One thing that we’re proud of in the MassArt Illustration Department is the diversity of what students go on to do and create after they graduate. Children’s book illustrators, editorial artists, cartoonists, graphic novel artists and so on. The possibilities are unlimited as long as students have a vision of where they want to go after they leave.

We’d like to highlight some recent illustration graduates who longed to work in the entertainment design field.

Alumni China Blue Rockett (’12), Anthony Feliciano (’11) and Indigo Moorhead (’11) all eventually found work in Boston’s Pilot Studio and have worked on the artwork for the recently released toys and action figures for the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie!

Recently, the Boston Globe published an article about the work Pilot Studio has done on the Star Wars franchise.

In a serendipitous turn, another Illustration graduate Kim Buhler (’12) found work at Hasbro in Rhode Island. The results of Kim’s work is in the boxes that China, Anthony and Indigo helped create! Kim is a Model Artist/ Prototype Painter at Hasbro and worked on the prototypes for many of the Star Wars products. The prototypes are blueprints for the factories that manufacture the toys. Some prototypes that she worked on were sent out for promotion and have been on display at San Diego Comic Con, New York Comic Con and toy fairs.

Fast Company also recently did a story about Hasbro and the Star Wars line including great shots of some of the prototype sculptures.

We are constantly hearing back from alumni about their successes as artists and are proud of the hard work and dedication to their chosen art. If you are an alumni and would like to feature some of your successes and work, please send us a note!