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Joni Taylor

Continuing Studies Instructor

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Education:

BFA
MFA

Bio

Joni is an educator, illustrator and writer whose current work focuses on self-reflexive visual narratives. She sees them as a reasonable means of disseminating a message and has created over 20 comics, zines and children’s books. Her practice also includes creating sculptural illustrations and installations. Joni earned a BFA in Illustration and an MFA from ECU and joined ECU as a Continuing Studies instructor in 2018.

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Courses

Course Name Department Course Code Term
Illustration CSIL 100 CS26/FA

Description

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.

Material List: Be prepared for your course. Download the material list to purchase items before your first class.

Pre-requisites

No prerequisites.