Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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Illustrator and Environment Artist Devin Elle Kurtz teaches her method of conceptualizing, developing, and executing her iconic narrative illustrations. This talk covers brainstorming story ideas, researching and developing those ideas, and using the tools of pictorial composition to depict stories in way that viewers can immediately and wordlessly understand.

Devin Elle Kurtz instagram.com/devinellekurtz/?hl=en

This presentation was recorded live at LightBox Expo 2024 in Pasadena, CA.

Mascot animation by Titmouse
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