clay problems?

A consistent reoccurring theme in caricature is the idea of critique. Critiquing an institution, government, and even art, presents itself in a number of different forms, characters and settings.

When I thought about clay, I couldn't help but to think of claymation. Of course the adorable figures of Wallace and Gromit! Using this aesthetic, I want to critique some of the redundant arguments that a stereotypical authority figure in a gallery would make.

(the pedant within an art gallery/museum)

clay problems

This week we have to solve a problem in clay. I was not aure how or what I would solve. I was not sure if the problem was supposed to be something personal or an issue that we were having with in terms of our mediums. I remember talking about caricature in other mediums such as clay. However I never got to see it in more of a cartoon or comic stylization. In my work I try to represent comic book styles whether its more cartoonish or more realistic. The major issue that I face is within busts representing emotions and characters through the face. Recently I have been progressing in terms of expressing emotions through body types and body language. Faces are my only issues.

Anti-Graffiti Graffiti For April 8th Posting

I think this is a very interesting cartoon, especially after we've been spending the last couple of weeks discussing the matter of graffiti around Alfred University, and Harder Hall. As a class, we made these posters and labeled them under the project title "Anti-Graffiti Graffiti." We assumed that making these posters that we hung up in the bathroom of Harder Hall would deter graffiti in a way, because the messages portrayed on most of our posters were stating the feelings of most, saying that graffiti on public property is degrading and disrespectful. We assumed most people would read these, agree and think about the effects of graffiti before putting anymore "bad" graffiti in the bathrooms (especially.) This cartoon states just the opposite. The owner of this property put his own graffiti up as a way to get rid of vandals. He felt that if the walls were already covered in graffiti, nobody would hang around and put anymore graffiti up in this spot. This way, he knew what the graffiti was, and stopped vandalism. My question is, do people think our classes way of stopping vandalism was more effective than covering up the bathroom stalls with our own graffiti?

Soda and Guns

This image is commenting on how accessible it is for people to come across such things as guns. Vending machines we made to be convent and easy so by having a soda machine next to a gun machine is like saying they are just commodities. It’s almost a play on words that a gun vending machine is like a machine gun.
The people in the cartoon are both in pairs of male and female, they look to be holding books so I would assume they are at a school. Although the people are walking away and have a sort of upturned attitude towards the vending machines they still could have bought a gun. It’s a bit confusing at first because they style and shape of the drawing reminds me of an older figure with the girl at the left having such a large butt and their faces, excluding the dude on the right, aren’t very juvenile.
Having a soda vending machine in school has also been considered a killer as well but I would not equate them as having the same level of dangerousness. To me this comic is saying that kids can find anything they need to almost as easy as pressing a button which is why the image is so powerful. The colors used are also really vibrant and strong, they’re the same colors McDonalds uses to make people hungry, to subliminally persuade them in buying their product.

Perilous Waters

This is a two panel comic titled Perilous Waters.  The first panel depicts two sail boats being tossed around really big waves  with one of the sailors yelling "Steady Men!".  The next panel shows a mob of men and women fighting with each other and grabbing at random merchandise.  Above the crowd is a cashier gripping onto his desk with a terrified look on his face saying, "Hold tight.".  The cashier is imagining the scene in the first store as giant waves tossing a small boat around.  

  This comic is successful, because it's a scene that most people can relate to, whether they've taken part in the frenzy or stood at the sidelines watching it.  The cartoon is making fun of people who go crazy and turn into animals during big shopping days such as Black Friday.  It's commenting on our materialistic society and the depressing fact that material possessions can turn us into such monsters.

Some new dialog - Derek Georgia

There was a series of low grade comics I had found on the internet the other day. I love images about the faults of human kind and even the cynical aspect of the human personality. Comedy these days is about putting the faults of other races or genders out into the open. The first strip is about the cliche man literally getting pulled in by a women's chest. The progression of his mental process through the whole scene is quite incredibly humorous. 

The next comic I saw killed me, its a play off of a modern day superhero. Captain obvious is a hero of justice and truth until he simply kills a man because he was annoyed. It makes you question the line between super hero and super villian. 

This is another play on the human persona. This one in particular is showing that men only love due to physical attraction and women are only attracted by material wealth. It makes me laugh that in comedy this would be the perfect couple. The modern times have formed people into people that are only involved in material possesions and wealth.

A cartoonist's goal

I thought THIS was an interesting video...

its about the cartoonist Daniel Clowes.