Contact Sheet- photos taken

I have made a contact sheet using Photoshop to show the progress of what I would like to use for my comic strip. I have chosen to use photos for my final piece because it shows that I have thought about how I wanted to create my final piece. The look that I wanted to create was to use one of my photos as the background to three of my scenes. Also I wanted to use my own photos of my bedroom for my final piece because it looks more realistic then a graphic one, aswell as it looking more like the scene that I wanted to create in the first place. I have taken the photos of the contact sheet in college to see which one looked more like a bedroom. I have used some test shots to see which one I preferred. None of the above photos looked right for the comic strip- as they didn't look like a bedroom.

The ISO that I have used to take the photos is 200. This is because I felt as though this was the best setting to use for the amount of photos that I have taken. The lighting for the bottom few photos wasn't very good. This was because of the fact that the room looked too yellow to use a lighting setting. I decided not to use a lighting setting due to the room. These photos were all test shots as the room looked too dark. In the end I didn't feel as though the room looked right for my comic strip.  

 

Extra Research- Angela Anaconda

 

 

I like this image because it shows how mixed media has been used to create a simple image. I like the fact that it looks like a normal image with some added parts. This has inspired me with my  work because it I would like to put a photo of a background onto a storyboard to save me from making the background in the time limit needed.

 

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=tear+drop&safe=strict&biw=1680&bih=955&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjn7ODslOHMAhUNOsAKHTuODXAQ_AUIBigB#safe=strict&tbm=isch&q=angela+anaconda+artwork&imgrc=YMJbr9mb-yMY1M%3A

 

I like this image because of the way that it is action mixed with cartoon. It is kind of freaky though because of the way that it has cartoons in it. It looks as though the image is all photo like. I also like the fact that it has action showing what the whole point of a mixed media is supposed to look like. I also like the way that the clothing and the action has been replaced to the scene. It is cool abit like South Park.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=tear+drop&safe=strict&biw=1680&bih=955&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjn7ODslOHMAhUNOsAKHTuODXAQ_AUIBigB#safe=strict&tbm=isch&q=angela+anaconda+artwork&imgrc=TmBaMfxZW9qy0M%3A

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=tear+drop&safe=strict&biw=1680&bih=955&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjn7ODslOHMAhUNOsAKHTuODXAQ_AUIBigB#safe=strict&tbm=isch&q=angela+anaconda+artwork&imgrc=pWfNmSzi4DClLM%3A

I like this image because it kind of reminds me dancing on the chair/stall. I like the fact that real people's faces have been sued with the cartoon body parts. It shows that the artist sees the action through her eyes. I like the funny bit with the dancing on the bench because it looks as though the girl is actually about to fall off the chair.

Artist Research

Angela Anaconda- character research

Angela Anaconda is a imaginative artist who uses collage and photos to bring her work to live. She makes it her own which shows how creative she can be. She doesn't just use random people or backgrounds, she expresses her feelings which an artist should do. She believes that overall she is French, but she is actually Canadian. She is compassionate with her heartless but meaningful work. She has attended to use dream photos to create an imaginative and originally piece/design. She comes form the town of Tap water Springs along with her parents. fashions. She uses imaginative designs to make her work look like a bizarre collage. A bit like how South Park is made. She also uses random materials throughout her work to show how much of her own work she has fully developed.  (Own work with facts)  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Anaconda

Artist of Angela Anaconda- Sue Rose
She was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She started to paint at a young age. When she was younger she knew that she was going to become an artist. She studied at Michigan State University. The subject that she studied at her university was a Master of Arts degree. Whilst she was at University she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting. She soon retired after 30 years of teaching visual arts to K-12 students in her area of Grand Rapids. She has travelled throughout America. Whilst she was travelling throughout America she formed a deep affection  for the Teton Range. She did this whilst she was visiting her family in 1963. She nearly returned to her family nearly every Summer for the next 50 years to do her compassion of sketching and painting. She is currently splitting her time between Teton Valley and Michigan. She can be found by doing what she enjoys. This consists of sharing her enthusiasm for the arts. She also enjoys being outdoors aswell as producing outdoor pieces of artwork.  http://susanmrosefineart.com/about

Artist of Angela Anaconda- Joanna Ferrone

She was born in New York, Miami. She is one half of the creators of the characters Fido Dido and Angela Anaconda. After 30 years since Fido Dido was creating Joanna continues to provide him with new experiences. Her family soon moved to Long Island, a quieter place whilst Joanna was in New York, Miami. She spent most of her adulthood enjoying the vicissitudes of pavement. She was aspired to become a writer but she graduated at college at that time. Sue and Joanna both met each other when they were in their early twenties. Joanna still lives in Miami today. She likes living in Miami because she doesn't have to carry a thirty five pound dog through snow. The art culture in Miami is that it is fledging- developing through its own work. The architecture of the art industry in Miami is great says Joanna. The Miami scene of the Wynwood is even but nothing compared to the Soho scene. She believes that it will get there. Joanna is still happy with hers and Sue's creation to Fido Dido. She is very proud of her creation. She can still look at him the same within 30 years.
http://blog.etudes-studio.com/joanna-Ferrone

 

 

Sketches, storyboards, characters, work

Here is my ideas and characters for my final work. As well as the odd characters and names for my character.

I only have a few images here because I didn't very much,many. This is the best pieces of work that I could do. I forgot to make a box for the middle scene of when my character falls off the chair so I had to redo it on another piece of paper. I like the fact that I have used some tears to show the exaggeration and the chair tipping backwards. I had to practice doing this first.

Research on tears

9/5/16

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I have decided for my final comic to have 6 boxes, 5 showing the actual animation and 1 as the title box. I would also have speech bubbles under each of the boxes showing what the girl is doing/how she is doing it. I have also decided to have different size boxes to show more of a interest towards the comic.

