my day - cartoon strip
I went to an artists talk by illustrator Liz Minichiello on Thursday, which was interesting. After the talk about her work she gave out A2 sheets of paper with rectangles printed and asked us if we would do sketches of our day, with detail and tone, and email/post them to her. 12 rectangles, each about 4 x 2.5 ins. The brief was to do this from memory rather than observation.
The friend I went with and I thought it would be fun to do so here is my day
my day, mechanical pencil, Vivien Blackburn
The friend I went with and I thought it would be fun to do so here is my day
- woken by lousy alarm jangling and cats telling me to hurry up
- one cat wants to pursue his hobby of ornithology NOW!
- the other says her throat has been cut and noone has fed her for a week - hmmmm - see her shape!
- Cup of tea in attempt to surface and deal with day
- Drive to work, nice, watch the sky and the light of the early morning on the fields.
- Teach
- Look at students work
- Paint
- Lousy rotten hateful ^**%** paperwork
- work on computer
- collapse into bed
Does anyone else fancy doing this? Leave a link to your blog in the comments if you do :>)
http://www.lizminichiello.co.uk/ a link to her site if you are interested in seeing her work.
It was interesting that she quoted several of my favourite illustrators as those she admired - Raymond Briggs and John Burningham were amongst them.
UPDATE:
links to those who have done their own version
http://havedogswilltravel.blogspot.com/2008/04/day-in-my-life-cartoon-strip.html Robyn has done a great one with large woolly bear - sorry dog - featuring >:>D
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Comments
The sketches of your day are absolutely fabulous. There must be an outlet for this talent. It would take me forever to do that many pictures at that level.
Wrote down my day out of curiosity and reached 13 with many hours to go. I was surprised at how much I had done. Not ready to blog it though - another time.
Cheers
I'd love to do this, but won't have time this week. I'll keep this idea tucked in the back of my mind for the future though. Sounds like a fun idea.
(If I can squeeze the clock I'll have a crack at it.)
Shirley thanks - I was stupid enough to start drawing very late and my husband was muttering grumpily when I went up to bed about 'idiots staying up until 2am' .... time flies when you are drawing!
Jeanette and Dinah I'd love to see yours if you can find time to do it.
I'm not sure how to put a link here, but it will be easy to find on my blog:
http://havedogswilltravel.blogspot.com
It was fun, now I'm looking at your Brush Challenge - mostly because I'd love one of your sketches.
I look forward to seeing your versions if you decide to have a go
http://idlethoughtsofanidlewoman.blogspot.com
It was fun!
http://straightlinesout.blogspot.com/2008/04/comic-strips.html
ronell