Zemni Art and Illustration

Category: Documentary Narrative

  • Dan Eldon

    I first came across Dan Eldon as part of my OCA Book Design course, and was struck by the impact of his combination of photographs, collage and text. Although some of the videos and media coverage of his work since his death in Somalia is somewhat idealised – and he is still an outsider, I…

  • Chris Ware

    Chris Ware has been an important influence on the way I look at issues of image, text and narrative, and the possibilities of non-linear approaches. Edited from Wikipedia Franklin Christenson “Chris” Ware (born December 28, 1967), is an American cartoonist. His works explore themes of social isolation, emotional torment and depression. He tends to use a…

  • Matt Madden: Exercises in Style

    99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style (2005) is a “seriously playful exploration of the possibilities and potential of comics and storytelling”. The book is based on a simple one-page anecdote which is re-drawn and re-old 99 times in different genres and drawing styles, in the form of homages and parodies, and in formal experiments…

  • Time-based narratives

    Time-based narratives include: slide-shows and narrative screen or audio-visual presentations video, animations and slide-shows. on-line interactive experiences An on-line audio-visual piece can be a piece of art in itself – with images carefully sequenced and timed as a narrative with complementary sound effects and/or narration and/or music as part of the art. It can also…

  •  What is illustration practice?

    Illustration uses drawing and other forms of image-making to bring ideas and information to life. It involves the ability to think about the content and ideas, creatively develop visual ideas, within ones own visual language or ‘voice’. Illustration practice covers a lot of different areas and illustrators fulfil many different roles within them. There are many areas of crossover…

  • Scott McCloud Understanding Comics