digital graphics

Digital Graphic Narrative
Development
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Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
Something that I like about my image is how simplistic it actually is, I feel that the fact is is quite
simplistic and friendly would mean that it would fit quite well in a children's book among his
other friendly characters. Something else that I like about the image is how the nose of the mole
has been done as it looks as if it has some depth to it due to the shading and colours. Something
else that I like about this image is the background, I feel that it would be nice and appealing to
children as it sets a nice scene for the mole to be in. I also like the little bits of texture around the
mole as it adds a little bit of detail to the image.
What would you improve if you did it again?
If I was to do this image again I would try and add a bit of texture to the mole to make him look a
little bit furry and more appealing to kids. Something else which I would do to improve my image
is add more texture to the soil underneath the mole to make it look more like he is coming out of
the mole hill. Something else I would do to to improve this image is try and make the grass look
more like grass.

Evaluation
Something that I like about this image is that it actually resembles Kanye West quite a lot.
Something else I like about this image is the colours that have been used as I feel that they all
work quite well with each other. For instance the colours in the glasses, this is not how they were
on the original image but I decided to add my own touch to the image, something else that I like
about the glasses is that they are transparent and look how glasses would look in real life.
Something else that I like about this image is the little about of shading that I have used, as this
image is quite simplistic I feel that if I added too much shading to the face it would take away
from the simplistic nature of the image, but I feel I have shaded it just enough to bring out the
features in his face such as his nose.
If I were to it again I feel that I would try to add more texture to the suit and the subtle details in
that I didn’t add in when I was creating the actual image, I fell that if I was to do it again I might
try and make the image a lot more complex and add a lot more shading to the face and body.

Evaluation
I feel like this image worked out really well, the things that I like about this image is the amount of
detail that I have tried to add in on his face as I feel the amount of time that I have put into it has
paid off. Something that I like on this image the amount of shading that I have done on his face as
I feel that it brings out all his features and distinguishes depth, for instance in his eyes as it shows
the depth of them and brings them out. Something else that I like about the image I have
produced is the nose area as even though I have not drawn out the nose the shading and
shadows brings out the nose.
If I was to do this image again I think I would use the colour select tool to try and add some
definition to the hair. Something else that I would do if I were to do it again would be to try and
add a lot more shading to the shirt to try and make it look more realistic. Something else that I
would do is try to add a background to the picture as I feel this would really make the picture look
a lot better.

Evaluation
Something that I like about the text based image is that it has showed me how or how not to use
text in my book. An image here that I like is the one on the bottom left as I feel that it looks quite
interesting and different to normal text as it has a picture in the middle of it and you do not see
this often. Something else that I liked about my images on the right is that it showed me the
variation that you can have in your text, all though are visually not very nice I like how this could
be used to convey certain moods in my book, such as making a word sharp or smooth.
Something that I would try and improve if I did this again is the pieces of text on the right as I feel
a lot more work could have gone into them to make them look nicer. For instance putting
continuous patterns inside the letters to create almost an optical illusion.

Evaluation
Something that I like about my images is that they all retain a lot of the pictures original features
but look very cartoony at the same time. An image that I like out of the set of 3 in particular is the
one on the right from Saving Private Ryan, the reason that I like this one the most is because it is
the most abstract but still retains a lot of its original features and has a sense of depth due to the
shadows that I enhanced using the threshold. Something I like about the top image is that it still
looks very realistic and the changes are quite subtle, the reason for this is the threshold as it has
recovered a lot of the features that were lost such as the eyes and the definition in the hair when
I put the cut out filter over the original image.
If I was to do it again I think I would try and experiment a lot more with it, for instance I would try
going very abstract so that not a lot of the edges were definable, but I would try and make it so
you still understood what the image was. Something else which I would try and do is play around
with the colours a lot more, for instance changing the hue and saturation to try and make the
images look a lot more comic book like.

Comic Book
This is a more experimental image that I did
after I produced my initial 3, I have tried to go
for a more abstract look with this one

Evaluation
What did you like about your images?
Something that I like about my images is that the all look quite natural as they are all out in the
nature and there is a lot of green. Something else that I like about my images is that in the one on
the right I have included a charter, this character could be a character like a troll or something
coming out of his hole. Some other things that I like about my images is that they all seem to
follow the trends of old story books as back in the old times in old folk tales a lot of the stories
would take place outside on on journeys through woods or on the way through the countryside.
But I do not believe that this would be a good method for illustrating story books as a lot of story
books are set in olden times and it would be difficult to find a location that would represent this.
If I were to take these images again I would try to go to a different location as I was quite limited
as to where I could take pictures as we had to stay in college, I would try to find areas which
would represent story book area a bit more true to the stories. So try and find areas which look
as if they were set a while ago.

