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FMP

Project Summary: A comic that explores a risqué story of which sexual encounters happen. Any girl reading the comic will be able to relate to the things that happen to the female character, also what she thinks and does.

An illustrated comic that explores the themes of girl hood, sexuality and mundane thoughts in modern society.

Context: This project is a live brief. A friend asked me to illustrate a story into a comic. Aim for readers, male or female 17 - 25 to be able to relate to parts of the story. Whether that be the rubbish sex and not knowing how to flirt. Things in the story may have happened to you, or it may happen, in which the comic may be able to let you know the warning signs.

Research Focus: Researching how various illustrators go about creating comic books in different styles. How I can successfully illustrate a comic book that everyone will be able to understand and relate to.

Audience: Creatives , designers and anyone interested in print

Media: All original illustrations, hand drawn and then edited digitally. Written story by James Gnome.

Outcome: A comic book.

Professional Practice: I think this that the success of this project depends on the quality of print produced. With this in mind, if done well I see the comic book in shelves in stores - for instance “Gosh comics”.

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Final outcome of my FMP

Being an avid illustrator, I have always wanted to try out more print techniques. Within my practice I am always creating animations, which I really enjoy. Probably the wrong time to do it, but I wanted to challenge myself by trying something different and creating a comic.

Over all I am semi pleased with the outcome. I think it looks more like a zine than a comic because of the missed out black lines around some images. I intend to change this before the show. I am impressed with the quality of print. I printed onto 120GSM Bond uncoated paper. I feel like this gives it a rustic effect.

I think the illustrations have worked well, but perhaps they don’t convey the text very well. I struggled drawing every single thing said because some sentences you can’t visualise.

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OUTCOME

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ANDREW RAE

http://andrewrae.info/Books-Comics-Zines/Devil-in-the-Details-Comic

This is Andrew’s first full length comic that is based on a trip by James Casey of Swallow Magazine through Russia and Mongolia, with sections inspired by The Master and Margarita.

I love how charming and unique this comic is. The illustrations work really well, and there is a clear story of what is happening from beginning to end. The use of full page images, with a scene behind works really well because it allows the spread to breath as there is so much going on in tiny squares. I am really inspired by the limited colour choice. The comic appears to be printed on an uncoated paper, so that the pages aren’t glossy. Typically comics are printed like this, so I intend to do the same.

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Story that will feature in my comic. Written by James Gnome.

I was initially attracted to this story due to the rawness of it. It speaks about a girl having sex with a guy all because she needed to borrow a towel. The story is funny, I feel that a lot of people will relate to elements of the story.

I feel that I have full reign of what I can draw, and I am excited to draw risque images for once!

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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/02/magazine/new-york-stories-introduction.html?_r=0

I LOVE THIS COMIC. This style of illustration is amazing. The raw roughness of it gives it a special feel to it. I have not seen a comic to this sort of style before and I am blown away. With the writing being hand written adds charm and it works really well with the illustrations surrounding it. I want to hand write my writing so that it has a similar feel, and continues with the hand drawn effect of the comic as a whole.

No one is talking in the images that I have selected to post. I find this really useful as the story that I am illustrating doesn’t have full dialogue. Seeing how Tillie has used the technique of having text at the top and bottom of the image inspires me to experiment. On first glance the text gets lost within the image, but I think this is a nice touch because it makes you really focus and take your time to realise what is happening.

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A collaboration between the times metro desk and the Sunday magazine.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/02/magazine/new-york-stories-introduction.html?_r=0

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https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/218441565/anxiety-comics-volume-1-zine?utm_source=OpenGraph&utm_medium=PageTools&utm_campaign=Share

“Hand printed comic zine about my struggles with anxiety and mental illness. You'll laugh! You'll cry! You'll wish anxiety was actually a little monster you could talk to.“

Reference to clear black lines. I like the use of speech bubbles. The comic is charming and definitely fits to a certain style. Using just black lines adds an element of cheapness, but its tough to determine that and simplicity.

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GOSH COMIC BOOK STORE

I visited Gosh for inspiration and research to how illustrators go about creating comics. I did this because this comic will be my first attempt. I am sceptical of how it will turn out but I am remaining positive.

I found sooooo many comics that I liked. I focused on looking at various compositions and layout so that I can make sure my comic relates to a certain style.

