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Journal Posting 7: Things I’ve Learned/Things to Steal 

I love Cavin and Hobbes, so I just had to choose it and try to imitate it.

The way Watterson is able to depict spiky hair and a head without actually drawing a head is just so cool. I didn’t even notice it at first when I first read the strip, and it just comes across so well.

I think I did a pretty good job mimicking his work. Calvin’s shoes look a bit like tank treads, but other than that my art is instantly recognizable as Calvin and Hobbes. You can tell who it’s supposed to be.

To me, the style proudly proclaims “I am a cartoon!” but creates realistic details through the cartoon style, if that makes sense. If a stuffed tiger came to life in the eyes of a child, he would probably look like Hobbes. Drawing a child with spiked hair would look silly and unrealistic in many styles, but Watterson allows our brains to create closure on Calvin’s head. 

Although I didn’t quite intend to, enlarging the panel to take up the entire page didn’t impede the art style in any way. His perspective and style works at the smaller comic strip level and at a larger, full-size level. The way he draws humans is so simple yet so expressive. This could be very necessary for my final project, which will certainly involve having to draw people (a tough challenge for the art-impaired like myself.) 

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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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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.