Evaluation
Something that I like about my image is that it actually represents the character which I was
trying to draw which is good because I am not very good at drawing at all. Something else that I
like about my Image is that it shows me that this is not a good method to use to illustrate my
children's book as I cannot draw very well and it looks as if my other methods of illustrating my
children's will work better than this one. The reason I like this as it saves me a lot of time and
shows me what is good to do and what is not good to do.
Something that I would try and improve if I did it again was use a pencil, the reason I did not use
on is because I couldn’t find one and all I had was a black pen. Something else that I would do to
try and improve this image is add colour as I feel this would make the picture look a lot better
and less simple, the reason I didn’t add colour is because I did not have any colouring pencils
available to me at home.

Mood board of inspiration - characters
This slide contains ideas for characters in my children's
story book with the main emphasis being on the loaf of
bread and this is going to be the main character in my
story. Everything else is characters which the bread could
meet in his travels. Ways that I could produce these
charters as they are very simple is I could use the shape
method as this will give them a nice friendly cartoony feel.
I feel like I could use a mix of the 3rd image on the top
mixed with the 4th and 1st to create a nice main character
giving it anthropomorphic features.

Mood board of inspiration - Settings
These are some examples of settings that I could use in my story
book, the first few images are what the kitchen inside the house
could look like, very cartoony with bright features.
The other images that I have included are settings for outside the
house, for instance the settings that the bread goes on on his
adventures. He would go through the forest meeting some other
characters on his way like the bird or the dog.

Mood board of inspiration - Text
These are some examples of some fonts that I
could use inside of my children's book, I have
used the text The Ginger Bread Man as this is the
story that I am basing my book around. The
reason I have decided to choose these fonts is
because they are serif which is proven to be
easier to read for children as the words have
leading lines on them to the next letters. I want
to keep it nice and basic as this will follow the
trends of children's book that have been made in
the past. Something that I may do with the text is
reduce the tracking so that some of the letters
are a little bit closer together, but no too close as
so it makes it harder to read. The text which I like
the most and I think I may use for my book is
Linux Libertine as it looks nice and is very easy to
read.
The bottom two fonts are fonts which I think I
may use for the front cover as these look like
they could be quite appealing to children due to
the cartoon nature of the fonts. I also feel that
they would fit well due to the cartoon nature of
my book.

Proposal
Dimensions
The number of pages I am aiming to include is 10-12 pages. The page dimensions I wish to work with is: Height 20cm
and width 15cm.
Story Overview
I plan for my story to be a take on the ginger bread man, about a loaf of bread which is in the
process of being made in the bread maker but it escapes before it can get eaten. The loaf of bread
goes on a wild adventure through the country side, meeting a lot of other characters such as birds
and ducks and a friendly dog. He explores all of his new surroundings as much as he can, with
some of the animals trying to peck at him but he bargains with them and runs away. Once he has
had enough and taken in all of his surroundings he then returns home and gets back in the bread
maker as he likes it because its nice and warm. Later to be turned into toast. I want this book to
teach a lesson to children about going out and exploring as you can meet some interesting people
and not to just stay inside wasting time.
Export Format
PDF (Portable Document Format)
Advantages: Makes it easier to compress and send large files. These files are very easy to create and can be secured by a pass code.
Disadvantages:Not supported on all operating systems such as Linux and Unix. These files are not always integrated into web pages, you need to
have a plug-in which allows you to read the files.

Deadline
20th of March 2015
Audience
The age range which I am looking to produce my book for is children from the ages
of 3-5. I will try and create it as a gender neutral book suitable for male and female
audience members to try and cater for everyone. The Social group that I will aim my
book at is the people in the ABC1 social category as these people can afford extra
luxuries for their children such as story books. The geodemographic that I would be
aiming my book at would be any English speaking country, such as the UK, America,
Canada, Australia etc. Mainly aimed at the UK with the English spelling of words
Production Methods
To produce my pages I am going to use a range of methods. For instance to produce my characters I wish to
use some of the techniques which we have been taught, finding inspiration for my characters from already
existing pictures that I have found on the internet or in other story books and adapting them in a way which
makes it may own. One of the techniques which I may use is the shape method as I feel this creates nice and
simple cartoon looking characters which are nice and simple for children as you can see above in the power
point it is good for creating small simple animals, and a few of these feature in my book. Another technique
which I could use is rotoscoping for some more advanced characters such as the owner of the house or a
pair of hands handling the loaf of bread. I feel for the backgrounds I will try and find an already existing
background and then add my own touches to it in Photoshop. Once I have done that I will use the cut-out
filter technique to create nice and basic cartoon looking background which fit well with the characters

