Digital graphic narrative

1. Digital Graphic
Narrative
Roberta Haslam

2. Shape Task

3. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
I like the orange beak of the duck because it made the
duck look interesting.
What would you improve if you did it again?
I would have made the tail more fluffy to make it similar
to the original picture.

4. Rotoscope
Hair using
polygonal lasso
tool
Hair using
highlight
and shadow

5. Rotoscope
I liked Federer’s hair using the highlight and shadow because it was
more similar to the original picture and it made his hair look even.
I would have improved the highlights in his hair showing the different
shades of brown.

6. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
I liked the Nike on Federer’s t-shirt because it is a
recognized tennis brand.
What would you improve if you did it again?
I would have put more lines and used different
techniques for the t-shirt collar.

7. Narrative Environment

8. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
I liked the view of the city in a sunset background.
What would you improve if you did it again?
I would have improved the building structure by adding
more complex shapes.

9. Text Based

10. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
I liked how my name looked with the pattern because it
looks more creative. The font style also stands out more.
What would you improve if you did it again?
I would have improved the font by using the VA tool.

11. Text Based

12. Page Narrative
What did you like about your image?
I liked the boxing gloves.
What would you improve if you did it again?
I would have improved the background using the hue
and saturation tool.

13. Comic Book

14. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
I liked the way Jaden Smith was balanced outwards,
with his arms in a defence position on the railing because
it showed his strength of character.
What would you improve if you did it again?
I would have improved the building background to make
it more effective.

15. Comic Book

16. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
I liked how serious Angelina’s face is as she held the gun.
What would you improve if you did it again?
I would have improved the colour and texture of Angelina's hair by
using highlight and shadows.

17. Photo Story

18. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
I liked the speech bubbles because it made my photo
story look mysterious and interesting.
What would you improve if you did it again?
I would have improved the magnifying glass with the key
using rotoscope tool.

19. Illustration- A Cinderella Story

20. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
I liked how magnificent Cinderella’s dress looked on her.
What would you improve if you did it again?
I would have improved the coach by using brighter
colours and I would have outlined the drawing darker.

21. A Cinderella Story
 I picked A Cinderella Story as my illustration because you can
understand the concept easily by the graphics.
 This book is from Disney which shows children’s fairy tales.
 The godmother changes the pumpkin into a coach and
Cinderella’s cloth rags into a magnificent ball gown. These
fantasies make the child be in awe and admiration of the main
character.
 The story has a powerful, visual imagery which would appeal to
any child.
 This particular story is good for a mother-daughter to read
together because the illustrations would entice the child to want
to hear/read the story.
 Illustrations are often used to convey the theme/mood of the story.

22. Initial Ideas

23. Idea Generation
Characters Setting
 Farm
yard
 On
bleak
marsh
 Old
woman’
s
cottage
Ugly duckling (becomes swan)
Self- conscious
Sad and lonely
Mother duck
Protective of her ducklings
Disowns the UGLY duckling
Ducks
Mean to the UGLY duckling
Called the duckling names and bullied him

24. Idea Generation
Farmer
Kind to rescue duckling
Ungrateful because rejected the bird
The Ugly Duckling

25. Idea Generation
Plot
Problem: The duckling was teased about his UGLY appearance.
Solution: He turned into beautiful swan.
Problem: He was disliked everywhere he went. He didn’t know
where to make his habitat home.
Sol: When he turned into a swan, he was welcomed by them.
Seasons
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Spring
Timeline
Backstory:
 The ugly duckling was last to hatch.
 Ugly duckling almost died.
Main story:
 He got teased.
 Turns into SWAN.
Not shown:
 How children was “interacting” with duckling.
 Where the swans were flying to (destination).

26. Idea Generation

27. Mood board of chosen idea

28. Proposal
Dimensions
Eight pages are in the book overall. A5 is the size of the page.
Export Format
JPEG
Advantages:
o Most photographs and web images will be jpeg.
o Very universal- a recognised standard format that is used by
everybody.
Disadvantages: It is not the highest quality image you can get because
you can lose information due to compression

29. Proposal
Story Overview
The mother duck lays eggs. All of them hatch, except for one.
The mother notices that this particular egg is bigger than the
rest. When the egg is finally cracked open, she is puzzled by
the fact that this UGLY creature is hers.
She compares and contrasts The Ugly Duckling to her
beloved ducklings. As a mother she is protective of this
particular duckling, as she sees him being shunned by the
others.
The ugly duckling couldn’t cope with all these hardships, so
he went his own way. After a few months, you find out he has
changed into a beautiful swan.
His actions show how daring and hopeful he is, no matter the
circumstance. His change of heart and physical appearance
has allowed him to fly home to his mother.

30. Production Methods
The methods I am using are:
• Rotoscoping
• Shape warping
• Illustration
• Photography
Rotoscoping- I would use this method mostly because it helps to outline
the characters as well as the art style.
Shape warping-Helps to distort the image to make it look similar to the
original picture.
Illustration- To show the physical appearance and transformation of the
ugly duckling turned into a beautiful swan. It is best to draw and colour
these visual images by hand, because it helps to give a realistic effect to
the reader.
Photography- I would use photography to help capture the animals. Then
edit the images in Photoshop. I would also pay special attention to the
ducks’ faces because it helps to convey the mood and theme .

