Surrealist Illustration: Draw Compelling Stories
Inking 1
A course by Kyle Ellingson , Illustrator
About the video: Inking 1
Overview
“It's time to review the full sketch and start inking! In this lesson, I will talk about the different pens I like to use as I ink the outlines and the inlines, before showing you the inking process.”
In this video lesson Kyle Ellingson addresses the topic: Inking 1, 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
“ Inking In the last lesson, I started my sketch. Now, we'll review the full sketch and begin inking. Now, we can review my final sketch. Off camera, I've finished up. I blocked in these five figures, finished up the bed, bedside table. I refined the movement of this lamp. I made it a bit more of a labyrinth, a twisty shape. I've refined these poses here and shifted the fridge over. You get to see that as I go, I'm revising, shifting around, making space, making sure the space between these characters feels natural and is legible to the eye. Now, I'll tell you a bit about the pens I'll be u...”
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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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