Confirmation done!
On April the 8th I finally got to present my work and findings from the previous year. It took four and a half weeks to… Read More »Confirmation done!
On April the 8th I finally got to present my work and findings from the previous year. It took four and a half weeks to… Read More »Confirmation done!
Confirmation is coming up. Looming like a great shambling beast of gargantuan proportions, thick ropes of saliva shining sickly, it seems at first glance far,… Read More »Confirmation Looms
Teaching seminar notes. Not for citation or referencing. Please excuse the brevity and any errors or omissions. Learning as conditioning (memorising) or rewards/reinforcement. Active learning-… Read More »Foundations of University Teaching
Well I hate to start a post with this but here I go… It’s been a while between posts. Which is not strictly true,… Read More »Busy!
This, the latest work (besides my daily diary comix) has stagnated in the last couple of weeks due to other commitments. I was waiting to… Read More »1994- Queensland (in progress)
Last month saw my first ‘proper’ exhibition at the Petrie Terrace Gallery along with other Higher Degree Research students and academics from the animation program.… Read More »Shadow of a Mouse Exhibition
After attending the Zics zine and comic symposium I was high on good vibes and enthusiasm, and started work on this. Drawn mostly straight on the… Read More »Preparing for Zics
This most recently completed strip details events leading up to my move from Melbourne to Queensland in 1994. I had been living with a friend,… Read More »1994- Melbourne
On the 23rd August 2013 I had the good fortune to meet Myrna Gawryn. According to the blurb Griffith University produced, Myrna comes from a… Read More »Myrna Gawryn
I have had quite a few meetings since my last update, so this is going to be a mixed bag of the most notable suggestions… Read More »Supervisor meetings of late
Following up from my post in April (found here), below are some of the results of mixing different styles of representation. For just a small… Read More »Brainflash results v 1.0
It seems that my entries have stagnated of late, and I would like to ensure my army of readers (hi mum!) that I have not… Read More »Reflections
Of late there has been far too much reading, writing, working and not nearly enough studio work. It has been a little soul destroying. I… Read More »August winds of change
At the beginning of July I was lucky enough to be invited to take part in the GUPSA (Griffith University Postgraduate Student’s Association) where I… Read More »GUPSA Cross Fertilisation Symposium
The first meeting with my ancillary supervisor, Dr Peter Moyes went down in early June. He had some cool suggestions, and introduced me to the… Read More »Meet with Pete- Numero Uno
The 24 Hour Comic Challenge, in which the aim is to complete a 24 page comic in 24 hours. A seemingly Herculean task that shows… Read More »Night Drive (2013)
Throughout the last few months I have found myself in the fortuitous position of being allowed to sit in on the confirmation seminars of MVA,… Read More »Confirmation Seminars
As a foray into biography and opportunity to make a better than average birthday card I put together this small comic for my mother. She… Read More »Briefly biographic
The following material references a 2013 lecture by Dr. George Petelin titled Refining the research question, at Griffith University’s Queensland College of Art in Brisbane, Queensland. … Read More »Semiotics and Ideological Analysis
In this post I will show you how I have attempted to find some basic underlying patterns within the content and structure of my canon.… Read More »Blankets- Graphical breakdowns
Inspiration strikes at last! ‘Twas a brisk autumnal afternoon and all the students were stressed with the realities of study. Whilst attending a confirmation seminar… Read More »Brainflash
In the spirit of exploration and growth I have here a couple more ‘honest copies’ of work I consider to be masterful and visually distinct.… Read More »Mimicry pt 2
The following material references a 2013 lecture by Dr. George Petelin titled Refining the research question, at Griffith University’s Queensland College of Art in Brisbane, Queensland. … Read More »Dialectical ontology, idealist methodology
It’s all about me. Autobiography, that is. So how then do I represent me? There is a lot of talk about the narrating ‘I’ and… Read More »I am He is Me
At the behest of my supervisor I have done something I have honestly never even considered before, and that is copying other people’s work.. what… Read More »Mimicry pt1
The following material references a talk by George Petelin in 2013 entitled Refining the research question, . At the moment my research question is not a question… Read More »Refining the research question
Chester Brown’s I Never Liked You (2002) was originally serialized in issues 26 through 30 of the comic book series Yummy Fur under the title… Read More »Chester Brown- I Never Liked You (2002)
The following material references the following. Petelin, G., 2013, Form and Context, PowerPoint presentation, Griffith University, Brisbane. As I progress back into the depths of study I… Read More »Deconstructing Art
We had the pleasure of a guest speaker come to our seminar on 26 March 2013 to (attempt) to explain Deleuze and Guattari’s complicated theory… Read More »Smooth Space / Striated Space