DAN WOODWARD

For this initial research task, there were a number of quotes from other OCA students as well as a video called ‘Where Good Ideas Come...

For this exercise, I had to read the introduction to ‘The Art of Comics: A Philosophical Approach’ (Meskin & Cook, 2012) and then write...

Exercise 5.1: Reviewing your own work For this exercise, I went back through my work over this unit and selected pieces that spoke to me....

My responses to the provided comic "Nature Boy" by Daniel Clowes: Does the nine-panel grid create a rhythm and structure to the story?...

For almost eight years I lived and grew up in Saudi Arabia. We’d also come back to the UK from time to time for holidays and visiting...

For this research task I selected three of the four recommended collections: Batman, by Denny O'Neill and Neal Adams Watchmen, by Alan...

In this research task, I had to review the titular comic, and answer the following questions: How does the style and narrative treat the...

Educational comics have been an area of interest for me for a while. I have been working on how to bring comics into my consultancy work...

In this exercise, I needed to select two candidates from the following list of artists with a more extreme style, and then consider the...

For this research task I was asked to research two of the following: Frans Masereel, Passionate Journey and My Book of Hours (1919) Lynd...

This research task was to consider an issue of the Will Eisner comic "The Spirit" that was shown in the coursebook and then consider...

Introduction After completing exercise 2.4, which was frustratingly similar to an exercise from another OCA module. I was disheartened to...

The second exercise is research-focused and explores the one-panel 'gag' cartoon still popularised in satirical publications, political...

Exercise For the first part of this exercise, I had to create a 2-panel strip from 2, 12cm squares. These squares were meant to depict an...

So the real start of this module begins with delving a little into the history of comics, and initial exposure to some of the variety...

"Trying to reflect and comprehend the world through what we see and not through what one has to say with words, engages the mind in a...

"All models are wrong, but some are useful." - George Box Nigel Watt’s Eight Point Arc This research task introduced me to Watts'...

In research exercise 4.0 I was introduced to the use of sketchbooks as "Visual Diaries". For this exercise, I was asked to research as...

For this research exercise, I was tasked with reading an article by Pam Smy, and her work in illustrating the character Lob, the Green...

I started this research at an opportune time, having just listened to the latest podcast from Dan Berry. He was interviewing Joana Mori,...