Digital Illustration Techniques for Engaging Stories
Influences
A course by Mojo Wang , Illustrator and Comic Artist
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Now I will introduce you to some of my favorite artists and show you the amazing artwork that has influenced me tremendously.”
In this video lesson Mojo Wang addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Illustration Techniques for Engaging Stories. Learn to transform narratives into meaningful digital art inspired by everyday life through color, line work, layers, and light.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Influences In the last lesson, I told you who I am, and in this lesson, I'm showing you my influences. Jillian Tamaki Now, I will show you my first influence, Jillian Tamaki, who is a Canadian illustrator and comic artist. In my opinion, she is one of the most interesting and astonishing artists of my generation. Now, I'll show her book "Boundless" and tell you why I like her. Jillian Tamaki is good at doing different styles when she sees it fits her story and the narrative. This book is a loosely narrated graphic novel, a collection of short stories. In the book, she talks about her own ...”
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Course summary for: Digital Illustration Techniques for Engaging Stories
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Category
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Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Editorial Illustration
Mojo Wang
A course by Mojo Wang
Mojo Wang is a self-taught illustrator from China who is currently based in New York City. He started his career as a freelancer before working as a photo editor at ELLEMEN magazine in China. Yearning for more, he moved to New York to study a fine arts masters at SVA, where he redefined his style and learned the value of storytelling through images. Since then, he’s continued to hone his skills and experiment with techniques to grow as an artist, while striking a balance between making a living and enjoying his craft.
The bold colors, sharp linework, and engaging messages in his illustrations have led him to work with major brands like Nike and Kiehl's, as well as a variety of magazines including The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Economist, Billboard Magazine, WIRED, and The Wall Street Journal. He has also received multiple awards from the Society of Illustrators and the AI-AP.
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