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1. Digital Graphic Narrative
Development
Becky Coughlin

2. Shape Task

3. Shape Task

4. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
I really liked the colours I used in my image because it
makes it seem more realistic due to having the real colour
of the pig I used. Although it also looks like a cartoon
which is why I like it so much because it looks different
and unique. The texture on the pig is another thing I like
about my image as it makes it seem more realistic as well
as bringing it out of the page.
What would you improve if you did it again?
I would have liked to spend more time on the texture of
the wood to make it seem more real. I would have also
liked to add more detail into the background.

5. Rotoscope

6. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
I really like the detail on the face and how I added
different shades to make her face more 3D. She
looks very cartoony, I like this as she isn’t realistic
and would fit into a children’s book better.
What would you improve if you did it again?
I would have liked to add more detail to her hair as I
think it would have looked better with different
shades in it such as highlighting and adding the
colours the original image had.

7. Rotoscope

8. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
I spent more time on rototscoping the smaller
details on this image which makes it look a lot more
realistic, I think you can clearly see how I have
developed my skills and improved them compared
to the previous rotoscoping I did.
What would you improve if you did it again?
I would have liked to add more detail to her hair
and the face to make it look as close to the original
image as possible.

9. Rotoscope

10. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
I loved making this image as I think the black and white
filter makes the image more interesting as well as
allowing different parts of his face to stand out and show
more detail. I really liked the detail in the eyes and the
way the shadows and light make his face more realistic.
What would you improve if you did it again?
I would spend more time on his hair and add as much of
the little details I could to make it even more realistic.

11. Narrative Environment

12. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
I like how I used the gradient technique and shadows in
certain places to make it look a lot more 3D which also
makes it look more realistic. I also like the amount of
detail in the image as it took me a long time to complete
every detail, I think with more time on this, I could have
made it even better.
What would you improve if you did it again?
I would make everything look clean cut and perhaps add
more detail to improve how realistic it looks.

13. Text Based

14. Text Based

15. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
I liked the easy way I can change the font to fit in
with my future work or change the font to look
how I want it to, such as the size, style and font.
What would you improve if you did it again?
I would change the fonts to be more different
and show their difference more clearly.

16. Comic Book

17. Comic Book

18. Comic Book

19. Comic Book

20. Evaluation
What did you like about your images?
I like the comic book effect on them all and how
different they look to the original image. It shows
how I can change an image to look a certain way
such as if my children’s book was going to have this
style, I would be confident to use that technique.
What would you improve if you did it again?
I would change the filters to look more ‘comic-y’ as
well as picking clearer images with one subject.

21. Photo Story

22. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
I liked the way I could make the images look more
cartoon like and comic like, it makes the mundane
images a lot more meaningful as well as creating a
story to fit in with the images a lot clearer.
What would you improve if you did it again?
I would spend more time on the last edit to make it
look more realistic so it fits in the door way more
naturally.

23. Illustration

24. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
I like how it shows the type of cartoon I may use in
my children’s book as well as what type of style I
could go for, it helps me add to my ideas and
consider many different aspects of the type of
characters I may want to create.
What would you improve if you did it again?
I would go over the drawings to make sure it shows
up better after being scanned.

25. Image Quote

26. Image Quote

27. Image Quote

28. Image Quote

29. Image Quote

30. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
I liked how the images linked with the quote or the
quote made a story behind the still photo. I also
liked how I used different texts to suit the quote of
picture which added to the story behind it.
What would you improve if you did it again?
I would have liked to create more images with
different quotes as well as change the font more.

31. Initial Ideas

34. Idea Generation

36. Princess

37. Princess
• I focused on the different era’s I may use as inspiration
for the dress the princess will be wearing. The era’s I
looked at was the 1400s, 1600s and the 1700s.
• I also wanted to look at the stereotypical princess,
blonde, thin and pale as it will be more traditional.
• I wanted to get images of the ‘princess’ in different
positions to see what type of movement she would
have as well as how she would look.
• With this storyboard I wanted to draw the image in my
head to life so I researched the many era’s until I found
a mixture of styles I liked and think suited the character
in my story.

38. Prince

39. Prince
• I looked more closely at what prince’s looked
like and wore in the same era’s as the
princesses.
• I want the prince to have the same style as
Prince Charming in Cinderella as that’s the
same era I’m leaning to.
• I wanted the prince to look stereotypical but
also realistic which is why I looked at paintings
of princes from different eras.

40. Queen

41. Queen
• I wasn’t sure which direction I wanted the Queen to go
in, as in the story she is ‘evil’ but she also needs to
seem nice enough to fool the king into marrying her.
• With the similar eras of the princess, I looked at real
queens from those times as well as the ‘Evil Queen’ in
the TV show Once Upon A Time as inspiration for my
character.
• I wanted the Queen to be pretty with beautiful dresses
but perhaps an evil way to her.
• I used this mood board to add to my character that I
have imagined, such as either brown or black hair as
well as the colours she wears etc.

