Illustration & visual narrative - Final Project

08/07/2024 - 26/07/2024, Week 12 - 14

Suzanne Heleen Libbers / 0372671

Illustration & visual narrative / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / Taylor's University

 Final Project: Comic cover and Animated One Page intro

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Instructions 

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Comic

For this last assignment I had to make a comic. I had to use a website with all kinds of stories, one of them i had to choose and I made a comic strip from it. I chose the story: some words with a mummy. It's about some scientists finding a mummy and then they give it an electric shock and the mummy comes to life.

Figure 1: Website with stories

These are the colors I used

Figure 2: Colors that i used

In the beginning I made the outline of a human. And I gave all the body parts a layer so that it is easier to edit in After effects.

Figure 3: Outline human

When I gave them a color and made the mummy day I was not happy with the end result. This took me a lot of time. But because I didn't like it, I started over.

Figure 4: First comic

I started drawing for my new comic. I drew the mummy first.

Figure 5: drawing

Then I traced it in Illustrator and gave it color. I also used clipping masks.

Figure 6: Digitized drawing

I also drew and digitized the scientists.

Figure 7: Digitized scientists

Then I put them in a background and added shadows.

Figure 8: First picture of the comic

For the electric shock tool I googled what they used at the time. I found a site where they showed a shock weapon.

Source:

https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co139886/voltaic-pile-battery-european-1850-1890-batteries 

Figure 9: Voltaic pile battery

Then I digitized the weapon.

Figure 10: Digitized weapen

Below is the first version of my comic.

Figure 11: Procres comic

Below is the end result. I adjusted the title and added the chat bubbles

Figure 12: Final result

Animated One Page

To animate the comic, I chose 1 element from each picture that will move, including the title.

Figure 13: Editing the comic 

I also added a page turn that makes it look like you're turning the page.

Figure 14: Page turn

Below is the final result in a video:

Comic Cover Page

For the comic cover page I wanted the mummy in the middle with a calm background and the title at the top. I started drawing the mummy. 

Figure 15: Drawing

Then I digitized the mummy.

Figure 16: Digitized mummy 

I added the background but I'm not happy with the end result so after this I made a new background.

Figure 17: First poster

For the second background I wanted Egypt in the background.

Figure 18: Second background

Below is the final result of the poster for the comic.

Figure 19: Final result poster