Waterslide Comic

I don't think I ever got round to posting my final comic on here, so here it is printed in book form. I kept the idea simple because at the time when I was planning it, drawing in this way was completely new to me, so I was more practicing the construction of a narrative image, as this was something I  felt I struggled with when I was responding to the fiction project earlier on in second year. It also means that the quality of my drawing got quite messy in places, something that I can now refine, the drawings in my sketchbook tend to be much neater and more confident. I went a bit colour mad in this too as I was starting to experiment with risograph printing techniques, which I'm excited to continue doing but I'm interested in how I can maybe create more subdued colours through the print process. The gag is pretty silly, no doubt a reflection of my sense of humour haha. 

Hans Ticha

I found this book in a free shop in Leipzig, from what I can understand of the german it's a children's book of poems, and is full of really funny illustrations by a german artist called Hans Ticha. These pages are interesting because they're informative, possibly from more factual poems (?)... (although I can't read them, so I'm not 100% sure, ha) but they're still playful.

(excuse the bad phone photos, click on them to look properly!)

Acme inventions for Wile E. Coyote ~ Do it yourself Tornado Kit, a solution that creates artificial tornadoes. Includes Acme water pistol to spray on solution which activates the tornadoes.

researching for my new project, more to come!

Germany

pics ~

Went on a much needed holiday to Germany back at the end of June, stayed in Leipzig for a few days then I went and took a very, very long, sunburnt : ' ( train journey down to Stuttgart to visit my aunt for a few more days, one of the most fun trips I've had in a while! We did some big paintings whilst we were in Leipzig - something I've never done before but have wanted to do for a long time, and will definitely do again when I can! Took something that I drew quickly in my sketchbook to paint as I hadn't really planned anything in particular. :~) Also went and had a quick look at the Weissenhof Bauhaus estate in Stuttgart. Need to get better at updating this blog regularly again, it's a shame that Tumblr tends to be much easier to use.

Balloon Land

Everything in Balloon Land is made of balloons. Its inhabitants are threatened by the Pin Cushion Man, who wants to pop every balloon he can find."

Found on archive.org

coral riffs !

poster for our event next monday! a collaborative effort between me, alice, alice tye and saara i did the anemones, alice did all the text, alice tye and saara drew the fishes!
http://www.facebook.com/events/404597052916254/

Come if you can!