Comic Strip Project- Cartoon Final

I drew a comic about bread. It wanted to sunbathe but got sunburnt. I used crosshatching and blending of watercolor to display the pictures.

Comic Bones Project

For this project, I chose the animated character Simba, from The Lion King, to draw bone structure. I used a similar structure to that of an actual lion cub's skeleton. The first picture is a traced copy of Simba on a translucent sheet of paper. After coloring it to match the animated character, I outlined Simba again and drew his bones.

What is the difference between anime and manga?

Anime, which comes from the word 'animation', is a TV show or animated cartoon. Manga is a graphic novel with similar looking characters.

What is the difference between graphic novels and comic books?

Graphic novels are a longer composition with a complex storyline, or plot. Comic books has several short plots within its composition.

How are panels designed and lay out in comic books, newspapers and graphic novels?

The author of a comic book often chooses how to lay out the panels within the story. Newspaper cartoonists often have one row of the same sized panels in order to maximize space for other information or cartoons. In graphic novels, there is more  creativity in panel size and shape because the story is longer.

I also created a board on pinterest where I researched different animated characters, or comics.

The link to my pinterest board is https://www.pinterest.com/marykatewalden/comic/ 

Photoshop Project

For my photoshop project, I combined a picture of myself with a picture of eight Disney princesses. After this, I photoshopped a background of the Disney World castle behind the first two layers.  I removed the white from the background of the princess pictures and erased part of me so that it looked like I was leaning in from behind Ariel. Although I didn't add a drop shadow, I tried to place the characters so that they still had a shadow from the background picture.