So, a little while ago, I was talking about the graphic short story assignment that I have for my Creative Writing Class. In trying to think up ideas, my teacher was giving us real-world examples. He was showing us a variety of published graphic novels and the way that they each set up their panels, characters, type and so on. I thought it was really interesting how each panel, just by the way it was drawn, told a story of its own through the mood and tone that was set. Here is a peek at one of the graphic novel examples given in class. It's called Fair Weather by Matt Joe:
This isn't the exact same excerpt that we were given-ours was much longer-but the idea is the same. Without even having to use type, the artist (Matt Joe), was able to portray a sense of struggle in the first panel; the feeling of victory and accomplishment in the second panel; and then uncertainty is portrayed in the last panel. The use of pictures to tell a story is essential when creating a graphic novel-and it's not always going to be a pretty picture, mind you.
Anyway, inspiration for this assignment was a big issue for me. In fact, I'm still trying to figure out my plot as I'm typing these very words. But this whole idea of getting inspired reminded me of a commercial I'd seen a few times. It deals with creating a comic book using technology-in this case it's the new Samsung Behold II. What I really liked about this advertisement though, was how everyday objects and people could be twisted and re-molded into something else entirely. Maybe if I took a walk in the dead of night, I could find inspiration for my own story as well?
I've posted the video for the Samsung for anyone who wants to take a look.
This isn't the exact same excerpt that we were given-ours was much longer-but the idea is the same. Without even having to use type, the artist (Matt Joe), was able to portray a sense of struggle in the first panel; the feeling of victory and accomplishment in the second panel; and then uncertainty is portrayed in the last panel. The use of pictures to tell a story is essential when creating a graphic novel-and it's not always going to be a pretty picture, mind you.Anyway, inspiration for this assignment was a big issue for me. In fact, I'm still trying to figure out my plot as I'm typing these very words. But this whole idea of getting inspired reminded me of a commercial I'd seen a few times. It deals with creating a comic book using technology-in this case it's the new Samsung Behold II. What I really liked about this advertisement though, was how everyday objects and people could be twisted and re-molded into something else entirely. Maybe if I took a walk in the dead of night, I could find inspiration for my own story as well?
I've posted the video for the Samsung for anyone who wants to take a look.
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