Cartooning with Mike Kunkel Week 10 - 11

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The final exercise for Mike Kunkel’s Cartooning class was to design a 'Cartoony Logo Mascot.' We were given five options to choose from, and I picked the energy drink company Supa Soda. As someone who has fond memories of watching Banana Man as a kid, this was really fun to work on. I initially started with some sketches of a superhero-like character shaped as a can. Then I moved toward a Rocketeer/stuntman-type character, similar to Evel Knievel, with can-shaped rockets on his back or hands

I settled on my initial idea—a can-shaped character. I wanted it to be cute and fun, like a children’s cereal mascot, but also full of energy.

The final black & white version.

Cartooning with Mike Kunkel Week 7 -8

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This was a really fun exercise to do. I’ve read lots of comics, and it’s how I learned to draw as a kid by copying artwork from some of my favorite artists, like Jim Lee and Rob Liefeld. However, I’ve never actually sat down and tried to draw a comic before. These were just a few panels, though, and Mike gave us the script and character designs, so I know creating an entire comic would be exponentially harder than this. I must say, though, the features of Clip Studio Paint made it a lot easier to complete once I roughed out the sketches. Making the dialogue bubbles was so easy, and once I figured out the paneling feature, it was smooth sailing from there.

Roughed Panels

Final Panels

Cartooning with Mike Kunkel Week 5 - 6

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The subject for Weeks 5 and 6 in Mike’s class was comic strips. This was something I was really excited to learn more about. Growing up, I always picked out the Sunday comics from the newspaper to read all the strips with artwork I loved. Garfield, Peanuts, and Family Circus were a few of my favorites. For the assignment, we had the option to use a provided script or create our own. I chose the latter since I've had an alligator character living in my brain for the past 40 years. One of the few core memories I have left as a child was seeing a sketch of an alligator in my mom’s sketchbook when she was studying fashion. For some reason, it stuck with me and I think it was the impetus for me to even start drawing at an early age.

First Rough

Revised rough after getting feeback.

Final