Digital Illustration Techniques for Engaging Stories
The Sketch
A course by Mojo Wang , Illustrator and Comic Artist
About the video: The Sketch
Overview
“Sketching time! (Are you excited? I know I am.) In this lesson, we will move on to working on the digital drawing in Photoshop. I'll start by scaling up the thumbnail I made, then I'll make a loose sketch of it.”
In this video lesson Mojo Wang addresses the topic: The Sketch, 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
“ The Sketch In the last lesson, we learned how to make thumbnails, and in this lesson, we are learning how to make sketches in Photoshop. Let's get ready. Moving on to Photoshop, I'll show you what tools I'm using here. First, I have my MacBook, but any computer would do, and I have an iPad here. My iPad is mirroring my MacBook and I can use my iPad as a drawing tablet while I am working in Photoshop. I know it sounds a bit confusing. It confuses both me and my team too, but you can do whatever you like. You can use whatever computer or drawing tablet you're comfortable with. It doesn't ma...”
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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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