am currently studying for my masters in Belfast University of Ulster better known as the Art College. Over the summer i've been working for Willie Jack (old school patron of the arts + socialist) the owner of the Duke of York Pub in the Cathedral Quarter in Belfast. Myself and my beautiful and highly talented girlfriend Kathryn Bannister (http://kathrynbannister.carbonmade.com/) spent just under three weeks thrashing out the black and white movie themed mural in the car park, just in time for culture nights unveiling. Very pleased with the result.
Photo at Culture night. Need a better Photo of that.Doing a bit of reading for the course and so far have made my way through this great little graphic novel by Scott Mc Cloud Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. Which feels a bit like John Berger's ways of seeing in comic form, I thought it was enjoyable to read and had some interesting points one being that the simplified symbol of the face so popular in comics an cartoons in general is far easier for the reader/audience to project themselves into the role of the character, whereas a more detailed pictorial representation of a character is less likely to have the huge universal appeal of something like mickey mouse. The most outspoken of the courses tutors Chris Murphy holds this book in pretty high regard as it would seem. Not sure I would share his enthusiasm but am
definatly looking forward to hearing the authors views in his talk in belfast in the coming weeks will post more about that soon.
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