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Graphic Narrative

Evidence Template

Jake Sellers

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Comic book Effect

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Comic book Effect

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Comic book Effect

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Evaluation

The finished quality of the work is not as high as I would have liked it to be. Although it is a quick job on Photoshop, it also take a lot of work before Photoshop, such as taking the actual photos. Although the quality is acceptable, it is not amazing. The edges are fairly rough, even when you change the edge smoothness. It also makes certain parts of the image hard to see. This can be seen in the third image on the badge, which I had to rotoscope due to the fact when I used the filter effects it made the badge just fade in to a solid circle of orange. The resources required include a camera, which some people may not have, and Photoshop, which many people cannot access easily, meaning this technique is fairly specialist.The technique is similar to other graphic novels which have been published, but not to children’s novels. This means that if a child is used to reading graphic novels it will appeal to the target audience of children up to the age of 12, but if they are used to children's novels, then this effect will not be suitable for the target audience.

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Illustration

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Evaluation

I believe the quality of the illustration is very much dependant on the person who is drawing. This means that the quality varies. In my case, it is a very low quality due to the fact that I cannot draw very well, but if a professional did it, it would look a lot better then mine does. Drawing each individual frame for a graphic novel is also very time consuming, meaning that it will take a very long time to make each frame to a good standard.This method is used in both graphic novels and children's novels due to the fact it can either be incredibly simple, or very complex. It suits the target audience because the style can be very varied meaning it can be suited to children as well as older people.The resources required are also very simple, they are as simple as paper and pens.

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Digital Photography

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Evaluation

The quality of the image is usually very good if the camera is modern and good quality which makes it easy to make high quality photographs.It is usually a fairly quick process, but can take a while to get a perfect photograph.The style is often used for children's novels instead of graphic novels due to the fact that the image can be used to fill a large space such as a hole page in a children's novel. It can also be used for a large range of age ranges, due to the fact photographs can be used to take simple still images of literally anything which is visible, so any photo can be taken to match which ever age it needs to suit. The resources require a digital camera, or even a mobile phone camera, meaning that many people will be able to take a photograph. It also requires a computer to upload the photo to.

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Rotoscope work

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Evaluation

The quality of rotoscoping is very high but is very time consuming. It can make a very unique and realistic comic book style photograph. It does take a long time to do and can be fairly hard.This would usually be used in graphic novels as well as children’s novels due to its cartoon like style, it can look childish, or complex.Its audience can be both young or old, but it can be very useful for the age range we are working with which is under 12 due to the simplicity of it.The resources required are fairly specialist due to the fact that Photoshop is needed to do this technique.

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Overall Evaluation

I feel that the experiment went fairly well, and I have decided that I might use Comic Book Styled images in my graphic novel. I feel that illustration would not be a good idea due to the fact that I am not very good at drawing which means my graphic novel would not be done to the standard I would want it to be done, so I will definitely not be using this.

I feel if I practised illustration a bit more I could improve the quality of them. I could watch tutorials on how to draw to improve the quality of my drawing, and practise a lot more to improve on the technique.

I also feel that rotoscoping would be too complicated for a graphic novel due to the fact it takes a very long time to do, and I would have to do an awful lot of it to get through around 40 slides. I think that I would not be able to do this amount of work in the short space of time, and even if I could, it would not be as high a quality as I would like it to be. Therefore I will not be using this.