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Digital Graphic Narrative

Development

Amelia-Capone

Shape Task

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I like how my bird looks more like a cartoon than an actual realistic bird, It also looks clean. Even though it has a simple nature you can still tell what animal it is.What would you improve if you did it again? I would spend more time on perfecting the shapes as some of the shapes are not perfect. I would also use different tools and effects on the feathers.

Rotoscope

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I like how simple my rotoscope is but also how you can tell it is a ‘person’.

What would you improve if you did it again?I would add more details as you cannot tell who my model is, I would also add more shadows in his hair and on his face.

Text Based

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I like the different styles and font I used. I also like how I changed every aspect of the fonts.

What would you improve if you did it again?I would choose multiple fonts to test out to see if the results varied, I would also try different styles.

Comic Book

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I like this style because it shows the contrast in colours that you wouldn’t find on for example rotoscope.

What would you improve if you did it again?i would spend more time playing about with the different settings to get different images, I would also spend more time on the colour.

Photography- disgusted

Photography- sadness

Photography excitement

Photography- happiness

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I liked how different each emotion is, you can differentiate them from others. I also like how in some of the photos I have photographed part of the torso allowing us to see body language as well as facial emotions.

What would you improve if you did it again?I would use a different range of emotions, mainly more sad emotions. I would also try full body images to show ‘full’ emotion (body language).

Illustration

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I like the simple nature of the butterfly, even though it is simple you can tell what it is. I also tried etching with the eye, this is like the style of Where The Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak) this gives illustrations more detail.

What would you improve if you did it again?I would try and draw characters from children’s books that already exist, this would allow me to try the different styles (block illustration, realistic illustration, simplistic illustration). This would give me an idea of what style of illustration I would do, if I use it for my children’s book

Initial Ideas

Mood board of inspiration

Character designs.Here I have found some representations of the ugly duckling from various books, we have the hand drawn and painted illustrations which are complex and bright whereas there is also the graphics versions of the character. I like both styles and both suit a children’s book, in my book I will try to make the main character (the ugly duckling) different from the rest of the ducks, in the images below they have represented him as grey or a brown colour in contrast to the yellows of the other ducks. The age range for my children’s book will be from 0-5 year olds, this means the pictures are important.

THE UGLY DUCKLING

Setting/ScenesIn the story The Ugly Duckling, the ducks live in a small pond. Below I have found some ideas for the pond, some simple cartoons that will work well in a children’s book, and real ponds that I could use as inspiration (or to rotoscope later on). I have also found separate images of things you would find in a pond (lily pads, reeds, weeds) to help make the pond look real and less block colours, this will also add depth to the pond.

Font Styles. I have looked at various font styles I could use for my children’s book, I looked at Serif fonts (as they are used in most children’s books) and some more unique ones. All of these fonts are easily readable for both a child and a parent and are aesthetically pleasing to the eye. I liked the first font style because it has sharp edges and is ‘ugly’, being similar to the story, this is the same with the third choice however this font is Serif giving it a smoother look. The rest of the fonts (two, four, five and six) are simplistic Serif fonts, I chose these because they are easy to read and understand but are also pleasing to the eye. I may use more than one font for my book (for the title, text and sounds).

Idea Generation

ProposalDimensions

8-12 pages and the dimensions will be 19.1 x 0.5 x 26.1 cm

Story Overview

(Provide an outline of your story)The story I have chosen is the ugly duckling. In the story there are ducks born on a lake near a farm, one of the ducklings being born different and ‘ugly’ and is then teased by the other ducks throughout the book, but once it hits maturity it finds out it’s a swan and flies home with them.

Export Format

PDF & JPEG

Advantages: small file sizes, doesn’t fill up space on the computer. Easy to distribute, can place anywhere and is easy to email etc.

Disadvantages: JPEG images can lack resolution because of the quick capture the resolution lowers

Deadline

15th May 2015

Audience

(Think about who you are targeting as your audience. Consider age, gender, class, location and other characteristics which could define your audience.) The audience for books is from age 0-7 years (including adults who will read the book to their children), and is gender neutral (as there is no distinct features for either gender in the story or in the designs) and not for a particular class of people (this stops discrimination). The story can be viewed and enjoyed by children of any class and with any hobbies (as it’s a simple story), my book will be written in English so only English speaking countries will be able to read my book. How often the child reads can influence my audience, my book doesn’t have large amounts of block text but a couple of sentences each page so a child who is starting to be interested in reading would like my book.

Production Methods

The production methods I will be using to create my book are shape warping (for the ducks and swans) and maybe find real photographs and rotoscope them (for the scenery, trees, pond weed etc as the scenery and background make the book) . I have chosen these methods because they create simple shapes and designs that will suit the genre and usually easy to see what it is without being overly complicated (if I do it correctly). These methods also produce ‘good looking’ characters and scenes in my opinion as they are clean and distinctly different.

What are the strengths of the proposal? What areas of the proposal need further work?

You have clearly outlined in detail the story and the production methods you are going to use. Clear idea of who the audience are going to be.

