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Illustration by Jorge Arevalo
years training designers
COURSE
9 Months
CURSO
9 Months
CREDITS:
60 ECTS
MODE:
Presential in Madrid
LANGUAGES:
Spanish
DATE:
October 2024 - June 2025
AVAILABLE SPOTS:
30
SCHEDULE:
Monday to Thursday from 18:30 to 22:00 h. One Friday a month from 18:30 to 22:00 h.
Official Master’s Degree in Illustration. Reorient your professional career or deepen your knowledge in the most relevant disciplines of illustration.
Innovative model of University-Company collaboration. Guaranteed internships in leading companies in different sectors.
Completely face-to-face training in the leading center in the areas of design and technology in Spain.
State-of-the-art equipment, installations and software so that you can develop your projects with the tools used in large companies.
Our University Campus located in the heart of Madrid is full of activities, masterclasses, catwalks, contests, fairs, events, etc. to maximize the creativity of students.
We are pioneers in elevating Design careers to the university level, creating the first Official Degrees in Product Design, Fashion Design, Interior Design, Video Game Design and Developmentor Multimedia and Graphic Design.
We have numerous agreements with some of the best universities in the world of design so that our students can incorporate international and multicultural experience into their time at the university.
85% of our teachers are professionals who combine teaching with their careers in the Creative Industry.
More than 2,600 agreements signed with the main companies in the sector for the professional practice of our students, advice and exchange of experiences and research. 
Our students are at the heart of the University: they are creative and creative. In a unique ecosystem, we encourage teamwork, personalized attention and participation in national and international competitions to maximize their skills. As a result, our students ‘ work has won hundreds of competitions worldwide.
The curriculum of the Master’s Degree in Illustration is divided into 60 ECTS credits and lasts one year. DOWNLOAD THE CATALOG AND FEESConsult the Teaching Guides of the Master’s Degree in Illustration. Our courses are demanding and professionalizing. In order to access the Master’s Degree in Illustration and follow the classes you must have a previous level in digital techniques and tools. After the interview with the Master’s director, if you do not have knowledge in any of these areas, three complementary courses of 4 ECTS each will be recommended, which you must take before the start of classes.
This course deals with all the narrative elements of the Enlightenment. On the one hand, the fundamentals of narrative -semiotics and rhetoric of the story, construction of the members of a story and review of the universal structures of the story or the characteristics of a script- and, on the other hand, the application in the graphic representation of these parameters, analyzing the different structures of the creative process and the techniques and methodologies applied.
This subject brings the student in an exhaustive way to illustration as a reflection and artistic expression of a social and temporal context. Throughout the course, students will analyze its relationship with the changes and social dynamics where it is perceived as a means of communication, persuasion and propaganda linked to the history of graphic advertising from its origins in the nineteenth century to the present. Likewise, the course will provide students with a vision of the history of the Enlightenment as a source of inspiration, documentation and references, reviewing the iconic and rhetorical aspects in graphic creations.
In the format of a practical workshop guided by illustration professionals, different analogical techniques and artistic styles for the creation of illustrations will be reviewed through physical practice. For this, tools such as collage, dry or wet techniques, markers, etc., will be used, and their subsequent application to projects such as illustrated albums for adults or children and illustrations for advertising or journalistic purposes.
Anatomical drawing is fundamental in the construction of the members of a story. Therefore, this subject makes an exhaustive approach to the human figure, both in its morphology and its motricity. A knowledge that is completed with the development of the psychological aspects of the characters linked to their physical image.
In the format of a practical workshop guided by illustration professionals, the different digital techniques and plastic resources that technological programs provide for the creation of illustrations will be reviewed. Using tools such as Illustrator, Photoshop, Fresco, Procreate, etc., images will be generated that can be used again in projects such as an illustrated album for an adult or children’s audience or illustrations for advertising or journalistic purposes.
An ample space in the program is dedicated to the necessary aspects of audiovisual editing and post-production linked to illustration, given that it is one of the most booming emerging markets. This subject introduces the student to the analysis of movement and the style of animated characters for their subsequent application with 2D and 3D modeling techniques.
Historically, illustration has been linked to editorial development, both to support written texts and to create printed narratives composed, fundamentally, of images. In this sense, the course explores the conceptual aspects of press illustration and delves into the complexity of the elaboration of illustrated albums, both for adult and children’s audiences.
