{"id":1100,"date":"2012-03-23T09:58:12","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T09:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salibblog.wordpress.com\/?p=1100"},"modified":"2012-03-23T09:58:12","modified_gmt":"2012-03-23T09:58:12","slug":"local-illustrator-visits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/or\/stromnessacademylibrary\/2012\/03\/23\/local-illustrator-visits\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Illustrator Visits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday 16th March saw local cartoonist and illustrator, Tony O’Donnell<\/a>\u00a0visiting the library’s Manga\/Graphic Novel Club. Tony is known for doing work on The Beano<\/em>‘s ‘Ivy the Terrible’<\/em> and has illustrated a number of books as well as carrying out freelance portrait, comic strip, logo design and caricature work, tutoring evening classes and running a local youth club.<\/p>\n

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Due to the nature of the split lunch there were two distinct sessions. The first let pupils have a look at and discuss Tony’s earlier work, as well as how looking at how comics are put together. The second session got the pupils and staff learning how to draw a comic superhero and a face, looking at the correct proportions.<\/p>\n

Pupils were wholly engaged and focussed on what they were doing and the feeling was that they would have liked to have had longer but afternoon classes beckoned.<\/p>\n

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Some comments:<\/p>\n

“Awesome”<\/p>\n

“Fun”<\/p>\n

“Really fun and interesting. Art was awesome”<\/p>\n

“It was really fun and informative. The artwork was brilliant! We got the chance to draw oursevles.”<\/p>\n

“Excelently fun”<\/p>\n

“Wow!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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