Digital Graphic Narrative

Development

Katy Fleetham

Shape Task

Evaluation

I like the textures that I have shown in the image which I created using a colour overlay. The images resembles that of a cartoon which I think makes the image look interesting.

If I were to edit the image again then I would improve the textures on the facial area as I think it would benefit from some more work to improve the transition between the colours. I would also improve the background as you can still see white and the branches are lacking in a lot of texture.

Rotoscope

Evaluation

I like the colours in this image as they are vibrant. For this image, I tried to add more detail and texture than my last edit, and I believe I have done this quite well. I like the colour overlay on the face and the body. This image also has a complete background which makes it look complete unlike my last image. I prefer rotoscoping to the shape task as I like the technique.

To improve this piece I would add more colour overlay to the arms and the legs of the frog as these look a little less detailed and more like block colours. If I was to do rotoscoping again I would choose a more challenging image to work from.

Text Based

Evaluation

I like the colours within the writing on this image which I achieved by rasterizing an image which I had put over the text. I also think that by warping the text it made it look more interesting and the shadowing outline makes it look more effective. I created a cloud which fit around the text which also made it stand out from the background.

If I was to do it again, I may choose to use a different font. For example, a font with wider lettering would show more of the image through the text. I could also experiment on using a range of editing techniques to make the text more interesting.

Text Based

Evaluation

I like the wider fonts used in these pieces because a large portion of the images are visible through the text. I used famous quotations and found images which were relevant to them; Ghandi is featured abstractly within the text and a piece of Picasso’s artwork is visible in the other.

If I was to do another piece of work on this then I would use shorter quotes and lessen the gaps between characters (as well as shorten the leading) so more of the image is visible within the text.

Comic Book

Evaluation

I like the simplicity in these images which I created using a range of filters such as an ‘artistic cutout’ filter. I adjusted the threshold on a duplicate layer which I changed to ‘screen’, ‘overlay’ and ‘multiply’ to achieve a range of different effects. Screen kept the brightness of the image whereas the others darkened it. My favourite image is the bottom-right as this has a good balance between the colour and the black so the image stands out more.

If I was to use this technique again then I would explore the filters further with many combinations to achieve a range of different outcomes.

Photography

EvaluationI like the lighting in the first photo; the dark lighting contributes to portraying the negative emotion of loneliness. The bottom images are intended to portray happiness and excitement. One of them has bad lighting, the image is too dark an would have benefit from a change in aperture. Although one smile is forced, the others appear genuine which makes the images look more effective. The poses shown in the happiness photograph are more natural than those of the excitement, although I think they both look okay.

If I was to do it again I would intend on making the happiness and excitement photos appear more natural and I would consider the background layout as I believe they look rather untidy which distracts from the subject of the images. I could also try editing the pictures and experimenting more with lighting whether it be artificial or natural. By editing the images, I could achieve better results, whether it be through filters or other editing techniques.

Illustration

Evaluation

I like the simplicity of my illustration; simple yet enough. The background is particularly simple so that it does not distract from the character in the foreground. A little shading is used to provide some detail to the illustration rather than finishing this piece with block colours which would appear too plain. The pencil outline improves the colour in the illustration and puts emphasis on some parts of the character.

If I was to do this image again, I would add shading to the face as I have left this white and it looks incomplete. I could also add some more features to the background to make the illustration more complex as a whole. I could adjust the size of the background to enable this.

I have included an edited copy of my illustration which I simply posturized on Photoshop to make the colours stand out more.

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

Advantages:

Disadvantages:

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

Sum up your feedback.

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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