Ideas for Cartoon Strip

The story idea that I have come up with for my comic strip is for the character to have some sort of secret. Such as being in a secret world, and for them to meet a new friend throughout the story. The main character is a female character as I have found that out from some of my research. I have found out from my research that there isn't as many female characters in comic strips.

Another story idea that I have come up with is by having the girl doing everyday things such as falling of a chair by  singing in her bedroom.  In my idea I have only done 4 boxes to show my main ideas. In my actual final piece I will do more then 4 boxes to show the main story of my character. Also this would show the skills that I have learned throughout the year. I think this story idea of mine is a good idea because children could sing in their bedroom. I feel as though my idea would be aimed for children.

Research- Graphic Novel- further/girl names(9-10)

http://www.walker.co.uk/walkerdam/getimage.aspx?cat=maininterior-1&isbn=9781406344981

I like this graphic novel because it shows how to create a simple graphic novel. I like the colours used as it shows it is a night time comic. The overall layout shows the simple scenes of the graphic novel. The fact that this graphic novel doesn't have that much writing shows that you should use your imagination through the pictures.  It makes you feel as though you are in the comic with the way that the action/movement of the car and the characters/action have been drawn.

 

 

http://cdn.skim.gs/image/upload/v1456344702/msi/BabyGirlNames-FB_n55tpj.jpg

 

I have researched girl names on the internet. This is so I can use it to choose a name for my main character/ so the comic makes more sense. I thought that researching the girl names would help me with my work as I can choose a name to name my character from the many that I have researched/thought of already. I have researched on the internet for some girl names because I couldn't think of any more girl names. I found that the internet has helped me with my work.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artists Research(7-8 )

John Romita Jr

 

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This image is by John Romita Jr. It has inspired me for my character design/comic book as it shows the different stages through the drawing. Also it shows how John  has drawn his characters for a fantastic comic. It also uses a lot of detail which has inspired me for my character design. I like the way that John has  drawn the characters because it shows that the comic is going to be some sport of action or adventure with the drawing.

http://tri-stateoriginalart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/john-romita-jr-spider-man-art-2008.jpg

This image has inspired me for my comic because it shows a graphic novel through John Romita JR's work. This comic has inspired me for my own work because it shows the character in a comic book. I like the fact that the comic looks 3d giving me the idea that I should create a sort of a 3D comic showing the character jumping out the page. He has also inspired me because of his techniques with drawing comics.

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This image has inspired me for my comic/graphic novel because of the colours that he uses. This image has also inspired me for my comic because of the way that the character has been drawn. I like the way that John has drawn his character on the page. He hasn't just drawn the character in the middle of the page, he has also drawn the character with some weapons as though the character is in action.

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This image has inspired me for my graphic novel because it shows the different characters for the comic. Also I like the detail that has been used throughout the page. It shows exactly what the comic is talking about.  I like the characters that John has used for his comic as they are very detailed. I also like this piece of art by John because of the colours that he has used. This has influenced me to use detail on my characters to show their personality.

http://howtolovecomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Romita-jr-PeterParkerSpiderman12p56_2200.jpg

This piece of artwork by John Romita Jr has inspired me for my comic because of the layout. I like the way that he has drawn his characters to fit the comic. Also his work has inspired me for my comic/characters because of the action that each of the scenes show. I like the layout that John has used for this comic. This is because he hasn't just drawn one scene in one box he has done it in more then one which has inspired me.

http://40.media.tumblr.com/f55cf3f7aa8c05778adaeb29924ab064/tumblr_nq62m4Z1ki1rhjbado1_1280.jpg

This piece of artwork has inspired me for my work because John has captured the characters characteristics well. I like the way that he has drawn them in action. This has inspired me because I could do the same thing with my comic. I could make my characters look as though they are moving in each of the scene. Even though they aren't actually moving. I like the feeling that it gives to show the characters and their personality through a still picture on paper.

Artist Research

John Romita Jr
He was born on 17th August 1956 in New York City in America
His talent shone during his drawing of Marvel's Iron Man
John carried on with his dad's work on Spiderman
He is the son of John Romita SR
He was nominated for a Will Eisner comic award in 1989
He studied art and design at Farmingdale State College https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Romita_Jr.#Bibliography







 Will Eisner http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/tag/will
This link has inspired me for my comic/ characters because of the way that he has drawn them. His comic structure is inspiring because he doesn't use that many boxes to create his comic. He uses a title box to show what the comic is. The black and white colour for the comic shows the 3d effect which I like / this part has inspired me to use in my comic/graphic novel.

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This image by Will Eisner has inspired me for my comic/characters because of the way that the characters are on the page. The layout of the comic is what I like about this one. This is because he hasn't used that many boxes which shows that comics don't need that many boxes to create a detailed comic. I also like the way that he has drawn his characters to show action and movement. The characters in this comic aren't just in one position they are in more then one for each scene which has also inspired me. Also this comic is very realistic showing the characters.

Artist Research

Will Eisner
Will Eisner was born on March 6th 1917
He died on the 3rd January 2005
He was an American  cartoonist, and he was one of the earliest to work in the comic book industry
He started his career as a cartoonist for the New York magazine
His work called the spirit was his most famous piece of work that was first published in 1940
H taught cartooning at the school of visual arts in new York

http://www.creativebloq.com/comics/comic-book-artists-712389- Not only does this link give information on Will Eisner and John Romita Jr but it also gives information on other comic artists. I just felt that Will Eisner and John Romita Jr were the inspiring artists that I have researched as they give a lot of work for comics. This two artists also give the comic style that I would like to use for my comic- using their work as influence.