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Digital Graphic Narrative
Development
Samuel Woodhouse

Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
I think that the colours that I used in my images were accurate, and they
made it clear that it was a clown fish in my photo. I believe that the basic
shape of my fish was also pretty good.
What would you improve if you did it again?
To improve my image I would focus on the detail in the face, I would improve
the mouth and eyes to make them more fish like. The colours used in these
features needs adjusting and the shapes need to be changed slightly. I would
make sure that the stripes of the fish were more smooth on the edges, and I
would also improve the image as a whole by adding a background.

Evaluation
In this image I really like the colours that I picked for my penguin. I think that
they help to show what animal has actually been created. I believe that the
shape of the head in my image is great and clearly represents a penguin. I
also like how I did the claws, I think that the shape of them is very distinctive
and they stand out clearly and look like claws. The penguin looks like a
cartoon version, which is exactly what I was going for.
To improve my shape task I would reduce the drop shadow on the penguins
wings, as I think that they look separate to his body. Also I would improve the
body shape of the penguin by making him slightly slimmer and changing the
overall shape. Also, I would add a background to my image to give him an
environment to be in.

Evaluation
There were many things that I really liked about this image. I believe that the
detail of the photo was well captured by me and I think on a whole, the
image looked professional. I was very impressed by how I created the
background, as I used a gradient effect on two different shades of blue to
recreate something similar to the original image. I think that it is clear that I
have created Dexter Morgan as he clearly resembles the character.
I liked the shape effects on the hair and I made the image look fairly cartoon-
like, which was the look I was going for.
If I re-did my image I would improve it by smoothing the edges of the face
and features.
Also I would add little bits of extra detail, such as facial tones.
I would also slightly lighten the skin colour, as I think it’s a little bit too pink.

Evaluation
I really like the bed in this image. As the focal point of the entire image I’m
pleased that it is rotoscoped well. I like the colours used and I think it looks
fairly realistic. I like the different colour tones on each wall, I believe that it
makes the lighting in the room look realistic. I’m also pleased with the texture
that I used on the carpet, although it may be slightly too harsh.
I would improve many things about this image. The wooden chair would be
redone as I was not satisfied with the bottom half of it. Also, the green chair
and stool aren’t great in my opinion. So I would re-do that. Not to mention
that I was disappointed with the outcome of the window, as I think it looks
flat.

Evaluation
I liked the bottom ‘Samuel Woodhouse’ text, along with the ‘Hello’ text. I
think that both of these are clear and they stand out. They are intriguing and
bright, and are shaped in an aesthetically pleasing way.
I would use a different background other than golden oreo’s for my writing
for my name on the right. I would also experiment more with the shaping and
fonts in order to find different ways to produce words.
I would experiment with different colours when creating more words.
I would warp my letters and try and make a very good product.

Evaluation
The outline of Spider-man looks quite good, as it defines his
whole structure well. Also, some buildings right at the bottom of
the page look decent as they’re quite detailed. I like how the
colour blue is used on his legs and lower body, it helps to give
Spider-man more colour.
I dislike how the whole image is basically a dull colour that’s not
very nice to look at. As an abstract piece, the main colour should
be more interesting.There isn’t enough red on Spider-man. The
lower part of the body has the blue detail, however the upper
part of the body is dull and needs the colour red more
prominently to make him stand out from the background.
Some of the buildings are too tall.

Comic Book (Abstract Improvement)

Evaluation
I like this image, as Spider-Man himself is fairly detailed and he
doesn’t have a cartoon outline, which gives him a mysterious
touch, as his edges are very sharp. The background is fairly
abstract, but I think that this works great as a faint red colour is
used which brightens the image and this gives an impression
that New York is Spider-man’s city, as Spider-man’s man colour
is red, so it almost looks as if the whole of the city supports him.
If I was to improve this, I would attempt at adding more detail to
the building that Spider-Man is holding on to. I would do this by
doing a separate threshold for this building. I would also attempt
to brighten up his legs, as it’s too dark and needs a little more
blue.

