Creative Collage: Telling Stories in Layers
Adding Embellishments 2
A course by Ellen Weinstein , Author and Illustrator
About the video: Adding Embellishments 2
Overview
“Does the image need anything else? I will hand paint a few additional flourishes once everything is glued down. ”
In this video lesson Ellen Weinstein addresses the topic: Adding Embellishments 2, 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
“Adding Embellishments My grandfather is looking good here, so I'll move him to the side. I have an idea of how to resolve this building's air conditioner problem. I'll create some laundry lines. I created some laundry by scanning a t-shirt on the scanner. While scanning it, I wanted to make sure it had some wrinkles in it, so it looks like it's actually flowing like a laundry line. I'll look at the size of the air conditioners and cut out some small pieces. I try to give them a shape as if they are hanging off a line. I think that'll work and I'll do a couple of those. It's always good to h...”
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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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