Digital Storytelling for Kids

Digital Graphic Narrative
Development
Ethan Andrews

Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
I liked the fact that it allowed me to create a animated
picture easily and quickly from a complex replica. I like
the style because while it is cartoony it is still detailed in
it’s own right.
What would you improve if you did it again?
I think I would go for something a little more complex
because while I did not have the same level of detail as
the original picture, these animations don’t contain as
much of that detail, so instead, I would like an animal that
has a pattern on it so that it is more challenging.

Evaluation
This shape task while just as basic as the last one had much
more precision. There were less gaps between different
colours and the angles had all changed. I liked the extra detail,
not that there was more difference to than the last one, but
there was more to do in a smaller space, such as the claws,
paws and mouth.
I would like try a insect or a less rounded animal/creature
because it will be more challenging and cause new skills to be
brought up. Because both the elephant and panda I can easily
use the eclipse tool for most of the things I am creating. So
with something a bit more sleek and thin would be a good
challenge.

Evaluation
I like how everything is more precise than using shapes
and using the colour range tool it opened up more
possibilities for detail and design of the character itself.
This one was still a basic design using the Character
Groot. And it allowed more structure into the design
itself.
I would like to do a person who has more shading or
colour differential so that I can use it to have a even more
detailed person/character. I think the best idea is to have
a person that is wearing something simple so I can focus
on the detail on the face.

Evaluation
I liked the high level of detail that I could replicate both
with things like the shading of his suit shirt tie and face
but also with doing minute details like the eyelashes. I
thought that the colour range tool was really useful in the
creation of his suit, facial hair or any other little details
that were hard to do manually.
I would like to have a background with the person as well.
This would give the design better perspective and allow
me to create entire scenarios, whether they be
recreations or completely new designs.

Evaluation
I like the overlays and changes that can be taken away or
applied to an image or in this case a word. It is a useful
technique to use in any environment, whether it just be for
my children's book or for a future logo or design for me or
another company.
I would like to try a different font to see if any other
techniques work better with different fonts. I shouldn’t be
limited to words and phrases that are local to me, It would be
better that I use more adventurous words. Plus I could use
common association in this technique, using a picture that
helps explain the word it is in.

Evaluation
I really like the style that this has presented because it ca
make a very realistic detailed picture a lot more basic or comic
book like, which is exactly what I want for my Child’s book, but
I am still not sure whether I will use it for my book. I like the
fact that simply giving everything hard edges changes it to
look like such a different style.
All of my comic book style images are fairly detailed it would
be nice to try having a more basic and abstract version.
Something more along the lines of the ‘AVENGE’ poster, it
would just make a simple object or scene have a bit more
attitude and depth.

Evaluation
A lot of the images are good for children because they are
showing something fun, like two friends jumping in the
air together. And simple background objects like cars will
be useful to make look more like a cartoon for possible
designs in my actual story.
I would like to have a different change of setting and
environment. I think I will overexpose the images to make
them look brighter and child friendly as subliminal
messages will always be passed through the images I
could use.

Evaluation
I like the structure that came to the images giving clear points
and sides. And in the fist design I like the smoothness of the
curves and the sleekness it produces. It would make it easier,
as any ideas that I have sketched and that I really like, rather
than spending hours trying to recreate it on the computer, I
can just scan it in, and refine it on Photoshop.
I would like to have the colour in blocks, with perhaps a little
shading, I don’t like the fact that it is patchy and thin. I would
make sure that the drawing itself was a bit better done, as
there a few bumps and curves in lines that should be straight
and thick.

Idea Generation
This is so it can be easily
transported in a bag or car but it is
large enough for a child to clearly
see or find.
I will use the shape tool for the main and
more significant characters. For detail on
things like there clothes I might use Rotor-
scoping and the backgrounds will be a
mixture of shapes and Colour range tools.
The main colours I intend to use are brown, blue,
green and grey, I will use different shades of these
colours For shading and general background
settings.
A large collection of fables and lessons That are
more well known by older generations of this
era.
I think the actual size of the text should be Around
12-18 Because this will be big enough for a child too
see but not too large so that it dominates a entire
page.
Text size:
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
The age range for the original
story would be around 7-12 year
olds because of the lack of
pictures the slightly graphic detail
and unhappy ending involving the
boys death. But since I am doing a
book for 2-5 year olds, I will have
to include much less words, more
pictures and a relatively happy
ending. This will be more suitable.
Possible text styles
Calibri
Arial
Chalkboard
Comic sans
Didot
Hobo Std

Mood board of chosen idea
The Boy:
I need some
good ideas and
designs for the
boy as he is
the main
character of
my whole
story. I think I
am going to
make him a bit
more medieval
and less
modern, so
perhaps not
dungarees but
a robe or
peasant
clothing. I still
think I will
keep him as a
boy rather
than a older
person and I
am going to
have him
relatively
cartoony, with
big eyes a
strange shaped
head and
maybe a staff.

