Reference sketches:
I didn't plot out with post its in the end because it was easier to move things around in Procreate. I wanted to save more time to work on my assignment so chose to work this way.
First draft working out the panel sizes and shapes. I decided to change the second row to one long one as I realised I didn't need two there and could tell the story better without it.
Final layout sketch.
Colour test.
I wanted to keep this comic page spread fairly simple and pick up on the style and colouring from other exercises in this part of the course. I used my references from here: https://nikisillustration2degree.blogspot.com/2022/05/comic-and-graphic-novel-research.html to influence my decisions.
The plot for this spread is based loosely on the story of how my Husband and I came to meet and what happened afterwards before we got back together for good. I felt using my own personal story gave it more meaning and made it easier to plot the panels in a simpler way.
I chose to use ducks as the characters because I am very inspired by white ducks at the moment and wanted to draw them for practice so it made sense to use them for this story. Using animals to represent humans is a theme I keep coming back to, I love nature and want to bring this part of my personal voice into my degree work as much as I can.
Using my reference sketches, I photographed them and put them into Procreate and played with positioning, using my rough draft from my sketchbook as a guide. I was keeping in mind my influences from my comic and book research and wanted to use soft lines for the panels to go well with the soft colour palette.
I got as far as the colour test stage for this exercise and was really pleased with the direction it was going. I'm pleasantly surprised to find I really enjoy the process of comics and definitely want to do more of this. I stopped at the colour test stage to allow more time for the other exercises and assignment.
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