Creative Collage: Telling Stories in Layers
Influences
A course by Ellen Weinstein , Author and Illustrator
About the video: Influences
Overview
“I will share influences on my work from a variety of artists and mediums. ”
In this video lesson Ellen Weinstein addresses the topic: Influences, 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
“Influences I'm going to share some of my influences and the people in work who've inspired me. As I mentioned before, I interned with Milton Glaser, Milton Glaser was a prolific graphic designer and illustrator. He designed interiors for restaurants and supermarkets. Above everything else, he was a very clear communicator. His most famous piece of work is the I love New York logo. When I interned with him, he dedicated this book to me. I could spend hours going on about Mr. Glaser's work, but I'll share a few images that were influential to me. I love these two posters that he did, where he...”
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Course summary for: Creative Collage: Telling Stories in Layers
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Category
Craft, Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Collage, Digital Illustration, Editorial Illustration, Narrative, Storytelling, Traditional illustration

Ellen Weinstein
A course by Ellen Weinstein
Ellen Weinstein is an illustrator, author, and regular contributor to The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Pentagram Design, and many others. She has won numerous awards from American Illustration, Communication Arts, the Society of Illustrators Society of News Designers, and Art Directors Club. Ellen illustrated the children’s book Yayoi Kusama: From Here to Infinity and is the author and illustrator of Recipes for Good Luck: The Superstitions, Rituals and Practices of Extraordinary People.
Her work is in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress. She also teaches at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and hosts lectures and workshops at art schools internationally.
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