Digital Graphic Narrative

Development

Emily Fox

Shape Task

EvaluationWhat did you like about your image?I like the look of the shark’s fins; I tried to get them as defined as possible by using the warping tool to shape rounded rectangles. I textured the shark using colour range, and while I do like the lighter shading on the bottom of the body, if I were to do it again I would refine the texturing so that it’s more subtle and there aren’t chunks of darker colour dotted about. To try and add some detail I warped straight lines to make gills.

What would you improve if you did it again?If I were to redo this task I would choose a different picture of a shark as I think the initial image I used was quite simple and lacking in content (for instance, the background of the picture was plain blue), and therefore restricted me from utilizing all the editing methods I'd been taught to their full extent in order to develop details. I would also refine the colour of the shark by altering the colour overlay.

Rotoscope

EvaluationWhat did you like about your image?I like the texture and colours of the background, which I attained by using colour range and colour overlay. I also like how the black stripes of the zebra stand out against the background and the white of the body.

What would you improve if you did it again?If I could do this task again I would take more time to improve and refine the mane of the zebra, as the blocks of black make it look clunky and slightly cartoonish when I was hoping for it to be more realistic. The edges of the black blocks look too sharp and I would’ve liked them to blend in more with the white. To achieve this I could’ve experimented with colour range like I did for the white parts of the mane. Also, not all of the black stripes on the zebra line up with the white body underneath, so I would try to rectify this by either expanding or moving them.

Text Based

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I like the fact that the ‘Dark Side of The Moon’ text relates to the clipping mask, and I also like the way the text is tilted and warped and the look of the dark background with the bright spots of colour.

What would you improve if you did it again?If I were to do this task again I would choose a font with a larger area for my name in order to let more of the clipping mask show through. I would also use a larger variety of the transformation tools, such as skewing, to make the text look more dramatic. The ‘Thunderstruck’ text looks too squashed and it’s hard to decipher what it actually says, so I would edit the size and possibly warp or rotate it to try and make it clearer. Additionally, I could try a thicker outline to make each letter stand out.

Comic Book

EvaluationWhat did you like about your image?I like the colour contrasts of the dark background features and the neon bowling pins. For the bowling picture, to create a slightly blurred image, I used ‘cutout’ in the filter gallery and I then changed the ‘levels’ to a high number.

What would you improve if you did it again?I would choose a different badminton picture if I did this task again as the image I used didn’t give me the result I was looking for. I used ‘Poster Edges’ to try and present more of a comic book style, however, the image ended up looking too dull, even after I changed the threshold levels to make it brighter. Even though I like the simplicity of the football image, I would try and get more definition on the background, specifically the grass. I would also choose an additional image and use it to test out different filters in the filter gallery to see which would give me the most striking and unusual outcome.

Photography

Happiness Loneliness

Excitement

EvaluationWhat did you like about your image?I like the starkness of the stairwell in the ‘loneliness’ photo as I think it contrasts effectively with the dark figure in the shot. In addition, I think that taking the photo from a higher vantage point and angling the camera downwards helps to portray the theme of loneliness because it seems to make the person look inconsequential and yet still the focal point of the image. Even though the ‘happiness’ photograph is staged, I think that the brightness of the setting adds a lightness to the overall feel of the photo.

What would you improve if you did it again?If I were to do the photography project again I would change the ‘excitement’ photo because I feel that it doesn’t convey the emotion successfully. I would alter it by either completely changing the setting and coming up with a different concept, or I would take the same shot but with more of the lower balconies and stairs visible so as to capture extra activity and generate more of an atmosphere of ‘excitement’.

Illustration

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I like that my illustration actually has a resemblance to Minnie Mouse. Even though I only had a limited choice, I like the colours I used.

What would you improve if you did it again?If I were to redo my illustration I would find an image of Minnie Mouse with a background setting and a body so that I could include more detail in my drawing. I would take more care on the flowers surrounding my illustration as they look quite childish. In addition, I’d make the outline a bit stronger so that you can’t see wispy pencil lines.

