Monday, December 15, 2014

Art Style Part 2


Art Style Part 2




I have read the comments from the previous posts, and I appreciate all the ideas and points of view you guys have been showing me. Currently I'm not sure what type of drawing style I have. When I draw currently, I just imitate drawings that I see from artists I admire. Is this something I should be doing or should I attempt to picture something and draw it how I see it in my mind? Being that I am a beginner I felt imitation would be fine until I began to really draw my own comic. I'm not sure if the cartoony style would enhance the story I figured it would more so make it funny. When I imagined how the story would look I imagined almost a joke of what Beowulf is, to take the epic poem and flip it entirely, with some serious elements though, the girls death and him losing emotions like love and all that. But yeah I pictured it to be the opposite of what someone would expect from a Beowulf comic. I still haven't been able to figure out how to upload drawings on here, but when I do figure it out I will show the image that I tried to imitate, maybe side by side. I also considered whether or not Leto should be a christian or another religion and I think she should be christian. From my understandings wasn't Beowulf a bit of both (Christian as well as Pagan)? And I know this will be important to the development of her as a character but I honestly don't want it to be much of a focus I don't want their relationship to surround religion or for them to even mention religion much to each other. Is this something that I need to include? Was religion that important to them to the extent that they wouldn't be with someone of another religion or no? I also contemplated her being a little bit better then Beowulf as far as combat goes, and maybe that could be the main reason why he admires her so much. I also thought more on whether or not the Greek name would work, and I like the name a lot so unless I find a name that's as appealing I'm gonna stick with it. My audience most likely wouldn't know the origin of the name, and I highly doubt they would take the time to look it up and put together that they came from different eras and different parts of the world. For the starting of my story outline, should I write it out as If i were doing it page by page? Example- Page 1: We see Beowulf on the ground speaking to his comrade badly wounded. Then Page 2...etc. Or should I write it out like how you would write out a novel.

Senior Project Requirements

Dear Delvohn,

Just a reminder: You are REQUIRED to blog about your senior project two times per week, spend at least 10 hours a week reading, drawing, writing and practicing your craft. These are not optional and will only assist you in your successful completion of YOUR senior project.

-Wasa

Friday, December 12, 2014

The Art Style




The Art Style

So I have been reading some comics, and some graphic novels just for more inspiration, and I want the story to look realistic, I know this goal will be a very difficult one to achieve. My artistic abilities are not the greatest, but that's something I will deal later on. So I was also thinking that cartoony might not be a bad idea either, it would definitely be different and weird but It might be cool. Maybe similar to Bone which is my favorite book. 
That would be awesome to see Beowulf brought to life, in a cartoon form with a love. I read the recent comment, only one I received was Mariana's and I like the idea of them meeting while he is on a journey to help another group of people. Maybe she could even be a part of that community and while they are battling she can realize how meant for each other they are....No never mind, I want it to be reversed, he has to fall deeply in love with her after realizing how strong and independent she is. He has to win her heart, it'll be a tough battle and after a lot of struggle she will eventually confess her love. Does the place that she comes from have to be real and historical or can I just make up a country. If not I like the idea of her coming from Iceland, mostly because the name sounds cool, and it's across a sea that gives me ideas for monsters they may fight on their way back to geatland. And as far as the reason for him going over their, it'll be maybe to help one of Hrothgar's descendants in a fierce battle against a demon like army or something, that would be cool. I also want the complete outline of the story to be completely written out by the first of January, that will be posted on here for you all to look and comment on. Let me know what you guys think. Oh and lastly, as soon as I learn how to scan and upload images onto this blog I will hopefully put a drawing every other blog post. 

Monday, December 8, 2014

Ideas For A Story

Ideas For A Story



So today's the eight of December, and I'm just starting this blog, I feel a little behind. For my senior project I'm creating a comic book. It will be an adaptation to the epic poem Beowulf. The reason I chose Beowulf at the time was because it was fresh in my mind. We had recently read it in AP and the idea of creating an alternate version, or a new ending was very appealing to me. I began to think about ideas for a story, when you normally think of Beowulf this image of a strong warrior immediately enters your mind. So I thought let's change that image by giving him a girl. Now Beowulf throughout the whole poem is never seen with a woman. He makes a reader think in some ways that he is even fearful of love. So my idea is to make him fall in love and his lovers death be the reason why he never looks for love again. His losing her makes it so that he is unable to love again. I thought the perfect way to capture this is by the very beginning of the comic to start at the end of the original epic poem. For him to have fought the dragon and to be lying down, and in his final moments reminisce about this loved one. Then the story could almost go into a flashback that would show them meeting and all that other cute stuff. So at first I was considering whether or not she should be super girly and if she should need Beowulf to protect her all the time, but that would be boring. So I'm contemplating having her be a warrior and fight alongside him. She has to be spontaneous and daring, I want him to worry about her but for her to still do what she wants. This would definitely be different from the way women of the time were in actuality. And for names, I'm still uncertain but I like the name Leto for some reason, it seems different and in a way fitting for the heroine of our story. Leto is a name that comes from Greek civilization. She is a goddess who is the mother of Artemis and Apollo her name means "the hidden one" apparently. Her story is one of sadness and struggle but there is also some happiness we see, with the birthing of her children. I want the story to be in black and white for effect. Black and white is dramatic and it sends a strong message. I had also been considering attempting to use that original language but then I reconsidered because of how rigorous that would be. It would take a lot of time to learn all the phrases and use them correctly. I will still however use some of the language and Ashley Messer mentioned I create a glossary type thing at either the beginning or the end of the comic so the reader \can check there for misunderstandings. The main thing that I have to focus on is my audience, understanding that will help my story flow. And the last thing I have considered up until now  is what her back story should be about. I still have much to consider but I think a nice outline to the story is being created.  Oh her death has to be heart-wrenching, I want the reader to cry.