Digital Illustration

Lesson 1 – Introduction to editorial illustration: contemporary visual languages, historical overview and visual research through the analysis of illustrators.
Lesson 2 – From text to image: analysing the brief, identifying key concepts and translating them into visual form through design exercises.
Lesson 3 – Narrative illustration: constructing a scene that develops a story over time (before/during/after). First brief assigned.
Lesson 4 – Narrative development: exploration of sketches, composition and visual direction of the project.
Lesson 5 – Final narrative illustration: definition of style, colour and final image.
Lesson 6 – Conceptual illustration: transforming an idea into an image through metaphor, symbol and synthesis. Second brief assigned.
Lesson 7 – Concept development: visual research, sketches and colour tests to define different solutions.
Lesson 8 – Final conceptual illustration: refinement of the final image and consistency of the visual language.
Lesson 9 – Concept from keywords: development of an illustration without text, starting from a general concept. Third brief assigned and sketches developed.
Lesson 10 – Finalisation: review, refinement and presentation of the final project.

MARCH

13/03/2027
20/03/2027

APRIL

03/04/2027
10/04/2027
17/04/2027
24/04/2027

MAY

08/05/2027
15/05/2027
22/05/2027
29/05/2027

Andrea Mongia is an Italian illustrator based in Rome. His practice focuses on contemporary editorial illustration, creating images that explore the relationship between image, memory and atmosphere. He collaborates with international magazines, cultural institutions and brands, creating illustrations for magazines, campaigns and editorial projects. His clients include Airbnb, Arper, Assicurazioni Generali, Barilla, British Airways, Domus, Forbes, IKEA, La Repubblica, Loro Piana, Louis Vuitton, Luxottica, Monocle, Mr Porter, Slowear, The Boston Globe, The Economist, The Guardian, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, as well as institutions such as the Consulate General of Italy in New York, the French Ministry of the Interior and the Italian Cultural Institute in Dakar. In 2019, he was included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe – Art & Culture list, which recognises some of Europe’s most influential creatives. His work has also received numerous international awards, including the Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators of New York (2022), the Award of Excellence from Communication Arts (2023) and Merit Winner recognition from 3×3 Magazine (2023), and has been selected several times for American Illustration (AI-AP). He also taught at RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts, Milan campus (2024–2025), where he taught Artistic Anatomy on the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Graphic Design – Comics and Illustration.