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Assingment Seven

Posted on October 19, 2010 by admin

For our next class (next week is a plan day, so we’ll next meet November 2nd), please prepare the following: Your finished comic of 6 to 10 panels, expanded from your character sketches and storyboard. The comic can be hand-drawn … Continue reading →

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Resources from Comics class

Posted on October 12, 2010 by admin

Here are slides from the comics class. Required reading for next week: Lynda Barry’s Two Questions. Additional Resources: Selections from work by James Kochalka’s Sketchbook Diaries and Jason’s Meow! Baby. David Rees’ web comic series My New Filing Technique is … Continue reading →

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Assignment 6

Posted on October 12, 2010 by admin

Create a comic in 6 to 12 panels. YOU HAVE TWO WEEKS FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT (as discussed in class). Start with a storyboard, as  I demonstrated in class. And make sketches for characters and settings. This is what’s due this … Continue reading →

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Assignment Five

Posted on October 6, 2010 by admin

For this assignment, take the story you worked on for the fotonovela project, and use your HTML and CSS skills to translate your content into an interactive story website connected by hyperlinks. You may want to make diagram of your … Continue reading →

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Multi-Linear Narratives in Comics

Posted on October 1, 2010 by admin

Link to Richard McGuire’s comic “Here.” Link to Olivier Schrauwen’s comics “The Imaginist.”

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Workshop Schedule

Posted on September 29, 2010 by admin

Tim will be holding a few workshops on a weekly basis to reinforce what we went over in class that week and answer technical questions. Friday 10/1 HTML/CSS/WordPress Workshop- 1pm Photoshop Workshop- 2pm Monday 10/4 HTML/CSS/WordPress Workshop- 1pm Photoshop Workshop- … Continue reading →

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A few links from Class 3

Posted on September 28, 2010 by admin

Various Flickr storytelling groups:http://www.flickr.com/groups/visualstory/ http://www.flickr.com/groups/14401952@N00/ http://www.flickr.com/groups/whats_in_your_bag http://www.flickr.com/groups/sixwordstory/ http://www.flickr.com/groups/tellastorywithphotos/ FlickrPoet, an interactive Flickr poetry app: http://www.storiesinflight.com/flickrpoet/ Santos, mexican wrestling fotonovela (translated, mouse over text boxes for info) Art and Curation artist’s fotonovela project (in Spanish) we also looked at: Ginger Anyhow’s … Continue reading →

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Assignment Four, Due October 5

Posted on September 28, 2010 by admin

Appropriate and modify photographic content from the web to create a story, or take your own photos to make a story.  Use Photoshop to transform and collage images in some way. Integrate words into your photos. Your sequence should contain … Continue reading →

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IMPORTANT: books you’ll need for upcoming classes!

Posted on September 24, 2010 by admin

Please order ASAP- Chris Ware’s Jimmy Corrigan, Smartest Kid on Earth, and Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics. (click on images to link to Amazon.com to order):

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Little trick for dealing with wordpress error when uploading media

Posted on September 24, 2010 by admin

You might get an error when you’re trying to upload images to a newly created blog. This is because the wordpress software needs permission to create/access certain folders on your server, and those permissions are restricted. It’s very easy to … Continue reading →

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