6/9/2021 Reassess -or- Comic Book ClubOPTION 1: Reassess your Craftsmanship Standard by creating a comic strip or single comic. OPTION 2: Comic Book Club. Spend the class period reading comics. Use the links below to find a comic book to read. Be prepared to discuss what you've read with me and others at the end of the week.
5/17/2021 Cover Art
THE BACK
5/3/2021 Final Comic Book
4/21/2021 StoryboardingAs we move forward with creating our comic books, here are some resources that you may find helpful. A good place to start, is with your storyboard. You can begin by mapping out your major scenes and working supporting scenes into place. It might be helpful to make a list of things you could use support drawing.
4/12/2021 Feedback
Watch the two videos above. Share your pitch with a partner and ask them for feedback. Take a moment to reflect on what they told you. Consider changes that were suggested.
Switch, and listen to their pitch and offer them feedback. 3/15/2021 Visual LanguageThis week is all about VISUAL LANGUAGE. Let's spend time sketching and reworking our characters, to create intentional and well thought out compositions and figures.
EXERCISE 2: Compose Major Panels
Choose 4 major events in your story. Create a rough draft of those 4 panels. How will you use INTENTION in your compositions? Use the Elements of Art to create dynamic scenes. 2/26/2021 Character Development
Exercise 2: Internal & External Features
Part A: Return to your three favorite films and identify a main character in each. Part B: Identify three of their external features. Part C: Identify three of their internal features. Part D: Identify three internal and external features of someone that you know. Part E: Return to one of your character ideas from the last lesson. Brainstorm some possible answers to the following questions (feel free to work alone or in a group)
Exercise 3: Obstacles
Part A: Return to your three favorite films. Identify one obstacle the main character you selected faces in each. Part B: Identify an obstacle that you've faced in your life. What was it preventing you from getting? Part C: Return to the character that you are developing. Brainstorm a few possible obstacles they might face.
2/11/2021 Story ArcStory Arcs are a way to organize the events of a story. They help storytellers visualize the end goal of making readers curious about how the story will end.
2/9/2021 Storytelling
2/5/2021 Comic StylesTake a moment to review the progression of various comic styles. How have the story arc's changed? What about the characters? and the illustration styles? Which style(s) are you drawn to, and why? CLASSIC COMIC STRIP SUPER HERO GOLDEN AGE THE SILVER AGE
THE BRONZE AGE
THE DARK AGE MANGA
AGELESS AGE
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