3. Evaluation
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This quality of work I have produced isn’t very high. This could be due to the fact of
the camera I used, the setting & the time I had to take the photos in. If I had more
time, digital photography would be of a higher quality.
The speed of taking photographs is fast, but getting the right shot & setting up an
appropriate background can take quite a lot of time. It is faster, however, than
illustration. Photography comes in to use with the other two methods I looked at (
comic book effects & rotoscoping.)
Digital photography is used a lot in everyday life & in industry. It can be used in
children's books, but you very rarely find just photography in a graphic novel.
Digital photography is not appropriate for my audience, as I want to produce a
graphic novel. But I will be using comic book effects & possibly rotoscoping on
images I will be taking, so it is useful.
Resources required to take a photo is basically a camera. You can alter the image in
post-production with software such as Photoshop.
5. Evaluation
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Using illustration can produce a a high quality piece of work, depending on whether
you have the skill to do it or not. You can create an illustration using different
mediums such as pencil, colouring pencils (which is what I used), pens, ink, water
colour to name a few.
The speed of production is slow, depending on the medium you are using & what
you are trying to produce. The work I produced did not take as much time as some
of the other methods I looked at (rotoscoping).
Similar products can be found in children's books. Illustrations are used to help tell
the story & are also quite minimalist & simple. Graphic novels used to be drawn out
by hand, which would count as illustrations. They have moved away from this now
(y hand), they use computers now to do this.
They would be appropriate for a children's audience (especially the one I produced).
I feel like they would be inappropriate for a graphic novels audience as they would
expect more due to the genre being of very high quality work.
Recourses required to do this work include the medium you want to use (stated in
first paragraph) & paper/another material. You will also have to get your work
transferred onto a computer using a scanner.
7. Evaluation
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Using methods such as the the cut out & palette knife filter gallery tools, along side
the threshold tool you have the ability to overlay both layers and produce a high
quality piece of work that looks similar to the comic book products already out there.
I can produce such work pretty fast & the continue to speed up as I continue to use
such tools. The first photo used the cut out filter which I think would looks more &
gives more of an effect of a comic book, compared to the palette knife filter which
gave a more life like cartoon effect. Either would be useful depending on what you
were doing. The threshold tool was useful for both.
These tools I used are not the same used by comic book producers, as they would
work from a drawing outline, although you do get a similar effect.
Although such tools work well for a possible graphic novel, it would not work so well
in a children's book.
I have decided to do a graphic novel, so these tools would work very well & look
effect for my piece of work. If it looks like a graphic novel, it should be effective for
the target audience.
Resources needed for this work is a photograph to work on top off & Photoshop.
9. Evaluation
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Using tools such as rotoscope & colour range, I have been able to reproduce Zoella
(A YouTuber). The quality of this work is quite high, compared to other methods I
have looked at. It shows specific features & shaped of her.
The speed of this production is quite slow, compared to Comic Book Effects, as you
have to rotoscope over an image. Depending on the quality you want will slow or
speed down production.
Similar products to the are t-shirt designs. You will also possibly find rotoscoping
used in children's books & also graphic novels, as the finished product does look
appropriate for both.
As I do want to produce a graphic novel, there is a faster way to do such work
(comic book effects). I will probably not use this tool unless I wanted to make
something not in the actual photograph.
Resources required to produce this work include a photograph of some description
to work on top off & Photoshop.
10. Overeall Evaluation
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I feel the experiments that I did went very well, they taught me what I can do
well, the speed I can do them in & if they will be appropriate for the graphic narrative
I want to produce. I want to produce a graphic novel of Little Red Riding Hood.
The Comic Book effects & Rotoscoping methods on digital photography would work
well as it produced similar & high quality results to an actual graphic novel. I don’t
feel like illustrations would work well with the production of a graphic novel, it is
more suited to a children’s book. It would not work well with the other methods I’ve
looked at.
I feel like I’ve mastered rotoscoping, as I have used it more than the other methods.
I think I did to practise taking digital photos in a set up setting. I could go about this
by taking more photographs in a set up. Depending on the photos, the Comic Book
effects could go either way. I’ve practised with different techniques though & feel
confident.
Overall, I feel confident in the work I am going to produce. I think I can use the
chosen methods at hand to produce a high quality graphic novel of an interpretation
of Little Red Riding Hood.
