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Album Cover sketch

This was my intial idea for the album cover and some potential characters to fit.

I plan to use the same framing for the album cover, but I will have prosthetic wounds, corresponding to the characters story, instead of makeup.

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Lighting Diagrams

For the Album Cover, I will use two softboxes at head height on either side of the subject to provide a soft full coverage of light for all four characters.

For the CD Booklet and Inlay, I will use two softboxes; one down on the floor, in front and a little to the right of the model, in order to light the bottom half of the dresses. The other at shoulder height, in front and to the left of the model to light the top half and face.

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My Idea

Disney goes Metal album.

Artist name - Seraphina

Album Title - Beautiful Beasts

Album Cover -

Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe style framing for the image.

Four characters in one image; Snow White, Cinderella, Ariel, Belle. Each character will have prosthetic wounds that correspond with their story; Ariel will have her voice box ripped out, Belle will have scratches across her face after being attacked by Beast, Snow White with a hole burned in her cheek from poisoned apple, Cinderella with glass slipper heel through cheek.

CD Booklet -

Four characters, individually, in full outfits in story appropriate locations; Ariel on a beach, Snow White in a forest, Belle in beautiful gardens, Cinderella outside a grand manor house.

CD Inlay -

All four characters, together, in one location with a castle in the background.

Video -

Music video teasers for all four characters. Artist in costume of appropriate character. Either in studio, on location, or both.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8ksBmDTljI&t=0s&list=PLaBAlzZBgI9uXQ3NFNKtGQvcbV9CvZKmg&index=14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5npLPKQ2-6U&t=0s&list=PLaBAlzZBgI9uXQ3NFNKtGQvcbV9CvZKmg&index=32

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Storyboard

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Front Cover sketch

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Inspirations

Initial idea spark - Subway sandwich commercial

Pinterest writing prompts -

Television series - Killjoys

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3952222/

Television series - Dark Matter

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4159076/?ref_=nv_sr_1

iPad game - Terra Genesis

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FMP Comic Book Plot

Scientists have found life on Mars and decide there must be intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. They send out a message into deep space. Years later scans reveal a ship in low orbit above the earth. Scientists scramble to figure out what to do, but before they can the ship lands. A person emerges and reveals that humanity is now advanced enough to join the rest of the advanced races of the universe.

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Comic Book Idea

Plot - Scientists have found life on Mars and decide there must be life elsewhere in the universe. They send a message into deep space. Years later, scans reveal a ship in low orbit above the earth. Scientists scramble to figure out what the ship is going to do, but before they can figure it out, the ship lands. A person emerges and reveals that humans are finally advanced enough to come out of isolation and join the rest of the advanced races.

Potential Titles:

- First Contact

- Visitor from Nowhere

- Experience of Aliens

- Honor of Stardust

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FMP Update

I have decided to create a Comic Book instead of a Graphic Novel as it is smaller and can focus more on the detail of each image rather than the writing of the story.

I will create a Comic Book and with a large print of the Front Cover as Comic Art.

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Graphic Novel Model Research

Nina Dobrev:

Likes -

- Hair: Long, past shoulder length, brown hair (straight or curled)

- Build: Tall, very slender, lean.

- Nose: Average size (not too big, not too small), straight bridge, rounded tip.

Can look plain with little to no makeup, straight hair and casual clothing (jeans, t-shirt and possibly glasses). But when she has full makeup, curled hair and smarter clothing (Blouse/Dress with a leather jacket and high heels) she can stand out from a crowd and look stunning and girly or fierce.

Candice Accola:

Like -

- Eyes: Big, bright, beautiful, blue eyes (compliment her petite feminine features)

- Build: Tall and quite slim.

Very beautiful and would stand out from a crowd whether trying to be plain or not.

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Graphic Novel Front Cover Sketches

These are a couple of designs I came up with for the front cover of my Graphic Novel.

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Graphic Novel Plot Outline

Exposition - A young girl living in a big city becomes a superhero.

Inciting Incident - A young man finds an online advert to become a supervillain.

Rising Action - Girl hires boy to be her nemesis.

Climax - Hero and Villain role reversal after argument.

Falling Action - Girl begins planning her revenge on boy after he calls off their arrangement.

Resolution - Boy stands up for himself and loved ones. Epic fight ensues.

My Graphic Novel

Title - Heroes and Villains

Plot - A young girl with a dream of becoming a superhero will do anything to make it happen.

