Overview:
Clearly depicting a transition in a story is a critical element in comic illustrations, as this helps the reader connect the meaning behind the two frames. With this said, for this project we focused on creating two transitional comic like panels that represent two different types of transitions that encompasses the topic of Time.
Materials Used:
- Mount Board
- Glue
- Water colour
- Ink
- Paper
Process:
In order to understand the basic concepts of transitional panels, we began by reading “Understanding Comics” by Scott McCloud. The reading unraveled for this projects the six different types of transitional panels and how they are illustrated. For the next step, we then had to select two types of transition panels and discussing possible ideas that we could illustrate based on the type of panels we would like to illustrate.
Once I was certain on what I wanted to illustrate I began sketching out the drawings in a frames. I decided to work around “Moment to Moment Transition” & “Scene to Scene Transition.” Using a micro inked pen I outlined the sketches and erased of the pencil lines. I then began painting the background using water colours and slowly working my way towards the central figures.
For the final step we scanned and drawings and had them laser print. The print was then carefully mounted on to a board.
