Digital Graphic Narrative

Development

Hannah Woollaston

Shape Task

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I liked the gradients in my image, especially on the ears I think this made the image look more realistic and as if a light was shining on the panda. I also like the shape of the black parts around the eyes as this is a distinctive part of the panda. I like the basic outline of the panda as I believe this makes it easily recognisable as a panda, I also like the colours of the image, because I used a gray/white instead of a bright white, I think this makes it look more realistic and natural.

What would you improve if you did it again?I would improve the gaps in my image and make sure that the whole image was covered. I would also add some more strokes into my image to see what the image would look like with them in, I think this would add more depth to my image. I would add some circles to the eyes to make it look like it had a glint in its eye, this would help to make the image look more natural. To make the panda look more realistic I would also try to add more detail to the mouth. Finally, if I was to do this again I would try to add more texture to the panda as I think this would make it look more realistic and add more depth to the panda itself.

Improved shape task

Evaluation

• What did you like about your image?This is my improved panda, I prefer this image because I added texture onto the panda, using colour range. I also like this

image because I changed the colour of the eyes using colour overlay, this has made the panda look more realistic. Also to improve my image I went back over the image and filled in any gaps I had that were showing through as that made the image look un-professional.

• What would you improve if you did it again?• If I was to improve the panda image further I would make sure that, the outlines I created using the shape tool were

more smooth and not bumpy as this can spoil the effect on the image and make it look less realistic. Another thing I would improve if I did this again is the background, I would try to create a more interesting one as this would help to make the panda stand out more.

Shape Task

Evaluation

• What did you like about your image?• I liked the clear outline and shape of the penguin I got from using the shape tool, I think this gives the

image a more realistic look. In this image I also used the texture tool to put texture on certain areas of the image, I like this because I think it adds more depth to the penguin. Also, in this image I used the polygon lasso tool to select face/nose area because there wasn’t any shapes that would’ve been able to fit the shape of the face/nose properly, this is a benefit to the polygon lasso tool. In this image I also like the colours used.

• What would you improve if you did it again?• If I was to do this again I would add more detail to the penguin, maybe to the stomach, I would do this

by adding a subtle gradient to the shape.

Rotoscope

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?

What would you improve if you did it again?

Text Based

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?These images are my text practice images, the top image is showing how I used tracking and leading to spread out the words and letters, I liked this because I think it could make the text very effective and prominent on the page if the words are spread out. The second image is created by using ‘layer styles’ and ‘pattern overlay’ this makes the words stand out more, this tool could be appropriate for a logo or advert etc, I liked the tool because it makes words look nicer and more prominent on the page. The third technique was the clipping mask tool, to do this I had to write my name and make sure, using the tracking and leading tool, that the letters were very cramped together. I then had to choose an image and place this on top of the text, resize it and then right click on the layer to create clipping mask, because the most interesting part of the image wasn’t on my text I used the move tool to move the image in my text. I really liked this technique and image because it is unusual and makes the text more interesting to look at and read. The fourth image, on the same slide is the text edited using the warp tool, to do this I had to rasterize my text layer to make it like a picture and then go onto ‘edit’, then ‘transform’ and then ‘warp’ I liked this effect on the text because it creates an interesting shape to it. My fifth image was created using ‘distort’ this is done in the same way as the warp image, I like this, however it is not my favourite technique I have used because I think it makes the text look quite flat and boring, however I did like how it creates a perspective effect on the text. My final image is done using ‘skew’, again this is done in the same way as the warp and distort images, but I like this one because of how it draws you into the text when you look at it.

What would you improve if you did it again?If I did this again I would improve my ‘layer style pattern overlay’ text and maybe pick a more interesting pattern to go onto the text, I think this would make it look more interesting.

Comic Book

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?

What would you improve if you did it again?

Photography

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?

What would you improve if you did it again?

Illustration

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?

What would you improve if you did it again?

Initial Ideas

Mood board of inspiration

Idea Generation

Mood board of chosen idea

ProposalDimensions

(number of pages and page size)

Story Overview

(Provide an outline of your story)

Export Format

Advantages:

Disadvantages:

Deadline

Audience

(Think about who you are targeting as your audience. Consider age, gender, class, location and other characteristics which could define your audience.)

Production Methods

(Explain the methods you are going to use to produce your pages. Show us the thinking behind your decisions for a more detail response)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Feedback Summary

Sum up your feedback.

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

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

Storyboards

Storyboards

Storyboards

Original Script

Original Script goes here with link to where it came from

Original Script

Original Script goes here with link to where it came from

Final Script

Final script goes here.

Digital Flat Plans