One-on-one sessions

Do you have an illustrated narrative project that you’d like support with building and completing?

These sessions could help you with your ongoing comics, children’s books or graphic narrative projects.

Work 1:1 with Joni Taylor; author, educator, and illustrator who has written, illustrated, and self-published 15 genres of graphic narratives including, comics, zines, children’s books and graphic memoirs. She has been teaching online and in-person art courses for over 10 years

Courses through Emily Carr University

CSIL-100-S002 – Introductory Illustration (online)

Illustration is a dynamic practice linking images to text, distilling thematic concepts through relatable imagery, and catching the attention of an audience. It has been used to illuminate text throughout human history and has become a sought after skill in various creative industries, including video games, animation, and visual effects. Artistic and creative directors, digital and technical artists, as well as production and design teams look to illustration as a key component to creative development.

In this course you will be lead through hands-on projects, presentations, discussions and critiques that will expose you to a variety of techniques, media and styles as you explore how content, design elements and materials are used in the translation of ideas into images.

CSIL-112-S001- Character Concepts (online)

Character concepts are used in a wide range of visual media and industries, from graphic novels and comic books to video games and animation.

Apply your illustration and storytelling skills to capture the personality, essence and story of a character from archetype to storyboarding in this pivotal illustration course.

Through assignments, case studies and presentations, you will learn a range of processes, methods and techniques used by contemporary concept artists to generate memorable characters. Guided through prompts and step by step instruction, this course will provide you with skills to both follow a preexisting creative vision or design brief and develop your own unique character concepts.

Questions? Contact me here for more info.