Work on the Visual Tales project has restarted at Kilmarnock Academy. Pupils have joined a lunch time club to work on their animations, live action and stop motion films. Their clay models are beginning to take shape! Read more

Visitors from Doon, Grange, Kilmarnock, Loudoun and Stewarton Academies joined a group of S1-S3 Auchinleck pupils to enjoy a talk by artist Tom Foster who took them through the different steps it takes to create pages for comics and graphic novels. Tom showed them examples of how his own work… Read more

Tom Foster will be giving a talk to pupils from East Ayrshire secondary schools in the Library at Auchinleck Academy on Thursday 27th February (11am start).   Tom has been a professional comics artist for over five years and currently draws comics for 2000AD and The Judge Dredd Megazine. He also produces comics tutorials… Read more

Movie making workshops for pupils are due to take place on the following dates: Monday 24th February – Grange Academy Wednesday 26th February – Kilmarnock Academy Friday 28th February – Loudoun Academy Monday 2nd March – Stewarton Academy Read more

Neil Slorance is an award-winning illustrator and comic creator. Neil has been illustrating and self-publishing his own comics for ten years as well as working as a political cartoonist for STV and The National Newspaper since 2015. When Neil’s not drawing, he enjoys delivering drawing and comics workshops as well… Read more