Characters -

Lexa Collins/Enchantro:

- Powers: Witch-like magic, Energy pulses, telekinesis

- Origin: Serum made by the company she works for Carpisa Industries.

James Matthews/Obsidian:

- Powers: Destruction/Kill off livings things with a single touch, Energy pulses, telekinesis, flight

- Origin: Same serum as Lexa

(I will illustrate my story with photos edited to look like comic book style images.)

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Printing Companies

Photobox.com -

- A4 Portrait photobook (hardcover only)

- Up to 100 pages

- Up to 8 days printing time

Price from £22.95

Snapfish.com -

- A4 Portrait photobook (softcover option available)

- 20 pages (£1.49 per 2 additional pages)

- Up to 10 days printing time

Price from £19.99

Bonusprint.com -

- A5 Portrait photobook (hard photo cover only)

- 24-120 pages (£0.40 per extra page)

- Up to 14 days printing time

Price from £15.99

Tesco Photobooks -

- A4 Portrait photobook (hard cover only)

- 20-150 pages (£0.25 per 2 extra pages)

- Up to 7 days printing time

Price from £25.00

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Graphic Novel Research

Batman -

- 96 pages - average 6-7 images per page.

- 2 pages of text introduction at the beginning providing backstory into the characters and situations.

- Book is separated into 4 chapters, each with its own distinctive title page.

- Images are very stylised with little detail. They are block colours with just enough detail to show the situation. They are there just to provide a basic understanding of the environment and storyline.

- Layout is a simple grid with varying sized images.

- At the back of the book there are other graphic novel recommendations and storyboard sketches.

- There’s no blurb/summary on the back of the book, but there are various review’s from people who have read the book.

Saga -

- 70 pages - average 7 images per page.

- No introduction at the beginning the book. It jumps straight into the story.

- Book separated into 5 chapters, each with a dedicated title page to distinguish.

- Images are quite detailed. There is shadowing and background detail to provide the reader with as much information as possible. The text is primarily dialog between characters with the situational information provided through the illustrations.

- Layout is a standard grid with varying image sizes.

- There is no blurb/summary on the back of the book, but there are reviews.

Superman: Red Son -

- 75 pages - average 5-6 images per page.

- 2 pages of text introduction at the beginning providing backstory into characters and situation.

- The book is separated into 4 chapters, each with its own distinctive title page.

- Images are very detailed. There is shadowing on the foreground elements and lots of detail in the background to provide the reader with as much visual information as possible. The text is mostly dialog between characters. The information of the setting and events is conveyed through the illustrations.

- The layout varies between a standard grid and images laid over the top of other images.

- There is a short blurb/summary on the back cover accompanied by 4 reviews of the book.

East of West (part 1) -

- 70 pages - average 5 images per page.

- 6 pages of comic style illustrated introduction/prologue easing the reader into the flow of the book.

- The book is separated into 6 chapters, each with its own distinctive title page.

- The images are fairly detailed. There is lots of shadowing and small detail on the foreground and main focal elements, but the background is less detailed - consisting of more blocks of colour.

- The layout is a standard grid with little to no variation on image size.

- There is no blurb/summary or reviews anywhere on this book.

East of West (part 2) -

- 70 pages - average 5 images per page.

- 8 pages of comic style illustration introduction. This links it to this first book.

(The rest of the information is the same as the first part).

Walking Dead vol. 1 -

- 75 pages - average 6 images per page.

- No introduction. The book jumps straight into the story.

- There are no chapters in this book.

- The images are fairly detailed. There is shadowing and intricate detail on foreground and main focal elements with the background remaining fairly plain. The illustrations are black and white, there is no colour is this book.

- The layout is a grid with some images being cut diagonally. There are occasionally images laid over the top of other images.

- There is a brief blurb/summary on the back cover of this book.

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Live Project

These are just a few images I found to show the type of style I’m looking at.

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Live Project - Initial Idea

My idea for this project is Disney Goes Metal.

My artist will be a young female singer. She will be dressed as different Disney characters of the songs that she covers (e.g. Part of that World - Little Mermaid = artist dressed as Ariel).

The album from this artist will be Metal covers of Disney songs sung by female characters or princesses.

The photos for this album will include the artist dressed as Disney Princesses but with some sort of twist (e.g. prosthetic injuries/metal makeup).

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