Sunday, March 29, 2015
Friday, March 27, 2015
Ici, on Parle française ! - 11
This comic strip is specially created for Alliance Française de Bangalore, for use in their classrooms and website. Reproduced here by special arrangement.
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Friday, March 20, 2015
Cartooning Workshop at Alliance Française
Here are some photos of the cartooning workshop I conducted at Alliance Française de Bangalore on 17th March, as a part of Francophonie week. I started off with a short history of French cartooning: this was, after all, a part of the Francophonie celebrations. After that, an insight into what it takes to create a comic strip, how to come up with gag ideas, taking care of layout and pacing, creating interest using different views, perspectives, lighting, shading and coloring. Finally, a quick tutorial on drawing cartoon figures (just enough for the group project). I used some of my favorite cartoonists works as samples to illustrate the points (mostly Charles Schulz, J.C. Duffy and Jim Unger) - as well as, naturally, my own work. This was, after all, an opportunity to indulge in shameless self-promotion, and I did not let that go.
We did a short exercise on coming up with gags (in French) based on the dix-mots - the ten words that had been chosen as the focus words for this years Francophonie.
After that we had the project work. The participants formed groups and drew their own comic strips using the gags they had earlier come up with.
Here are some of the participants, listening intently to my perorations, and a pic of me, perorating.
The project work. Me admiring their work, the comics they produced, and me with the proud creators...
Photos courtesy Prutha of Alliance Française
We did a short exercise on coming up with gags (in French) based on the dix-mots - the ten words that had been chosen as the focus words for this years Francophonie.
After that we had the project work. The participants formed groups and drew their own comic strips using the gags they had earlier come up with.
Here are some of the participants, listening intently to my perorations, and a pic of me, perorating.
Photos courtesy Prutha of Alliance Française
Ici on Parle Française - 10
This comic strip is specially created for Alliance Française de Bangalore, for use in their classrooms and website. Reproduced here by special arrangement.
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Saturday, March 14, 2015
I'm in the news ! ...sort of
An article in today's New Indian Express on a Cartooning Workshop I am going to conduct on 17th at alliance Francaise, Bangalore
Here is an online clipping...
http://epaper.newindianexpress.com/c/4717959
Or click to expand this photo...
(By the way, that pic on top right is taken from my cartoon workshop at Alliance Francaise de Lyon. You can see my jeans and blue shirt at the top. WTF... my legs have made it to national news, even if the rest of me hasn't!)
Here is an online clipping...
http://epaper.newindianexpress.com/c/4717959
Or click to expand this photo...
(By the way, that pic on top right is taken from my cartoon workshop at Alliance Francaise de Lyon. You can see my jeans and blue shirt at the top. WTF... my legs have made it to national news, even if the rest of me hasn't!)
Friday, March 13, 2015
Ici on Parle Français ! - 9
This comic strip is specially created for Alliance Française de Bangalore, for use in their classrooms and website. Reproduced here by special arrangement.
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Sunday, March 08, 2015
Friday, March 06, 2015
Ici, on Parle Français! - 8
This comic strip is specially created for Alliance Française de Bangalore, for use in their classrooms and website. Reproduced here by special arrangement.
Wednesday, March 04, 2015
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