Create Your Own Digital Comics Whether You Can Draw Or Not
By J. D. Biersdorfer (New York Times, April 29th, 2020)
YOUR PROJECT SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING
At least two characters telling a joke, story, or having a conversation.
"Even if you can’t draw a stick person, you can still express yourself and tell stories through the time-honored tradition of sequential art.
Got a tale to tell but don’t want to bang it out as a traditional book? Try doing it as a digital comic — and ignore anyone who thinks visual narratives are a lesser art form or basic fodder for Hollywood action movies. The tradition of storytelling through sequential art has a long and noble history, used in ancient cave paintings, Roman carvings, tapestries, and woodblock printing.
Even if you can’t draw or paint, you can still construct a comic. Some educators have found the medium to be a good way to entice children into creative writing. Thanks to a variety of apps, you can make your digital comics on a smartphone, a tablet, a computer or even a plain old piece of paper."
OVERVIEW
The following project will allow you to hone your digital artistic skills by allowing you to create a comic strip using the digital art tools you have learned over the last few days. You can create a series of drawings with text that tell a story, tell a joke, or just have characters you imagine that have a conversation about a recent event or topic of interest.
(❗️) PROJECT / ASSIGNMENT
Students will create an original art piece using skills and tools (SKETCH.IO) from the last lesson. Students start by drafting a short joke, story, or conversation for the characters in the project to have. Once they outline the text, they must find a background, import characters, and by creating individual scenes and exporting them create an original comic. The comic must have a minimum of four (4) frames, and no more than eight (8) frames. Each drawing should then be exported as individual images. Each image should be placed into Google Slides as it's own slide. The Google Slides must be SHARED with Mr. S (harvey.scribner@techfreire.org) for credit.
Got a tale to tell but don’t want to bang it out as a traditional book? Try doing it as a digital comic — and ignore anyone who thinks visual narratives are a lesser art form or basic fodder for Hollywood action movies. The tradition of storytelling through sequential art has a long and noble history, used in ancient cave paintings, Roman carvings, tapestries, and woodblock printing.
Even if you can’t draw or paint, you can still construct a comic. Some educators have found the medium to be a good way to entice children into creative writing. Thanks to a variety of apps, you can make your digital comics on a smartphone, a tablet, a computer or even a plain old piece of paper."
OVERVIEW
The following project will allow you to hone your digital artistic skills by allowing you to create a comic strip using the digital art tools you have learned over the last few days. You can create a series of drawings with text that tell a story, tell a joke, or just have characters you imagine that have a conversation about a recent event or topic of interest.
(❗️) PROJECT / ASSIGNMENT
Students will create an original art piece using skills and tools (SKETCH.IO) from the last lesson. Students start by drafting a short joke, story, or conversation for the characters in the project to have. Once they outline the text, they must find a background, import characters, and by creating individual scenes and exporting them create an original comic. The comic must have a minimum of four (4) frames, and no more than eight (8) frames. Each drawing should then be exported as individual images. Each image should be placed into Google Slides as it's own slide. The Google Slides must be SHARED with Mr. S (harvey.scribner@techfreire.org) for credit.
DECIDING ON AN IDEA FOR A COMIC STRIP
Use the following article to help create your ComicStrip Project. Reveiw the steps outlined in the article to decide your topic, characters, and other important details BEFORE you start to create your artwork.
Use the following article to help create your ComicStrip Project. Reveiw the steps outlined in the article to decide your topic, characters, and other important details BEFORE you start to create your artwork.
YOUR PROJECT SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING
At least two characters telling a joke, story, or having a conversation.
Backgrounds or colors that change with emotional temperature.
Other items in the frame to show depth, color, and shape.
Action can also be represented by including lines, blurs, or other effects.
Depth - You must have items/characters in the foreground, middle, and background
Color - You must use more than 6 different colors in your drawing
Shape - Your drawing must include at least 5 different shapes or lines
Building - You must include at least one structure
Remove.BG - You must include at least one image with the background removed
Original Work - You cannot just copy/paste an entire work into the project.
STEP BY STEP
1. Use Google Images to search for a landscape image that interests you.
2. Download a copy of the image to your Chromebook for reference
3. Open SKETCHPAD.IO and make sure it is connected to your Google Account
4. Click the + to create a new drawing/project and choose the background
5. Try your best to recreate the landscape image you chose with the tools available.
6. Take Your Time (You have today and tomorrow to work on this)
7. Add at least one item that you removed the background on using remove.bg
8. When complete, DOWNLOAD your art to your Chromebook
9. UPLOAD your image to Google Drive and SHARE it with Mr. S for credit.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After this lesson students will be able to:
define digital art
discuss the history of digital art
explain how digital art is used today
create some basic examples of digital art
CURRICULUM STANDARDS (PA)
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including analyzing how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term over the course of a text (e.g., how Madison defines faction in Federalist No. 10).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.5: Analyze in detail how a complex primary source is structured, including how key sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text contribute to the whole.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.7: Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
MATERIALS
Computers with Internet Access and Sketchpad.IO or similar application
A photo of digital art
REFERENCES
Color - You must use more than 6 different colors in your drawing
Shape - Your drawing must include at least 5 different shapes or lines
Building - You must include at least one structure
Remove.BG - You must include at least one image with the background removed
Original Work - You cannot just copy/paste an entire work into the project.
STEP BY STEP
1. Use Google Images to search for a landscape image that interests you.
2. Download a copy of the image to your Chromebook for reference
3. Open SKETCHPAD.IO and make sure it is connected to your Google Account
4. Click the + to create a new drawing/project and choose the background
5. Try your best to recreate the landscape image you chose with the tools available.
6. Take Your Time (You have today and tomorrow to work on this)
7. Add at least one item that you removed the background on using remove.bg
8. When complete, DOWNLOAD your art to your Chromebook
9. UPLOAD your image to Google Drive and SHARE it with Mr. S for credit.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After this lesson students will be able to:
define digital art
discuss the history of digital art
explain how digital art is used today
create some basic examples of digital art
CURRICULUM STANDARDS (PA)
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including analyzing how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term over the course of a text (e.g., how Madison defines faction in Federalist No. 10).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.5: Analyze in detail how a complex primary source is structured, including how key sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text contribute to the whole.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.7: Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
MATERIALS
Computers with Internet Access and Sketchpad.IO or similar application
A photo of digital art
REFERENCES
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14KBHFwSFD6OvsFO1VpW64v8UjUcKxDjnOsO0YeOtEX4/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000&slide=id.p
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