May 18 - 22

VISUAL PUNS

For this project you will be creating a visual pun. What is a pun? A pun is a joke that makes a play on words, typically by using words that sound similar but have different meanings. It can also use different meanings of the same word to make the saying funny, like time flies, or bullfrog.

Here's what you'll need:

8 1/5 x 11 blank paper. I will accept lined paper, but blank copy paper is really what you should be using.
pencils, eraser
markers, sharpies, crayons, colored pencils, paint, etc.

Here's what you'll do:

Choose a pun from the list below. Do not make up your own without asking me first.
Sketch out your idea in pencil.
Make sure that your pun is the main focus of the project. It should be nice and big.
Have a background or environment where the pun is located.
Fill the paper with your art and fully color it in with whatever media you want to use. No black and white work please
Send me an image (taken on a flat surface from above) to scott_petersen@wrsd.net.

PUNS

Watch Dog

Fan Club

Boxing Match

Second Hand Store

Water Closet

Strong Box

Photo Bug

Bookworm

Loud Tie

Toothpick

Gatorade

Handcuffs

Horseradish

Fireman

Wisdom tooth

Mail Man

Moth ball

Garden Hose

Horse Fly

Butterfly

Eyeball

Handball

Football

Fruit Punch

Devilled Eggs

Flower Bulb

Fire Drill

Starfish

Buffalo Wings

Chicken Fingers

Catfish

Couch Potato

Freezer Burn

Junk Food

Soap Opera

Smarty Pants

Fruit Fly

Running Shoes

Corn Dog

French Fry

Snow Day

Skipping School

Playing possum

Flash Light

Sleeping Bag

Sea horse

Corn Bread

Cupcake

Dog House

Door Bell

Eggplant

Fish Sticks

Gold Fish

Handbag

Horse shoes

Keyboard

House boat

Lipstick

Rain coat

Road block

Rock slide

Shoe horn

Skate board

Stop watch

Sun flower

Wheelchair

Dragonfish

Bullfrog

Pumpkin Pie

Time flies

Here's my example of a visual pun. I chose "Time Flies". So to illustrate that, I drew a clock with wings flying. I added an environment where this visual pun exists. Since I gave it dragon wings, I thought that a castle background with mountains at night might look good. Notice that the visual pun is the focus of the project, It is in the center and is the largest thing in the work, but there is also a fully realized and colored in background.