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
Individual 2 hour sessions
Online via teams
Pay by credit card: $175/session
Pay by e-transfer: $150/session
Small group sessions
You will also receive group feedback and connect with other artists and their projects.
Courses through Emily Carr University
CSIL 112 SU01: Character Concepts (online)
May 30 – Aug 15
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.
CSIL 110 SU02: Introductory Illustration (online)
Jun 20 – Aug 22
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.
Questions? Contact me here for more info.