Digital Graphic Narrative

Development

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Shape Task

Shape Task

EvaluationWhat did you like about your image?What I like about the image is the details I put in to the shark, I generally used a mixture of shapes such as circles and triangles for the sharks body, teeth and fins. I also like the two different shades of colour on the sharks body, this really makes the shark stands out.I like how the house Image has some texture on the roof, this makes the house a bit more 3dimmnetional and creates some shades on the roof. What would you improve if you did it again?I would improve the house bit more by adding some small shapes like squares to create bricks so the house has bit of texture. I would also add some more squares to the windows so it can then look like the windows have some frames.

Rotoscope

EvaluationWhat did you like about your image?I really like how the colour overlay worked really well especially the webbing and the suit colours. I also really like the gradient overlay of the spider logo, it really look shiny and 3 dimensional. I also find the polygon tool was really useful when making this rotoscoping. I did this by tracing some of the areas I needed and copy the layer.What would you improve if you did it again?I would find a alternative spider-man photo with his mask on as I did find doing facial features and colour tone quite difficult when making this rotoscoping. I would also my try improve by adding a background so it can give the image some more interesting atmosphere, I could add a city behind him as he is a superhero.

Film Quotes

EvaluationWhat did you like about your image?What I like about the Buzz Lightyear quote is that the rotoscope of the whole character.. I used the lasso tool to go over the image and duplicate layers to make Buzz look simpler. I also like the quotes being one part big and second part small. This make it whole title look fun and creative.

What would you improve if you did it again?I would add bit more shading to the Buzz Lightyear image by adding bits of dark grey below his foot and arms. I would also try adding bit more of his original gadgets on such as his stickers from his arms. I could try making the “And Beyond” text a bit bigger and bolder so it makes more clear to read.

Text Based

Text Based

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I like how the clipping mask worked well, the text stands out perfectly with the space background image. I also like how the layers styles I use, the shadow of my text adds my name in more depth.What would you improve if you did it again?I would improve by making my first image text a bit less close together and add bit more adjustment such as using the warping tool to control my text how I want it to look it also gives a Sci Fi theme to it too.

Comic Book

Comic Book

Comic Book

EvaluationWhat did you like about your image?I love how the second comic book image of Spider-Man makes him more like graffiti style. It also makes the image simpler and could make wall art. I also like the third comic book image of Spider-man, this makes him more pop arty and the mixture of blue green colours creates a cool alternative design of Spider-man’s costume.

What would you improve if you did it again?I would improve the second comic book image to change his colour adjustment a bit more of higher saturation. I would also improve the first comic book image of Spider-man as it’s a bit too dark, I would lighten the threshold so you can see more of Spider-man’s costume.

Photo Story

Photo Story

Photo Story

EvaluationWhat did you like about your image?What I like about the photo story that is connects well with plan. I also like some of the image that blurs the background and focus on the key. I like the whole general idea of the story which sets something big, it also remind me of a mini horror film comic.

What would you improve if you did it again?I would improve this photo story by adding some effects and colour tones such as using black and white and some bright and contrast. I would also maybe retake one of images in a better angle so it can show a piece of the story a bit better.

Illustration

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I like how I drew the eyes and Spider-man’s webbing which worked well on his face. It took me a lot of tries but I am proud of it. I also like the colouring of his suit, his dark blue and red stands out really well. I also like the pose he’s in, the drawing makes Spider-man more three dimensional.What would you improve if you did it again?I would add a background behind Spider-man and probably draw a city behind him. I also would draw the webbing of his suit more neatly to make it connect with his face webbing.

Narrative Environment

EvaluationWhat did you like about your image?What I like about my picture is that I use mixture of shapes like squares, circle, rectangles to draw pieces of the environment like the sand, the saloon, cactus and the mountains.I like how I used the gradient editor tool to gradient the background like the sky.I also like how the texture worked I did this by blending the two the shape and image. I like the cactus shadow, I did this by going to edit, transform, and skew which then I can elongate the shadow and move them. What would you improve if you did it again?I think what I could improve this image by adding bit more content such as another western building, so more cactus and adding another layer of sand to get a 3 dimensional. I could also improve this image by adding a bit more texture to the building or adding some texture to the cactus and give it some spikes.

