Demon Lover SAW Friday Night Workshop

<h1>Daemon or Demon Designs</h1> <p>Where can we look for them?</p> <p>⬇</p> <p>drawings by Maggie, 1985, 1988</p> <div class="gallery"> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-800" src="https://maggieumber.github.io/demon-lover-saw-free-friday-night-workshop/imgs/maggie-umber-1985-drawing.jpg"/> </figure> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-800" src="https://maggieumber.github.io/demon-lover-saw-free-friday-night-workshop/imgs/maggie-umber-1988-drawing.jpg"/> <figcaption>Did you have an imaginary friend as a child? Or were you haunted by ghosts or vampires? </figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>⬇</p> <p>You're a kid again. Picture the darkness under your bed, in your closet. Imagine the characters in your life that others couldn't see, but were real to you. Who visited you in your dreams?</p> <h4>☞ 1) 5 minute writing exercise:</h4> <iframe src="https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1121341793/embed" allowtransparency="true" width="485" height="402" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen></iframe> <p>Write down a list of 5 things that scared you and/or protected you as a kid. Jot down notes and memories about each one.</p> <p>⬇</p> <h4>☞ Comics Drawing Software</h4> <iframe src="https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1121688308/embed" allowtransparency="true" width="485" height="402" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen></iframe> <p>Here's the link: <a href="https://maggieumber.com/games" target="_blank">maggieumber.com/games</a></p> <p>⬇</p> <h4>☞ 2) Draw circles for 2 minutes</h4> <p>Use my comics drawing software, or a piece of paper, or your own digital programs. Draw a page of circles of varying sizes and shapes for 2 minutes.</p> <div class="gallery"> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-500" src="https://maggieumber.github.io/demon-lover-saw-free-friday-night-workshop/imgs/maggie-umber-exercise-2-circles.jpg"/> </figure> </div> <p>⬇</p> <h5>☞ 3) Draw daemons & demons, 5 minutes</h4> <p>Turn those circles into the characters from your written list of daemons and demons!</p> <div class="gallery"> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-500" src="https://maggieumber.github.io/demon-lover-saw-free-friday-night-workshop/imgs/maggie-umber-exercise-3-circles-into-characters.jpg"/> </figure> </div> <hr /> Next: [[Pick a Daemon or Demon]]

<h1>Make a Zine or Final Digital Comic!</h1> <p>Here are some zine formats if you're going analog:</p> <p>⬇</p> <p><a href="https://archive.org/details/whatchameanwhats0000todd/page/46/mode/2up" target="_blank">Whatcha Mean, What's a Zine?: the Art of Making Zines and Minicomics</a>, by Mark Todd & Esther Pearl Watson, 2006.</p> <div class="gallery"> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-500" src="https://maggieumber.github.io/demon-lover-saw-free-friday-night-workshop/imgs/mark-todd-whatcha-mean-whats-a-zine-1.jpg"> </figure> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-500" src="https://maggieumber.github.io/demon-lover-saw-free-friday-night-workshop/imgs/mark-todd-whatcha-mean-whats-a-zine-3.jpg"> <figcaption>Standard Half Page Zine</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-500" src="https://maggieumber.github.io/demon-lover-saw-free-friday-night-workshop/imgs/mark-todd-whatcha-mean-whats-a-zine-2.jpg"> <figcaption>No Staples Mini Zine</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>⬇</p> <p>No Staples Mini Zine example:</p> <p>PRETZEL, 2023</p> <div