LO4: Justification

For my comic book I have made the front cover and two pages of my graphic novel.

I believe I have met the codes and conventions of a superhero comic book. I have met these conventions by Science Man saving the city from the evil Captain Gaul. Science Man's heroic abilities save a whole city is connoted on the front cover of my comic book. Science Man is captured in a powerful pose showing of his large stature. Another way I have followed the codes and conventions is the introduction of the super villain Captain Gaul in the first panel as he terrorises the city. A stereotypical villain attribute. This can link to Marvel Comic Iron Man where he saves civilians from evil forces trying to take him down. Using powers he created.

Through my novel I have used bright colours and bold sans serif font to make the story as clear as possible. This is used by a lot of major comic book publishers. These meaning I have met the following codes of conventions through the visual styles of graphic novels of the superhero genre. In the first two panels I have set out the scene of where Science Man is based and where the comic book will be fully set. In the first panel I set out the action that is happening straight away. As the news report the supervillains chaos. This links to Iron Man having a normal life but switching instantly to Iron Man.

I set my action in the daytime. This is to connote the length in which the fight has been going on for. And it started in the morning, this connoting that the fight is a everyday accordance. This shows that the war is a popular and considered as a 'Great War'

I have inked my panels in a way that connotes a more simple and basic. This can link to the traditional online comic book. This can link to the form of webisodes and web comics. The visual style can also link to my target audience as they are slightly younger audience.

I used motion lines to denote movement. I did especially in the panel where Science Man and Captain Gaul are fighting. I used these around both character to shown them both fighting. These lines are used in comic books such as Iron Man and other Marvel comics. These lines are bold black to show action but are not the most eye catching on the panel as the bright housestyle colours are consistently there. This example used in Iron Man shows the lines being used surrounding Iron Man.

In my comic book there is no graphic content. These follows the codes and conventions of my target market of my comic book, as they are younger. Also there is no homophobic and racial abuse in this comic book as it would be ethically wrong. My comic book main purpose is to make science look appealing and cool to the younger audience. This can help create more jobs around science and more people to study science. Education surrounded by simplistic drawings designed to appeal to younger people. This style would appeal to the BBC and could further Science Man and put him on a TV show such as CBBC as a way to promote science to young teenagers. However Not realistic the comic serves a purpose in education which is needed in non fiction comics alongside entertainment. This being the perfect combination to appeal to a younger audience learning about science.

LO4: Evidence Of Editing

Front Cover

For my front cover I set my background colour to light blue as it can make the front cover stand out and also highlight the main character on the front. I added a black half circle on the bottom of the page so the cover was not boring and basic, This went along with the circle design of the title and logo of the comic. This then lead to pencilling the main character using Adobe Illustrator by tracing over my final drawing of him in the exact pose. After pencilling Science Man I inked him in Photoshop. Using the paint bucket tool to fill in the character fully. I filled in the font and the solid graphics as well. I used a superhero font to add to the genre of the comic. I added a green colour to the writing to make the title pop out and make it very noticeable. I had the main character overlap the title as I have seen it been done in Marvel comics. This is so the character is shown in full form and blends both image and title together as one.

Re Using Assets

I re used the character facial features across my panels. I did this as a way making sure the comic book has similar drawings throughout the comic book. I did this by selecting all lines created in Illustrator and copied it into a different position in a different panel. I edited the size and rotation so it would fit naturally and fit in with the scene. This kept all the scenes with this character in look good and the same. This simple duplication technique kept a constant style and a constant design to the characters. This being essential in all comic books. 

Inking 

For inking I had to use the software Photoshop to ink my panels easier. I used the paint bucket tool to fill each section of my character. For skin colour I found the HEX code for skin colour and kept that as my secondary colour so I can easily add skin colour to my characters. However I had to cut off any section of the desire area I wanted to fill. This is so the paint would not fill everywhere else. I used a 1px pen to create a line to cut the section. To paint bucket my characters easier I placed them straight from Illustrator on a transparent background so I can see which areas are needed to fill. I also used the colour history brush to make colours from all the panels the same.

Creating The Panels

For my panels I have changed my idea from a bolt style layout to a more simple layout but also slightly unique. It is a grid design with panels slightly larger than other. This connotes the action scenes. I saved the panels as individual panels and placed them into my layout. My layout being made by using the line tool and increasing the stroke the line making the panels easy to see and the scenes easy to pick and read. I used the free transform tool to fit my panels into place. With this I needed to hold shift to not distort and stretch the image keeping look normal. I chose Photoshop as I believe I had more control with my images by using the transform tool and I can easily drag my images into the desired space. I continued to do this both of my pages so both my pages are the same in terms of design. 

LO4: Final Comic

LO3: Colour & Style plan for background/environments used in the comic/graphic novel.

LO3: Character Biography for the chosen characters

Superhero Name: Science Man
Alias: David Rogers
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Parents: Andrew And Melany Rogers


Powers:

• Extreme Science Knowledge
• Flight
• Durability
• Enhanced Combat

Background

David Rogers grew up a very smart child. Graduating faster than any other pupil. He excelled in science, and in his free time he created his own chemicals using his dads old experiments. As he grew he became more aware of crime and one day his school was being robbed. Using a spray like chemical he blinded one of the criminals and helped regain his schools normality. After being offered a bravary award he decided to stop crime around New York. He went under the name Science Man. He reduced crime by 50% this leading up to making the Police out of business. One Police officer Captain Robert Gaul became so enraged he decided to mutate his body and attack Science Man's city. This started the rivalry of a lifetime for Science Man.

Development

These are the sketches of Science Man. This helped me in the development of Science Man. I have sketched him in different positions. I developed different positions as Science Man is the main character of my comic.

This is a more cartoon and computerised version. I used the paint tool in illustrator and traced the pencil drawings I made. With this I made the final version of my hero Science Man.

LO3 Final character designs in varied poses/camera shots (close ups, mid shots etc.) expressions & emotional states

Happy/ Medium Close Up

Fighting/Action/ Full Body

Side On/ Medium Close Up

Full Body behind view

Character Development
These are the sketches of my main character in many different forms for my comic. This shows multiple poses for each frame.

LO3: Moodboard for the look/feel of the finished comic/graphic novel

This moodboard shows the style of what I want my comic book should be. This shows the look of a superhero genre comic book. Showing superheroes like superman. This panel layout I want to have in my comic book. This will create a heroic feel with the un