The Animals:
I would like to
keep the
animals fairly
basic, perhaps
giving the wolf a
bit more detail.
The wolf will
have
anthropomorph
ic properties
and I like the sly
look that these
images give, so I
will try to
replicate them
in my work. I
wont have it
massacring the
sheep so I might
give him a
rucksack to take
the sheep away
in. The sheep
will be quite
basic like these
ones. I might
even rid them
of facial
features but It
may be that
they need them
to be more
realistic.

These are my
ideas of text. The
more
adventurous ones
might not be
good for the
wording but if it
was large for the
front cover they
could be a good
accompaniment
to the book. The
others are
already clear and
easy to read but
give a bit more
attitude or
personality to the
book. I might use
one as the font in
the book so that
it isn’t just plain
and simple, but
simple and
different.

The Villagers:
Again like the boy I
think I am going to
have them also in a
medieval set up. I
will give them a
fairly friendly look
about them, but I
will have to give
them surprised and
stern faces when
they realize that the
boy had lied to
them. I will give
them props like
pitchforks and
spades and give
them a cross
between these two
clothing's. I don’t
want to make them
to mean or dark for
two reasons, firstly
of all this is a
children's book and
it needs to be
suitable and
secondly they are
the good people in
this story and it’s
the boy who tricked
them.

Proposal
Dimensions
I plan to do around 10-12 pages in my book. The page size will be 25cm x 1.2cm x 20cm. The pages will have
rounded edges to make the book safer, and they will be fairly thick to reduce the chance of paper cut and make it
easier for the child to turn the pages.
Story Overview
There was once a boy who lived in a small village out in the countryside. He worked as a Sheppard, so he watched
over a flock of sheep to make sure none of them got lost or eaten by a wolf. After a few weeks of working as a
Sheppard, the boy started to get bored. He decided to play a game. One day, he screamed, "Wolf! Wolf!", so that all
the people in the village would think a big, bad wolf had come to eat all the sheep. All the villagers came running to
try to chase off the wolf, but really, there was no wolf. The boy thought this was very funny, so the very next day, he
did the same thing. This time, the villagers started to get angry. This only made the boy laugh harder. On the next
day, the boy was watching his sheep when suddenly, a wolf appeared! "Wolf!, Wolf!" he cried. But no one came.
They thought he was playing his mean joke again. The wolf ate all up the sheep. That day, the boy learned a very
important lesson. He learned that you should never lie because if you do, then people won't believe you even when
you tell the truth.
Export Format
PDF
Advantages: PDF files are very quickly and easily created, also they are very safe because of security measures. You
can compact and compress large files which makes the files a lot easier to send and scan over.
Disadvantages: However PDF files are extremely difficult to edit, and there are various types of PDF and the way
you input information in them can vary.

Deadline
20th of March 2015
Audience
My audience is 2-5 year olds, as the wordings of my book will be simple for those
that are just starting to read. The story will be unisex to give me a larger target
market. There won’t be any specific class that it is set to because this will again give
me a larger market and reduce the chance of discrimination.
Production Methods
I will design the pages on Photoshop. The tools I will use will be a mixture of shape
tools and Rotor-scoping on the main characters. For the Backgrounds I intend to use
A mixture of shapes and colour range, this will give me a slightly more advanced
look while still keeping all of the colours on my pages block colours. This is because
it will be simple for developing brains to see and understand and the objects and
characters will be easy to draw if the children that read this book want to draw their
favourite character.

What are the strengths of the proposal? What areas of the proposal need further work?
Plenty of information and the way you have laid
things out is really nice. I also really enjoy the use
of the boy who cried wolf as your main story, this is
a really nice story to use.
It’s hard to find a downside to your work and I am
also terrible at finding things wrong with people’s
work. You used plenty of information and it seems
to be summed up very well so I will have to say well
done on that one. All I could say was, give your
storyline a new lease of life. You don’t want to go
word for word the same as the original storyline,
maybe add in a wise cracking wolf who looks like
he’s a straight up 1920’s gangster running from the
police for bootlegging moonshine to under agers.
What are the strengths of the idea generation? What areas of idea generation could have been
further developed?
I like the fact that you have done plenty of
information on the side of your mood boards
summing up why you would use these illustrations
within your work. I also like the fact you have a
range of real life and cartoon illustrations within
your mood board.
I noticed you said that you were going to make the
boy character strange with a huge head and
massive eyes, I feel you should stick to normal
kinds of people as you want kids growing up with
the idea that people look normal and not have huge
heads.

-There is a very detailed production method
showing he has thought about what he wants to do
production wise and knows roughly what he would
like to do.
-Very detailed and simple story which will make it
easier to read for his target audience.
-For his target audience, he could look into it more
by thinking about what country it is mainly for and if
there could be other countries that would buy the
book.
-Could add some more advantages and
disadvantages to the PDF to show he has given a
range of what good and bad things PDF files have
about them.
further developed?
-Very detailed mind maps showing a good
understanding of what he researched and what he
would like his book to be like.
-A lot of research has gone into the characters that
will be involved in the book.
-Could also look at scenery for the book to create a
wider range of research.
- I think there is too much detail ion the mind maps
that I find myself not reading a lot of it.