What are the strengths of the proposal? What areas of the proposal need further work?
-He has a good idea of who his target audience is and gives
good detail.
-I think he has a good idea of the production methods he is
going to use and explains in detail how and why he is going
to use them.
-Nice detailed story that is simple and easy to read.
- Could add some more advantages and disadvantages of a
PDF file to expand on the file a bit more.
What are the strengths of the idea generation? What areas of idea generation could have been further
developed?
-He has researched different ideas for his story and has
created a detailed mind map about his main story and what
other stories like his are like.
-Has a wide range of images on his mood board giving him
different ideas which he could maybe put together to make
something unique.
-He has a good idea of what will be included in the book
which has been given in detail.
-Could explain why he chose the fonts he chose and what
he would use them for if he did use them.

I like that you have chosen to do your own version
of a old popular story for kids because if the original
is told too many times it becomes boring.
I also like the way you have decided to give your
characters cartoony anthropomorphic features as it
then become more entertaining to the reader
Maybe consider how many lines of the story you
are going to put on each page in page dimensions
as it would affect what you would have as your
illustrations on that particular page.
What are the strengths of the idea generation? What areas of idea generation could have been
further developed?
I like that you have used modern setting for you
kitchen scenes but given the outside what seems to
be a fantasy rural setting.
The mind maps are very detailed to help
understand where you are going with the story
You could put more detail into the characters that
the loaf of bread will meet along the way and how
they relate to people personality wise that the
reader may meet in real life.

Advanced well thought out response to both
production and target audience. I also like the
Parody storyline because you can venture a
different approach to it than if you were following
the original story exactly.
You have talked about your product dimensions but
is there a specific reason to why you chose them?
And perhaps you could talk more about the words
on the page. Where are the words going to be?
How many lines are you going to have per page?
What are the strengths of the idea generation? What areas of idea generation could have been
further developed?
Clear thought out ideas, the mind maps shows your
thought process and the stories you have talked
about but not going with you have mentioned you
might intertwined them with your story.
Are the characters in the your story going to be
friends of your character, or are they going to want
to eat him? I know the dog is friendly, but what
about the duck, and the bird?

Feedback Summary
Sum up your feedback.
General trends in my feedback show that I have out a lot of detail into my idea
generation but certain aspects of the proposal need a bit of work.
Which parts of your feedback do you agree with and why?
I agree with the parts of my feedback which say I need to add a little bit more to my
proposal as there are parts which when I was going round peer marking I thought I
would need to add into my work. I also agree with having to add a few more
explanations on my text page.
Which parts of your feedback do you disagree with and why?

Original Script
Once upon a time there was a little old woman and a little old man. The little old woman thought she'd make a
gingerbread man. She rolled out the dough, and cut out the shape, and she put raisins for his eyes, and
peppermints for his teeth, and put icing on his head for the hair. Then she put him in the oven, and when it
smelled good, she opened up the door to take a peek and
--- Yooop!---
out jumped the gingerbread man.
"Stop! Stop, little gingerbread man!" said the little old lady. "I want to eat you!"
"No!" said the little gingerbread man. "I can run away from you!"
"Run, run, fast as you can!
Can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!"
And away he ran!
He ran till he got outside, where he saw the little old man. And the little old man said, "Stop! Stop little
gingerbread man! I want to eat you!"
And the little gingerbread man said: "NO! I ran away from the little old woman, and I can run away from you too!
Run, run, fast as you can!
and away he ran!