Initial Ideas

Idea Generation

The Pantherstory

The style • Nemo style

characters• solid bright colors

The Characters• Shark• The Fish FamilyDad fish, Mom fish. Two child fish• Sea CreaturesTurtle, Dolphin, Swordfish, Starfish

The Location• Fish house• The Ocean• The Sea Bed

The plotThe shark dresses up of the fishes

mother. This would work by drawing a shark with a wig and

some lip stick impersonating a the mother fish. The sea creatures will

give gifts to the fish children so they get rid of the shark.

The Panther story is like the bad wolf in the red riding hood.

Idea Generation

The Jellyfishstory

The style • Japanese style

characters• solid bright colors

The Characters• Jellyfish• Dragon King• Dragon Queen• The Monkey

The Location• The Dragons

Castle• The Sea• Tropical forest• Jungle with trees

The plotThe Jellyfish goes off a quest as the Dragon Kind is not well and wants a special soup for him to eat. The

soup requires monkey’s fur to complete the ingredients. The

Jellyfish goes find the monkey and gets tricked.

This is a Japanese Folk tale story

Idea Generation

The Dragonstory

The style • Chinese

environment style • solid bright colors

The Characters• The Firefly• The Scholar• The Dragon

The Location• A Scholars House

with a fireplace and books.

• Outside area Chinese theme garden

The plotIts about a scholar who reads his book and a fire fly lands on his book and burns his book. So he takes it outside. The firefly won’t move so the Scholar goes back to his house, puts on his robes and bows. The firefly transform's in to a large dragon and then flies away.

The Moral of the story is about respecting everything

Mood board of chosen idea

ProposalDimensions

10 pages and the page size will be A4, landscape.

Story Overview

Its about a scholar who reads his book and a fire fly lands on his book and burns his book. So he takes it outside. The firefly won’t move so the Scholar goes back to his

house, puts on his robes and bows. The firefly transform's in to a large dragon and then flies away.

Export Format

The Export format will be PDF

Advantages: PDF is very high quality, it cant be altered by another reader and if the printer doesn't have the chosen font it will still print the font I chose. Disadvantages: it can’t usually be edited by the reader. If there was a mistake during the printing process then the printer might not be able to edit it, the original would have to be edited. This will use up a lot of time.

Deadline

The deadline of the storybook is the 7th of April.

Audience

My target audience is going to be a younger age group of 4 to 7, I find that my story could relate with the moral of respecting each creature. I find this to be useful so it can influence kids when they get older to respect things that are small to them. The gender of my audience is male and female as the story can influence all people even with high or low social class. This storybook is sort of cultural which would relate to Chinese culture as the story is also set in China and its part of a Chinese folk tale. The language of the story will be English as the story is being created in a English country.

Production Methods

For the production method I would want to use a mixture of roloscoping and shapes tasking. I find using different techniques easier and produces a better art look to my story. What I like about roloscoping is that it helps you overlay any image and creates a simple cartoon. I find shape tasking helps you layout your image and allows you to have an option to colour the whole shape rather than drawing your image and colouring after.

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

One strength of the proposal is the eastern theme running through it that has strong elements of respect and honour within it. This would be very beneficial to the target audience as they are at a vulnerable age and so teaching them this is important.

An area of the proposal that could do with further work is the fact that it’s context in regards to being set in china with Chinese customs and values may end up being a little complicated for a child of the age of 3-6 years.

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

A strength of the idea generation is that there is a consistent theme of morals in it which means there will be a beneficial message regardless of which story you choose to do.

Your idea generation could be developed by adding a bigger variety of themes from different areas of the world because different places woll have different kinds of folk tales which talk about different messages. It would have been nice to see some involvement of other cultures.

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

You have a strong sense of who you want you book to appeal too. It is clearly thought about your audience and how not only the visual style but also the theme/message of the book will appeal to them as well.

You could explain your story overview differently just make it clearer like you have done with your overview in your idea generation.Also you could explain why you have chosen to make it A4 as opposed to anything smaller.

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

They are highly detailed and not only gave you broken it down into different sections for characters and locations you have also included another slide for the font/text. This overall visually helps to explain your story. I like the fact that you have mentioned the moral.

Adding a bit more detail in your writing would just further emphasise the point that you are trying to convey visually. More so with the characters and locations.

