Beverly Hills High School

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alter egos
Beverly Hills High School Art 1
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Illustration
Comic books/graphic novels are first and foremost
stories. The books have as their roots the same
ones as illustration. These stories make it
their job to depict the words through pictures.
The pictures are meant to be explicit such that
someone who couldnt understand the words, could
still understand the basic storyline.
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Comic books are similar to the art of animation
which is a story characterized by the repetition
of a drawings with slight manipulations to create
the illusion of movement. Animation has consisted
mostly of cartoon characters but with new CGI
graphics, is continuously moving towards more
realistic representations.
animation
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graphic novels
Comic books, or graphic novels as they are
sometimes called, have long been popular. It
wasnt until recently though that many people
began to look on it as art. Comic book art
often uses ink to provide shading but not in a
line format. Everything is outlined and the color
palette tends to be more limited. Sounds and
words are given emphatic representations.
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Characters in graphic novels are often drawn in
extreme proportions. Musculature is exaggerated
and features are often more angular. Bodies often
appear to be flawless. Part of this is because
many characters in graphic novels are super
heros/super villains.
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Cartoons are a simplified form of illustrating
where the figure is exaggerated, but not to
appear perfect, rather to delineate the character
as simply and quickly as possible. Coloring is
flat and the works often lack a sense of space.
They often use similar techniques that graphic
novels use.
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Storyboarding is a tool used for movies. It
involves a sequence of images not unlike those
used in illustrating a book.
storyboards
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Storyboards will often show the same thing from
many different angles, (shots), and will include
directions for the camera. These images will be
simplified and are occasionally done in black
white. The elements of art and principles of
design are used to show emphasis on what the
viewer should see in the film. Storyboards are
reminiscent of graphic novels in their ideas of
composition.
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All these different forms of illustration use
different styles, tools, and techniques to depict
their story.
Focus on the examples I will be giving next to
explain your assignment.
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• Your task for this assignment is to create your
  own alter ego using the illustrative methods
  employed in graphic novels.
• Review your gesture drawings for interesting
  figures and poses. Put a star or mark of some
  sort next to your best drawings for use in your
  final drawing.
• Look at your short list of activities and skills
  and think of some other things you might like to
  add if you were a super hero/ had super powers.
  What special skills would you enhance? Or where
  do you think your special talents lie? Create a
  short paragraph description on what your alter
  ego/ideal superhero/villain would be like. You
  may include skills, likes/dislikes, physical
  attributes, strengths etc. Be sure to make this
  as detailed as possible. IF your are struggling
  it may be necessary to come up with a small story
  line for your character.

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3) The next step is to create a composition for
your character. Looking at various examples,
(including classroom handouts), think of how you
might break up the page into 3-5 boxes which
illustrate the different attributes of your alter
ego. It may be that each has a different action,
or skill or that multiple boxes are necessary to
show one skill. 4) Begin sketching in your
layout. Look at your sketches of gesture drawings
to get down the poses. 5) Using a combination of
handouts, examples, pictures, and your drawings
begin to finalize the details on your drawings.
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Tools for success Remember When you create a
superhero/villain, you use idealized/exaggerated
proportions. Think of how an image can be
simplified! If you are really struggling with
coming up with an image, come see me about a
website where you can design your own superhero.