For the semiotics brief, I chose option 3, which had to do with jargon and hidden meaning. I wanted to focus this mainly on politics, partially because of the example given in the brief, but also because political cartoons are something I would like to do.

 

 

 

I started to some sketches and practice cartoons of what I was going to draw, initially the idea was to take quotes from politicians and then what they were actually thinking, in the case of the image below, it is Theresa May on the site of Grenfell, a rather embarrassing example of May trying to reach out to “the people”, that was swiftly swept under the political faux pas rug.

 

Eventually I came up with some ideas and put it into plans, the order of the cartoons, and the content of them too.

 

With what I wanted to do sort of taking shape, I began drawing the cartoons. Using pen for some, and ink and pen for others.

After scanning in and then laying out images on in-design, the final book was printed. Overall I think that I need to get better at the Photoshop/in-design, I am now at a point where I can use it alright, I think I need to figure out more of it how it works more.