Tag: Illustration

  • Instructor Spotlight: Stephen Savage

    Stephen Savage is an award-winning children’s book author and illustrator whose accolades include a New York Times Best Illustrated Book (Polar Bear Night), a Geisel Honor (Supertruck), and a Sendak Fellowship. His picture book Polar Bear Night was a New York Times bestseller. In addition to children’s books, he illustrates for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Time, Newsweek, and Entertainment Weekly. He…

  • Instructor Spotlight: Janice Giardina

    Janice Giardina is a designer with experience in eveningwear, activewear, knitwear, and career and casual sportswear for branded and private label manufacturers. She is a graduate of the FIT Fashion Design program. Janice embarked on her career in Fashion Design while still in high school in the late 1980’s in FIT’s precollege Saturday Live program and was later…

  • Sensational Sights & Surprises!

    Hello everyone and Happy November! Something I find great at FIT is the fact there’e always something happening. Whether it be a Portfolio Day, Admissions tours, or visiting the Style Shop; there really is always a way to get involved! For instance on Saturday (Halloween!! Hope you all got loads of candy!), I arrived to…

  • Congratulations Ashley!

    CONGRATULATIONS TO ASHLEY MARKIEWICZ WHO WAS JUST ACCEPTED TO FIT THIS FALL 2015 FOR ILLUSTRATION! Courses taken in Precollege Programs include: 2D Animation Using Photoshop Were you accepted to FIT this fall too? We’d love to feature you on the blog as well! Email: [email protected] for more information

  • Instructor Spotlight: Kenneth Krug

    Professor Kenneth Krug has been teaching in both the Communications Design Department and the Textile / Surface Design Department of FIT since 2007. Some of the courses he has taught through Precollege Programs include HTS 163 Designing Your Space: Home Décor and HAD 109 Drawing in Adobe Illustrator.  Prof. Krug has a BFA from The…

  • Chalk FIT

    Check out Chalk FIT! On Seventh Avenue between 27th and 28th, Illustration students and alumni have taken their talents to the walls of the Pomerantz Center. This second annual event kicked off FIT Legacy week on Monday, October 27th.  These artistic expressions will remain up for about a week for spectators to enjoy.   FIT…