Talk with Cameron Stewart and Babs Tarr at Leeds College of Art

On the Thursday the 13th November 2014 comic artists Cameron Stewart and Babs Tarr came into our university to give a talk on comics and how they broke the industry. As my new found area to expertise in, I decided to attend.

Cameron Stewart

Cameron Stewart got his first opportunity at the comic industry by chance, as Grant Morrison was in the store he worked in and liked a sketch he was drawing, After offering him some work on the 'Seaguy' series Cameron had his first job in the industry.

Cameron Stewart mentioned often on how it was vital to always reference when drawing. He said is captures a more realistic world, including anatomy, lighting and shadows. He also said how he personally likes to create well thought out fight sequences. Although with a limited page count, this can be difficult. 'Sin Titulo', 'B.P.R.D Hell on Earth: Exorcism' and is currently working on 'Fight Club 2' as a Graphic Novel, written by the author of the original book, Chuck Palahniuk.

 Babs Tarr

Cameron Stewart then introduced his college Babs Tarr, with whom we worked on the 'New 52 Batgirl' series with.  Babs has a very unique style, abstractly beautiful. He found Babs' work on Tumblr. She was very interested in fashion at uni, but got a reputation for drawing sexy women. Something she said she enjoyed drawing, although she is capable of alot more. She mentioned how she doesn't think 'sexy' should be mistaken for 'sexist'.