卡通漫画单元

Original: https://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2021/10/cartooning-unit.html

Date: 2021-10-26 Tags: art, character, comic, development, frames, middle school, plan, story, strip


SNOOOY by Charles Schultz

Raina Telgemeier

Autobiographical Comic Books

Her advice on Cartooning....

Persepolis Autobiographical Comic

Autobiographical Comics are written about the author's life.

Mrs. Morgan is writing one!

Click image below to read...

COMIC VOCABULARY

Frame- A box in a comic.

Border- The area around the comic that separates the frames.

Bubbles- a round oval with a tail, leading to a person or an inanimate object.

Sound Words- onomatopoeia

Action Lines- lines to show movement around objects or people.

White Space- unused space in a comic

PLANNING

PART ONE

Character Development Plans for Main Characters

Have a variety of ideas to use. Try a person, object and animal.

You will end up choosing one of these for your final comic.

PART TWO:

Facial Expressions and Body Angles

of Main Character

Show your character with 4 various facial expression relevant to personality.

Show your character from front, back and side.

FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

CHoose expressions that fit your character's personality:

For example, Donald is rarely happy.

Nathan Chaffin, MMS 8th grade

BODY ANGLES

  1. LAYOUT

Frames for Entire Comic Strip

-first frame with intro picture, strip name and title, author's name

-no blank spaces/empty areas

-all capital letters

  • words BEFORE bubbles (no cramming words)

Final before color...

-do NOT color speech bubbles.

Student/Brandon Melo, "Life of Taco Bell", MMS

Frame by Frame Story board plan for "Maisy"(9 frames)

BEFORE YOU PLAN ANYMORE..

know your SPEECH BUBBLES.

Why ALL CAPS?

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YPGI


Thumbnail sketch of "Maisy" for planning frame sizes.

(very rough, only necessary if desired)

COLOR YOUR STRIP

*Do not color your bubbles or frames

Final "Maisy" by Tabitha Seaton

You can pick a color scheme using 3-5 colors in your comic.

This will make it more challenging to make new colors, but also simpler and faster.

Final "Lost Sock Chic" by Tabitha Morgan

"Old Lead" plan by Tabitha Seaton

"Old Lead"final

Before you Begin...

High School Comics

Final Comics (2021)

"Fox" Francisco V. 8th grade

Francisco V. 8th grade

Danielle Voyles, 8th grade

Josilen Martinez and Lucy Goodson

Braylee Bevill and Carie Adair

Final Student Comics (2004-2014)

"Fascinating Furry" by Jovani Rojas

"Devil the Gumball" by Ashley Davenport

"Eugene Sheldon, the Bug" by Emily Juang

"The Adventures of Rusty Bolts" by Daniel Sparkman

"Afro Adventures" by Jeremiah Smith

"Life's Not Fair" by

"Brianna in the Mall Scare" by Tara Hart

"The Break"

"Cheff Academy" by Lily Juang

Hannah McKinney

"ChopStick"

Well worth the work.

Published in the Paper!!

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