I fell in love with the various colours used on the covers and throughout the comic. The boldness of the black lines with the bright colours against white really stand out. This is probably a good strategy considering that in a comic store it is probably hard to make sure certain comics get seen, all the books and comics on the shelf sort of merge together

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http://www.katebingamanburt.com/doodlclub

Kate Bingaman-burt

FMP

Initial, basically final idea -

COMIC

RE BIRTH OF COMICS..

VISUAL, LITTLE WRITING? MAKING SURE THE STORY MAKES SENSE THROUGH ILLUSTRATIONS THOUGH.

DIGITAL VERSION?

WORTH THINKING ABOUT - REASSURING AWKWARD EXPERIENCES THAT GIRLS GO THROUGH

BE SPECIFIC OF THE AUDIENCE.. CHARACTERISTICS. BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT THE PROJECT TO BE FOR YOU

A STORY TARGETING VISUAL LEARNERS, PEOPLE THAT CAN RELATE

GIRLS CAN RELATE TO THE STORY OF FRUSTRATION

COMIC BOOK LAYOUTS - INTERESTING, BREAKING NORMS BUT MAKING SURE ITS STILL READABLE.

WANT TO CREATE STICKERS, POSTER?

Audience - girls or guys that can relate to the awkwardness of flirting and shit sex. The story documents a young girl, therefore I believe girls aged 17-30 would find the story interesting and engaging.

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OUTCOME

I began to really struggle with deciding a concept or even a route to go down with D&AD. It was all becoming s bit overwhelming as I felt I was being left behind.

FINAL ANIMATION - CLICK LINK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujjx-5bOdj8&feature=youtu.be

Due to uploading issues with vimeo, i’ve had to settle with youtube momentarily. Click on the link to view.

In the end I came up with an idea of having a character wearing fur. She then rips the fur off and reveals an inner beast. The concept of this is that if you wear fur then you must be a monster.

Overall I am pretty disappointed with my efforts towards this project. I didn’t end up submitting due to pure embarrassment as the final result still isn’t all that up to scratch. I seem to be majorly lacking in confidence in my work at the moment. The lacking factor of sound means that the animation, not matter how amazing it might be feels unfinished. I struggled deciding on an appropriate sound.

I understand that my animation doesn’t really answer the brief intended at all. It doesn’t evoke a campaign to warn people off fur. If I could do this project again I would sit down and properly plan out a strategy to stop people wearing fur. Something that actually answers the brief. The fact that my work doesn’t answer the brief is a massive problem. This is because in the real working world I wouldn’t have a choice, I would have to do exactly as the client asks.

I have learnt a lot from this project going tits up and pray that it doesn’t go the same way for my fmp.

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OFFSET 2015 Titles from Golden Wolf on Vimeo.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the use of cats in this video. Maybe real animals could be used in my animation, then animated over? Room for thought.

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FUR CAMPAIGNS

Typically from researching for anti fur campaigns online I found boring bog standard websites. Websites that just show random animals that may be in danger or hurt. Theses are then used to make the party viewing the site guilty and to pass over their money. I also found most of these sites to be tacky.

https://www.friendsofanimals.org/programs/fur/why-wear-fur

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Disney XD - Ducktales teaser from Golden Wolf on Vimeo.

Re vamp of Donald Duck for Disney. I love the drawing and notion of animation. The animals look like ducks. I found it interesting to see different techniques od drawing fur.

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INITIAL D&AD IDEAS

- Human unzipping skin (in half) revealing flesh and bones. Handing out skin to children. (Seems bizarre, but thats what humans essentially do to animals). A child could be going out to get milk and the parent lends the child skin to keep warm.

- Alternative world where humans get skinned by animals - humans could be upside down hanging in a factory ready to get skinned.

- Shock method? Too dark?

- Human wearing fur coat, it falls of the body, crawls along floor decomposing, bloody, then magically appearing back on animals (where it belongs). Animal is dead, then it comes back to life and goes back to its normal life. (Basically a reversal)

- Someone is wearing a coat - suddenly pops into loads of animals. Loads of ferrets pop off and scurry into different directions, then go back and animals make themselves back into jackets.

All of these possible ideas need a surprising ending.

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