Exercises 3/7

Visual Exploration - Exercise 1.2: Good Working Habits

Dan Woodward

Nov 16, 20219 min read

Visual Exploration - Exercise 1.2: Good Working Habits

For this exercise, after reflecting on the coursework content on documenting & reflecting on work, and creating good work habits, I was...

Visual Exploration - Exercise 1.1: Thinking about your Workspace

Dan Woodward

Nov 11, 20219 min read

Visual Exploration - Exercise 1.1: Thinking about your Workspace

When I started my OCA degree in 2018, I was using a desk in our spare bedroom, normally allocated for my PC. As I started to build up...

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 5.3: Create an Artwork

Dan Woodward

Sep 1, 20215 min read

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 5.3: Create an Artwork

For this exercise, I was a little surprised, as I already had a good idea about what subject I wanted to use. My little nod to The...

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 5.4: Shoot a Photo Story

Dan Woodward

Aug 31, 20213 min read

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 5.4: Shoot a Photo Story

I had a little bit of experience going into this exercise, as I had to use photos as a backup for Exercise 3.3. For this exercise,...

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 5.2: Make a Mini-Comic

Dan Woodward

Aug 14, 20212 min read

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 5.2: Make a Mini-Comic

This exercise was actually already very familiar for me, as I had elected to create a comic for Assignment 4 of Illustration Sketchbooks....

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 5.1, Research 5.1 & 5.2

Dan Woodward

Aug 12, 20213 min read

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 5.1, Research 5.1 & 5.2

Exercise 5.1: Reviewing your own work For this exercise, I went back through my work over this unit and selected pieces that spoke to me....

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 4.7: A Day in the Life

Dan Woodward

Aug 2, 20212 min read

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 4.7: A Day in the Life

I hated this exercise. It was far too ambiguous and open-ended. And honestly, my day-to-day involves me sitting for hours in one room....

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 4.6: Documenting an Event

Dan Woodward

Aug 1, 20215 min read

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 4.6: Documenting an Event

For this exercise, the task was to create a two-page comic narrative of an event (either news or domestic). The upside of being overdue...

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 4.5: Caricature

Dan Woodward

Jul 22, 20214 min read

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 4.5: Caricature

For this exercise, I was to create a full-body caricature of a famous person. Usually starting something like this would be difficult...

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 4.4: Future Worlds

Dan Woodward

Jul 16, 20213 min read

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 4.4: Future Worlds

For this exercise the task was to create an image of a fantastical or futuristic world on a large scale (A3 or larger) based around four...

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 4.3: Create a Superhero

Dan Woodward

Jul 9, 20218 min read

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 4.3: Create a Superhero

For this exercise, I was tasked with creating a superhero (it didn't need to be a serious mainstream hero). The end result needed to be a...

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 4.2: Create a Children’s Comic Character

Dan Woodward

Jul 2, 20213 min read

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 4.2: Create a Children’s Comic Character

For this exercise, I had to invent a character based on these prompts: Young Detective Space Kid Animal Character I needed to sketch up...

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 4.1: True Stories

Dan Woodward

Jun 13, 20215 min read

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 4.1: True Stories

I had had some experience creating educational comics before, having created one for a client as part of my day job. However, creating...

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 3.6: Exercises in Style

Dan Woodward

May 10, 20218 min read

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 3.6: Exercises in Style

This exercise has taxed me more than any other I've done in my OCA modules to date. Writing this, I am both relieved and exhausted. The...

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 3.5: Speaking in Pictures

Dan Woodward

Apr 17, 20216 min read

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 3.5: Speaking in Pictures

Following on from Exercise 3.4, this time I was taking text and creating images from it. However this time the text was going to be song...

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 3.4: Adapting Text

Dan Woodward

Apr 11, 20213 min read

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 3.4: Adapting Text

This exercise takes a text of my choice and adapts it to a graphic format. Choosing my text was harder than I had expected. Since my son...

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 3.3: Point of View

Dan Woodward

Apr 1, 20213 min read

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 3.3: Point of View

This exercise ended up being trickier than I had first hoped as multiple mishaps occurred. In writing this exercise up, I have decided to...

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 3.2: Introducing your character

Dan Woodward

Mar 21, 20212 min read

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 3.2: Introducing your character

After selecting my chosen sketch in Exercise 3.1 I got started with this exercise. My sketch was not really good enough to simply copy...

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 3.1: Starting A Story

Dan Woodward

Mar 20, 20215 min read

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 3.1: Starting A Story

The brief was simple for this exercise: every time I watched a film or TV show, I had to sketch the opening scene. For this exercise, I...

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 2.5: Black, White & Colour

Dan Woodward

Feb 18, 20217 min read

Graphic Fiction - Exercise 2.5: Black, White & Colour

I sit here writing up this exercise feeling like I've been ten rounds in the ring with a heavyweight boxer! It's really beaten me up! In...

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