The document outlines Beth Geldard's digital graphic narrative development project which involved students creating images based on different tasks and evaluating their work. Students provided self-evaluations of their images, noting what they liked about their work and how they could improve, giving insight into their creative process and growth. The project exposed students to different styles of digital graphic storytelling through tasks involving shapes, rotoscoping, film quotes, text, and more.

1. Digital Graphic Narrative
Development
Beth Geldard

2. Shape Task

3. Shape Task

4. Shape Task

5. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
I like that it shows a clear view of what it is and i like that i have used
similar colours a building wood have to give it that realistic look.
For my zebra i like that there is repetition in the photo and i like that
it looks like a realistic zebra.
What I like about my koala bear, is the different textures i have
chosen to do as, they think up with the Koala.
What would you improve if you did it again?
What i would improve on this is, i would try and get the triangles
more symmetrical and the middle triangle i would put it flat as, you
can see that is isn't joined together.
What i would improve is i could carry on the shading at the bottom of
the zebra, so it creates a curve for the back so it wouldn't just give off
a abstract look. If i had the chance to change my animal i wouldn't of
done this one, because it takes to long as you need to put a lot of
detail inn to it.
What i would do to improve the koala bear is, put more features in his
face make it look more realistic,

6. Rotoscope

7. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
What I like about my baby photo is that I have tried
to get in little details to make it not look so abstract
and its creates shadow as well to give it more
depth.
I think the colours I have chosen for the skin make it
look realistic
What would you improve if you did it again?
What I would change about my work is the eyes I
could have done more to them may be make them
darker around the edges

8. Film Quotes

9. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
What I like about my breakfast club quote, is that
everything is relating about to what it is about. Gives
clear evidence that it was set in an American school.
Another think I like is I have used different things to make
each photo stand out for instance I used rota scoping and
I used a comic effect.
What would you improve if you did it again?
What I would change about my work is, I could have
wrote detention on the board as well, to give the
audience an idea of what it is going to be about.

10. Text Based

11. Text Based

12. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
I like the types of images I have just to clip the text and the font
together. And I think this is useful for trying to describe someone in
what they like.
Because I used bold text it makes the images more clear for the person
to see.
I think its good that you are able to change the type of style of the font
you have chosen, as it signals it out if you are wanting something to
stand out from the rest. I like that I was able to change the test to bold,
this can show to the audience how someone is feeling
What would you improve if you did it again?
What I would improve, is next think I could use a layer stroke so it
makes the font more prominent and clear for who is reading it.
What I would do next time is change the font so, I am able to see these
types look on different fonts.

13. Comic Book

14. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
What I like about my comic story, as it gives a clear view of what it is
about. As well I like the fact that I like done the images different styles
as in cut them different ways so the photos slot together.
What would you improve if you did it again?
What I would change about my comic book, is the type of angles I took
the pictures in. as I could have done more close up shots, or behind
the shoulder. By using a close up shot, it will tell use how the person is
feeling and you cant really see it on mine except his body expressions.
Why I would use behind the shoulder is because it will make you feel
like you are there.
What I don’t like about mine is the colours as, I think it looks quit bland
and boring it wouldn’t grab my attention.

15. Photo Story

16. Photo Story

17. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
i like the type of colour i chose to do on the other layer; the purple
brightens up the photo and makes part of his facial features stand out
like his eyes. I like that i have got it coming down from one direction,
as it looks like a light and it uses leading lines because it is taking you
down to his face where the main focus of the image is.
For the 2nd image i like the comic effect that i have created; the
different browns blending together creates a contour.
What would you improve if you did it again?
What i would change about the first image, it that i could have done
more to it and bring the purple in more and do it for the whole image.
For my 2nd image i would may be make the shapes less so it creates
more of curve in the image. So it look more animated.

