Surrealist Illustration: Draw Compelling Stories
Influences
A course by Kyle Ellingson , Illustrator
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Now I’ll talk about two contemporary illustrators whose work I love, as well as one seminal surrealist who continues to inspire me. ”
In this video lesson Kyle Ellingson addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Surrealist Illustration: Draw Compelling Stories. Use intuitive journaling to unlock new approaches to drawing and transform everyday objects into memorable illustrations that tell a story.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Influences In the last lesson, I told you about myself. In this lesson, I'm going to talk about surrealism and take a look at my influences. First, I'd like to start by talking a bit about surrealism, how I found my way into it, and why it continues to excite me. Back when I was writing fiction, in my early 20s I started writing a lot of personal stories that had a realistic bend. I was trying to capture painful experiences I had, relationships, and experiences that I had. Over time, I started to appreciate more postmodern writers who were experimenting with surrealism with making things ...”
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Course summary for: Surrealist Illustration: Draw Compelling Stories
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Illustration, Narrative
Kyle Ellingson
A course by Kyle Ellingson
Kyle Ellingson is a freelance illustrator living in Brooklyn, New York. He first started drawing as a child, encouraged by his grandfather, a printmaker, and his uncle, a visual effects artist. He went on to study creative writing and philosophy at college and working at bookstores in his spare time when he discovered the possibilities of visual narrative. Kyle later attended the illustration practice program at Maryland Institute College of Art, creating a final project that attracted his first freelance editorial jobs.
Since then, he’s been featured in by a number of notable blogs and created illustrations for clients including New York Magazine, The New York Times, Billboard, Financial Times, The Washington Post, and The New Yorker.
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