Illustration
February 24-28, 2014
Ms. Livoti
Monday Feb 24, 2014
Aim: How can you complete your Edward Gorey style illustration?
Do Now: explain how to create gradation using marker.
HW DUE TODAY: Comic Brainstorm worksheet!
End of Class Period: Hand in your Edward Gorey illustration for review.
Homework: Create 5 different versions of your cartoon character, add color. Consider
different view points, expressions, outfits, or scenes your character can be in. Due
Friday 2/28.
Tuesday 2/25, 2014
Aim: What is Sequential Art?
Do Now: In your sketchbook, describe a cartoon or comic you
may have read or continue to read.
Homework: Create 5 different versions of your cartoon character, add color. Consider
different view points, expressions, outfits, or scenes your character can be in. Due
Friday 2/28.
Sequential Art: Visual Art that follows a sequence to explain a series of events in a logical,
progressive order. Images are used to tell the story, with text helping to explain the image.
Comics, comic strips, graphic novels.
Panels: Boxes in which the comic
page is arranged in.
Panel Frames: The
borders around the
panels, that separate the
panels helping to create
the sequence or flow of
the comic.
Speech/word balloon: shows the
dialogue of a character
Thought Bubble: internal
dialogue- what the character is
thinking- more of a cloud/puff
style bubble.
Narration text: usually in
more of a box, at the top or
bottom of the panel
Vertical Panels
Superman, DC comics
No text
Uses panels to “zoom” to
different expressions and
aspects of the fight
Wolverine
Issue:
15
Page:
12
Media Type: Pencil and Ink
Art Type: Interior Page
Artists: Goran Sudzuka all
Inking: applying ink through pen
or marker to cover the pencil
drawing of a comic. Uses varies
line weight and styles.
Shading: applying values to the
drawing to indicate light and
shadow.
Coloring: applying color to the
comic, carefully coloring within
the inked lines.
Splash Page: a full page
illustration within a comic
book. See image from Walking
Dead comic
Charlie Adlard penciller
Stefano Gaudiano inker
http://www.splashpageart.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Pi
ece=28607&ArtistId=84&From=Title
Cover art: The cover to the comic,
includes title and information about the
edition.
Typography: Stylized text used
throughout the comic book
Motion Lines: Describe a characters
movement/action
Emanata: Icons that represent what’s
going on within a character such as a light
bulb over their head.
Sound effects: (onomatopoeia) Sounds
represented without balloons, visual
representation of a sound.
Storyline: the stories or plot of a comic book
Story board: planning out the sequence of a comic book page layout and the
character development.
Visualizing the story line. A way of sketching the ideas of the comic by creating
separate panels
*used more in animation/movies as a way to plan out scenes and edit.
Graphic Novels: fictional story that that is represented in a comic book format, but
presented as a book. For example, Frank Miller’s “Sin City” or “Dark Knight Returns”was a 4 part mini-series comic book collection that was published as a single volume
book. Different from comic books that may come out in monthly editions, weekly comic
strips etc.
Manga: Style of comics from Japan beginning in the 18th century. Widely
respected in Japanese culture. Many manga become tv shows or short films.
The word Manga can be translated as,
“humorous pictures.”
Check out Crunchyroll.com (or App on APPLE tv)
Manga characters almost always have large
eyes, small mouths, and they also usually have
abnormal hair color.
Manga characters usually show over
exaggerated emotions.
Japanese Manga is to be read from the right
side to the left, opposite of traditional
American books. Not only do you read the
pages from right to left, but you also read the
panels and text from right to left.
(anime- animation)
inuyasha
Action Comics put out the first superhero comics as
early as 1938, was sold for 2.16 million dollars in 2011
Interesting Comic Facts:
Stan Lee and artist Don Heck created Iron Man
at the height of the Cold War in 1963, when
the American people were very much aware of
war and its impact on their lives.
The Wolverine made his debut in issue 181,
way back in 1974, as a Canadian special agent
ordered by a government department to
capture Hulk and “bring him in.” He was almost
named “The Badger” instead of Wolverine!
The Comics Code Authority was an
organization established in 1954 to make
comics more kid-friendly, but in addition to
cutting down on violence and gore they also
decided to enact an outright ban on
werewolves in an attempt to discourage the
horror genre.
Wednesday 2/26, 2014
Aim: How can you plan the panels of your comic book illustration?
Do Now: Debate- Are comics art? Take a stand and explain
your point of view.
Homework: Create 5 different versions of your cartoon character, add color. Consider
different view points, expressions, outfits, or scenes your character can be in. Due
Friday 2/28.
Thursday 2/27, 2014
Aim: How can you sketch your character for different
scenes in your comic illustration?
Do Now: analyze the comic strip!
1. What art elements are being used?
2. What design principles are used?
3. What is the comic expressing?
Due tomorrow: submit one sketch of your comic book page
illustration with at least 4 panels, and your character design, for
review!
Homework: Create 5 different versions of your cartoon character, add color. Consider
different view points, expressions, outfits, or scenes your character can be in. Due
Friday 2/28.
Friday Feb 28, 2014
STUDENT- TEACHER DAY