18. Initial Ideas

19. Idea Generation

20. Mood board of chosen idea

22. Princess And The
Pea
Princess And The
Pea
Princess And The Pea
Princess And The Pea
Princess And The Pea
Princess And The Pea
Princess And The Pea
Princess And The Pea
Princess And The Pea
Princess And The Pea
Princess And The Pea

23. Proposal
Dimensions
I am going to be creating 12 pages. I am wanting to have it landscape by 275 by 240
Story Overview
A lady called Penelope works in a bakery and she on her way home, when you gets caught in a
storm. She runs in to the woods where she lives, but the storm is that heavy and misty she ends
up getting lost. Penelope ends up coming across a castle, where the queen lives. She goes and
knocks on the door and get an unwelcome greeting by the 2 guards and the queen, ‘what do you
want?’ Penelope tells her what’s happened, which then the queen lets her. The queen lends her a
bed to stay in for the night, But the queen ends up putting a pea under her bed; Her son the
prince is wanting to find a princess but, the only way they will know if she is one is they princess is
if she had an uncomfortable night sleep. Penelope lays in her bed tossing and turning all night as,
the pea rummages through her piles of duvets. She wakes up the next day after an unpleasant
sleep, after an unpleasant sleep and makes her way down stairs. And complains to the queen
what a horrible sleep she has had. The prince walks in and gets mesmerised by his eyes and she
and the prince live happily ever after.
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24. Deadline
22/04/16
Audience
(Think about who you are targeting as your audience. Consider age, gender, class,
location and other characteristics which could define your audience.)
I will be aiming for children aimed 5-8 anger female; there class will be working
because it will be their parents who will be buying this book for them. I will be
aiming for this particular audience because girl like princess and fairy tale storeys.
To attacks them to read my book, I will use colours for instance pink and red as,
these illustrate love and feminism.
Production Methods
I will be doing my book landscape, as i feel this gives a clear view of the images and
i will be able to do more on the images. To do this I was inspired by the selfish
crocodile because on there pages they have pages linked together which I like
because its not all scrambled together on one page, this gives a clear view of the
text and images.

25. What are the strengths of the proposal? What areas of the proposal need further work?
You have given a lot of information on what you
want to create like when actually writing your idea
you have shown exactly what you want your book
to be and given enough information so the reader
knows what your book will be about
You could of maybe given more advantages and
disadvantages you have only given one or two the
more the better it shows that you have defiantly
researched what is good and bad
What are the strengths of the idea generation? What areas of idea generation could have been
further developed?
You have given a lot of ideas when planning what
story you want you have covered lots of different
stories so if your main story doesn't work then you
have a lot to fall back on. Another thing that’s good
is you have different fonts for your book you have a
lot of options which will help out in the actual
creation of your book
You could of collected more images for your mood
board you only seem to have around four or five
you can kind of see the style you want from these
images but it would help if you expressed the actual
art style. Maybe do a moodboard for each item like
different styles for the pea or a moodboard for the
environment giving the viewer a definite idea of
what it will look like

26. What are the strengths of the proposal? What areas of the proposal need further work?
The Proposal is very detailed and includes lots of
information which is good because it means that
you would have a clear idea as to what you wanted
to do when it comes to actually designing your
work.
I think the only part that could so with a bit of
development is the audience section of the
proposal. Perhaps give a psychographic of who
would buy this book.
What are the strengths of the idea generation? What areas of idea generation could have been
further developed?
I think that the strengths are that it is well detailed
and develops several points so that she makes a
clear decision on what she wanted to design.
I think that if there was a few more pictures it would
make give your more of an idea of what
professional conventions are for a Children’s book.

27. What are the strengths of the proposal? What areas of the proposal need further work?
- The layout of your work is really organised
- You have made it clear the choice you have
picked.
- Good detailed mind map
- Add more images to your moodboard so that it
is clear of the design that you want to create.
- Add more images of the location that you want.
What are the strengths of the idea generation? What areas of idea generation could have been
further developed?
- Plenty of images
- You have a detailed mind map
- Fonts
- Good ideas
I feel that you could add more detail about the story
and ad more locations.

