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Cartoon Creation Corner – The Big Picnic Workshop in Rochester

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Not a bad backdrop to be running comic workshops with the fabulous Gary Northfield in Rochester yesterday…
Rochester01Armed with some fantastic worksheets provided by the Phoenix Comic, I was helping Gary out in the Cartoon Creation Corner as part of the Big Picnic, itself part of the Fuse Festival.

Gary is an incredible comic creator, responsible for (amongst other things) Derek the Sheep from the Beano, Gary’s Garden from the Phoenix, the all ages graphic novel Teenytinysaurs and the upcoming book Julius Zebra, which I’m looking forward to reading to my boy when it’s out in 2015!Rochester02We got asked to draw all sorts of odd creatures and things for the steady stream of kids and their parents that came to join in the comic making fun. Here’s some of my efforts…Rochester03 Rochester04 Rochester05I drew this owl at the request of a young girl, to put up on her wall. Afterwards she politely told me she’d wanted a barn owl and I’d drawn a long eared owl.
Felt such a fool. Rochester06One popular worksheet showed visitors how to draw the Evil Cat character from Laura Ellen Anderson‘s Phoenix Comic strip: Evil Emperor Penguin…
 Rochester07People also created strips from scratch including this one about a cactus who blows up a rival plant food shop…Rochester08Lots of great work was laminated and hung out to view in a pop up gallery…
Rochester09 Rochester10 Rochester11 Rochester12Did you spot a Porsche, Scooby-Doo and One Direction?

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Secret Agent Fun at Discover Children’s Story Centre

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I had such a great day on Saturday taking part in a comic making workshop as part of the Secret Agent Themed Season at Discover Children’s Story Centre in Stratford, East London on Saturday.

Sunday would see the skills of Sarah McIntyre, Gary Northfield and Alex Milway assisting any kids up to the mission of making fantastic comics and characters.  Saturday however, the crack team of agents consisted of (left – right) myself, David O’Connell (who organised the day perfectly and created some brilliant worksheets), Laura Ellen Anderson and Jamie Littler.Discover01Discover02David (above) drew a fantastically evil scientist (below).  My secret agent was called upon to sort him out! Discover03 Here’s Laura wowing kids with her drawing talents…
Discover04 This was definitely a highlight of the day for me – Laura and David having an improptu Tadpole Attack Squad draw off.  It was a fierce battle!
Discover05 When I heard that Laura had an octopus character in her Phoenix comic strip Evil Emperor Penguin, we had to have an Octopus draw off too!  Was amazed at Laura’s unplanned linework – so good!
Discover06 Some more Secret Agent themed art by Laura, myself and visitors to Discover…
Discover07 Jamie did a mind-blowingly good take on the evil inventor including a Laser Shark!
Discover08 Discover09 Hmmm… Well, you try drawing Scooby-Doo without any reference then!  I had to explain to the girl who asked for this who Scrappy-Doo is.  Kids today, eh?!
Discover10 Finally here’s a secret message, written using David O’Connell’s secret code!
Discover11So good to work with David, Laura and Jamie and especially at such a special place as Discover!