The document provides a template for evaluating a graphic narrative project. It prompts the creator to summarize their work, identify strengths and areas for improvement, and reflect on how well their final product achieved their original intentions. The creator is asked to provide specific visual and written examples from their work to support their evaluation.

1. Graphic Narrative
Evaluation

2. Use this template to help you evaluate your project.
You should give specific details about your work.
You should provide both written and visual examples to explain your project.
You should find areas to praise in your work. Be specific about why you think they are
good or why you are proud of them.
You should also find areas that could be improved. Look for areas that you could make
better if you went back to them. Be specific about what you would improve.
Add additional slides as you need to. Don’t be restricted by what is here.
Any blank slides should be deleted before submission.

3. Does your final product reflect your
original intentions?
• Compare your planning/digital flat plans/ storyboards to
your final product
Before we began our final product we practised different techniques such as
rotoscoping, using a variety of shapes to create an image, warping, using different
effects to create different looks. Practising these techniques helped us know what
would be useful and work best for our final product. I used the rotascope
technique for my final images in my book as I think they make the creatures look
effective rather than using shapes to create creatures. Comparing my practice
rotascope image to my final images you can see improvements such as adding
more details and using a variety of different colours to make the images look more
realistic and using different textures. As you can see in my first attempt at
rotascoping the colours I used were all very similar and had no textures or patterns
to make the photo look more realistic and creative, where as my final image I
rotascoped has textures and different shades of colours, for example the water, to
make the photo look more realistic. My plan of how I wanted my story to go went
well and I didn’t make any huge changes, as I kept the moral of the story the same
and used the idea of only having two main characters. However I said in my
production methods that I wouldn’t use too many sentences in my book, however
on a few of my pages I included a lot more sentences than I thought I would.

4. How well have you constructed your
images?
I think that overall I have constructed my images well as I tried to include lots of detail, especially on the
creatures such as the Loch Ness monster as its in every page and it takes up a lot of space, therefor will attract
the eye. I think that my images are bright and colourful which is what should be seen in a children's book
rather than dull boring colours, as children tend to pay allot of attention to the images as that’s how they
visualise the story and remember it. However throughout my story the creatures all look very similar, but are
just moved around in different places, therefor to make it look like the creatures are actually moving, especially
the Loch Ness monster I will use the warping tool to make the legs look as though they are moving and not just
in the same position on each page. I think that using shading of different colours on the water makes the photo
look more effective and realistic than it would if it was one block colour of blue for example.

5. How well have you used text to anchor
your images
My text anchors well into my images as the majority of the text per page anchors/fits the image and makes it
clear as to what is happening. However I need to ensure that the text is in the same place on each page and in
the same size because otherwise it makes my images look messy in a way, therefor throughout improvements
week I will fix that and make sure that all text is in the same place on each page in the same font and size.
For example the text in this image says “All the
other creatures swim away in a hurry when they
see Nessie because of his petrifying reputation and
humongous body.” This text anchors in well with
the image as it shows very obviously a large
monster with various types of creatures swimming
away from the monster.
However the text on this page doesn’t particularly
fit in well with the image as the text is describing
how the monster feels rather than what the
monster is doing. “Nessie feels lonely and sad that
he doesn’t have any other friends in the Loch
because every time he tries to approach the other
creatures they always swim away from him. “I only
want to be your friend” Nessie whines as they swim
away in a hurry.”

6. Is your product suitable for your
audience?
In my proposal I stated that I would make ten pages 22cmx22cm and export them in PDF. The outline of my
story is that there is a monster in the Loch that all the other creatures are scared off, however Nessie (the
monster) just wants to be friends with all the creatures, so his plan throughout the story is to make the
creatures realize that he isn’t what they think. My audience was aimed at young children of any gender,
however in my proposal I wasn’t very specific as to the age, furthermore my book fits 5-10 year olds as it’s a
simple story to follow. I used a various amount of sentence length that is suitable for my targeted age to follow
and understand. I targeted both genders for my book as the storyline is suitable for both and my images used
attract both genders as the colours are what both genders like, rather than using girly colours such as pink and
purple, or boy colours like green and blue etc.

