The much beloved and best-selling picture book series The Pout-Pout Fish comes to the big screen, with mixed results.
- Senior Lecturer in Illustration and Animation, Adelaide University
- Conjoint Lecturer in Visual Communication Design, University of Newcastle
The film covers themes of belonging, identity and the struggle of trying to straddle different cultural worlds.
The new film could be considered a huge achievement in Australian animation – even if it does lack adult appeal.
Arkie was created by illustrator Nathan Jurevicius 21 years ago. She has evolved into graphic novels, games, toys – and now an animated feature.
Growing up is never easy, but visualising complex ideas can help. Animation and character design allow us to put a metaphorical mirror up to society.
Works by eight artists in the Dobell Drawing Biennial draw on dreams, history and reality. But drawing has escaped the gallery and will scribe on despite less government support for the arts.
The unsung heroes of screen production, storyboard artists are employed to create a shared visual script.
Drawing lets us look outward and inward simultaneously. It doesn’t have to be perfect and practice makes progress. Here are some tips for getting started and drawing inspiration from the familiar.
Drawing can help us to think creatively and develop hand-eye coordination. But an insecurity around ‘not being able to draw’ is preventing many high-school students from using this skill.
Characters are designed to respond to specific concerns relative to time and context. But as we move deeper into the 21st century, what are those concerns, and how do they differ from those in the 20th century?
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