Graphic Fiction

Dan Woodward

Oct 19, 20215 min read

Graphic Fiction - Final Reflections

Coming to the end of this unit, I am pleased with how my confidence has grown with sequential storytelling. I have slowly but surely...

Graphic Fiction - Assignment 5: Your Graphic Fiction

Dan Woodward

Sep 22, 20218 min read

Graphic Fiction - Assignment 5: Your Graphic Fiction

So, another stressful piece of work, which I will try my best to interrogate and unpack as part of this write-up. Having finished the...

Graphic Fiction - Research 5.3: The Art of Comics

Dan Woodward

Sep 1, 20212 min read

Graphic Fiction - Research 5.3: The Art of Comics

For this exercise, I had to read the introduction to ‘The Art of Comics: A Philosophical Approach’ (Meskin & Cook, 2012) and then write...

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 - Assignment 4: Cover Versions

Dan Woodward

Aug 7, 202111 min read

Graphic Fiction - Assignment 4: Cover Versions

I've been looking forward to this assignment, and I think that I have made a lot of progress throughout this section, so it will be...

Graphic Fiction - Research 4.7: Autobiographical Comics

Dan Woodward

Aug 3, 20213 min read

Graphic Fiction - Research 4.7: Autobiographical Comics

My responses to the provided comic "Nature Boy" by Daniel Clowes: Does the nine-panel grid create a rhythm and structure to the story?...

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 - Research 4.5: Funny Pictures

Dan Woodward

Jul 24, 20217 min read

Graphic Fiction - Research 4.5: Funny Pictures

For almost eight years I lived and grew up in Saudi Arabia. We’d also come back to the UK from time to time for holidays and visiting...

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 - Research 4.4: Comics Visionaries

Dan Woodward

Jul 19, 20214 min read

Graphic Fiction - Research 4.4: Comics Visionaries

In this research task I looked at four specific well-known comic artists. Wallace Wood Wood seemed to use the traditional approach of ink...

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 - Research 4.3: Superheroes

Dan Woodward

Jul 12, 20216 min read

Graphic Fiction - Research 4.3: Superheroes

For this research task I selected three of the four recommended collections: Batman, by Denny O'Neill and Neal Adams Watchmen, by Alan...

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 - Research 4.2: “The True Story of Leopold and Loeb”

Dan Woodward

Jun 19, 20212 min read

Graphic Fiction - Research 4.2: “The True Story of Leopold and Loeb”

In this research task, I had to review the titular comic, and answer the following questions: How does the style and narrative treat the...

Graphic Fiction - Research 4.1: Life Stories

Dan Woodward

Jun 18, 20212 min read

Graphic Fiction - Research 4.1: Life Stories

Educational comics have been an area of interest for me for a while. I have been working on how to bring comics into my consultancy work...

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