Brainstorming: Final Project

November 25, 2013.  10:16 AM

For my final project I want to do another comic/story type thing, possibly without words.  I'm not sure what it will be about.

I almost sort of want to take a song and listen to it and then think really hard about what it makes me imagine and then write a story based on that.  Actually that sounds pretty freaking sweet.  I could write fairy tales.

Maybe Candlelight by Relient K.  That's been one of my favorite songs for a long time and it always hits me with really pretty images.

I also really like the song Savannah from the same album.

Maybe it won't be a comic at all, but a series of small watercolors.  I just bought some really nice brushes and stuff...

I saw this illustration on Tumblr the other day and really liked it.  I think it's worth remembering.

by Tinasol

Now I'm going to go to the library to look at Chris Weir (forgive me if I spelled that wrong.)

The Narrative is Finished!

November 22, 2013.  8:15 - 9:37 PM.

After many hours of sketching, inking, and fooling around in Photoshop and iMovie, my narrative project is finally done!

Look at these cuties, how can they even exist?

I'm really glad I was able to draw this in the end, because otherwise I have no idea how things would have worked out.  The sheer number of bunnies I had to draw for this to come together was staggering and I wasn't sure I could endure it at times. But I did, and it looks pretty dang sweet if I do say so myself.  Not as funny or detailed as the comic version, but good.

So. Many. Bunnies.

There is actually very little Photoshop aside from text and minor alterations of the drawings, for clarity.  That might not go over so well, which is my fault.  But in any case I'm happy with this.  I got what I put into it, which was a substantial amount of effort.

iMovie Narrative Project

November 14th, 2013.  4:00-5:14 PM.

I just submitted my final animatic, complete with human parents rather than bunnies.

I love the animatic, but I'm not sure how the actual narrative is going to come together.  When the characters were all bunnies, it didn't seem like such a challenge to photoshop it all.  But now that they are people, I'm afraid it's going to look too goofy for the heartwarming tone I want.

 I want to use old Victorian fashion sketches as the characters, but that idea quickly falls apart when I remember the fact that I will have to photoshop a pregnant belly, glasses, and other things on top of them, which will undoubtedly look awkward.  And the whole thing will look stiff because if I use multiple poses for each character, I will have to use separate sketches that look like different people.  That would be super confusing.

I'm thinking I might just make this into more of a photography project because I really don't know how I'm supposed to pull this off in photoshop without it looking insanely tacky.

Comic Layout

November 14th, 2013.  5:09 PM.

Creating a short comic version of my narrative with Adam Miller was really cool! In class we talked about our ideas, and then produced finish comic spreads for homework.  Mine was pencilled and then inked.

Brainstorming in class was really useful.  I ended up changing the story to be about people who have baby bunnies, rather than bunnies having baby bunnies.  I think it's a thousand times more interesting than before.  And the comic turned out awesome! I just got really excited about the idea and I've always loved comics, so I put a lot of effort into making the panel layout balanced and attractive.  And apparently people liked it, so I'm really happy.