1. Drawing/Graphic Design
VISUAL PUNS
Drawing/Graphic Design

2. WHAT IS A PUN?
A play on words, usually the assignment of different meanings to similarly sounding words or phrases, with humorous intent.
a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.

3. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES:
She had a photographic memory but never developed it.
I’ve been to the dentist many times so I know the drill.
How do construction workers party? They raise the roof.
A boiled egg every morning is hard to beat.
After hours of waiting for the bowling alley to open, we finally got the ball rolling.

4. WHAT IS A VISUAL PUN?
A drawing, cartoon, photograph, etc. depicting objects arranged so that the names of the objects or a description of their placement suggests a play on words.

5. EXAMPLES: can you guess what they are saying?4 3 1 2 5 6
answers on next page!!

6. answers: Docter pepper 5. under the weather Handbag 6. Eggplant
Green thumb
Mouse

7. Project:
You will create 2 visual pun art pieces -
1-drawing of a visual pun - sharpie, color pencil, pencil, pen
1-3D sculpture of a visual pun – clay
The pieces can be the same visual pun or different. That is your artist freedom.

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