Evaluation
I am very pleased with this image. It looks very 3D and realistic. Spider-
Man’s suit is prominent and stands out in the foreground over
everything else in the image, as the rest of the city is fairly clear, but
not too clear, this makes the viewer focus mainly on Spider-Man
himself. The detail of the pattern on Spider-Man’s suit is clear, this
looks great. You can faintly see the pole that he is holding on to, which
makes the viewer know it’s there, but it’s not clear enough to take the
viewers attention away from Spider-Man, this is very good. I like how
the image slowly fades out as the buildings get further back.
If i was to do this again I would attempt at adding a little bit more
detail to the sky, and the tallest building as they look slightly too
abstract. On the tallest building the colour is grey and dull. I would
change it to a colour more similar to the other buildings.

Evaluation
I like the photographs that I took for my Photostory. I think
they’re all clear images and the story on a whole is interesting
and easy to follow. The images all have good exposure, the first
image has a nice effect on it and the last image is edited well, so
that the viewer can clearly see the magical world that the main
character has just opened a door into.
I would add good effects to each image, to give them more of a
cartoon and comic book effect.
I would also change the colour of the background from brown as
I think it is a fairly dull and boring colour and my story is an
exciting one, so therefore it should have a vibrant, bright colour
in the background.

Evaluation
In this image I like the thick stroke around the whole image, this
helps to make all of the detail clear. I like the use of the sun in
the top right corner as it adds more detail to the image.
I would add colour to my image, as well as straightening up the
lines. I would put an outline around the bush of the tree as well,
as it kind of just looks like a tree trunk. I would add much more
detail to the grass, as it looks too plain and it could be anything,
gravel, sand etc. Therefore it needs detail, so that it is clear that
the ground is grass.

Evaluation
I was very pleased with this image. I think I used the empty
space well to create somewhere for my text to go in. I like how
the name of the film is faint, yet it still sits in front of the sun. I
also like how you can see the helicopters in the background of
the image. I was pleased with my helicopters that I rotoscoped
and I am also impressed by the vegetation at the bottom of my
image, as I think I rotoscoped them well and they’re clear and
have a good outline.
If I was doing this again, I would improve it by changing the font
and the stroke of the font. I don’t really like my text. I created a
good space to put my text, however I don’t think that I fit the
text in there very well. To my, the writing looks too squashed
together.

Mood board of inspiration
Idea’s for Jack’s
brother. Typical
good boy. Carries
around a book.
Smart. Inspiration
to young kids.
Blue eyes, Brown
hair, opposite to
Jack. Does what
he’s told.
Inspiration for Jack. Blonde hair, blue eyes, looks good, but
acts foolish really. Doesn’t know what’s good for him.
Eventually becomes overweight with no social skills, which
leads to a sad and lonely life.
Inspiration for different
angles of the Beanstalk and
different ways of creating
how it looks. A more
cartoon way (left), and a
more realistic way (right)
My inspiration for
the danger sign. Very
clear message.
Different ways in which I can
represent technology and
how it is used.

JackMy idea is to create
a modernized ‘Jack’,
so in order to do
this, I will keep the
basic’s of blonde
hair and blue eyes,
skinny young
teenager. Yet I will
change his clothes
in order to make
him seem more
current. I may
change the hat that
he sometimes
wears to either a
beanie or a cap. He
may also wear a
shirt or a hoodie
now, along with
jeans. I am basing
this character too
look like real life
actor Jack Gleeson.

Sir Alan Salt
Sir Alan Salt is the main antagonist in my book. He is
based off of the intimidating Sir Alan Sugar. He’s a
billionaire who owns a incredible amount of money
and in my book Jack ends up stealing from him.

Jack’s dog
Simple More ComplexJack’s dog will be a dog
that has bright blue
eyes. The designs on
the left are more
simple, and that’s how
I imagine my images
turning out. To achieve
this I might create a
cartoon version of real
dogs, like the two real
ones to the right.

Money/Gold
I want my money to
come out very clear. I
want to include sacks of
money in my book, just
like the ones on this
page.

Skyscraper and Lift Layout
I plan for my skyscraper to look very tall like the real
images I found, yet to look like the cartoon versions that
I found. The inside of the lift in my book should be very
similar to these two designs and I will base it off of
these.