31. Deadline
November 6th
,2015
Audience
My story is for children aged 3-7. The reason I selected this age group
for my book is because the reader would be more drawn to the
images and have more knowledge about animals in their
environment. The The Ugly Duckling is for males and females.
There is a moral behind this story which allows adults to easily convey
to young children.
Reference audience appeal-The duckling is rejected by the other
ducklings because he is UGLY. Then he turns in to a beautiful swan
and is finally accepted by the other swans. Joy and acceptance is
revealed in the end.
Throughout the book, emotional appeal is showed through images
and strong descriptive language.
This emotional appeal is more likely to attract a female audience but
the fact that the duckling is male, would help to attract a male
audience.

32. What are the strengths of the proposal? What areas of the proposal need further work?
The strengths of the proposal is that it is very
informative and explains every detail. It gives you a
clear view of what you are going to use and why
you may us it.
In the production methods you could explain in
more detail about why you are using these certain
aspects. You could explain more about the story
and go into more depth. You could explain where
the audience will come from and what hobbies that
people reading the book are into.
What are the strengths of the idea generation? What areas of idea generation could have been
further developed?
In the mood board you show a wide variety of types
of ducks you are going to use. You explain what
exactly you are going to use within the mind map.
In the mind map you have just stated what you are
going to use and not said any other possibilities.

33. What are the strengths of the proposal? What areas of the proposal need further work?
You have described well the different advantages
and disadvantages of the format that you are using.
Well done
I could not find a story overview.
What are the strengths of the idea generation? What areas of idea generation could have been
further developed?
You have a clear understanding of the target
audience you are working with and what production
methods that you are using to create the story.
You could talk about whether the images you create
will follow a certain art style and whether that would
work with the target audience.

34. What are the strengths of the proposal? What areas of the proposal need further work?
Your proposal contains a very good, detailed look
into how you will achieve your book, and how
different methods could be used.
A brief look at the story of your book could be
added.
What are the strengths of the idea generation? What areas of idea generation could have been
further developed?
The idea generation shows a good look into how
you will achieve your book, and what steps you
must take in order to do this.
More in-depth information could be added, such as,
why you picked the ugly duckling story.

35. Feedback Summary
Sum up your feedback.
The feedback I got was great overall. A few areas of my work can be
developed further. Example, mind map.
Which parts of your feedback do you agree with and why?
I agree with the feedback for the proposal mostly because I explained in
detail.
I agree that I should do a story outline because I missed it.
I also agree that more information could be included about my choice of
story.
Which parts of your feedback do you disagree with and why?
I disagree about the hobbies because that isn’t necessary.

36. Original Script
It is a beautiful summer day. The sun shines warmly on an old house near
a river. Behind the house a mother duck is sitting on ten eggs. "Tchick."
One by one all the eggs break open.
All except one. This one is the biggest egg of all.
Mother duck sits and sits on the big egg. At last it breaks open, "Tchick,
tchick!"
Out jumps the last baby duck. It looks big and strong. It is grey and ugly.
The next day mother duck takes all her little ducks to the river. She jumps
into it. All her baby ducks jump in. The big ugly duckling jumps in too.
They all swim and play together. The ugly duckling swims better than all
the other ducklings.
- Quack, quack! Come with me to the farm yard! - says mother duck to
her baby ducks and they all follow her there.

37. Original Script
The farm yard is very noisy. The poor duckling is so unhappy there. The
hens peck him, the rooster flies at him, the ducks bite him, the farmer kicks
him.
At last one day he runs away. He comes to a river. He sees many
beautiful big birds swimming there. Their feathers are so white, their necks
so long, their wings so pretty. The little duckling looks and looks at them.
He wants to be with them. He wants to stay and watch them. He knows
they are swans. Oh, how he wants to be beautiful like them.
Now it is winter. Everything is white with snow. The river is covered with ice.
The ugly duckling is very cold and unhappy.
Spring comes once again. The sun shines warmly. Everything is fresh and
green.
One morning the ugly duckling sees the beautiful swans again. He knows
them. He wants so much to swim with them in the river. But he is afraid of
them. He wants to die. So he runs into the river. He looks into the water.
There in the water he sees a beautiful swan. It is he! He is no more an ugly
duckling. He is a beautiful white swan.
http://www.worldstory.net/en/stories/the_ugly_duckling.html

38. Final Script
Page 1- During the summer, the mother duck waited expectantly on her
five eggs in her nest on the shady bank.
Page 2- When the last egg finally hatched.
All the eggs hatched except for one
Page 3- The mother duck was surprised to see… such an ugly duckling.
The UGLY duckling caused a stir as soon as he was born. The mother duck
was so surprised about her extraordinary duckling’s appearance. She
treated THE UGLY DUCKLING as an alien creature that did not exist.
Page 4- “You’re the ugliest duckling we have ever laid eyes on,” quacked
the wild ducks. “Are you a duck?” said the cockerel.
Page 5- The duckling soon got tired of all the remarks made about his
appearance. He got very sad as he realized he was indeed different to
the other ducklings. He ran away because he wasn’t happy there.

39. Final Script
Page 6- As the seasons changed, time went by.
Page 7- The ugly duckling looked everywhere but he still could
not find food he longed for. Overtime the duck has begun to
wander in search of food.
Page 8-The lake was so frozen that the poor duckling couldn’t
break the ice.
He came across a lake. He used all his strength to break the ice…
Page 9- A farmer noticed the lifeless bird.
A farmer was hurrying past the lake to get back to his house in
time for dinner, when he noticed the lifeless bird.

40. Final Script
Page 10- He noticed his wings were badly damaged. He took
him home to see what could can be done to save him.
Page 11- The ugly duckling thanked the farmer and waddled off
back to see his mother. Duck turns into swan. He returned home to
see his mum.
Page 12- But when he arrived his mother didn’t recognize him
because the once ugly duckling had turned into the most
beautiful swan!

41. Digital Flat Plans

42. Digital Flat Plans