Initial Ideas

Idea Generation

Idea Generation

Mattresses

Castles

Mood board of inspiration:The Princess and the Pea

Princesses: Clothes and Facial Expressions Ideas

ProposalDimensions

I will create an eight page book with page dimensions of 21.2 x 20.8 x 0.4 cm.

Story Overview

-A Prince is looking for a Princess but is having trouble finding the right one.-One evening, there is a terrible storm.-There’s a knock at the castle door. The King opens it and finds a girl looking for shelter. She claims to be a Princess.- The Queen doesn’t believe her and so decides to test whether or not the girl is telling the truth by putting a pea in her bed and piling mattresses on top. -In the morning, the Queen asks how the girl slept. She complains of a miserable night’s sleep. This makes it evident that she really is a Princess.-The Prince and Princess get married.

Export Format

PDF

Advantages: This format can be opened on many devices and allows you to flick through pages.Disadvantages: Content can’t be edited. (This can also be a positive as it means if you send your work to someone they can’t edit or change it.) Also, the file sizes tend to be large.

Deadline

16th October 2014

Audience

The target audience of my story will be the parents of children (as they are the ones buying the book and deciding whether or not it is suitable, and will most likely be reading the book with their child) and children aged six to eight. This age group allows for the inclusion of images and text because, while they are still learning to read, they have a do have some reading ability. The book will be aimed at both genders, however, due to the content of the book, it may be better enjoyed by girls; some boys, but not all, are generally not interested in Princesses.

Production Methods

To produce my pages I will use Photoshop. In Photoshop, I am going to use rotoscope and shape warping to create my illustrations. I think that using rotoscoping techniques will be useful for my fairytale as it creates simplistic-looking, cartoon style images, and as a result will be suitable for a younger audience. I will use images from the internet and alter them by rotoscoping over them in order to create a unique effect.

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

The proposal shows clearly how the story goes and will be set out. It also clearly states what the aim of the book is and who it is aimed at.

You may need to state one more disadvantage for the PDF file.

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

There is a good range of ideas clearly shown through the pictures.

Some small pieces of text to describe what each photo meant.

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

I feel Emily's strengths in her proposal are the clear basic story overview she has as she can now expand her story. Also, her production methods are very well thought out and she is very clear with the types of images she will produce and how she will produce them.

I think Emily needs to think more about her target audience and she words this section of her proposal when she talks about boys not liking princesses. She could talk about stereotypes to explain her thoughts.

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

Emily has lots of different mood boards for each element of her idea. I like the different types of princess photos and how she found different facial expressions.

I think Emily could develop her ideas further by create a mood board focuses on her different background especially with the castle.

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

Emily has so many strengths. One main strength of hers is the amount of images she has gathered. The effort level is absolutely astounding.

I cannot think of any.

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

Emily’s idea generation is another brilliant part of her work. She has a mind map full of possible idea’s and techniques in regards to the making of her book. She then has another in which she describes the setting, audience, characters and the techniques she plans on using in her chosen story.

A couple more ideas for techniques wouldn’t be a bad thing but apart from that, you can’t fault it.

Feedback Summary

Sum up your feedback.

The feedback I have received is mainly positive. It says that I have included a ‘good range’ of ideas and lots of pictures on my mood boards in order to help the development of my book.

Which parts of your feedback do you agree with and why?Even though I have already included a few text boxes on my mood boards, I agree that I could use more text to describe some of the other the photos I’ve used in order to clearly show the intention and purpose of each image. I also agree that I could’ve added another disadvantage of the PDF format. (Which I have now done.)

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

I disagree with the fact that I need to think a bit more about my target audience. While I have gone back over it and edited it a little bit, I don’t feel that I was ‘stereotyping’. I didn’t that say that every single boy dislikes Princesses, I said that some boys aren’t generally interested in Princesses.