class="gallery"> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-500" src="https://maggieumber.github.io/demon-lover-saw-free-friday-night-workshop/imgs/maggie-umber-pretzel-04.jpg"/> </figure> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-500" src="https://maggieumber.github.io/demon-lover-saw-free-friday-night-workshop/imgs/maggie-umber-pretzel-05.jpg"/> </figure> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-500" src="https://maggieumber.github.io/demon-lover-saw-free-friday-night-workshop/imgs/maggie-umber-pretzel-06.jpg"/> </figure> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-500" src="https://maggieumber.github.io/demon-lover-saw-free-friday-night-workshop/imgs/maggie-umber-pretzel-15.jpg"/> </figure> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-500" src="https://maggieumber.github.io/demon-lover-saw-free-friday-night-workshop/imgs/maggie-umber-pretzel-16.jpg"/> </figure> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-500" src="https://maggieumber.github.io/demon-lover-saw-free-friday-night-workshop/imgs/maggie-umber-pretzel-17.jpg"/> </figure> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-500" src="https://maggieumber.github.io/demon-lover-saw-free-friday-night-workshop/imgs/maggie-umber-pretzel-18.jpg"/> </figure> </div> <p>⬇</p> <h5>☞ 6) 25 minutes - make a zine or a final digital comic: </h5> <p>It's time to refine the ideas you've been working with for the past hour. But don't worry about being too perfect, just throw everything in there and clean up as time allows. </p> <div class="gallery"> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-500" src="https://maggieumber.github.io/demon-lover-saw-free-friday-night-workshop/imgs/maggie-umber-exercise-6-make-a-zine-or-final-comic.jpg"/> </figure> </div> <iframe src="https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1121688308/embed" allowtransparency="true" width="485" height="402" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen></iframe> <p>Here's the link: <a href="https://maggieumber.com/games" target="_blank">maggieumber.com/games</a></p> <p>⬇</p> <h5>☞ 7) Time to Share! </h5> <p>Share whatever parts of the process you'd like... It doesn't have to be the finished zine or comic - you can share your thumbnails or character designs instead.</p>

<h1>Pick a Daemon or Demon</h1> <p>Look over your daemons and demons. Is there one or two that you're most excited about?</a> <p>⬇</p> <h5>☞ 4) 3 minute writing exercise: </h5> <iframe src="https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1121341793/embed" allowtransparency="true" width="485" height="402" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen></iframe> <p>Brainstorm a series of sequential story actions for your daemon or demon to perform. Actions can also just be described as pacing and cuts with no actual movement. Aim for 2-6 final actions.</p> <p>⬇</p> <p>Thumbnails are small sequential drawings. They are fast and focused on the big picture. </p> <div class="gallery"> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-800" src="https://maggieumber.com/assets/images/books/maggie-umber-chrysanthemum-the-storyboards-02.jpg"> </figure> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-800" src="https://maggieumber.com/assets/images/books/maggie-umber-chrysanthemum-the-storyboards-05.jpg"> <figcaption>Thumbnails from Chrysanthemum Under the Waves</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>⬇</p> <h5>☞ 5) Thumbnail for 10 minutes: </h5> <p>Use your 2-6 story sequential actions. Thumbnail a comic involving your daemon and or demon. It should be 2-6 panels long. Feel free to edit as you go! Keep it minimal, we will create a more fleshed out comic next. </p> <div class="gallery"> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-500" src="https://maggieumber.github.io/demon-lover-saw-free-friday-night-workshop/imgs/maggie-umber-exercise-5-thumbnails.jpg"/> </figure> </div> <p>If you finish early, create an alternative set of thumbnails. Experiement with ideas you rejected or different angles or pacing.</p> <iframe src="https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1121688308/embed" allowtransparency="true" width="485" height="402" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen></iframe> <p>Here's the link: <a href="https://maggieumber.com/games" target="_blank">maggieumber.com/games</a></p> <hr /> Next: [[Make a Zine or Final Digital Comic!]]