This course relates illustration with its applications in the field of visual communication and advertising. It addresses the specificity of advertising graphics, as well as its contribution to spaces such as packaging, digital products or its relationship with other design spaces such as interior design or textile illustration.
This is the course that requires the student to carry out an original and individual work that integrates and reflects the knowledge acquired during the development of the Master’s program.
You will develop personal skills, emotion management, project planning, budget management, report writing, teamwork and presentation defense and argumentation.
The relationship between University-Business is vital for the professional success of students while activating the necessary transfer of knowledge between the two sectors and combines the rigor of university education with cutting-edge professional practice in digital content companies.We have signed more than 2,600 active internship agreements with the main companies in the sector such as:
Our university campus has the best technological and professional equipment used in large companies. You will have 13,000 m2 spread over three buildings with state-of-the-art facilities designed for your learning and practice.
"A multimedia laboratory that brings your projects to life."
"Turn your ideas into digital reality"
Being a restless ass all my life, I decided to leave everything behind, emigrate to Zurich and start from scratch. There I made a complete turnaround in my career, putting the focus on the creation of digital products in the startup world, a world I had already dabbled with at the beginning of my career. UDIT gave me the opportunity to open my eyes to the new opportunities and life possibilities I had in front of me.
UDIT Alumni
Our alumni in Master in Illustration Design will be able to work in the main companies of the sector in areas and positions such as:
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Student counselor at UDIT
Yes, this Master can be subsidized by FUNDAE. Check with our admissions department for all the details. FUNDAE is a public company that manages the funds destined to the training programmed by the companies, which they can make effective by means of bonuses in their contributions to the Social Security. They favor the access, through subsidies, to free and quality training for all workers.
Adobe programs are installed on the computers enabled for this purpose in the classrooms. Starting in the 2025-26 academic year, all UDIT students will have an Adobe Creative Cloud license that can be used on any device, inside or outside the University.
If you do not have the necessary prior knowledge for the development of the Master in Illustration, you must take one of the following training complements of 4 ECTS each.
1. Audiovisual applications – 4 ECTS
You will learn and apply the functionalities of the following audiovisual programs After Effects y Adobe Premiere, focusing on sound and movements of animated characters.
2. Graphic applications – 4 ECTS
You will learn and apply the functionalities of vectorial design with Adobe IllustratorYou will learn how to retouch and transform images with Adobe Photoshop and traditional graphic applications.
3. Analog applications – 4 ECTS
You will learn the theories of visual perception and image compression and apply the skills of traditional analog creation, as well as advanced analog drawing (dry technique).
After evaluating the candidate, the director of the Master’s program will recommend the need to take these complementary courses.
The Master’s Degree in Illustration at UDIT lasts one academic year. From October to July, 60 ECTS. During your training you will participate in the following:
Enlightenment is a rising value. Companies need professionals capable of formulating a new inventory and rethinking products, services and experiences through Design.
The world of illustration has multiple applications ranging from the product to the narrative, through visual and audiovisual communication occupy all the spaces around us, from print to digital advertising.
But not only that, studios, publishers and art spaces seek to incorporate this profile and collaborate with illustrators who know how to synthesize and translate their ideas into visual language.
Graduates of UDIT’s Master’s Degree in Illustration have access to a wide variety of job opportunities:
The master’s degree is recommended for creative graduates with a graphic or project component and different backgrounds (from general design degrees to degrees in Product Design, Fashion, Interior Design, Animation, Video Games, Digital Art, Interactive Products, Architecture, Fine Arts or Information Sciences in the fields of Audiovisual Communication or Advertising).
It is also aimed at graduates trained in professions other than the creative professions who work in creative environments and want a full and versatile training rather than one focused only on learning professional technical tools.
Finally, if you do not yet have a university degree, you may consider enrolling in the Bachelor’s Degree in Audiovisual Design and Illustration, which will provide you with a solid academic and practical foundation in the field of design and illustration, preparing you for the master’s degree.
Now is the time to do it. Private companies and public organizations are increasingly making use of the visual strategies that illustration provides to present their proposals and create links with their different audiences.
UDIT is a reference center in design and technology in Madrid. In addition, this university is a pioneer in launching new official degrees, such as the degree in Audiovisual Design and Illustration.
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