Two posts in one day! Not really, this is one I composed on iPad weeks ago but struggled to get it to work on the app. so I'm finally finishing it off.
Once again, I've had a massive gap between creative projects! My motivation has been zero unfortunately even though there have been various opportunities to take advantage of. I seem to get stuck before pen even hits paper because I weigh myself down wanting to make something polished and perfect.
This is why I really enjoyed participating in a comic workshop recently hosted by Eleri Mai Harris http://elerimai.com/ who is currently studying at the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont, http://www.teachingcomics.org. We had 20 minutes to produce finished, print ready page for a mini comic which was photocopied and bound by the end of the session. The comic had to include the following elements
- A distinctive Canberra landmark
- The Skywhale http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Skywhale and
- One of Wally Wood's '22 Panels that always work' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Wood.
I thoroughly enjoyed this workshop. It was well organised and involved creating a finished book to take home at the end of the night. The pressure to complete a full page in twenty minutes was a great way to actually create something without dwelling on details or making it perfect which normally involves hours of procrastination! We need more workshops like this for sure. I loved the silk screen cover artwork Eleri had prepared, simple and striking. Another technique I'd love to learn about!
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