Emma Carlisle - Professional Casestudy

Emma Carlisle is an illustrator and children's picture book maker, Emma has also lectured illustration.n. Her practise has evolved over the years, and it has been really interesting to see her authentically follow her own interests and see her style progress and change. She has children's books that are published, she also publishers her own sketchbook work and run an art based Patreon. This biggest part of Emma's career that I am drawn to is the Patreon she runs; it's a community of artists of varying levels, and Emma prints her own teaching experience into this community with regular digital workshops, drawing sessions and lessons. She shares really interesting ways to approach a sketchbook and how to improve your work in a way that works for the individual.

Accessed May 4

 

Tillie Walden - Page Study

Alone In Space is a collection of Tillie Waldens work through out her career, including some work from when she was around 16, through college and into her first webcomic and printed comics. It's really interesting to see her style progress and grow, and the consistencies that remain within her work. She has always had quite a minimal approach towards colour, with heavy use of black ink. The heavy black really brings depth to her work, which often has a emotionally heavy narrative. This is something I'd really like to built into my work.

 

Hourly Comics - Research Casestudy

Hourly Comics Day is a yearly community event held on social media on Feb 1st, originally coined by John Campbel in 2006. Although I have taken part in previous years but want to go into this years with some pre-planning and research behind me to ensure completion of the full day.

Below are some case-studies showcasing the kind of format that I'd like to aim for:

Eve Greenwood -  https://evegwood.com/hourlies19

Really simple style, no colour just grey which will definitely save time. Drawn digitally. Four cells per hour in a simple box style, which is easy to share on social media, and collate. Eve archives all their past hourly comics on their website, and also prints them to sell as a combined book.

Renee Nault - https://twitter.com/reneenault 

Much more detailed, simple cells again but hand inked and water coloured. Minimal written narrative but beautiful images. 

Rachael Smith - https://www.facebook.com/flimsykitten/posts/10166338455445615

Rachaels comics are pre-set out in a traditional comic book page dimensions, her work is digital but a lot less sketchy than others, she clearly puts in a lot of work! She also plays around with this shadow character, and has a few bits where her cat is doing the walking! A lot of fun all around.

Lizz Lunney - https://www.facebook.com/lizzlunney/posts/353063490152105

Lizz has, again, a really simple square layout for her hourly comics, she uses a mix of 4 per hour, or whatever is required! They're drawn digitally, and very simple! Full of dry humour.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/hourly-comic-day-24-hour-comic-day

Digital Portfolio Hosting - Casestudies

From my perspective of curator at Thought Bubble Comic Convention I always take note of beautiful, clear portfolios that are easy to find online. This is definitely something that I want so I wanted to do further research into them; including looking at layouts, hosts, and overall branding.

Naomi Tipping

A really clear, simple portfolio that shows Naomi's work really well. There are clear links to find more information about her, her shop and (really importantly) contact information!

Kristyna Bacynski

Kristyna has a really distinct style that she carries on into her website and portfolio. Again a really clear page, with her image gallery taking up most of the space. Really clear links to find specific work of hers, more about her, her shop and contact info.

Charlot Kristensen

Charlots portfolio is again full of images, that are clear in style and colour palette. The page is very simple in layout, with links to find more information about them, buy their books and art, as well as individual links to find them on social media, and email!

Digital Presence - Case Studies

Lesley Imgart

Lesley is an illustrator, artist and writer. She has a really great following on social media, posting almost daily (although not always brand new work!). She has a really clear website with about me section which also covers contact information, an online shop (hosted by Bigcartel) and portfolio; which is really in-depth, shows a lot of past work, names/brands of who she has created work for. 

Hannah Hillam

Hannah is an illustrator and comic book artist. With a HUGE following on social media. She posts on her instagram daily, although again, it's not always new work but often referring to her online shop. She hosts her online show (via Squarespace), and she also hosts her portfolio on the same site. I noted Hannahs portfolio was mostly in her distinct style drawings, with no specific details of client work, however, she does have an agent which she refers to often, with contact information!

Emma Carlisle 

Emma is an artist and picture book maker. She has a really nice online following, although is not a frequent poster! She also has a really successful Patreon; with a great community behind it. Her website is really clear and full of examples of her work, but no specific portfolio, but it all really does add up to one. She hosts an online show with Shopify, and h as a mixtures of self-published books, published books, prints and original work.