Creative Collage: Telling Stories in Layers

Overview

“I am going to give a background of my career and how being a lifelong New Yorker has influenced my work. I will describe my training as a graphic designer, my internship at the studio of Milton Glaser and my first job with Henry Wolf and what I learned from them. I will also show some images from my neighbourhood and what I see every day and talk about how growing up in New York City has shaped my work. ”

In this video lesson Ellen Weinstein addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Collage: Telling Stories in Layers. Make visual narratives inspired by everyday scenarios, combining photography, painting, and digital tools.

Partial transcription of the video

“About Me Hi, I'm Ellen Weinstein. I'm an illustrator, author and New Yorker. I'm from New York. I've lived in New York my entire life. It's probably what has influenced me more than anything. New York is a city that is filled with so many different people, colors, textures, sounds. It's a collage in and of itself. Sometimes those different pieces come together rather seamlessly. Sometimes you can feel the edges and see the edges of where things butt up against each other. Growing up in New York, I'd have to say, more than anything, I was always presented with lots of possibilities. As a kid...”

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Course summary for: Creative Collage: Telling Stories in Layers

• Level: Beginner
• 97% positive reviews (116)
• 3239 students
• 4 units
• 13 lessons (1h 57m)

• Category

  Craft, Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Collage, Digital Illustration, Editorial Illustration, Narrative, Storytelling, Traditional illustration