Inspiration for a silent story for summer school.
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Hi all,
I am taking a 5 day summer school adult class next week to illustrate a silent story.
Prior to classes start, they have asked us to start thinking about stories and characters. While I do have some ideas, I am struggling to imagine what is achievable in that time.
If anyone has a favourite silent story or a good examples available online, I would be grateful if you could suggest or point me in the right direction.
It could be a picture book, a comic or any other visual medium.
Thanks in advance!
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@Nicholas-Kirkman Shaun Tan’s “The Arrival” and David Wiesner’s “Flotsam” are what come to mind for me.
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@Nicholas-Kirkman like a wordless picture book? That would be cool
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@Kevin-Longueil thanks for the recommendations. I just had a look at Flotsam on Apple Books and I thoroughly enjoyed it! I have a few Shaun Tan books, but unfortunate for me the arrival is not one of them, so will see if they have it in my local library.
@kayleenartlover yeah I think it could be a picture book. The brief at the moment is a story, so going to assume for now it could be a comic or something as well!
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@Nicholas-Kirkman I second the recommendation of David Wiesner's works. He's so good at this! He has another wordless book, "Tuesday", that is great. You might want to check out Aaron Becker's wordless trilogy. I enjoyed the first in the series, "Journey". And Chris Van Allsburg's "The Mysteries of Harris Burdick" is interesting.
Your class sounds great! Is it online? Do you mind sharing the school? I would love to do something like that.
Sara Therese
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@Nicholas-Kirkman Owly and Wormy children's books by Andy Runton are interesting to me because the characters speak with speech bubbles, but there are drawings in the bubbles instead of text. Hope you enjoy your week.
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@Sara-Therese-Art thank you for the recommendation, I manage to get my hands on Tuesday, will see where I can find the other ones as well. It’s always worth getting inspiration for various places.
It’s an in person summer school at the Leith School of Art, which is one of collages in Edinburgh that specialises in foundation year and short courses in visual art. Most of the schools here run week long summer courses you can go to, which is a great way to take time off work and focus on something.
I am not sure where you are based, but if you are in the UK its worth checking out the Quentin Blake centre of illustration (formly the illustration museum) They do similar short courses and most of them are online since covid, and led by a tutor so you get feedback as you go. They change them up quite frequently as well. I did one back when they did them in person, and the quality was pretty good. https://www.qbcentre.org.uk/
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@KathrynAdebayo Made up language is such a good idea, I’v seen it done in other mediums and always fine it quite funny! This sounds like something right up my street!
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@Nicholas-Kirkman Sounds like a great class!
And thanks for the recommendation. I'll check them out. I'm currently in Germany so the time difference is doable.
