last storyboard

Final Project

I feel like i didn't have as many references here as i did last time. But for my comic i would like to how some references. i took some of what penny arcade did, with the shapes, and kept in mind the silhouette. I also took what clerks did in their cartoon and made the outer line thicker, but I'm not sure if that's what i plan to do in the future.








I have also noticed that I'm very bad at not shading. I feel like it gives the color more, but I also like the flat color. If my comic continues to grow i might change the coloring situation. So i will have it flat color and maybe bolder lines. It's difficult to find my own style, and keep it constant.

The Bird

For this I kind of wanted the cliffs to seem like they were taller than anywhere else in this "world". I used some pictures of cliffs as a reference, but i couldn't quite get the texture, even so I felt like having too much texture would ruin the concept of my creations. It's supposed to be semi-flat, but i'd like some depth to go along with it. I also looked at some mountains which are usually lighter as they begin to look farther away.

The Gole

with this image i wanted to get a different perspective. Like looking down from the sky. I looked at some images and sketched this out a few times to see what i liked. Everything i sketched was on photoshop, with a tablet. I looked at some pictures that had perspective like this.

Story Board (Big Bad Wolf)

I chose the three little pigs, and the big bad wolf. At the end of my sketch i was wondering what happened to the wolf... so i chose that after he gives up, he finds his new prey.

Story Board ( Movie )

I decided to go with Ghost World. I've watched this movie about 15 times so far, but have never actually read the comic. I liked this scene because of the place they were in, and because i felt like this was one of the few times the two characters seem to have something in common, or have a friend-characteristic.

Revision

not exactly a revision, i pretty much started over from scratch with the landscape, but i did keep my characters.

landscapeesss

Landscapes Final

Ideas for landscape

Re-Color

I decided to color my characters a little bit more

landscapes

thumbnails 2

thumbnails

color

char sketch

Character Sketch

GOLEM

Character Sketches.

Final Silhouettes

These are my final silhouettes, making my count of silhouettes at 30.

Reflective Essay #1

Silhouettes

During this assignment I feel like I have really realized how much importance a silhouette is. I used to just see them as what they were, and that was the silhouette of an image or object. I didn't think that they were that key to what a picture has to offer. But since I have done this project I feel like silhouettes are very important for creating an icon or to capture a character. Looking at characters like Micky Mouse and Goofy, they are both simple and recreations of different animals. These two characters are universally known. And if you have a strong silhouette I feel like you will have a stronger connection with viewers.

The characters that I have started sketching out are sort of simple, and need more emphasis. The silhouette assignment has helped me, and lead me to discover what I need to do in my character creation process. When I did these silhouettes I wanted my characters to be able to be noticed without need of seeing facial features or other details. When I was creating the silhouettes of animals and other creatures it felt like it was easier to make them more unique than human-like characters.

I enjoyed this exercise and hope to do more like it. In the long run it will help with my creations and the process that I do when drawing. It's another thing that will be in the back of my mind to help.

Silhouettes 4

characters for the webcomic.

Silhouettes 3

These are the third round of silhouettes. They're kind of simple, but I feel like the assignment is to keep doing them even if they aren't great and just keep working. Just to working and improving. Hopefully the next ones I do will be more unique than what I have done with these.

Web Comic

After a semester of talking about creating a webcomic my friend and I are finally trying to start it up. We've uploaded one comic already though it's kind of sketchy. He provides the storyboard and dialogue.

R4TING P3NDING

Silhouettes 2

Silhouettes done on 5 January 2011. Second class of Concept art & Pre-production.

Silhouettes P1

These are Six Characters that are known. I took the original pictures and made their silhouettes.
Facebones
Drinky Crow
Amaterasu
Cubone
and some Angry Beavers.