Visual Communications 1: Graphic Fiction – Page 2

Exercise Two: Turning Pictures into words.

For this exercise I had to examine the following three images: I found all three interested but liked the first image best, by Chas Addams. Each image holds a lot of information and hidden meaning. I find the second image harder to understand. This is contributed to by the fact that the language inside isContinue reading “Exercise Two: Turning Pictures into words.”

Exercise One: Wordplay

This exercise looks at the different types of text used in comics. For the exercise I had to create 4 different versions of the following comic page: Each version had to tell a story using different types of narration: This had to be done on A3 versions of the comic page, which I had toContinue reading “Exercise One: Wordplay”

Assignment One: You Are A Character

The aim of this assignment was to introduce myself and draw a self portrait. Straight away I didn’t like this assignment. This is because I don’t like photos of myself so having to draw myself was a nightmare. I started the assignment by doing a lot of research into self portraits, looking at how artistsContinue reading “Assignment One: You Are A Character”

Exercise 4: Filling a Page

This is where the grid from the last exercise was used. The task was to draw a place I know well, from memory and include as much detail as I could remember. I chose to draw my old house. This is because I spent 15 years living there so I don’t know anywhere better thanContinue reading “Exercise 4: Filling a Page”

Exercise 3: Drawing a Grid

For this exercise I had to use an A3 sheet of paper and draw a grid with 8 boxes. This was then to be used in the next exercise.

Before and After

This is a post war magazine cover depicting a Christmas meal. At first glance it seems to be a regular family Christmas. What appears to be the title of this image changes this view and would have been controversial and highly sensitive at the time, as during the post war era, spying was a genuineContinue reading “Before and After”

Exercise 2: Action and Reaction

For this exercise I had to draw two 12cm square boxes on A4 paper and use them to tell a story, one for the action, and one for the reaction. I did this in Photoshop, so as to get more practice working digitally. Plus I like the clean lines possible with the medium. Having thoughtContinue reading “Exercise 2: Action and Reaction”

Exercise 1: Drawing From History

For this exercise I ultimately decided to draw in the style of Tin Tin. This was a decision I came to after trying out Marjane Satrapi’s style in Persepolis, where I drew the view from my window. I was unimpressed by the final result. I picked the style as it is different to how IContinue reading “Exercise 1: Drawing From History”

Introduction

What Do You Need/Want From This Course Unit? I am on this course as I love drawing. I draw all the time so thought that this would be a good path to follow, however, I am unsure of what I would like to do once the course is finished. Getting some idea would be anotherContinue reading “Introduction”