╎Week 10 - Week 15
╎Gwendalyn Firly Bong / 0374580
╎Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media
╎Task 4: Webcomic
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Instructions
II. Process Work
III. Reflection
I. INSTRUCTIONS
II. PROCESS WORK
Research
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Figure 1.1: Pinterest Board
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Feedback: I showed Mr Hafiz this Pinterest board during one of our
classes. I explained that I wanted to focus mainly on the color black
and use more pencil/sketch-type shading. He agreed and told me to
proceed with my idea.
Ideation
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Figure 1.2: Part of the story
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After deciding on this part of the story, I started to brainstorm ideas for
each line.
- "Well, wish for two hundred pounds": dialogue bubble
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His father, smiling shamefully at his own credulity: close-up of the
father's face, smiling
- Held up the talisman: close-up of hand holding the monkey's paw
- "I wish for two hundred pounds": dialogue bubble
- A fine crash: crashing/banging sound from the background
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A shuddering cry from the old man: frame of the old man lying on the
ground in shock
Sketch
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Figure 2.2: Cover Sketch Final
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To start, I worked on the monkey hand since it would be used multiple times in the comic. I used these 2 images as a reference:
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Figure 3.2: Reference
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| Figure 4: Monkey Hand Final |
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After finalizing the hand, I decided to digitalize the comic cover first. Since the main object of the cover is the hand, I only had to create a background for it. For the title "The Monkey's Paw", I had several font options from the website Dafont. I ended up picking the font on top, and I used the warp tool to warp the font a bit.
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| Figure 5: Font Options from Dafont |
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After finalizing the cover page, I started working on the comic panels. Since this is my first time drawing real people, I used a lot of reference pictures from both the internet and photos I took myself.
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| Figure 6.1: Reference Pictures |
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| Figure 6.2: Reference Pictures |
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| Figure 6.3: Reference Pictures |
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| Figure 6.4: Reference Pictures |
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Using these pictures as a reference, I proceeded with the comic.
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| Figure 7.1: Process |
After submitting this draft, I felt it was missing a lot, especially for the fourth panel, so I decided to make several changes to it.
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| Figure 9: Final Comic Page |
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I ended up changing the background to black and adding a grey filter, which helped darken the mood of the comic overall. I also adjusted a bit of panel 4 to make it flow more nicely with the rest of the panels.
After finalizing the digitization, I immediately jumped into the animation. I decided to animate 3 elements:
- the "BANG" sound bubble/effect
- the old man's pupils show shock or fear
- the monkey's paw swaying
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| Figure 10: All the panels for animation |
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Final Work
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Figure 12: Concept Board
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| Figure 13: Final Comic Cover |
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| Figure 14: Final Comic Page |
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| Figure 13: Animated Comic |
I struggled a lot with this task since I was never much of an illustrator. I've never gotten the chance to try to create a comic, a whole storyboard, and characters to go along with it. As this is one of my first attempts at drawing with a drawing tablet and Illustrator, I feel like I tried my best and did pretty well. Many improvements could be made by increasing my technical skills.
One of the things that stood out was how important it is to name your layers while drawing. This is especially helpful because there can be so many layers involved, and naming them helps keep everything organized. I also realized that saving your work frequently is really important, as Illustrator tends to lag or even crash when there are a lot of layers. By saving often, I can avoid losing progress and keep everything running smoothly.
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