• He ran till he came to the pigsty. And the pig said
"(Oink Oink)-- Stop! Stop little gingerbread man! I want to eat you!"
But the gingerbread man said, "NO! I ran away from the little old woman, I ran away from the little old man, and I can run away from you too!
and away he ran!
He ran till he came to a house. And in front of the house was a dog. And the dog said, "STOP! Stop stop stop stop stoooooooooop! Little gingerbread man! I want to eat you!"
But the gingerbread man said, "NO! I ran away from the little old woman, and the little old man, and a pig, and I can run away from you too!"
and away he ran!
He ran till he came to a field full of cows. And the cows said,
"Mooooo! Stoooooooop! Stoooooooop little gingerbread man. We want to eat you!"
But the gingerbread man said, "NO! I ran away from the little old woman, I ran away from the little old man, and a pig, and a dog, and I can run away from you too!
and away he ran!
He ran till he came to a river. And next to the river was a fox. The fox said, "Hello little gingerbread man."
The gingerbread man said, "HELLO! I ran away from the little old woman, I ran away from the little old man, and a pig, and some cows, and I can run away from you too!
"But," said the fox, "I never run. And I don't want to eat you!"
The gingerbread man said
The fox said, "Run all you want, I'm not going to chase you. But-- I would like to ask you a question."
The gingerbread man said, "What?"
The fox said, "How do figure you're going to get across that stream without getting wet? I mean, if you get wet, you'll get soggy, right?"
The gingerbread man didn't say anything, but he looked very thoughtful.
The fox said, "I've got an idea."
The gingerbread man said, "What?"
The fox said, "I'm going to swim across, right now. If you want, you can hitch a ride on my tail."
The gingerbread man said, "OK," and grabbed the fox's tail. The fox started to wade into the water.

• After a few steps, the fox said, "Oh, little gingerbread man. The water is
getting kind of deep. I'm afraid you might get wet. Why don't you climb up
onto my back?" The gingerbread man looked, and said, "Gee, the water is
getting kind of deep, ok," and he climbed up onto the fox's back.
After a few more steps, the fox said, "Oh, little gingerbread man, the water
is getting even deeper, I'm afraid you might get wet. Why don't you climb
up onto my-- neck?" The gingerbread man looked, and said, "Gee the
water is getting kind of deep, ok," and he climbed up onto the fox's neck.
up onto my-- head?" The gingerbread man looked, and said, "Gee the
water is getting kind of deep, ok," and he climbed up onto the fox's head.
up onto my-- nose?" The gingerbread man looked, and said, "Gee the
water is getting kind of deep, ok," and he climbed up onto the fox's nose.
And the fox went-- SHLLLURP!-- and that was the end of the gingerbread
man.
• http://www.folktale.net/GBman.html

Final Script
Page 1: Once upon a time there was an old lady who wanted to make some bread, so she put the dough in the bread
maker and got making.
Page 2: Suddenly the bread comes to life and jumps out of the bread maker, the loaf of bread man shouts at the old lady,
“Run, run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me I’m the loaf of bread man”. And runs out of the kitchen laughing.
Page 3: This is the start of the loaf of bread’s exciting adventure through the countryside, who knows what he will find. I
hope he doesn’t run into any trouble.
Page 4: The loaf of bread man comes across a little pond on his journey. He hears a shout from the pond, “Stop little loaf
of bread man, I want to eat you” cried the Duck. The loaf of bread man turned to the duck and shouted, “I’ve outrun an old
woman and I can outrun you! Run, run as fast as you can you can’t catch me I’m the loaf of bread man” shouted the load
of bread man as he escaped the duck.
Page 5: The loaf of bread man then comes across a little bird in a tree, “Stop little loaf of bread man, I want to eat you”
tweeted the bird. The loaf of bread man looked up at the little bird and shouted, “I’ve outrun an old woman, and a duck
and I can outrun you! Run, run as fast as you can you can’t catch me I’m the loaf of bread man” as he ran away.
Page 6: As the loaf of bread man had been out all day he was beginning to get tired and felt homesick, but he couldn’t
remember how to get home. This made him sad.
Page 7: A dog was walking around the countryside and came across the loaf of bread man and saw him looking upset.
“Little loaf of bread man, what is wrong?” asked the dog kindly. “I’m home sick and tired and I want to go home”
whispered the loaf of bread man. “Well get on my back, I’ll guide you home!” barked the dog. So the loaf of bread jumped
on the dogs back.
Page 8: The loaf of bread then rode the dog all the way home and loved every minute of it. “Here we are” said the dog
“Home sweet home”. The loaf of bread man thanked the dog and gave him a big hug.
Page 9: Finally, the loaf of bread man is home. He climbs back onto the kitchen side and back into the bread maker.
“Ahh, home sweet home” he mumbled.
Page 10: The end.

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