Digital Graphic Narrative

Development

Ethan Andrews

Shape Task

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I liked the fact that it allowed me to create a animated picture easily and quickly from a complex replica.What would you improve if you did it again?I think I would go for something a little more complex because while I did not have the same level of detail as the original picture, these animations don’t contain as much of that detail, so instead, I would like an animal that has a pattern on it so that it is more challenging.

Shape Task

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?This shape task while just as basic as the last one had much more precision. There were less gaps between different colours and the angles had all changed.What would you improve if you did it again?I would like try a insect or a less rounded animal/creature because it will be more challenging and cause new skills to be brought up.

Rotoscope

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I like how everything is more precise than using shapes and using the colour range tool it opened up more possibilities for detail and design of the character itself.

What would you improve if you did it again?I would like to do a person who has more shading or colour differential so that I can use it to have a even more detailed person/character.

Rotoscope

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I liked the high level of detail that I could replicate both with things like the shading of his suit shirt tie and face but also with doing minute details like the eyelashes.

What would you improve if you did it again?I would like to have a background with the person as well.

Text Based

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I like the overlays and changes that can be taken away or applied to an image or in this case a word.

What would you improve if you did it again?I would like to try a different font to see if any other techniques work better with different fonts.

Comic Book

Comic Book

Comic Book

Comic Book

Comic Book

Comic Book

Comic Book

Comic Book

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I really like the style that this has presented because it ca make a very realistic detailed picture a lot more basic or comic book like, which is exactly what I want for my Child’s book.

What would you improve if you did it again?All of my comic book style images are fairly detailed it would be nice to try having a more basic and abstract version.

Photography

Photography

Photography

Photography

EvaluationWhat did you like about your image?A lot of the images are good for children because they are showing something fun, like two friends jumping in the air together. And simple background objects like cars will be useful to make look more like a cartoon for possible designs in my actual story

What would you improve if you did it again?I would like to have a different change of setting and environment. I think I will overexpose the images to make them look brighter and child friendly as subliminal messages will always be passed through the images I could use.

Illustration

Illustration

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I like the structure that came to the images giving clear points and sides. And in the fist design I like the smoothness of the curves and the sleekness it produces.

What would you improve if you did it again?I would like to have the colour in blocks with perhaps a little shading, I don’t like the fact that it is patchy and thin.

Initial Ideas

Mood board of inspiration

Idea GenerationThis is so it can be easily transported in a bag or car but it is large enough for a child to clearly see or find.

I will use the shape tool for the main and more significant characters. For detail on things like there clothes I might use Rotor-scoping and the backgrounds will be a mixture of shapes and Colour range tools.

The main colours I intend to use are brown, blue, green and grey, I will use different shades of these colours For shading and general background settings.

A large collection of fables and lessons That are more well known by older generations of this era.

I think the actual size of the text should be Around 12-18 Because this will be big enough for a child too see but not too large so that it dominates a entire page.

Text size:

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The age range for the original story would be around 7-12 year olds because of the lack of pictures the slightly graphic detail and unhappy ending involving the boys death. But since I am doing a book for 2-5 year olds, I will have to include much less words, more pictures and a relatively happy ending. This will be more suitable.

Possible text stylesCalibriArialChalkboardComic sansDidotHobo Std

Mood board of chosen idea

The Boy:I need some good ideas and designs for the boy as he is the main character of my whole story. I think I am going to make him a bit more medieval and less modern, so perhaps not dungarees but a robe or peasant clothing. I still think I will keep him as a boy rather than a older person and I am going to have him relatively cartoony, with big eyes a strange shaped head and maybe a staff.

The Animals:I would like to keep the animals fairly basic, perhaps giving the wolf a bit more detail. The wolf will have anthropomorphic properties and I like the sly look that these images give, so I will try to replicate them in my work. I wont have it massacring the sheep so I might give him a rucksack to take the sheep away in. The sheep will be quite basic like these ones. I might even rid them of facial features but It may be that they need them to be more realistic.

These are my ideas of text. The more adventurous ones might not be good for the wording but if it was large for the front cover they could be a good accompaniment to the book. The others are already clear and easy to read but give a bit more attitude or personality to the book. I might use one as the font in the book so that it isn’t just plain and simple, but simple and different.

