Visual Storytelling for Compelling Illustrations
Linework
A course by R. Kikuo Johnson , Illustrator and Cartoonist
About the video: Linework
Overview
“At this stage, one of the few things missing from my illustration is precise linkwork. The theme of this lesson will focus on digital inking to achieve crisp and clean lines.”
In this video lesson R. Kikuo Johnson addresses the topic: Linework, 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
“ Linework Now that we've gone over adding color to your sketch, in this lesson, I'll show you how to get precise linework in your final drawing. We've got a color sketch that I feel comfortable with. I feel good about where we are with this. The next step is to put in the finished linework and make it all look clean and sharp, not all loose and messy like it's here. We're moving on to the stage that will see final print, this is designed for a print magazine, so I have to make sure that everything is set up for print. Some things might not apply to you if you're doing something for the web...”
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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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