In April, we were very lucky to have a visit by the super talented artist and author Neil Slorance.  Neil had our pupils’ attention when he first came to the school as he has an impressive CV –including writing for the Doctor Who comic and publishing his own comic titles such as Dungeon Fun.  Here are some of the pupils paying full attention to Neil’s talk about his life as a comic artist and what inspires him.

By talking through his character making in terms of both drawing the characters and creating a story line the pupils were very keen to create their own characters.

Step by step drawing instructions as well as offering ideas for starting off stories helped produce some brilliant character drawings.

The pupils enjoyed making these characters so much that Neil was keen to guide them onto the next step – creating a short comic strip with their very own characters.   Again, after showing examples and talking about what a comic strip could contain, Neil helped our pupils create some amazing short comic ideas.   Look at these !   With such a great session, the pupils are enthused to keep creating and reading more at Lochend.