Melodyman: A Senior Humor or Satire Art Project by Daniel Kammerer (2014)

The type of humor I chose to use for my project was a mix of absurd, black, and referential humor. The comic depicts a rejected superhero idea; Melodyman. His mission is to change the world through the power of music. Evidently, he doesn't do the best job at that. He tries to bring the mood of a funeral up by projecting some Bob Marley, and the attendees aren't amused.

I made this entirely in Photoshop using a Wacom tablet to make the line-art and grayscale 'colors'. This assignment was a pretty simple affair for me because I do so much drawing in photoshop. I had the most fun drawing Bob Marley, mostly because I was amused by the contrast of the realism of his face with the style and absurdity of the rest of the comic. I'm also pretty proud of the hands I drew on each of the people, hands tend to be a struggle for me. The hardest part was judging how big each element of the panel needed to be. When you only have so much room to work with, the proportions and positioning of objects in a comic have a big effect on the end result.