You should add more detail to the advantages/disadvantages of exporting as JPEG and PDF.Longer outline of story.

What are the strengths of the idea generation? What areas of idea generation could have been further developed?

In the mind map, you have considered a wide range of potential story ideas.Also a wide range of fonts and good explanations in relation to why you will/will not use them.A lot of detail about characters and setting.

Add additional things to the mind map for example what sort of pages/number of pages the book has.


There is a lot of detail with in the proposal. You have clearly described what the books story, the audience for the book, the amount of pages and dimensions, and the production methods that you will use.

You could talk about the class of the people reading your book. You could also come up with a few more advantages and disadvantages of the file formats your are going to use.


You have generated a wide range of good ideas and clearly described the style that you will use in your story. Your story board is very detailed and shows plenty of information on all the ideas you have had.

Maybe create another mind map explaining things like the number of pages you plan to have, the shape of your book, art styles, etc.


You have given a good explanation of the thought processes behind why you have chosen to use certain illustration methods. You have also given a clear representation of your target audience. You have provided a clear outline of the story you intend to produce.

1. You haven’t out an advantage and a disadvantage for both PDF and JPEG in your export format box


The mood boards show what characters and settings you will need to design. The extra detail given about how to make the pond have more depth is good and gives a good understanding about what you are wanting to do. Your mind map shows that you have thought through all the essential aspects of creating a children's book.

The mood boards you have produced do not actually give much detail about the style of illustration you will use and what your character styles will look like. I would find an image online that closest represents the style your final characters will be most alike.

Feedback Summary

Sum up your feedback.

My feedback had some good and bad points, in every feedback box it says I should produce another mind map showing dimensions, pages, text etc. and add a few more details to my annotations and proposal . The positive feedback said I had a good range of ideas across my work.

Which parts of your feedback do you agree with and why?

I agree with the point made about my advantages and disadvantages being short because I could have added more detail to them and explained them better.I also agree with the point saying that I have considered a wide range of story ideas in my mood board because I researched many different fairytales and folktales from all over the world and some of the lesser known ones.

Which parts of your feedback do you disagree with and why?

I do not disagree with any of the feedback I have received because the points made were true and critical.

Script (simple) 1• Ducks are born near a lake• One of the ducklings is ugly• Other ducks tease the ugly duckling• Looks in the river and sees reflection • The ugly duckling gets sad and runs away• The ugly duckling sees swans swimming in the lake• Many years pass• The duckling comes out of hiding and swims in the lake• People throw bread for the ugly duckling and he is confused• He looks at his reflection and sees he’s a swan• Other swans accept him and they live happily together

Script (simple) 2• Ducks are born on a lake • One of them is ugly• He is teased • He sees his reflection• He gets sad and runs into the forest• Many years pass• He comes out of hiding after hearing a swan in the lake• And and falls in love with her• He runs after her and sees reflection again, now he’s a swan• Lives happily with the other swan

Storyboards

Storyboards

Storyboards

Original Script

Original Script goes here with link to where it came fromA little duckling was very sad because he thought he was the ugliest amongst all his brothers and sisters. They would not play with him and teased the poor ugly duckling. One day, he saw his reflection in the water and cried, “Nobody likes me. I am so ugly.” He decided to leave home and went far away into the woods. Deep in the forest, he saw a cottage in which there lived an old woman, her hen, and her cat. The duckling stayed with them for some time but he was unhappy there and soon left. When winter set in the poor duckling almost froze to death. A peasant took him home to his wife and children. The poor duckling was terrified of the children and escaped. The ugly duckling spent the winter in a marshy pond. Finally, spring arrived. One day, the duckling saw a beautiful swan swimming in the pond and fell in love with her. But then he remembered how everyone made fun of him and he bent his head down in shame. When he saw his own reflection in the water he was astonished. He was not an ugly duckling anymore, but a handsome young swan! Now, he knew why he had looked so different from his brothers and sisters. “They were ducklings but I was a baby swan!” he said to himself. He married the beautiful swan and lived happily ever after.

http://shortstoriesshort.com/story/the-ugly-duckling/

http://shortstoriesshort.com/story/the-ugly-duckling/

Final Script

Final script goes here. Once upon a time on a meadow three duck eggs were ready to hatch. Crack Crack Crack and one by one out popped the ducklings. Two of the ducklings were bright and bubbly but the last duckling was grey and dull. The other ducklings laughed and teased their brother calling him “ugly”, they gave him the name ‘the ugly duckling’. The Duckling gets sad and looks at his reflection in the pond, ‘I am ugly, no ones going to love me’ he thought and runs away to hide from his ugliness. A whole year passes. But one day the Duckling hears a swan swimming in the pond “she’s beautiful” he said and runs towards the pond, but he remembers he was ugly and looks at his reflection once more. But gasps in shock. he wasn’t a Duckling after all he was a… Swan! The two swans fell in love and got married. They lived happily after. The end.

Digital Flat Plans

Design

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