The Villagers:Again like the boy I think I am going to have them also in a medieval set up. I will give them a fairly friendly look about them, but I will have to give them surprised and stern faces when they realize that the boy had lied to them. I will give them props like pitchforks and spades and give them a cross between these two clothing's. I don’t want to make them to mean or dark for two reasons, firstly of all this is a children's book and it needs to be suitable and secondly they are the good people in this story and it’s the boy who tricked them.

ProposalDimensionsI plan to do around 10-12 pages in my book. The page size will be 25cm x 1.2cm x 20cm. The pages will have rounded edges to make the book safer, and they will be fairly thick to reduce the chance of paper cut and make it easier for the child to turn the pages.

Story OverviewThere was once a boy who lived in a small village out in the countryside. He worked as a Sheppard, so he watched over a flock of sheep to make sure none of them got lost or eaten by a wolf. After a few weeks of working as a Sheppard, the boy started to get bored. He decided to play a game. One day, he screamed, "Wolf! Wolf!", so that all the people in the village would think a big, bad wolf had come to eat all the sheep. All the villagers came running to try to chase off the wolf, but really, there was no wolf. The boy thought this was very funny, so the very next day, he did the same thing. This time, the villagers started to get angry. This only made the boy laugh harder. On the next day, the boy was watching his sheep when suddenly, a wolf appeared! "Wolf!, Wolf!" he cried. But no one came. They thought he was playing his mean joke again. The wolf ate all up the sheep. That day, the boy learned a very important lesson. He learned that you should never lie because if you do, then people won't believe you even when you tell the truth.

Export FormatPDFAdvantages: PDF files are very quickly and easily created, also they are very safe because of security measures. You can compact and compress large files which makes the files a lot easier to send and scan over.Disadvantages: However PDF files are extremely difficult to edit, and there are various types of PDF and the way you input information in them can vary.

Deadline

20th of March 2015

Audience

My audience is 2-5 year olds, as the wordings of my book will be simple for those that are just starting to read. The story will be unisex to give me a larger target market. There won’t be any specific class that it is set to because this will again give me a larger market and reduce the chance of discrimination.

Production Methods

I will design the pages on Photoshop. The tools I will use will be a mixture of shape tools and Rotor-scoping on the main characters. For the Backgrounds I intend to use A mixture of shapes and colour range, this will give me a slightly more advanced look while still keeping all of the colours on my pages block colours. This is because it will be simple for developing brains to see and understand and the objects and characters will be easy to draw if the children that read this book want to draw their favourite character.

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

Plenty of information and the way you have laid things out is really nice. I also really enjoy the use of the boy who cried wolf as your main story, this is a really nice story to use.

It’s hard to find a downside to your work and I am also terrible at finding things wrong with people’s work. You used plenty of information and it seems to be summed up very well so I will have to say well done on that one. All I could say was, give your storyline a new lease of life. You don’t want to go word for word the same as the original storyline, maybe add in a wise cracking wolf who looks like he’s a straight up 1920’s gangster running from the police for bootlegging moonshine to under agers.

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

I like the fact that you have done plenty of information on the side of your mood boards summing up why you would use these illustrations within your work. I also like the fact you have a range of real life and cartoon illustrations within your mood board.

I noticed you said that you were going to make the boy character strange with a huge head and massive eyes, I feel you should stick to normal kinds of people as you want kids growing up with the idea that people look normal and not have huge heads.

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

-There is a very detailed production method showing he has thought about what he wants to do production wise and knows roughly what he would like to do.-Very detailed and simple story which will make it easier to read for his target audience.

-For his target audience, he could look into it more by thinking about what country it is mainly for and if there could be other countries that would buy the book.-Could add some more advantages and disadvantages to the PDF to show he has given a range of what good and bad things PDF files have about them.

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

-Very detailed mind maps showing a good understanding of what he researched and what he would like his book to be like.-A lot of research has gone into the characters that will be involved in the book.

-Could also look at scenery for the book to create a wider range of research.- I think there is too much detail ion the mind maps that I find myself not reading a lot of it.

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

The proposal includes lots of information that describe the production techniques, storyline and target audience in detail. This will be great to refer back to later on.

The book is pretty thick for just 12 pages isn’t it? I’m obviously struggling to find something wrong with this proposal…but that’s 1mm per page, that’s thick…I think.

