CoP3: Halloween

Recently Steve Bell has been creating a series of cartoons based around the whole idea of Jeremy Corbyn as Obi Wan Kenobi like figure seen here:




I'd been thinking of creating a Tory Chums comic strip to coincide with the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in December however Bell's work inspired me and I thought Halloween could be a good way of using my idea with a few tweaks. It plays on several themes, such as the media beginning to vilify Conservative views towards welfare and the idea that Rupert Murdoch is really the Emperor of the Establishment.

Critically, I feel that my line work has improved with my understanding of line weighting becoming more apparent. I have also begun to add texture to the pieces, however there is much more room for improvement from that standpoint.

Additionally - I felt it quite difficult making David Cameron recognisable by his face. If I move forward with my visual investigation into his appearance hopefully this won't be as big an issue when I create my final practical piece.

CoP3: Sugar Tax

Jamie Oliver recently entered the house of commons to discuss with David Cameron the idea of a sugar tax on drinks such as Cola and what not. Oliver suggested this would help curve the high obesity levels in Britain with the taxation money being used for medical help. Cameron has since come under pressure to introduce such a tax.

I have produced an editorial illustration in response to this:

I thought that by offsetting the colours the image would become more interesting and atheistically pleasing, however feedback from my peers suggested otherwise so I reverted the piece to it's original state. Here is the offset piece:

The articles I read can be found here and here.

CoP3: Tutorial 1

My tutorial with Pete today was very informative and helpful. I've found that the writing of my dissertation has slowed dramatically and I'm in somewhat of a quagmire. To rectify this Pete suggested I plan out a layout of the narrative I want my dissertation to follow. This can be read below.




Additionally we discussed how the term The Establishment keeps popping up in my research. We decided that The Establishment could potentially be a great centre piece to my dissertation and perhaps I should starting working my writing around that. With this in mind some thought was given to the title of my work, the strongest being 'How Has The Establishment Helped Secure A Majority Conservative Government?'

Finally here is my feedback form with recorded ideas and suggestions:

CoP3: Steve Bell on Cameron's Legacy

Here is a video from the Guardian website in which Steve Bell discusses the process for one of his cartoons. It's interesting to see Bell visually researching Cameron's appearance, posture etc before ridiculing it with a topical idea. I feel that there is the need for me to visually investigate Cameron's appearance to make my version of him unique, as Bell and Martin Rowson have done, however my time is currently invested in the first draft of my dissertation.

CoP 3: Presentation

Here is the small presentation I'll be giving tomorrow to a small group of my peers tomorrow about my work:



Below is the script from which I'll be reading: