Understanding Comics

Last week Ken came in and talked to the class, which I was excited about. Ken was an animation teacher at the U of O and retired the year I started. I took art classes from his wife at my high school and only ever heard great things about his classes. The only thing that really bugged me about his presentation was not his fault at all... it was the whole video communicating thing! I did really enjoy how he encouraged us to sketch tho, and I made notes of some of the artist he showed!

The book we read before Ken's presentation was Understanding Comics, a book I have read before. This is a great book that breaks down different story telling techniques and visual communication all in a comic book style. If it weren't done in such a creative way I would probably have lost all interest in it. Although McClouds book focuses on comics it realates alot to just basic design and what I do everyday!