Digital Illustration Techniques for Engaging Stories
What is a Visual Essay?
A course by Mojo Wang , Illustrator and Comic Artist
About the video: What is a Visual Essay?
Overview
“We all have stories to tell. A visual essay is as simple as it sounds: it is about using a single or a sequence of images to introduce loose narrative into illustrations. Through examples of my own work, I'll show you in more detail what I mean about this.”
In this video lesson Mojo Wang addresses the topic: What is a Visual Essay?, 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
“ What Is a Visual Essay? In the last lesson, I showed you my influences, and in this lesson, I will talk about illustration as a visual essay. Before we dive into that, I want to briefly talk about your final project. For your final project, we will create one single image based on your life story, experiences, or any topic you choose. Later, I will show you how to pick your topic and how to create your final project step by step. Illustration as a visual essay is introducing loose narratives in one illustration or sequential images. Simply put, we tell a story by making illustrations. The...”
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Course summary for: Digital Illustration Techniques for Engaging Stories
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Category
Illustration -
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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