Talk with Cameron Stewart and Babs Tarr at Leeds College of Art on the Thursday the 13th November 2014

Cameron Stewart

Cameron Stewart first got into comics by chance as Grant Morrison happened to be in the video store he worked in, saw a drawing he was doing and liked it. He offered him to work on the upcoming comic 'Seaguy' and that is the brief introduction he had into comics.

Mr. Stewart mentioned to always reference real world when drawing comics, as it really helps get a realistic look in perspective, shadows and lighting. He also mentioned how he likes to thoroughly think out a fight scene and draw the panels so the reader can see the choreography of the fight. He also produced hit indie comic '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

He then introduced Babs Tarr, as he had a change to work on the New 52 run of Batgirl, but due to limited time needed help. He found Babs Tarr on Tumblr, and had remembered her as he had seen her work before on the site and liked it. Mrs. Tarr had a great interest in fashion in her years studding art and, in her words, "Got a reputation for drawing sexy ladies, can do alot more but that's just what I like to draw." Her art is colourful and exaggerated but
stunning and beautiful, and her and Cameron's collaboration on the New Batgirl can be seen in the last image below.

I asked the two for a portfolio review at the end of a talk, to which they happily agreed, but soon had to be rushed off to finish a deadline they had. They did however very kindly asked Martha Julian who was running the event and Thought Bubble, to find us and let us know that they were very sorry and that if we were attending Thought Bubble to find them there to which they would be able to view our work. Mr. Stewart even sent a Tweet out on Twitter to try and contact us, which has made me decide I defiantly need a Twitter account as I missed this because I currently do not. The talk was very engaging and educational, and both Cameron Stewart and Babs Tarr both came across very nice, humorous, genuinely nice people.