Digital Graphic Narrative

Development

Nicole Tunningley

Shape Task

Shape Task 2

Evaluation

What did you like about your images?Sloth- I like the variation of colour on my animal and the gradient on the body as it gives the animal what seems like a shadow from underneath it which is what would occur naturally making my image in some sense seem more realistic then if I weren’t to have one. I also like that I have kept to the same sort of colour palette with my animal and then varied it when I came to the background so that it wouldn’t blend in, to prevent this I also added the blur so that it seemed less sharp.Owl- With this image I like the detailing seen from the original image with the colour range feature on the owl and the stump beneath as it makes the image seem more realistic and true to the animal, I like this setting as if I didn’t use colour range for those details it would look unrealistic and it would be difficult and time-consuming.

What would you improve if you did it again?Sloth- I would improve detailing on areas such as the tree branch as though I know it is patched due to variation in shade on the tree and moss that was growing on it, anyone else viewing it may not know this. I would also probably blur and colour the background with smaller shapes so that it looks more realistic to the background that was actually present.Owl- If I were to do this image again I would maybe have more of a contrast on the body of the owl or add a gradient to show shading because realistically the owl would not have such a blocky one coloured body like it unfortunately does in my image, also I would attempt to add more detailing to the stump in which the owl is sitting on as it differs to much in colour to seem correct.

Rotoscope

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I like the variations of shading on the skin and in the hair as in a minimalist way it kind of looks quite realistic and how certain shapes resemble features in the image such as lines on the face or creases in the clothes.I like also that I have acknowledged from which sections of the actual shot where the artificial studio light is being emitted from so that I can pay close attention to which section will be highlighted (areas on the right) and which sections are shaded and/or shadowed (areas on the left).

What would you improve if you did it again?If I were to do this image again I might find better techniques in which I might do the facial hair with because I didn’t think that doing it in block with the polygonal lasso would look as good for such as minimal amount of hair. The tools I could use for this would be colour range.I feel that I could improve on this image if I go more in depth with the detail of some of the features on the image such as the pattern on his suit or the textured look of the shirt that he is wearing and even the hair on his head could be more defined so that each individual light and dark section stand out

Text Based

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I like that each font looks different from the original and the others through the fact that I experimented with the different techniques such as gradient overlay, colour overlay, texturing, inner/outer shadowing and even adding shapes such as the snowflake to the font and imprinting it onto the text

What would you improve if you did it again? If I were to do this work again I would make the fonts appear even more different in a sense that at this point they don't actually differ that greatly aside from the top and bottom the other fonts only really differ in texture, they are incredibly similar in the sense that they are the same colour and have the same snowflake feature on them in the same places and the letters are the same width apart. Overall, I think that the fonts are too similar and i would improve by making them differ in appearance more.

Comic Book

Comic Book 2

Comic Book 3

Evaluation

What did you like about your images?I like how each image has it’s own artistic style, for example my first image is the most realistic as the detailing achieved by the threshold adjustment shows all the smaller shaded features of the image such as the face of the character, this image I prefer over the second as it looks almost painted and artistic. My second image on the other hand is in the section between abstract and realistic as I wanted to portray some sort of scale of realism and abstractness between the three, I like this image as it has less detailing in the background but still quite a large amount on the face the filter gallery cut out ensured more of a softer look for the subject in the image which is why it appears less sharp than the first. Finally, I like how abstract my last image is, for this I set the filter gallery setting quite high so that it seems more blocky and less realistic which I thought suited the scene the most, there is a lower threshold in this image but just enough so you can make out the characters face. Overall, I like the simplicity of my third image and the realistic detailing of my first.

What would you improve if you did it again?If I were to do this set of images again I would maybe make the second image seem less realistic with the threshold settings and a tad more blended with the cut out filter section as I believe it looks too much like my first image, in a sense that the subject closer to the shot is more detailed than the background, also I think that the image would be more appealing if it was the subject of artistic features such as more sharpness that comes with the abstract look of the cut out effect in the filter gallery of Photoshop.

Photography

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?

What would you improve if you did it again?

Illustration

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I like how the colours of each section of the image stay true to how the actual subject which i chose to draw, i also like that when drawing it that the black pencil outlined the section so they look more sharp and less blunted like how they would look if I hadn't used it and if the image looked blunted it might be more difficult to see it on the image.

What would you improve if you did it again?If i were to do this image again I would pay more attention to the colour in the larger parts as though you may have to look more deeply to see it on the image but the yellow on the body of the subject has gaps between the colour where the paper is showing through the sections the pencil hasn't thoroughly covered.

Initial Ideas

Mood board of inspiration

Idea Generation

Mood board of chosen idea

ProposalDimensions

(number of pages and page size)

Story Overview

(Provide an outline of your story)

Export Format

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Deadline

Audience

(Think about who you are targeting as your audience. Consider age, gender, class, location and other characteristics which could define your audience.)

Production Methods

(Explain the methods you are going to use to produce your pages. Show us the thinking behind your decisions for a more detail response)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Feedback Summary

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

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

Storyboards

Storyboards

Storyboards

Original Script

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Original Script

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Final Script

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Digital Flat Plans