comic book author
- Colourist
- Concept artist, Concept artist graphiste
- Character designer
- Props & Chara Designer
- Environment artist
- Background artist
- Visual development artist
- 2D artist illustrator
- Fresco artist
- Décorateur au trait
- Tattoo artist
- Drawing teacher
  Etc.

The ESMA professions

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Find out here about all the careers available to you after completing the Illustration Concept Art course at ESMA.

Explore the multitude of possibilities awaiting you in these dynamic sectors.

Careers in Illustration

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Digital Illustration teacher - ESMA
Camille Boyer

Each student on the ICA programme is trained in a comprehensive range of professional skills that will enable them to go on to work in different areas of the entertainment industry, either in a company or on a freelance basis. Camille Boyer Digital Illustration teacher