Digital Illustration with Japanese Ink Techniques
Influences
A course by Yohey Horishita , Illustrator and Art Professor
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Without the artists that I'm going to share with you in this lesson, I wouldn't be here as an illustrator today. They are my idols, teachers, mentors, and friends who have helped to shape my art and career in many different ways. I am so excited and happy to tell you who they are! ”
In this video lesson Yohey Horishita addresses the topic: Influences, 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
“ Influences In the last lesson, I shared my background and upbringing. In this lesson, I will share with you my influences. INFLUENCES Kay Nielsen I have Kay Nielsen's "Fairy Tale Illustrations in Full Color." I love his work, his compositions, the sense of balance, and there's a focal point that's always easy to pick up. I also like his line quality. It's a simple and unified line. There are no thicker ones. He doesn't play with the weight or technical part of the linework. It's just simple clean linework, but it carries such elegance and lightness, and it's whimsical. His storytelling is...”
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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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