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

You know how you want to produce your book and how to make your characters. Another strength I think is that you’ve explained why the book is for the target audience it is. The fact that you know why you want the story and what you want it do to the young children.

I think overall your proposal is good and you understand what you want to do but I feel as if your proposal needs more detail espacailly your story as im not too sure whats happening. But overall the only thing I think you need to add to your proposal it detail to help people understand what it is your fully wanting to accomplish.

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

I feel as if you know what it is your wanting to do and you have it all in your head. But I feel as if your strength lies more with your mood boards as you’ve got a good range of photos to help you and a good range of fonts that you can end up using.

Yet again I feel like you need to go into more detail so that we can understand more of what it is your wanting to accomplish. As you havent got into a large range of detail of what your wanting to do and what really happens in the story.

Feedback SummarySum up your feedback.I have some really positive and supportive feedback that I agree and disagree with my work. They some parts that I could add some improvements to my proposal but are parts that I don’t need to add any more details to my work such as the idea generation.

Which parts of your feedback do you agree with and why?I agree that my idea generation is highly detailed, I have added a lot great concepts such as characters of dragons, fonts and background. I agree that I can add a bit more expiation of why I'm using A4 page for my story book size.

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

I don’t agree that the context being complicated for my younger audience, I think the whole idea of sharing Chinese culture and values to a younger audience is that it can start young and teach kids to become respectful people and also learns to explore different cultures.

Original Script

The Dragon After His Winter Sleep

Once there was a scholar who was reading in the upper story of his house. It was a rainy, cloudy day and the weather was gloomy. Suddenly he saw a little thing which shone like a fire-fly. It crawled upon the table, and wherever it went it left traces of burns, curved like the tracks of a rain worm. Gradually it

wound itself about the scholar’s book and the book, too, grew black. Then it occurred to him that it might be a dragon. So he carried it out of doors on the book. There he stood for quite some time; but it sat

uncurled, without moving in the least.Then the scholar said: “It shall not be said of me that I was lacking in respect.” With these words he

carried back the book and once more laid it on the table. Then he put on his robes of ceremony, made a deep bow and escorted the dragon out on it again.

No sooner had he left the door, than he noticed that the dragon raised his head and stretched himself. Then he flew up from the book with a hissing sound, like a radiant streak. Once more he turned around

toward the scholar, and his head had already grown to the size of a barrel, while his body must have been a full fathom in length. He gave one more snaky twist, and then there was a terrible crash of thunder and

the dragon went sailing through the air.The scholar then returned and looked to see which way the little creature had come. And he could follow

his tracks hither and thither, to his chest of books.

http://www.worldoftales.com/Asian_folktales/Chinese_Folktale_58.html

Story Breakdown

Showing the outside of the Scholar’s house

The Scholar Reading His Book

The Firefly flies from bookcase

The firefly burns a tip of the scholar book

The Scholar takes the Firefly outside with the book

The Scholar looks at the firefly

The Scholar goes back inside and wear his robe

The Scholar bows to the firefly

The firefly's transform into a dragon

The Dragon flies away to the moonlight

Draft Script

draft script goes here.

In a Chinese Folk Town, there lived a Scholar who loved to read his books.

The Scholar was reading one his favourite

Suddenly he saw a little thing which shone like a fire-fly.

It crawled from the table, and left traces of burns on the Scholar’s page.

The Scholar then took the creature and the book outside. The Scholar looked at this small creature and realized what he had done.

The Scholar said to him self “I am lacking respect”. The Scholar went back inside and put his robes of ceremony.

The Scholar bowed to the creature.

Suddenly the small creature transform in to a huge dragon.

No matter how small, big or different you are, you should always respect anything that is in front of you.

The Dragon smiled at the Scholar and then flew away until the next winter.

Final Script

On a rainy night in a Chinese Town, there lived a scholar who loved to read his books.

The scholar was reading one his favourite.

Suddenly he saw a little thing which shone like a fire-fly.

It crawled from the table, and left traces of burns on the scholar’s page.

The scholar then took the creature and the book outside. The scholar realised what he had done and said to himself, “I am lacking respect”.

The scholar went back inside and put on his robes of ceremony.

The scholar bowed to the creature.

Suddenly the small creature transformed into a huge dragon.

No matter how small, big or different you are, you should always respect anything that is in front of you.

The dragon smiled at the scholar and then flew away until the next winter.

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