Creative Collage: Telling Stories in Layers
Gathering Source Material
A course by Ellen Weinstein , Author and Illustrator
About the video: Gathering Source Material
Overview
“Exercise in seeing something different in what you look at every day. I like to take everyday situations and objects and twist them into something new. ”
In this video lesson Ellen Weinstein addresses the topic: Gathering Source Material, 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
“Gathering Source Material We'll talk about gathering source material for our projects. I want you to consider the setting, an object and mainly the character you wish to convey. For my setting, I chose my neighborhood of the Lower East Side, which was also the neighborhood of my grandfather. It's an interesting, rich neighborhood to walk around and photograph. I take out my phone and take photographs while walking around. In this instance, as I know that I'll portray my grandfather, I have a specific purpose in mind in looking for my setting, which is different than going out and taking ran...”
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Course summary for: Creative Collage: Telling Stories in Layers
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Category
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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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