Great Works of Literature: Illustrated by Saturday Morning Cartoons
Open a composition notebook to a clean page, or use some scrap paper.
Write down the first 10 scenes that come to mind when you think of books you've read. Pick something from the list that is espesciallty vivid, or if you can't decide, roll dice to pick a number.
On the next page, list 10 characters that come to mind when you think of cartoons you've watched. Pick a character from the list, or if you can't decide, roll dice to pick a number.
Compare your book scene and cartoon character. How could these fit together?
Hopefully, doing the writing exercise has given you some ideas of scenes and characters to draw.
If you'd like to have your drawing included in one of our UW Comics Club zines, here are some legal and practical things to consider:
We allow and encourage tracing, so long as the image is in the public domain or if the original artist has given you permission to use it. If you find an image on Wikimedia Commons and the Wikipedia editors have identified it as public domain, that is good enough for us. If the image is in the creative commons, please check the specifics of the license (Does the artist require attribution? Are commercial works excluded?) If you trace or directly reference images, please let us know which images you used and any copyright info you could find.
An easy way to avoid this is to draw from your head.
The only other requirement for your drawing to be published in one of our zines is for you to scan it at 300 dpi or higher and send the file as a .jpg or .png to comicsclubuw@gmail.com.
If you don't want your drawing published in our zine, or if there are copyright problems with your reference images, we'd still be happy to share your drawing on our facebook or tumblr!
Any profits from making and selling zines will go to funding projects and activities for the UW Comics Club.
My Little Dorrit
Non-photo blue pencil and flair pen on 8.5" x 11" paper
Trace of illustration for Little Dorrit by Hablot Knight Browne.