Friday, 19 March 2010

Comic Moments




This is work in progress.  I have just finished a short course in 'sequential' art Drawing The Graphic Novel at The Prince's Drawing School in London with delightful Emily Haworth Booth as tutor.   Novel, ha.  I balk at the idea of such a massive project for this little vignette took me rather a long time.  I had to finish it hurriedly hence the scruffiness;  and it didn't quite fit on my scanner, hence the missing lines on the panels.  I know I should re-draw it and get all the faces to match but for now it's simply the work of a beginner. 
So I present The Lady and The Jurassic Ambassador.  Any likeness to any real ambassador is purely coincidental.   [Click on the images to enlarge]
















© Rosie West 2010
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9 comments:

  1. P.Gaye Tapp at Little Augury19 March 2010 at 13:54

    anything for your country! rule Britannia. these are quite good!gaye

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  2. Rose C'est La Vie19 March 2010 at 14:20

    Absolutely Gaye. Keep talking and 'think of England'.

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  3. Polskey19 March 2010 at 15:05

    These are better than quite good Rose - for your first try I would say they are bloody excellent! Stop being such a perfectionist - it can hold you back, they don't need to be re-drawn and are not scruffy - ok, for publication you would put it in boxes but aside from that it's perfect. It flows and one is not looking hard to spot the differences in the way the characters look!
    More I say, more more.....

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  4. Anonymous19 March 2010 at 20:22

    Excellent,Rose. Just tell me the male character isn't based on Conrad Black.
    Chris Onstad does both traditional four or five panel cartoons that occasionally merge into a graphic short story. This is the one that caught me up in his work. I think he may even manage to eke a living out of it.
    http://achewood.com/index.php?date=03052007
    This one goes on for a bit.

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  5. Toby Worthington19 March 2010 at 22:07

    Oh, Lady West, you didn't!!
    Brilliant. Loved every frame.
    More, please!

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  6. Rose C'est La Vie20 March 2010 at 04:50

    Thank you, thank you everyone for giving me the confidence to carry on.

    I can recommend rurritable's reference, Achewood, for something very different but hilarious. '..redistrict the comfort zone' - genius.

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  7. home before dark20 March 2010 at 10:45

    Come, come now, Lady West. I'm seeing this series on BBC.

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  8. Rose C'est La Vie20 March 2010 at 12:02

    Home, you're too kind. I hope I can erm crank myself up to doing something else.

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  9. Liquorice20 March 2010 at 14:59

    Fabulous! And the characters follow through perfectly. Lovely Style you have as always. Please post the next "Art of Conversation" soon.xxx

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