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Journal #10: Post a Page The page shown in this post is from the first volume of the manga series “Tokyo Ghoul” by Sui Ishida. The reason I chose this page is how Ishida uses different levels of shading, especially in the top right panel, where the main character, Ken Kaneki, is sitting on a bench. Another seen showing different levels of shading on the bottom right panel, as speed lines make the panel half black. This scene is especially telling, as it shows Ken having a reaction he shouldn’t have after accidentally sniffing another human being (If you’ve read this manga, you’ll know what I’m talking about).

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Journal #9

Comic’s Creator Journal: My Evolving Creation Process

Throughout this semester, I was less worried about my artwork, and more worried about producing something that would be considered good. Throughout this time, I started using my interest in film and applied it to comics. From the first project, all the way to the final project, I’ve been trying my hardest to make comics that are interesting. I think my best work was when I turned that tweet from Donald Trump into a comic; that was fun to do. My toughest project was the one where I turned a random conversation into a comic, as trying to make a most likely misheard conversation into a comic. I’ll be applying all this knowledge for my final project. Hopefully, this comic will turn out better than most of my previous work. Well, it’s been a fun semester, folks!

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Workshop #3: 4/10/18 During this workshop, I thought of different shots I could place my images in, like a close-up shot of my hand holding my cell phone. On this day, Joel was added to the group that Nikki, Vimmi, and I were in. Joel’s comic was about going through the memories of someone going through infancy, to childhood, and finally to adulthood. Each part of the comic showed different fears, like the infant being afraid of adults. Vimmi brought in a whole first page of her comic (including the professor being represented as Sauron from Lord of the Rings). The page of Vimmi’s also showed speech bubbles filling the page. Nikki’s comic about the cat would contain outside information to make clear why the cat was where it was. It will also being going for a grim tone. I was told to try varying the size of my panels for the final product of my comic. I was also told to use close-up shots to reflect on aspects of the story, and that animations for my characters are a lot better in black and white.

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Workshop Task #2; April 5th, 2018 These are some thumbnails of what parts of my comic will look like. My group members that day were Nikki and Vimmi. Nikki told me that I should look at autobiographies for inspiration, as well as make fun of some of the parts of my private life. Vimmi told me that my comic would work well in black and white, as it gave it a distinctive look, and that my comic would be a good fit for a web comic or blog. Nikki’s comic is about a cat that received a medal during a war, and Vimmi’s comic is about the stress in her life (I could be wrong about that; sorry Vimmi.)

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Workshop Task #1; April 3rd, 2018 These are the designs for my character in my comic, which is a journal of sorts. The three people in my group that day were Cliff, Brittany, and Veronica. Cliff’s comic is going to be a fight scene or something fantasy-based. Brittany is trying to make a comic based on her interview with Darren and Amanda Soto, where they talk about breast cancer. Veronica’s comic is going to be an informational about recipes. Cliff thought my idea for a comic-style journal was unique, and that I should focus on important events, or events that readers would prefer. Brittany said that if the events I focus on are simple, they should have a bit of comedy in them. Veronica told me to make sure the comic doesn’t feel repetitive, as that may bore readers.

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Journal #8

For my final project, my mind wants to do something grandiose, but in reality, I just want to do a character study, a little montage of someone’s day to day doldrums. I think the reason I chose this idea was that I tend to look at what surrounds me from every day, and look back on it. If wanted to create a comic m, it would be about a character (possibly myself), listening in on people’s conversations, and the comic would contain the main character’s thoughts on the random topics people bring up. I think that’s what I would like to do for my final project.

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Discovery Task 10 Doing this project was interesting, as I decided to make it a circular pattern. By a circular pattern, I mean that that story in the comic is circular. It starts at the building of the apartment I’m parked near, then the McDonald’s drive-thru near my apartment, then the light on Alafaya Trail, and finally, the resident entrance to my apartment. It was interesting trying to make good representation of my surroundings in comic form. It was still a fun challenge.

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Journal Post 7

Drawing a piece based on someone else’s are is tougher than I thought. Even Drawing a piece from Charlie Brown felt difficult. It gave me a better appreciation for Charles Schulz’s work.

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Journal Post 6

This photo from Ms. Marvel really struck me. The rising light in the darkness shows off the slight colors on Kamala’s outfit. However, it’s not enough to show off her face.

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Journal Post #5

After doing the Adaptation Project, I had to slow down when making the artwork; for one reason because I was straining my wrist, another reason was because I was trying to make the comic without using any characters. I had to represent the imagery through a first-person view of a computer. It was an interesting moment in my evolution as an artist.

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Journal Post #4

For the Adaptation Project, I decided to make a comic about the instructions for registering for classes on MyUCF. My process of it was that I wanted to make comic that could make the instructions readable.

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Discovery Task 9 Making a map out of what interests me was kind of interesting and difficult. So, I decided to draw a road map through the random stuff that goes through my brain. Actually making the map was more difficult. The hardest part was trying to make where the roads lead and what topics to use between them. Otherwise, I thought this was a fun assignment.

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Discovery Task 8

This project was interesting, as it required more than just drawing the scene out. For this I decided to go to the movies with my friends Jake and Matt. I used pictures inside and outside a movie theater as backgrounds to make it clear where my friends and I are at. I used pieces of a Fandango gift card pack to show who is paying for the tickets. I cut out a piece of an old IHOP receipt to make the point of what place I wanted to eat easier to understand. Only now do I realize how the characterization of myself in the comic book seems to have an ego, despite I try to lower my ego in real life. To make sure I had the angle I wanted in the printed pictures, I taped down the images to make sure they didn’t fly off the page of the sketchbook. This was an interesting experience for me.

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Discovery Task 7

This was probably the toughest task, due to the fact that I was transcribing someone’s conversation. Making that into a nine panel comic was also difficult, since I had to make it seem like a real conversation. One tough representation to draw was laptops, because it’s a piece of metal. I tried to draw the three characters at angles to represent a camera moving from one place to the next. To keep the flow of the conversation normal, I wrote down what the three people said based on recorded audio, but even trying to make sense of what they said was difficult. Still, this was a fun project to complete.

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Comic Creator’s Journal 1-3

My Evolving Creative Process

Usually when I write something, I take notes to help bring my pieces together. While a lot of people sketch what they are going to do before hand, I usually just draw whatever I’m going to as the final draft. I have a habit of overthinking (which is why I’m not an art student), which causes me to try and make things perfectly. Thankfully, since art isn’t the focus, I just jot down whatever art comes into my head for the assignments. For most of the art, I use the Papermate Flair pen, since it is so much easier to draw with them.

Things I’ve Learned/Things I’ll Steal

So far, I’ve learned that I’m not the only one that has artwork they think isn’t “Up to par” as many people would say. However, I’ve accepted my shortcomings in art as my specific style. I’ve also learned that comics art can be as crumby looking or as highly detailed as the artist wants it to be. If there was one thing I could steal, it would be the ability to tell a simple story without any dialogue.

Possibilities

I’m hoping that my final project comes out well. I know I’m not being graded on my art for this, but I hope that what I produce would look like I put some effort into it. Hopefully, I don’t overthink on the work like I have in past semesters.

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Discovery Task #5

For this assignment, I decided to make a comic out of one of Trump’s tweets. I think this piece turned out pretty well. The one thing I sacrificed was trying to make the caricature of Trump look like him. I think I maintained the original tone of the tweet, with the added bonus of Putin at the end. I think most people will understand that this is an adaptation of one of Trump’s tweets. The only strategy I had for drawing this was go for it and make sure it fits the concept.

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Discovery Task #3