The proposal includes lots of information that
describe the production techniques, storyline and
target audience in detail. This will be great to refer
back to later on.
The book is pretty thick for just 12 pages isn’t it?
I’m obviously struggling to find something wrong
with this proposal…but that’s 1mm per page, that’s
thick…I think.
further developed?
Loads of information included, this will be very
useful when referring back to the ideas during the
production of the book. The inclusion of text sizes
and fonts in the mind map is also great as it shows
the actual preferred fonts and sizes to visually
choose from.
The idea generation could maybe include the
educational advantages of the book.

Feedback Summary
Sum up your feedback.
I have a high level of detail and well thought out designs and story. Consider the style of
characters and backgrounds in the book. Maybe the page size is a bit to think. What
about educational advantages?
Which parts of your feedback do you agree with and why?
I agree that my wolf should have a classic bad guy vibe about him in a way that portrays
his sneakiness. However it still needs to be unthreatening as this book is for little
children, and I don’t want anything with horrific gore and detail in it.
Which parts of your feedback do you disagree with and why?
I think that he page size is appropriate for this book because it makes it more durable
when young children will be using it, and there is less chance of paper cuts. While I can
understand the worry with the proportions of my characters, they are only going to be
slightly exaggerated and not ridiculously un-proportionate.

Original Script
There once was a shepherd boy who was bored as he sat on the hillside watching the village sheep.
To amuse himself he took a great breath and sang out, "Wolf! Wolf! The Wolf is chasing the sheep!"
The villagers came running up the hill to help the boy drive the wolf away. But when they arrived at
the top of the hill, they found no wolf. The boy laughed at the sight of their angry faces.
"Don't cry 'wolf', shepherd boy," said the villagers, "when there's no wolf!" They went grumbling
back down the hill.
Later, the boy sang out again, "Wolf! Wolf! The wolf is chasing the sheep!" To his naughty delight,
he watched the villagers run up the hill to help him drive the wolf away.
When the villagers saw no wolf they sternly said, "Save your frightened song for when there is
really something wrong! Don't cry 'wolf' when there is NO wolf!"
But the boy just grinned and watched them go grumbling down the hill once more.
Later, he saw a REAL wolf prowling about his flock. Alarmed, he leaped to his feet and sang out as
loudly as he could, "Wolf! Wolf!"
But the villagers thought he was trying to fool them again, and so they didn't come.
At sunset, everyone wondered why the shepherd boy hadn't returned to the village with their
sheep. They went up the hill to find the boy. They found him weeping.
"There really was a wolf here! The flock has scattered! I cried out, "Wolf!" Why didn't you come?"
An old man tried to comfort the boy as they walked back to the village.
"We'll help you look for the lost sheep in the morning," he said, putting his arm around the youth,
"Nobody believes a liar...even when he is telling the truth!"
https://www.storyarts.org/library/aesops/stories/boy.html

Basic Script (short)
1. boy was on hill very bored
2. so he shouts wolf
3.villagers come running
4. boy finds their frustration hilarious
5. So next day he cries wolf again
6. Again the villagers run
7. boy laughs again
8. next day real wolf comes in field
9. boy cries wolf
10. Nobody comes because they think he is lying again, and wolf gets sheep
11.boy realises that nobody believes a liar, even when they tell the truth

Final Script
Page:
1. Once upon a time there was a boy, and his job was to look after all the sheep
in the field.
2. But soon he got bored. So he shouted “HELP, the wolves are coming!”
3. So the villagers ran to the field to chase the wolf away.
4. The boy laughed when the villagers realised that he had tricked them.
5. He thought it was so funny, he did the same thing the next day.
6. The villagers came to protect the sheep, and they saw they had been tricked
again.
7. The boy thought it was very funny when they started to get angry.
8. Then the next day, a real wolf was in the field.
9. So the boy shouted “Help! Help! There's a wolf in the field!”
10. But all the villagers thought it was another trick, so they didn’t come; and the
wolf chased all the sheep away.
11. It was then that the boy realised, nobody believes a lair, even when they are
telling the truth.

Final Script
Page:
1. Once upon a time there was a boy, and his job was to look after all the sheep
in the field.
2. Soon he got bored. He shouted, “HELP, the wolves are coming!”
3. The villagers grabbed some tools and ran to the field to chase the it away.
“where is the wolf?” They asked.
4. The boy laughed and the villagers realised that he had tricked them “This isn’t
funny” they said.
5. But he thought it was so funny, he did the same thing the next day.
6. The villagers came to protect the sheep, and they saw they had been tricked
again.
7. The boy thought it was very funny when they got angry and said “you won’t
fool us next time.”
8. The next day, he was sitting down and saw a real wolf was in the field.
9. The boy got up and shouted, “Help! Help! There's a wolf in the field!”
10. But all the villagers thought it was another trick, so they didn’t come; and the
wolf chased all the sheep away.
11. It was then that the boy realised, nobody believes a liar, even when they are
telling the truth.

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sheep
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village

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sheep
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village

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