7. What do you like/dislike about the
techniques you have used?
• Reference specific tools you used with images
To create my images I used Photoshop. I took images of the internet of things such as water, sea
creatures/monsters etc and then used the rotascope tool to create them into my own ideas and manipulate
them to how I want to look.
The top image is one that I took from the internet, and the
image below is the same photograph, however I manipulated it
to how I wanted my images too look. I used the rotascope tool
to create a more cartoon like version of the loch ness monster.
I also added details such as texture to make the monster have
different colors and look more realistic rather than just a block
color.

8. I like that I used he rotascope tool on my images because it allowed me to manipulate the images from the internet
as much as I wanted and design them to how I wanted, the images from the internet were useful as a template to
help me start of my creatures. I also found that using the rotascope tool came in useful with my story because it
gives off a cartoon look but also slightly realistic, for example Crimson the turtle. Another tool I used was the
clipping mask. I used this tool on one of the other creatures, the turtle which has a variety of bright colors. I found
this tool useful and interesting to use because it makes the creature stand out more, as the other creatures I used
rotascoping on. For my background I took an image from the internet of water, I then used the tool threshold and
filter gallery to get a cartoon version of the water, I adjusted the threshold to how I wanted the water to look, faint
or bold, and how many shadows and highlights I wanted, as rotascoping the water would have taken up too much
time and would have been unnecessary. However there are faults to pick with my images. For example the first and
main thing I dislike the most about my images is the Loch ness monsters legs. Furthermore in each photo they are
the same and it doesn’t look like he is really swimming or moving, therefor to improve this I am going to use the
warping tool to adjust them and make it look as though he is really moving. Another thing I will adjust using the
warping tool is some of the creatures heads to also make them look more realistic as though they are moving.
Clipping
mask tool.

9. What do you like/dislike about how
your final product looks?
Something that I dislike about my images is that I think the background looks empty and plain, however I don’t
want to add too much detail otherwise the image looks too full and it makes it hard for the children to
understand what's going on the image and what's the most important part of the image if there were too many
things going on in one page. However I am pleased with the way my final products came out overall, as the
colors I used are bright therefor it will attract children's eye more as they prefer to look at bright and abstract
things more than dull and boring pictures.

11. Why did you include the content you
used?
• Images, fonts, effects, colours

13. What signs, symbols or codes have
your used in your work?
• Choices of colour, style, locations, character
design and tone all give additional meaning to
your work.

14. Audience Responses
Cultural competence:
Media texts require us to have a certain level of cultural understanding to
be able to interpret them.
At a basic level, this could mean being able to read the language that a
magazine is written in.
At a deeper level, it means being able to interpret signs and symbols that
we use a visual shorthand to communicate ideas.
We recognise these signs in our own culture but find it harder to
understand when looking at others.
We create and attach meaning to signs and symbols in many different
forms.
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15. Audience Responses
Cultural competence:
What is this?
This is a Norwegian Pine tree, covered in
snow and with a red ribbon on.
Our cultural understanding allows us to
interpret its meaning.
To us, in British society, it means
Christmas, presents and family.
This is because we share a cultural
knowledge.
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16. Audience Responses
Cultural competence:
There are many other signs and symbols
that we attach meaning to.
A leather jacket can imply rebellion.
A sports car can imply wealth and power.
A cross can represent religion.
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17. Audience Responses
Cultural competence:
Visual representations of everyday objects are often the same the world
over. A car appears as a car, no matter what country it appears in.
What that car means however, can be very different depending on your
cultural background.
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19. What representations can be found in
your work?
• How are men, women or children shown in
your work? Does your work feature different
ages, races, social groups or religions? Does a
lack of any variety of character types create its
own representation?

21. What style have you employed in your
products?
• Discuss influences/ existing products
• What visual style does your work have and
why did you choose it?

23. What were the strengths and weaknesses
of the pre-production and planning
• How did the planning and research help
• How well did you manage your time
• Reference specific examples

25. Historical and cultural context
• How does your work compare to what has
come before? What other similar products
have existed in the past? What current
products exist?

27. Peer Feedback
• Summarise peer feedback and discuss
– Responses you agree with
– Responses you disagree with