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

Loads of information included, this will be very useful when referring back to the ideas during the production of the book. The inclusion of text sizes and fonts in the mind map is also great as it shows the actual preferred fonts and sizes to visually choose from.

The idea generation could maybe include the educational advantages of the book.

Feedback SummarySum up your feedback.I have a high level of detail and well thought out designs and story. Consider the style of characters and backgrounds in the book. Maybe the page size is a bit to think. What about educational advantages?

Which parts of your feedback do you agree with and why?I agree that my wolf should have a classic bad guy vibe about him in a way that portrays his sneakiness.

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

I think that he page size is appropriate for this book because it makes it more durable when young children will be using it, and there is less chance of paper cuts. While I can understand the worry with the proportions of my characters, they are only going to be slightly exaggerated and not ridiculously un-proportionate.

Storyboards

Storyboards

Original Script

There once was a shepherd boy who was bored as he sat on the hillside watching the village sheep. To amuse himself he took a great breath and sang out, "Wolf! Wolf! The Wolf is chasing the sheep!" The villagers came running up the hill to help the boy drive the wolf away. But when they arrived at the top of the hill, they found no wolf. The boy laughed at the sight of their angry faces. "Don't cry 'wolf', shepherd boy," said the villagers, "when there's no wolf!" They went grumbling back down the hill. Later, the boy sang out again, "Wolf! Wolf! The wolf is chasing the sheep!" To his naughty delight, he watched the villagers run up the hill to help him drive the wolf away. When the villagers saw no wolf they sternly said, "Save your frightened song for when there is really something wrong! Don't cry 'wolf' when there is NO wolf!" But the boy just grinned and watched them go grumbling down the hill once more. Later, he saw a REAL wolf prowling about his flock. Alarmed, he leaped to his feet and sang out as loudly as he could, "Wolf! Wolf!" But the villagers thought he was trying to fool them again, and so they didn't come. At sunset, everyone wondered why the shepherd boy hadn't returned to the village with their sheep. They went up the hill to find the boy. They found him weeping. "There really was a wolf here! The flock has scattered! I cried out, "Wolf!" Why didn't you come?" An old man tried to comfort the boy as they walked back to the village. "We'll help you look for the lost sheep in the morning," he said, putting his arm around the youth, "Nobody believes a liar...even when he is telling the truth!"

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Basic Script (short)

1. boy was on hill very bored2. so he shouts wolf3.villagers come running4. boy finds their frustration hilarious5. So next day he cries wolf again6. Again the villagers run7. boy laughs again8. next day real wolf comes in field9. boy cries wolf10. Nobody comes because they think he is lying again, and wolf gets sheep11.boy realises that nobody believes a liar, even when they tell the truth

Final Script

Page:1. Once upon a time there was a boy, and his job was to look after all the sheep in the field.2. But soon he got bored. So he shouted “HELP, the wolves are coming!”3. So the villagers ran to the field to chase the wolf away.4. The boy laughed when the villagers realised that he had tricked them.5. He thought it was so funny, he did the same thing the next day.6. The villagers came to protect the sheep, and they saw they had been tricked again.7. The boy thought it was very funny when they started to get angry.8. Then the next day, a real wolf was in the field.9. So the boy shouted “Help! Help! There's a wolf in the field!”10. But all the villagers thought it was another trick, so they didn’t come; and the wolf chased all the sheep away.11. It was then that the boy realised, nobody believes a lair, even when they are telling the truth.

Final Script

Page:1. Once upon a time there was a boy, and his job was to look after all the sheep in the field.2. Soon he got bored. He shouted, “HELP, the wolves are coming!”3. The villagers grabbed some tools and ran to the field to chase the it away. “where is the wolf?” They asked.4. The boy laughed and the villagers realised that he had tricked them “This isn’t funny” they said.5. But he thought it was so funny, he did the same thing the next day.6. The villagers came to protect the sheep, and they saw they had been tricked again. 7. The boy thought it was very funny when they got angry and said “you won’t fool us next time.”8. The next day, he was sitting down and saw a real wolf was in the field.9. The boy got up and shouted, “Help! Help! There's a wolf in the field!”10. But all the villagers thought it was another trick, so they didn’t come; and the wolf chased all the sheep away.11. It was then that the boy realised, nobody believes a liar, even when they are telling the truth.