Font
I plan on using a large Serif font, as these fonts are usually used in childrens books as
they’re fairly easily to read. The letters will be fairly spaced out, so children can see
them clearly and each line will have a bit of space between it. On each page there
won’t be much writing, however there will just be enough for the child to read without
getting bored.
Examples

Style
I plan for my book to have a cartoon layout. The
characters should all look similar as I plan to use
the skill of rotoscoping and I plan to use to the
shape tool in order to create characters, objects,
and environments. Both of these techniques
make a similar looking end product.
In my book there won’t be much writing used,
as the pictures should be fairly descriptive and
detailed.

Proposal
Dimensions
My childrens book will be about 8 pages long. The size of each page will be 25cm x
25.5cm
Story Overview
Jack is a poor boy living in a cheap flat with his Mother. He is walking in the streets of London with his dog, and
decides to do a trade for the key with a hooded figure. He trades his doge as it has bright blue ' magical looking
' eyes. The man agrees to give Jack his dog back if he brings back 2 million pounds. Then they'll split it in half.
Jack gets given a VIP key to a huge Skyscraper owned by the famous Billionaire Lord Alan Salt. The key was
owned by a hooded dark figure. The largest skyscraper towers above the others, Jack goes up to it. Opens it up
and goes up the huge lift, to the top floor where all the money is kept. When he reaches the top the room is
filled with cash and gold bars. Jack fills a sack with the coins. Lord Alan Salt walks in. He is angry when he sees
the money is gone, and Jack is hiding behind a chair/wall. Jack runs past Alan Salt and goes down the lift. Alan
Salt can't catch him and he escapes the building with the money. Eventually Jack gets his money and his dog
back.
The moral of the story is to make the most of opportunities that people offer you.
Export Format
I will export my book as a JPEG.
Advantages: The images are compressed, which keeps the file size low. JPEG’s are also
easily accessible.
Disadvantages: Because the images are compressed you lose layers. The image quality
is also reduced.

Deadline
15th January 2015
Audience
My childrens book should appeal to young children between the ages of 3 and 7.
It’s a book that will be easy to read and understand, yet the child will feel great
excitement as my book’s plot is risky and interesting. It should definitely appeal to
lower class children, as Jack is a poor boy who lives in the city with his mum, and it
should appeal to both genders, however probably more young boys, as the main
character himself is a young boy.
Production Methods
To create my childrens book I am going to use the software Adobe Photoshop. The
reason for this is that Photoshop can be used to create great images as it’s one of
the best pieces of software available to me. The program itself has many tools that I
can use to create images and I can use these tools to do techniques such as
rotoscoping and putting filters on photos in order to give them a good effect. I can
use shape tools, the clone stamp tool, the brush tool and the polygon lasso tool in
order to help me.

What are the strengths of the proposal? What areas of the proposal need further work?
The modernizing of jack and the bean stalk idea is
a interesting idea and the whole idea is well thought
out with the stalk being a large skyscraper
Maybe a different file format way be a good idea,
as JPEGs compress meaning loss in quality,
What are the strengths of the idea generation? What areas of idea generation could have been
further developed?
There are many ideas that you have thought of and
they are very detailed on how everything is going to
work and what you are going to do, you put a lot of
thought into you plan.

The idea to set the story in the modern day makes
the story more interesting without over complicating
it, the thought process behind his is well shown in
the proposal
Perhaps provide a few more examples of why you
have chosen to use a jpeg export format
further developed?
There is extra description of the images provided
and examples of each aspect e.g. each character
setting, and font
Slightly more information on the second mind map
would be useful such as font types sizes and
placement etc.

The modernisation of the characters along with the
story, gives the book a good twist and excite that
children a long with the parents which h are reading
it to them as the would of probably remember the
story from when the were young and are interested
to see what you have made different.
I feel you could change you file format, as multiple
saving would reduce the quality of the file.
further developed?
I feel that you have produce a detail proposal which
gives myself a clear imagination of what you are
going to produce I cant wait to see the finish piece

Feedback Summary
Sum up your feedback.
I am very glad with my feedback, as the majority of it was positive. Most people found
my idea very interesting and thought it would be a great book when completed.
I was also glad to find out that I have a few improvements on how I can improve my
work.
Which parts of your feedback do you agree with and why?
I agree with my feedback that states that I need add more examples of why I chose to
export with a JPEG. I also agree with the parts that say that I can improve my second
mind maps, and that I can add more details to it.
Which parts of your feedback do you disagree with and why?
I disagree with the feedback that says I shouldn’t use a JPEG, as I would only be
exporting it using this format, I would be saving it constantly as a PSD.