28. Feedback Summary
Sum up your feedback.
I have given a clear proposal and idea generation which provided lots of information and
images to link to ideas that I am want to portray.
What I need to improve on is ad more advantages and disadvantages, develop on my
audience.
Which parts of your feedback do you agree with and why?
I could of added more pictures so it gives a better idea on what kind on scene I am
wanting to make and gives them an idea of what kind of colours I am wanting to use as
well, so they can see what type of mood I am wanting to show.
Which parts of your feedback do you disagree with and why?
I agree this the points that have been made about my work as, they have given me valid
reasons I need to improve on.

29. Original Script
http://childhoodreading.com/the-princess-and-the-pea/
There was once a prince, and he wanted a princess, but then she must be a real Princess. He travelled
right around the world to find one, but there was always something wrong. There were plenty of
princesses, but whether they were real princesses he had great difficulty in discovering; there was always
something which was not quite right about them. So at last he had come home again, and he was very sad
because he wanted a real princess so badly.
One evening there was a terrible storm; it thundered and lightning and the rain poured down in torrents;
indeed it was a fearful night.
In the middle of the storm somebody knocked at the town gate, and the old King himself sent to open it.
It was a princess who stood outside, but she was in a terrible state from the rain and the storm. The water
streamed out of her hair and her clothes; it ran in at the top of her shoes and out at the heel, but she said
that she was a real princess.
‘Well we shall soon see if that is true,’ thought the old Queen, but she said nothing. She went into the
bedroom, took all the bed clothes off and laid a pea on the bedstead: then she took twenty mattresses
and piled them on top of the pea, and then twenty feather beds on top of the mattresses. This was where
the princess was to sleep that night. In the morning they asked her how she slept.
‘Oh terribly bad!’ said the princess. ‘I have hardly closed my eyes the whole night! Heaven knows what
was in the bed. I seemed to be lying upon some hard thing, and my whole body is black and blue this
morning. It is terrible!’
They saw at once that she must be a real princess when she had felt the pea through twenty mattresses
and twenty feather beds. Nobody but a real princess could have such a delicate skin.
So the prince took her to be his wife, for now he was sure that he had found a real princess, and the pea
was put into the Museum, where it may still be seen if no one has stolen it.

30. Story Breakdown
Prince goes searching for his princess and goes around her world but cant find
one
a storm erupts and princess turns up at the kind and queen castle and meet the
princess with an unpleasant welcome. Princess tells them who she is but doesn't
believer her
they bring her in to there home but the only way they will find out if its true or not
is if they put a pea in her bed.
Princess wakes up from an unpleasant sleep to the see the queen king and
princess
the princes realises she is the on and marry her
and the pea ends up in a museum

31. Draft Script
Penelope has just finished work and is heading home, but she looks above to
see that a storm is about to start.
She runs in to the wood where she lives, but because the storm is so heavy and
misty she ends up getting lost and stumbles upon a castle where the queen and
king live
he knocks on the door to an unwelcome greeting, asking what does she want
and she tells them that she got lost
king and queen know there son is looking for a princess but he has not
successfully found one yet. So they take a chance and put a pea under her bed.
she's in the bed and cant sleep
queen, king and prince enter her room the next day asking how it was and she
replies saying “it was horrible, i was tossing and turning i just couldn’t sleep’
princes realises and

