Visual puns

1. VISUAL PUNS

2. 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

3. 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.

4. Look at the image below. Can guess what
the visual pun is?
CORRECT! This is a notebook.

5. WHAT IS THE VISUAL PUN?

6. These are a little bit harder. . .

19. 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 using your drawing skills.

20. 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.

21. puns
•Your bike is too tired
•Ancient greece
•House shoe
•House arrest
•Loaded diaper
•Rainbow
•Diaper gravy
•Brainwash
•Numnut
•Star fruit
Walnut
Sea star
Brain storm
Starburst
Power rangers
strawberry

22. PUNS
Butterfly
It’s raining men
Smarty pants
Ladybug
It’s raining cats and
dogs
Cuckoo bird
Time flies
Liar pants on fire
Bieber Fever
Bell Boy
Rose bud
Ffire truck
Big money
Problem child
Cheater pumpkin eater
Barking spider
Spider man
Batman
All eyes on me
Catwoman
Wonder woman
Green lantern

23. PUNS IDEAS
•Watch Dog ,
•Fan Club,
•Second Hand
Store,
•Water Closet,
•Strong Box,
•Photo bug,
•Bookworm,
•Loud Tie,
•Toothpick,
•Gatorade,
•Handcuffs,
•Horseradish,
Butterfly
It’s raining men
Smarty pants
Ladybug
It’s raining cats and
dogs
Cuckoo bird
Time flies
Fireman,
Wisdom Tooth,
Mail Man,
Boxing Match,
Butterfly,
Moth Ball,
Garden Hose,
Horse Fly,
Eyeball,
Handball,
Football,
Fruit Punch,
Deviled Eggs,
Flower Bulb
Liar pants on fire
Bieber Fever
Bell Boy
Rose bud
Ffire truck
Big money
Problem child
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
Cheater pumpkin eater
Barking spider
Spider man
Batman
All eyes on me
Catwoman
Wonder woman

•High Heels,
•Corn Dog,
•French Fry,
•Artwork,
•Snow Day
•Skipping School
•Playing Possum
•Flash Light
•Sleeping Bag
•Sea Horse
•Green lantern
Your bike is too tired
Ancient greece
House shoe
House arrest
Loaded diaper
Rainbow
Diaper gravy
Brainwash
Numnut
Star fruit