Digital Illustration with Japanese Ink Techniques
Traditional Japanese Art and Design: The Anatomy 2
A course by Yohey Horishita , Illustrator and Art Professor
About the video: Traditional Japanese Art and Design: The Anatomy 2
Overview
“Now that we've discussed composition and the importance of empty space, let's talk about lines! ”
In this video lesson Yohey Horishita addresses the topic: Traditional Japanese Art and Design: The Anatomy 2, 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
“Traditional Japanese Art and Design: The Anatomy Let's talk about lines. We have these basic lines and varieties of strokes that we can create. Composition is one thing but I love that we also have lines to create different weights, speeds, and the mood of the illustration. This PDF is structured by types of strokes, which are long hatching, short hatching, and uneven hatching. On the next page, you have curved hatching, weaving, and crosshatching. On the last page, you have scribbling, contour line, and stippling. If you have these six-ish or nine-ish, I can't do math, different types of s...”
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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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