Digital Illustration with Japanese Ink Techniques
About Me
A course by Yohey Horishita , Illustrator and Art Professor
About the video: About Me
Overview
“In this lesson, I will start by telling you about myself, my interests, and how I became an illustrator. You will learn how I make a living out of my practice.”
In this video lesson Yohey Horishita addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Illustration with Japanese Ink Techniques. Discover “tradigital” illustration by combining traditional techniques with digital tools to create contemporary artwork inspired by Japanese motifs.
Partial transcription of the video
“ About Me Hi, "konnichiwa." My name is Yohey Horishita. I am a freelance illustrator and professor in the illustration department at the Maryland Institute College of Art. I was born and raised in Japan in the city or prefecture called Kagoshima, which is the deep south of Japan. My mom is a Japan-born Korean. My dad is Japanese. They got married and voilà, I'm here. My parents are loving and in the name of deep south, a very traditional, conservative family. When I was a kid like this, they used to tell me, "Yohey, you will be a doctor. Yohey, you will be this, you will be that, but not a...”
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Course summary for: Digital Illustration with Japanese Ink Techniques
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Drawing, Ink Illustration

Yohey Horishita
A course by Yohey Horishita
Yohey Horishita is a Japanese freelance illustrator and art professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art. He studied illustration at the Savannah College of Art and Design, before moving to New York City for eight years, then later to Baltimore to teach.
He’s collaborated with publishers such as Penguin Random House and newspapers like The New York Times and Yomiuri Shimbun. Yohey has also participated in projects with The New York Metro, Canon, and Casio.
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