<div class="gallery"> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-800" src="https://maggieumber.com/assets/images/blog/2025-01-21-saw-free-friday-night-workshop-1.jpg"/> <figcaption>Thank you <a href="https://www.sequentialartistsworkshop.org/online-certificate-program" target="_blank">SAW</a> & Tom! Also thank you to Cara Bean and Lawrence Lindell who were my inspirations for the exercises. Thank you all for coming 🤍</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>A note on terminology. According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_(computing)" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>:</p> <p>In multitasking computer operating systems, a daemon (/ˈdiːmən/ or /ˈdeɪmən/)[1] is a computer program that runs as a background process, rather than being under the direct control of an interactive user.</p> <div class="gallery"> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-800" src="https://maggieumber.com/assets/images/books/maggie-umber-chrysanthemum-under-the-waves-01.jpg"/> </figure> </div> <p>In the Unix System Administration Handbook <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evi_Nemeth" target="_blank">Evi Nemeth</a> (matriarch of system administration, lost at sea in 2013, believed killed by a rogue wave) states the following about daemons: <br> Many people equate the word "daemon" with the word "demon", implying some kind of satanic connection between UNIX and the underworld. This is an egregious misunderstanding. "Daemon" is actually a much older form of "demon"; daemons have no particular bias towards good or evil, but rather serve to help define a person's character or personality. The ancient Greeks' concept of a "personal daemon" was similar to the modern concept of a "guardian angel"—eudaemonia is the state of being helped or protected by a kindly spirit. As a rule, UNIX systems seem to be infested with both daemons and demons. <br> A further characterization of the mythological symbolism is that a daemon is something that is not visible yet is always present and working its will.</p> <div class="gallery"> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-800" src="https://maggieumber.com/assets/images/books/maggie-umber-chrysanthemum-under-the-waves-06.jpg"/> </figure> </div> <p>In her book <a href="https://archive.org/details/demonloverstheir00reed/page/n9/mode/2up" target="_blank">Demon-lovers and their victims in British fiction</a> Toni Reed wrote:</p> <p>The demon-lover conflict is basically a struggle between a misogynist and female victim resulting in her psychological or physical destruction.</p> <p>Helpful guide vs malevolent presence - something that you love that is destroying you.</p> <div class="gallery"> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-800" src="https://maggieumber.com/assets/images/books/maggie-umber-chrysanthemum-under-the-waves-03.jpg"/> </figure> </div> <h1>Introductions</h1> <div class="gallery"> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-500" src="https://maggieumber.github.io/demon-lover-saw-free-friday-night-workshop/imgs/maggie-umber-author-photo-by-the-author.jpg"/> <figcaption>This is me, Maggie Umber.<br>I paint, print, & program graphic novels & zines.</figcaption> </figure> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-500" src="https://maggieumber.github.io/demon-lover-saw-free-friday-night-workshop/imgs/maggie-umber-james-harris.jpg"/> <figcaption>This is the daemon lover (aka James Harris).<br>He's 368 year old. </figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>⬇</p> <p>From 2016-2021, I created nine comics about James Harris (the daemon or demon lover). Collected and self-published by me<a href="https://maggieumber.com/chrysanthemum-under-the-waves.html" target="_blank"> available on maggieumber.com</a>.</p> <div class="gallery"> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-400" src="https://maggieumber.github.io/cutw-book-launch/imgs/maggie-umber-chrysanthemum-under-the-waves-6x9-inches.jpg"/> <figcaption>2024</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>⬇</p> <p>My main inspiration was this short story collection. James Harris appeared in most of its stories.</p> <div class="gallery"> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-400" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/03/Shirleylottery.jpg"/> <figcaption>1948</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>⬇</p> <p>It was, in turn, inspired by another short story collection with James Harris.</p> <div class="gallery"> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-400" src="https://www.lwcurrey.com/pictures/165142.jpg?v=1581375182"/> <figcaption>1945</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>⬇</p> <p>This book was inspired by a ballad collected in another book.</p> <div class="gallery"> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-800" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Francis_Child_English_%26_Scottish_Ballads%2C_1860.jpg"> <figcaption>1860</figcaption> </figure> </div> <p>⬇</p> <p>This ballad originally came from a broadside.</p> <p>James Harris, The Daemon Lover ballad was first recorded in the Stationers' Register. A publisher paid the Stationers' Company of London for the right to print and distribute this ballad on Feb 21, 1657. The author of the ballad was probably Laurence Price.</p> <div class="gallery"> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-800" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/cc2a51_09056ecbf2cc461b9af5d79962bc5824~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_847,h_460,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/WarningtoMarriedWomen.jpg"> <figcaption>Found by Matt Aukamp of <a href="https://mattaukamp.wixsite.com/everyfolksong/14thedaemonlover" target="_blank">Every Folk Song</a> at <a href="https://ballads.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/" target="_blank">Broadside Ballads Online</a>, cropped, and shared under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/deed.en" target="_blank">Creative Commons License</a>. </figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="gallery"> <figure class="gallery-item"> <img class="thumbnail-800" src="https://maggieumber.com/assets/images/books/maggie-umber-chrysanthemum-under-the-waves-05.jpg"/> </figure> </div> <p>⬇</p> <p>Now, it's time to draw your daemons or demons.</p> <p>Let's get started!</p> <hr /> Next: [[Daemon or Demon Designs]]