Storyboards

Storyboards

Original ScriptThere was once a prince who wanted to marry a princess. But she must be a real princess, mind you. So he traveled all round the world, seeking such a one, but everywhere something was in the way. Not that there was any lack of princesses, but he could not seem to make out whether they were real princesses; there was always something not quite satisfactory. Therefore, home he came again, quite out of spirits, for he wished so much to marry a real princess. One evening a terrible storm came on. It thundered and lightened, and the rain poured down; indeed, it was quite fearful. In the midst of it there came a knock at the town gate, and the old king went out to open it. It was a princess who stood outside. But O dear, what a state she was in from the rain and bad weather! The water dropped from her hair and clothes, it ran in at the tips of her shoes and out at the heels; yet she insisted she was a real princess. "Very well," thought the old queen; "that we shall presently see." She said nothing, but went into the bedchamber and took off all the bedding, then laid a pea on the sacking of the bedstead. Having done this, she took twenty mattresses and laid them upon the pea and placed twenty eider-down beds on top of the mattresses. The princess lay upon this bed all the night. In the morning she was asked how she had slept. "Oh, most miserably!" she said. "I scarcely closed my eyes the whole night through. I cannot think what there could have been in the bed. I lay upon something so hard that I am quite black and blue all over. It is dreadful!" It was now quite evident that she was a real princess, since through twenty mattresses and twenty eider-down beds she had felt the pea. None but a real princess could have such delicate feeling. So the prince took her for his wife, for he knew that in her he had found a true princess. And the pea was preserved in the cabinet of curiosities, where it is still to be seen unless some one has stolen it. And this, mind you, is a real story.

http://www.worldoftales.com/fairy_tales/Hans_Christian_Andersen/Andersen_fairy_tale_47.html

Final Script

Page 1: A Prince was looking for a Princess but was having trouble finding the right one. She must be a real Princess.

Page 2: One evening, there was a terrible storm. The rain poured and the sky filled with lightening.

Page 3: There was a knock at the castle door. The King opened it and found a Princess looking for shelter. Her hair and clothes dripped with water but she insisted that she was in fact a real Princess.

Page 4: “We shall see,” thought the Queen before proceeding to place a pea in the Princess’s bed and piling many mattresses on top of it, “Only a true Princess will be delicate enough to feel such a tiny pea!”

Page 5: In the morning, the Princess was asked how she slept. “Most miserably,” she replied. Something in the bed had given her bruises. The Queen realised that the girl was telling the truth all along and was indeed a real Princess.

Page 6: So, the Prince and Princess got married and lived happily ever after.

Final Script- With Alterations

Page 1: There was once a Prince who was looking to marry a Princess. His search took him around the whole world, but he was still unable to find the right one. She had to be a real Princess, after all.Page 2: One evening, there was a terrible storm. The rain poured and the sky was filled with lightening. Page 3: There was a knock at the castle door. The Queen opened it and found a Princess looking for shelter. The Queen was suspicious. “You can’t be a real Princess, you look a state! Your hair and clothes are dripping with water!” the Queen exclaimed. “But I really am a Princess!” insisted the girl. Page 4: Nevertheless, the Queen invited the girl in and left her by the fire as she went off to prepare a bed for the girl.Page 5: “Very well,” thought the Queen to herself, “we shall see,” before proceeding to place a pea in the Princess’s bed and piling many mattresses on top of it, “only a true Princess will be delicate enough to feel such a tiny pea.”Page 6: In the morning, the Princess was asked how she slept. “Most miserably,” she replied. Something in the bed had given her bruises. And it was then the Queen realised that the girl had been telling the truth all along. . . she was indeed a real Princess!Page 7: So, the Prince took the her for his wife, as he knew that at last he had found a true Princess.Page 8: As for the pea, it was preserved in the royal Cabinet of Curiosities where it can still be viewed today.

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