Artist Credit:
Kate Wruszak - Alumni
The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale
Design - Graphic Design

The Art Institute of California - Hollywood sits in the Mid-Wilshire district, west of downtown LA with a beautiful view of the famous Hollywood sign. The Mid-Wilshire area of Los Angeles is centrally located just a few minutes from many fashion attractions including Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, major shopping centers, the LA Fashion District and Hollywood.

Programs Offered:

• Fashion Design
• Fashion Marketing
• Fashion Marketing & Management
• Game Art & Design
• Graphic Design
• Industrial Design
• Interior Design
• Media Arts & Animation
• Set & Exhibit Design
• Visual Effects & Motion Graphics
• Visual & Game Programming
• Web Design & Interactive Media

Fashion Design inquire now!
In the Fashion Design program, you'll develop skills in design and patternmaking. You'll learn both traditional and computer generated design as you develop your own sense of design and style. Graduates are prepared to seek entry-level employment such as costume designer, assistant fashion buyer, fashion designer, or seamstress.

Fashion Marketing inquire now!
In the Fashion Marketing program, you'll fine-tune your fashion buying and marketing skills. The program prepares you to choose your own direction as you learn from fashion professionals and study merchandise presentation, visual merchandising, retailing, and buying. Graduates are prepared to seek entry-level employment such as assistant fashion buyer, fashion merchandiser, retail store manager, or runway coordinator.

Fashion Marketing & Management inquire now!
In the Fashion Marketing & Management program, you'll fine-tune your fashion buying and marketing skills. The program familiarizes you with merchandise presentation, visual merchandising, retailing, store management, and buying. Graduates are prepared to seek entry-level employment such as retail and wholesale sales, stylist, management trainee, or visual merchandiser in department stores, boutiques, and designer showrooms.

Game Art & Design inquire now!
In the Game Art & Design program, you'll learn the art and design skills needed to get into the gaming field. You'll use your talents to create applications used within the business, education, training, and entertainment industries. Graduates are prepared to seek entry-level employment such as modelers, storyboard artists, animation artists, 3-D illustrators, digital artists, FX artists, video post-production artists, broadcast graphics designers, and game designers.

Graphic Design inquire now!
In the Graphic Design program, you'll study design, typography, and color theory. Industry-specific software is utilized to help you learn to create everything from logos and posters to packaging, Web sites, and corporate identity packages. Graduates are prepared to seek entry-level employment such as advertising designer, computer artist, freelance artist, graphic designer, or layout artist.

Industrial Design inquire now!
From the watches we wear to the cars we drive, industrial designers have a hand in nearly everything we use. In the Industrial Design program, you'll learn to balance aesthetics and engineering as you develop product to practicality using specialized software programs. Graduates are prepared to seek entry-level employment such as car designer, furniture designer, product designer, special effects artist, or theme park designer.

Interior Design inquire now!
In the Interior Design program, you'll study the design, safety, and usability issues of creating the spaces that we live, work, and play within. Coursework focuses on space planning, traffic patterns, and the colors, surfaces, and furnishings that make surroundings comfortable and livable. Graduates are prepared to seek entry-level employment such as draftsperson, facilities planner, interior designer/decorator, or space planner.

Media Arts & Animation inquire now!
In the Media Arts & Animation program, you'll develop a strong foundation in drawing, design, and illustration in order to produce traditional 2-D formats. Then you'll move into computer generated 3-D formats that make characters and objects come alive. Graduates are prepared to seek entry-level employment such as animator, computer animator, digital media producer, special effects artist, background designer, computer artist, layout artist, or video game artist.

Set & Exhibit Design inquire now!
In the Set & Exhibit Design program, you will study the principles of industrial design as they pertain to the entertainment industry. This program combines hands-on construction skills, creative design training, and industry specific business knowledge. Professionals who have worked in the film, video, television, and marketing industries will guide you as you work in both model form and life-size set design. Graduates are prepared to see entry-level positions in motion pictures, television studios, music videos, productions, museums, theme parks, exhibit design companies, malls, and other marketing industry areas.

Visual & Game Programming inquire now!
In Visual & Game Programming, you'll take courses in art, general studies, mathematics, science, computer engineering, and computer graphics. As you gain experience, you'll create modified prototype games in a group environment, learning how a whole team works together to create a product. Graduates are prepared to seek entry-level employment such as digital artist, character animator, texture artist, and character modeler.

Visual Effects & Motion Graphics inquire now!
The Visual Effects & Motion Graphics program helps you to learn how to use your creativity to produce attention-grabbing communication design for film, television, and the Web. Visual effects are responsible for movie trailers, opening film credits, television commercials, animated network identities, and short promos. Graduates are prepared to seek entry-level employment such as production assistant, assistant designer, visual effect specialist, or broadcast design assistant.

Web Design & Interactive Media inquire now!
In the Web Design & Interactive Media (formerly Interactive Media Design) program, you'll focus on interface design, interactivity, visual design, database design, dynamic Web content design, technology, and information design and employ creative solutions across all Web-related mediums. You'll learn skills that will enable you to create accessible, engaging interactions via Web sites and other interactive mediums. Graduates are prepared to seek entry-level employment in positions such as interactive designer, animator, special effects artist, and computer artist.

The Art Institute of California - Hollywood
3440 Wilshire Blvd., 10th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90010-2112