A Dose of Design Inspiration from Comic Strips

A Dose of Design Inspirationfrom Comic StripsRefresh DCTuesday, October 23, 2012

A Dose of Design Inspirationfrom Comic StripsRefresh DCTuesday, October 23, 2012@Rosscott #RefreshDC

@SuperArtFight

@FriendlyDC

The System www.systemcomic.com MOORE’S LAW: MURPHY’S LAW: Computers will get Anything that can go exponentially faster. wrong will go wrong. ROSSCOTT’S LAW: What do you MEAN The faster the computer, “Unexpectedly Quit”?the faster it can go wrong.

So you found something cool on the Internet... LOL BUTTZ A helpful chart from Loldwell.com and SystemComic.com How cool was it? KEEP OMG AMAZING! Pretty meh. DICKING I need to share! cool AROUND Is anyone around? This is cool and Is it worth sharing? * I am cool for sharing it. YES! ....No (so alone) ‘K! Nah. Editor’s Note: This is known as the TO THE INTERNET! ‘ROFL’ or repetitive online feedback loop.On the originalartist’s website! I’m a BIG FAN. I dunno, I was dickin’ So, where did around on, ______ you find it? (insert procrasti-aggregator) Of OMG Does it have Are you going it even has a a watermark? course! to give credit watermark! where credit is due? Nope Let’s GO! TO THE GOOGLES! Who Seriously? cares? Professor Someone worked Internet sez: hard on this dude, Heck yeah, AND I What’s the don’t be that guy. replaced the watermark Be sure to provide appropriate point? w/ my shitty blog’s links to the original creator SHITTIER logo! and their website. they haz You’re right talent and deservz ur respeks. Doesn’t that take ABSOLUTELY. more effort and make you look like a douchebag?loldwell.comsystemcomic.com

Why Comics / Design?

Storytelling Editing Composition Writing Illustrations ClientsPoop Jokes Words / Visuals Helvetica Adobe “Web Stuff” Creative Promotion

COMICS Idea Sketch Ink ColorLOGO DESIGN Idea Sketch B/W ColorWEB DESIGNContent Wireframes Design Development

Section 1:The Art in Comics

Characters

The System www.rosscottinc.com What’s it like when People. Go. Apeshit. it snows here?

http://www.geocities.ws/gonetomorrow00/ah_340/index.htm

Someone Anyone (Me?)

Mario SomeoneSomeone’s Trash A Trash

Section 2:The Art of Panels

Closure“The phenomenon of observing the parts but perceiving the whole”

Panel Length

The System www.rosscottinc.com COFFEE LIFE CYCLE TOO HOT. Sip. Burn PERFECT COLD. Reheat. your tongue. Repeat. for about 6 See phase 1. seconds.

Panel Choice

Diagram from HelenWord Choice

What words What images shouldshould go here? go under it?

Section 3:Storytelling

“Less is more.” — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

“Less.” —Ross

3eanuts Garfield Minus Garfield

The System www.rosscottinc.com “Fancy” Ketchup Nope.

“Less.” —Ross • Working within a grid • Copy editing • Give your work constraints • Increase contrast / simplicity of layout • Limited color palette • “Boutiquing” your product

Patterns

Section 4:Crap that didn’t really fit anywhere else(But I learned it from comics)

Art as Exercise

I needto work harderto be betterat things. systemcomic.com

Have a Bag of Tricks

NOTE: These don’t make a good designer.They make you a faster designer who canscrew up quicker.

Have a Secret Identity

That’s it.www.systemcomic.com@Rosscott@FriendlyDC @SystemComic@SuperArtFight

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A Dose of Design Inspiration from Comic Strips

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