Week 12b

Today in class we started with an exercise where we had to do a moment to moment comic in 16 panels where our face disappeared and revealed something inside of it. I had my face melting away Indiana jones style and revealing a spoon in the center. After the exercise we

had in class work time to keep blocking out the comic pages. Between classes I did page two so now I’m working on page three.

Here’s my 16 panel face melt comic:

Page 3 v1:

For this page I started with panels 1,2 and 4,5 being smaller and having the 3rd panel being really large. The 3rd panel is the one where it shows the cleaver/knife in the puddle and Arnold in shock in the background. I wanted this panel to be large so that it dominated the page and really emphasised that the knife being in the puddle is a problem. I think that having the other panels being smaller works but they shouldn’t all be the same size.

Page 3 v2:

For this page I started by making the first panel being smaller to emphasis how quickly john is leaving the room. Then the second panel is larger and Arnold is looking down to left where the clever would be. This helps make a connection between what Arnold is saying and the image.

After I was working on these pages a bit I realized that I needed practice the forced perspective in panel 3 more so I drew it a few more times.

After talking to Pannifino I tried to curve the edges of the chair more and to make the cleaver larger. This really helped with forcing the perspective and adding to the drama of the shot.

Page 3 v3

After practicing doing the third panel a couple of times I returned to the third page. I kept the changes I made for the first two panels and drew my new version of third panel. Then for the fourth panel I made it larger and zoomed in on Arnold’s face more and added more stress lines around his eyes. This helped make Arnold’s reaction more dramatic. With the final panel I’m having a bit of trouble making it engaging. I’m just worried that I’ve got way too many shots of Arnold sitting in his chair and it’s hard to change it up. So I made this panel a little smaller because it’s just one that the viewer can glance over really quickly.