Week 15: Outside of Class (Critique Feedback)

In class on Wednesday, I recieved critique for my comic. Here is what I got:

Pros:

• Story is consecutive and flows well
• Grayscale works well for the horror aspect of comic
• Good sense of depth in panels
• Well illustrated backgrounds
• Good character consistency
• Good stopping point, creates tension

Cons:

• There are lots of head on camera angles (maybe play with some more)
• Pink color stands out amongst gray, maybe use throughout the background more
• Use glyphs more across comic
• Jagged edges should go around the whole edge of the speech bubble
• Some characters look too flat

Week 15b

Prompt: After recieving a life-changing prophecy, a pregnant astronaut uncovers a hidden family secret. 

Here is my completed comic. I think it turned out alright. There were definitely a lot of constraints to work with in this project, so for what it's worth, I think I did well despite them. As always, I am interested to see how my classmates did with theirs, and what they think about mine.

Week 15a

Today in class I completed two more panels. These are nearing the surprise ending, so I really wanted to build up to that. The last two panels are where the surprise is revealed. Hopefully by tonight I will complete my comic. These are the two I did in class:

Week 14: Outside of Class

This weekend I did a lot for my comic. I finished the first two pages completely. It took a lot of time. Many of the scenes took place at night, so it was interesting playing with lighting. I also kept in mind the idea of gestural poses throughout the entire time. I think I did an okay job of incorporating some good posing in my comic. I also kept the monochromatic gray color scheme, as it seemed to work the best for what I was doing. Here are the first two completed pages:

All I have left to do is the final page, which only has 4 panels. I definitely feel the time crunch, but I think it will work out alright. I will dedicate all of Monday to finishing my comic. 

Week 14b

Today in class I completed 2 more panels. They were hard for me to draw because they had cars in them, which is something I do not have a lot of experience with drawing. This is what they looked like:

I think they turned out alright. I may have to go back and do some refinement later, however. Over the weekend, I will probably get the most work done.

Week 14a

Today in class, I completed two panels. It wasn't as much as I wanted, but thats because I restarted twice. I think I finally got the style I wanted. Here are the panels I completed:

I chose to use a pencil type of brush to make these. I also decided to go with a monochromatic gray with some hints of color. I may edit the colors later through color balance, but so far I like the monochromatic gray.

Week 13: Outside of Class

Over break, I was extremely busy, so I didn't have time to do much unfortunately. However, I did go through and finalize how I wanted my scenes to be laid out and which ones I needed or didn't necessarily need. Here were some notes and layouts I did:

Week 13a

Today in class we took a quiz and then were kept outside for a bit due to a fire. However, I was still able to begin my comic, although not by much. I decided to try out a new style as I was contemplating over the weekend. This is what it looks like:

I think I could go even deeper gesturally with this style. However, I think I will have to try to practice it more and get more confident. Hopefully I can accomplish some more over break. 

Week 12 Outside of Class

This weekend we had to do a bunch of different layout sketches. I tried my best to do different angles and poses for each page and each panel. It is something I still need to work on. I am contemplating switching up my style for this project, as I think using a looser style may allow me to be more dynamic with how I draw people. For now, I am still sticking with the style that I normally use, however, it is something I am going to keep in mind. Here are my sketches:

The more I sketch, the more I am able to make my story more concise in a way that makes sense. In many of my layouts it felt like I was dragging a scene on pointlessly. However, I think there are bits and pieces of almost all my sketches that I will carry over to the final comic.

Week 12b

Today in class we did an exercise where we practiced moment to moment storytelling. We had to draw our heads melting or transitioning in some way to reveal another object. I wasn't feeling very creative in terms of what object to put inside, so I just chose my skull and also had some cobwebs develop in the corners, to show a long passage of time. Here is what mine looked like:

This exercise was pretty tough. I found that some of my panels just seemed to be repeats of themselves. However, it did make me think more about moment to moment storytelling.