Original Script
Once upon a time there lived a poor widow and her son Jack. One day, Jack’s mother told him to
sell their only cow. Jack went to the market and on the way he met a man who wanted to buy his
cow. Jack asked, “What will you give me in return for my cow?” The man answered, “I will give
you five magic beans!” Jack took the magic beans and gave the man the cow. But when he
reached home, Jack’s mother was very angry. She said, “You fool! He took away your cow and
gave you some beans!” She threw the beans out of the window. Jack was very sad and went to
sleep without dinner.
The next day, when Jack woke up in the morning and looked out of the window, he saw that a
huge beanstalk had grown from his magic beans! He climbed up the beanstalk and reached a
kingdom in the sky. There lived a giant and his wife. Jack went inside the house and found the
giant’s wife in the kitchen. Jack said, “Could you please give me something to eat? I am so
hungry!” The kind wife gave him bread and some milk.
While he was eating, the giant came home. The giant was very big and looked very fearsome. Jack
was terrified and went and hid inside. The giant cried, “Fee-fifo-fum, I smell the blood of an
Englishman. Be he alive, or be he dead, I’ll grind his bones to make my bread!” The wife said,
“There is no boy in here!” So, the giant ate his food and then went to his room. He took out his
sacks of gold coins, counted them and kept them aside. Then he went to sleep. In the night, Jack
crept out of his hiding place, took one sack of gold coins and climbed down the beanstalk. At
home, he gave the coins to his mother. His mother was very happy and they lived well for
sometime.

Original Script
Jack climbed the beanstalk and went to the giant’s house again. Once again, Jack asked the giant’s
wife for food, but while he was eating the giant returned. Jack leapt up in fright and went and hid
under the bed. The giant cried, “Fee-fifo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman. Be he alive, or
be he dead, I’ll grind his bones to make my bread!” The wife said, “There is no boy in here!” The
giant ate his food and went to his room. There, he took out a hen. He shouted, “Lay!” and the hen
laid a golden egg. When the giant fell asleep, Jack took the hen and climbed down the beanstalk.
Jack’s mother was very happy with him.
After some days, Jack once again climbed the beanstalk and went to the giant’s castle. For the
third time, Jack met the giant’s wife and asked for some food. Once again, the giant’s wife gave
him bread and milk. But while Jack was eating, the giant came home. “Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the
blood of an Englishman. Be he alive, or be he dead, I’ll grind his bones to make my bread!” cried
the giant. “Don’t be silly! There is no boy in here!” said his wife.
The giant had a magical harp that could play beautiful songs. While the giant slept, Jack took the
harp and was about to leave. Suddenly, the magic harp cried, “Help master! A boy is stealing me!”
The giant woke up and saw Jack with the harp. Furious, he ran after Jack. But Jack was too fast for
him. He ran down the beanstalk and reached home. The giant followed him down. Jack quickly
ran inside his house and fetched an axe. He began to chop the beanstalk. The giant fell and died.
Jack and his mother were now very rich and they lived happily ever after.
http://shortstoriesshort.com/story/jack-and-the-beanstalk/

Final Script
One day, there was a young boy named Jack. He lived with his widow mother, and his dog in a tiny
flat in London. His dog, Scruff, had the brightest, shiniest eyes and the scruffiest, roughest fur.
It was a sunny day and Jack was walking around the streets with Scruff, when suddenly Scruff sniffs
out a key on the floor ‘ sniff sniff’ (on the photo)
The key has ‘ property of Alan Salt ‘ on it. The key would lead to the biggest skyscraper in London,
Sir Alan Salt’s Skyscraper. The key would lead to millions of pounds, as Alan Salt is rich.
Jack and Scruff walk towards the largest skyscraper and stands beneath it, looking up at it.
Jack puts the key in the hole of the door and opens it up. (close up shot)
Jack and Scruff go up the lift in the large skyscraper.
He gets to the top and there’s a lot of gold and coins there. (Three shots on one page)Sack of
money, gold coin piles, Jack collecting it.
Sir Alan Salt appears and says ‘fi,fi,fo,thumb…’ ( sees the dog footprints) and finds jack and Scruff.
Jack and Scruff run away, into the lift and out the front entrance.
They make it out of the skyscraper and become rich.

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