Visual Storytelling for Compelling Illustrations
Influences
A course by R. Kikuo Johnson , Illustrator and Cartoonist
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Where you draw inspiration from is key to the development of your own style and aesthetic. In this lesson, I will tell you about three artists that have shaped the way I think about telling stories with pictures.”
In this video lesson R. Kikuo Johnson addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Visual Storytelling for Compelling Illustrations. Learn how to tell a complete story in a single image by exploring narrative illustration and drawing exercises in the style and medium of choice.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Influences Now that you know a bit about me, in this lesson, I'd love to take a moment to talk about some of my favorite artists and biggest influences. Alex Toth was an American cartoonist and animation designer who worked from the 1940s to the 1980s. He's the single most influential artist on my own style and career. While most comic book artists regard Alex Toth as one of the greatest comic book artists of all time, many comic fans have never heard his name or read a comic book by him. A big reason for that is that he was never attached to a single character for very long. There's neve...”
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Course summary for: Visual Storytelling for Compelling Illustrations
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Editorial Illustration, Traditional illustration
R. Kikuo Johnson
A course by R. Kikuo Johnson
R Kikuo Johnson is a cartoonist and illustrator from Hawaii. He fell in love with drawing at a young age as a way to tell stories and went on to study illustration at art school where he started his first graphic novel, Night Fisher. After graduating, he published a second novel and landed his first major illustration job—a two-page illustration in The New Yorker.
Since then, Kikuo has collaborated with clients including Airbnb, The Atlantic, Coca-Cola, The Guggenheim Foundation, Marvel Comics, The New York Times, Newsweek, Nike, Puma, and Penguin Random House. His illustrations have earned two gold medals from the Society Of Illustrators, and his most recent graphic novella, No One Else, won the 2021 Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
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