Digital Illustration with Japanese Ink Techniques
Creating a Sketch from Thumbnails
A course by Yohey Horishita , Illustrator and Art Professor
About the video: Creating a Sketch from Thumbnails
Overview
“Let’s review the word and visual association task from the previous unit. It's time to highlight some keywords that will help you to create thumbnails. Then, we will transform these into a sketch!”
In this video lesson Yohey Horishita addresses the topic: Creating a Sketch from Thumbnails, 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
“In the previous lesson, we discussed the anatomy of traditional Japanese art and design, And had an exercise to see variety of strokes. In this lesson, we are taking this word association we worked on into thumbnails and sketch. This is the word association that I'm working on Cash. I have this from the past gift what I want to do for this illustration. You know, this illustration is supposed to be for me, a gift for me, right? So I have like families and my upbringings. You know, i was born and raised in Kagoshima. It's a deep south in Japan. Now we have thick accent. We eat a lot of sugar...”
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Course summary for: Digital Illustration with Japanese Ink Techniques
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Adobe Photoshop -
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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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