Bachelor Illustration & BD

Overview

The programme

This Bachelor Illustration & Bande Dessinée trains creative, versatile professionals able to conceive and produce comics from a script, a text, an initial idea…

A wide variety of applications is possible: illustration, press cartoons, comics and more. Students acquire the skills they need to work as authors in their own right.

Campus

Where can you study this programme?

 Chambéry

Campus

Where can you study this programme?

In detail

Why choose this Bachelor?

Year 2

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 have completed a first year at ENAAI in Arts & Images, or hold a BAC (French upper-secondary school diploma) or an equivalent level 4 qualification and have validated 60 ECTS credits on completion of a first year of higher education in the graphic design, illustration, comics or animation industry

Year 3

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 hold a BAC+2 qualification (two years of higher education) or an equivalent level 5 qualification in a field directly or indirectly related to the graphic design, illustration, comics or animation industry, or have validated 120 ECTS credits on completion of two years of higher education in a field directly or indirectly related to the graphic design, illustration, comics or animation industry.

Exemptions may be granted at the discretion of the admissions board.

Applicants holding a foreign qualification will be asked to provide official ENIC-NARIC recognition of equivalence.

Learning objectives

 ➜ Train illustration and comics professionals able to identify a story, a narrative or a script and turn it into published work

➜ Bring out each student's creativity

➜ Introduce students to artistic culture and the world of illustration and comics

➜ Acquire a working method and a project methodology for the comics sector

➜ Discover the many worlds of illustration

➜ Deliver projects in illustration, narrative and comics whatever the medium, the client, the market, the distribution channel, the media used or the target audience

➜ Explore worlds and techniques methodically

➜ Underpin the practice of creating a complete comic book

➜ Develop strong analytical skills, creativity, an innovative mindset, general and artistic culture, curiosity, listening skills and the ability to work collaboratively

➜ Meet the profession's expectations on marketing and communication issues by identifying signs and trends

➜ Prepare students for professional life through workshops, professional studios and work placements

Study formats

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 Full-time study.
Compulsory work placements in Year 2 and Year 3.

Assessment methods

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 Students are assessed throughout the academic year through continuous assessment (written assignments, case studies, projects, oral presentations, etc.) and examination sessions.

In the third year of the Bachelor, the school diploma is awarded on validation of the 180 ECTS credits gained across the programme.

Diploma

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 Each academic year is worth 60 ECTS credits.

The third year of the Bachelor leads to the ENAAI school diploma « Bachelor Illustration et Bande Dessinée » (Bachelor in Illustration & Comics) (180 ECTS credits), awarded by ACE EDUCATION.

Programme

Discover the full content of the programme

Programme content*

➜ General & artistic culture, with courses in artistic culture and English

➜ Drawing and representation, with courses in life drawing, object drawing and drawing technology

➜ Applied techniques, with courses in computer graphics, artistic anatomy, biomechanics and creativity

➜ Project & image: perspective and sets, storyboarding, illustration, comics, scriptwriting or motion design

Added to this are the professional environment, taking part in Open Days to present your work, support with finding a work placement, creative workshops…

Students can also choose options to add further skills to their course and broaden their range of practice:

➜ Graphic design

➜ Motion Design

*The programme is not exhaustive; courses may vary and terminology may change from one year to the next. 

  Méthodes mobilisées

The teaching methods used on the programme combine theory and practice, allowing students to flourish under the guidance of professionals from the applied arts and image industries.

Teaching approaches

Skills development

Workshops

Visits

Work placements

 Workshops

Optional seminars abroad

 Masterclass

93%

pass rate among Bachelor in Illustration & Comics candidates for the 2025 cohort.

Further study

After the Bachelor

On completion of the diploma, the Bachelor allows students to move straight into working life or to continue at an art or design school on a master's programme (illustration, art direction) to build on their knowledge with new skills.

Career opportunities

Les métiers liés à la certification

Once you have graduated, you will be able to work in one of these sectors and take up these roles linked to the qualification.

Sectors of activity

➜ Publishing houses, communication agencies and creative studios

➜ Press, communication, advertising and the print and digital publishing sectors

➜ Cultural industries, institutions, local authorities and cultural mediation organisations

➜ As a freelance or self-employed professional

Career opportunities

➜ Illustrator

➜ Comics author

➜ Colourist

➜ Press cartoonist

➜ Roughman

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