Today was spent toying around with the 'Tory Chums' idea. I have made note of a few less topical stories but will try to keep them as immediate responses to topical events as much as possible. The piece I worked on today however falls more into the former category, despite it's relevance. The 'Welfare Hand' strip was devised as a practical response to the Tory attacks on the Welfare State and how they appear to be creating a social purge. Here is the end result:
I used the process which I have been refining over the summer in which I collect a series of images and create a collage, forming a narrative story. After this I lower the opacity and draw over them with a realistic, yet still cartoon like style. I then remove the collage imagery, change the black line work to blue and print the piece off. Following this, I ink over the lines using fine liners. The work is then scanned back in, coloured and lettered. The process can be seen in the Issue document below:
Whilst I don't think the visual quality is particularly impressive, the piece works as a quick response to a topical piece, therefore completing it's primary function. These pieces will act as a synthesis between my practical and theoretical work.
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