32. Final Script
1st page
Penelope, a young girl who works in the local bakery. Her hair is as golden as the pastries and her smile, as bright as the sun.
She sets off home after work, when a splash of water hits her head. She looks up to see that a rain cloud has appeared above her. She
decides to take what she thinks is a short cut and runs into the woods hoping she’ll get home before the cloud pours with rain, but she was
wrong.
2nd
She runs fast through the woods, only to realise she has lost her way. The rain becomes so heavy that her sight becomes blurred with the heavy
rain.
3rd
She stumbles across a castle. In the hope to get out of the rain she makes her way up to the giant door.
‘KNOCK, KNOCK’
4th
The door opens, “Can I help you?’ the Queen said.
“ I’m sorry to disturb you, but I have lost my way home and this storm is so dangerous to be out in. Please may I stay here until it calms down.
“Yes, that’s fine. It is starting to get dark now so you may as well stay for the night, we have plenty of rooms.
Penelope scuffled in to the castle, wet through from head to toe.
5th
The queen found a room for Penelope to stay in and decided to put a pea under then mattress in the hope to find her son, the prince a princess.
“ There you are, make yourself at home” the Queen said
6th
Penelope looked at the enormous bed. She climbed the piles of mattress to reach the top. She laid her self down and the room gradually
darkened as the night drew in.
7th
She tried to get to sleep but she couldn’t get comfortable. She spent the night tossing and turning but could not get to sleep.
8th
The morning came all to soon, the sunlight streamed into the bedroom and the sun gleamed in her eyes. Penelope got dressed and went
downstairs.
9th
How did you sleep Penelope?, I hope you were comfortable! Said the Queen
“It was awful, I got no sleep at all. I don't know what was wrong but I couldn’t get comfortable. It felt like I was lying on something hard, and my
whole body feels black and blue this morning. I feel terrible!’
10th
The Queen realised that she must be a real princess. (Only a princess would be able to feel the pea under 20 matresses). Her clever plan had
worked
11th
You must stay for some breakfast and I will introduce you to my son, the prince. The prince was so handsome and charming. One look into his
hypnotic eyes had Penelope in his spell.
12th

33. Final Script
1st page
Penelope, a young girl who works in the local bakery. She sets off home after work, She looks up to see that a rain cloud has appeared above
her. She decides to take what she thinks is a short cut and runs into the woods hoping she’ll get home before the cloud pours with rain, but she
was wrong.
2nd
She runs fast through the woods, only to realise she has lost her way. The rain becomes so heavy that her sight becomes blurred with the heavy
rain.
3rd
She stumbles across a castle. In the hope to get out of the rain she makes her way up to the giant door.
4th
‘KNOCK, KNOCK’
The door opens, “Can I help you?’ the Queen said.
“ I’m sorry to disturb you, but I have lost my way home and this storm is so dangerous to be out in. Please may I stay here until it calms down.
“Yes, that’s fine. It is starting to get dark now so you may as well stay for the night, we have plenty of rooms.
Penelope scuffled in to the castle, wet through from head to toe.
5th
The queen found a room for Penelope to stay in and decided to put a pea under then mattress in the hope to find her son, the prince a princess.
“ There you are, make yourself at home” the Queen said
6th
Penelope looked at the enormous bed. She climbed the piles of mattress to reach the top. She laid her self down and the room gradually
darkened as the night drew in.
She tried to get to sleep but she couldn’t get comfortable. She spent the night tossing and turning but could not get to sleep.
The morning came all to soon, the sunlight streamed into the bedroom and the sun gleamed in her eyes. Penelope got dressed and went
downstairs.
7th
How did you sleep Penelope?, I hope you were comfortable! Said the Queen
“It was awful, I got no sleep at all. I don't know what was wrong but I couldn’t get comfortable. It felt like I was lying on something hard, and my
whole body feels black and blue this morning. I feel terrible!’
The Queen realised that she must be a real princess. Only a princess would be able to feel the pea under 20 matresses. Her clever plan had
worked
You must stay for some breakfast and I will introduce you to my son, the prince.
8th
The prince was so handsome and charming. One look into his hypnotic eyes had Penelope in his spell.
9th
The prince took her as his wife and they lived happily ever after.

35. Digital Flat Plans

41. Close up of Penelope's face, when she has been put
under a spell