Brief Examine the three provided single ‘gag’ cartoons from the 1950s to the 1970s and consider the amount of visual information, the style and subject. Choose one of the cartoons and write a 100-word description of it. Describe it as if you are writing it for the cartoonist to draw, so describe the scene, the […]
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Exercise: Wordplay
Brief Make 4 copies of the provided comic, which shows some of the typical visual elements of a comic’s page: An opening scene A conversational interaction between people A facial reaction An action scene Make written notes about each page in the following ways: Dialogue only: think about what the people might be thinking to […]
Brief The first assignment is to introduce yourself to your tutor and give them the opportunity to get to know more about you and your artwork. You are going to make a self-portrait, telling your tutor about yourself, your visual interests, the drawing styles you enjoy working in and maybe some ideas of what you […]
Brief Using the instructions provided, create an 8-panel grid template on a sheet of A3 paper or card. In the first panel draw a picture of a place you know well and want to visually document. It could be your workplace, a friend’s house, local shop, church or nearby park. Now visualise the place in […]
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Exercise: Action & Reaction
Brief Draw two boxes about 12cm square next to each other on an A4 sheet of paper or card. These boxes will be the two pictures (or ‘panels’) of a very short comic strip. Now think about an event. This could be anything from painting a door, or going to the shops, to holding a […]
Select one of the three historical examples of the simple two-picture story structure, where the first picture sets up the action whilst the second picture records the aftermath. Consider questions such as: What happened between the first and second pictures? Was it an event that took place over time, or are the two pictures ‘symbolic’ […]
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Exercise: Drawing from History
Brief Choose one of the artist from Research Task 1 and make a drawing based on their artwork. Selection of Artist I was unsure whether to attempt to use Charles M. Schulz or Marjane Satrapi as inspiration for this exercise. The style of these artists appealed to me the most from Research Task 1. I […]
Research and look at the work of the following historical comic creators: Charles M Schulz: ‘Peanuts’ newspaper comic strip (1950-2000) Stan Lee & Jack Kirby: superhero comics ‘The Fantastic Four’ and ‘Thor’(1960s) Hergé: ‘The Adventures of Tintin’ series of 22 books (1946-1976) Marjane Satrapi: ‘Persepolis’ (2000) and ‘Embroideries’ (2008) graphic novels Winsor McCay: ‘Little Nemo In […]
As I have to submit my final assignment for this course by the 29th March 2022, I will need to be very disciplined and organised to progress at a steady pace. I tend to take quite a lot of time on exercises and assignments, which can be seen as both a positive and negative attribute. […]
I chose to look at a Peanuts (Charlie Brown) cartoon strip for this introduction exercise. The reference for the image above is: Kidd, C. (2015) Only What’s Necessary : Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts. New York: Abrams, p.250. Available at: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ucreative-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4013119&pq-origsite=summon# [Accessed 21 May 2021]. Pick one of the parts of the […]