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SUMMARY:Cartooning Workshop with Jonathan Stigter
DESCRIPTION:Join Umbrella and local artist Jonathan Stigter 10am-12:30pm Saturday 26 June 2021 to learn the fundamentals of cartooning. Jonathan will share his approach to creating comics and crafting a unique cartoon style\, and will guide participants through the following:\n- common materials and tools best suited for making comics\n- exaggerating standout features from reference images\n- drawing from imagination\n- crafting short visual narratives (theme\, world\, characters\, plot)\n- designing characters\, developing storyboards and loose panel compositions\n- pencilling the outline of a final page\n- inking a final page\nParticipants will develop and take home a black and white\, fully-inked comic page featuring their own characters.\nIntermediate artists looking to extend their skills in cartooning are encouraged to attend\, however beginners are also welcome. Participants should wear closed-in shoes and comfortable clothing\, and bring their own sketchbook or paper and any reference images they wish to use. All other materials will be provided.\nTickets $75 members ($95 non-members)\nFor Umbrella members\, log in to your account to receive your workshop discount\nLimited to 12 spaces | Bookings close 4pm Friday 25 June 2021\nThis workshop will take place in Umbrella’s downstairs Makerspace at 408 Flinders St (next to Mary Who? Bookshop and opposite Woolworths). Visitors must comply with Umbrella's COVID-19 Safety Plan and directives | Gallery open Tues-Fri 9am-5pm | Sat-Sun 9am-1pm | Gallery closed Mondays\, public holidays and during exhibition install weeks. Follow our social media for updates. | Images: examples of Jonathan Stigter's cartoons.\nJonathan 'Jono' Stigter is a Townsville-based independent cartoonist and illustrator who creates comics featuring strange characters and unusual stories. Jono holds a Bachelor of Creative Media (Honours) and a Bachelor of Creative Industries (both from JCU\, Cairns)\, and has worked as a graphic designer\, sessional lecturer and sessional tutor. Drawing has helped Jono through the darkest parts of his life\, and her wants to share with people that creating honest expressions of thought and feeling is incredibly valuable to oneself and others. The artist is passionate about the physical processes of putting pencil to paper and making marks with ink. He finds inspiration for his stories and characters by observing the world\, elevating the mundane\, everyday situations and imagining creatures based on those naturally coexisting outside our front door. See more at the artist’s Facebook // Instagram.\n
URL:https://archive.umbrella.org.au/event/cartooning/
LOCATION:408 Flinders St\, Townsville\, QLD\, 4810\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Events,Workshops
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