visual puns a digital art project

VISUAL PUNS

What is a pun?• A pun is a play on words, usually the

assignment of different meanings to similarly sounds words or phrases, with humorous intent.

“He drove his expensive car into a tree, and saw how a Mercedes bends.”

-Mercedes-Benz

“When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds”

-goes back for seconds

“A joke book that is called ‘Kids are Punny.”

-kids are funny

What is a Visual Pun?

• A visual pun is an image that depicts objects, or the arrangement of objects, in such a way that the names of the objects, or their arrangement suggests a play on words.

Look at the image below. Can guess what the visual pun is?

CORRECT! This is a notebook.

WHAT IS THE VISUAL PUN?

These are a little bit harder. . .

Project

• You will designing your own visual pun. You will sketch out several brain storming ideas, will pick your favorite, and then you will depict your visual pun in using digital technology.

STEP ONE

• 1. Pick three ideas for visual puns (use the list on the next slide, or come up with your own).

• 2. Draw several sketch ideas of how to depict these puns on the scratch paper provided. Each pun should have several different sketches.

PUNS IDEAS• Watch Dog , • Fan Club, • Second Hand

Store, • Water Closet, • Strong Box, • Photo bug, • Bookworm, • Loud Tie, • Toothpick, • Gatorade, • Handcuffs, • Horseradish,

Fireman,

Wisdom Tooth,

Mail Man,

Boxing Match,

Butterfly,

Moth Ball,

Garden Hose,

Horse Fly,

Eyeball,

Handball,

Football,

Fruit Punch,

Deviled Eggs,

Flower Bulb

Jack Frost,

Dreadlock,

Fire Drill,

Starfish,

Airline Food,

Buffalo Wings,

Catfish,

Couch Potato,

Freezer Burn,

Junk Food,

Rush Hour,

Talk Show,

Fruit Fly,

Running Shoes,

•High Heels, •Corn Dog, •French Fry, •Artwork, •Snow Day•Skipping School•Playing Possum•Flash Light•Sleeping Bag•Sea Horse