42. Step-sister

43. Step-sister
• With the stereotypical ‘step-sister’ being known
as ugly, I wanted to stick to that tradition as well
as stick to the way she is described in the story I
am using.
• Through the same eras, I looked at real paintings
of princesses in that time who weren’t as
beautiful as what I imagine the princess to look
at.
• I also used some characters from Once Upon A
Time again to look at a real woman dressed like a
princess in that era.

44. Proposal
Dimensions
8-9 pages 20cm x 15cm each page
Story Overview
A King loses his wife but still has his daughter, he then remarries a woman who also has a
daughter. The kind-hearted princess, Florine, is to marry a charming Prince but the new Queen
wants her selfish daughter, Truitonne, to marry the prince instead. She demands Florine to be
locked up in a tower so the prince can not marry her, but when he refuses to marry the Queens
daughter instead, the Queen asks a fairy to turn the charming Prince into a blue bird. After this,
the blue bird visits his princess in her tower every night and sings to her, but when the Queen
finds out, she orders the tree the bird uses to perch on to be burnt down. When a good fairy
hears of this evil, she turns the blue bird back to its true Prince form and frees Florine from her
tower. They soon become the beautiful Queen and Charming King and lock the horrible Queen
and her spoiled daughter into the tower. The kingdom, King and Queen live happily ever after.
Export Format
JPEG
Advantages: Format is compatible for most programs.
Disadvantages: Every next step of compressing the image degrades its quality.

45. Deadline
15th January
Audience
I will be aiming my story book at children aged between 5-8 years of age. I will be
targeting a female audience as I think my type of story with those types of
characters will be best suited in a book for young girls. This is because it is a
princess fairy tale. I am not aiming at any particular demographic as I think my book
could appeal to anyone, this includes class and race.
Production Methods
I will be using Photoshop to create my children’s book pages through the
rotoscoping technique, I will be using this effect because I find it is my strength
when it comes to creating images that look real. This will give me the opportunity to
show my graphic skills and also to be able to make the pages a high quality which
will improve their standard. It also means that I can change details easier or add
more if I need to change anything last minuet. I can also change the story as well as
the font size and text.

46. What are the strengths of the proposal? What areas of the proposal need further work?
Your proposal is very well laid out. The story
overview is very detailed and shows you have a
clear understanding of what you want your story to
be about and the audience of who will read it.
None.
What are the strengths of the idea generation? What areas of idea generation could have been
further developed?
Overall your idea generation is very strong. You
have three very well laid out mind maps that are full
of information. I also feel that your mood boards are
very well layered out showing a wide variety of
characters for your story.
None.

47. What are the strengths of the proposal? What areas of the proposal need further work?
Your proposal is very detailed and you clearly have
a full plan of what you want to achieve. I really liked
the individual analysis of each character so you
have a very clear view of what you want to produce
for your final product.
JPEG advantages and disadvantages need to
completed.
What are the strengths of the idea generation? What areas of idea generation could have been
further developed?
Your idea generation is brilliant, very detailed and
shows you have clearly thought through what you
want your story, characters and final product to look
like.
Nothing to improve!

48. What are the strengths of the proposal? What areas of the proposal need further work?
There are many strengths in the proposal. You
have a clear idea and understanding of what you
want to do with your story, plot-wise and how each
image will look which shows great development.
From what I’ve seen none, everything was very
detailed and clear.
What are the strengths of the idea generation? What areas of idea generation could have been
further developed?
All of the detail. You gathered multiple images for
developing the look of your characters. As well as
with your mind maps, you have so many points that
you want to keep for your plot, setting and
characters. For instance saying, ‘Bright coloured
memorable animals’ and having quick drawings for
your backgrounds.
Nothing really, the amount of detail for each slide is
amazing and really well done.

49. Feedback Summary
Sum up your feedback.
I got really good feedback from people telling me how I did a lot of detailed research for
my characters, such as the dress style era and the way I wanted them to look.
Which parts of your feedback do you agree with and why?
I agree that my research is really detailed and I am proud of the way I set my mood
boards out to make my characters come to life.
Which parts of your feedback do you disagree with and why?
I don’t disagree with any of this feedback.

50. Original Script

51. Original Script
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Bird_(fairy_tale)

52. First Script
1st Page: There once was Princess Florine who was to marry Prince Charming. But her
Step-mother grew jealous of her beauty and wanted the Prince to marry her own daughter.
2nd Page: But the Prince loved only the Princess and refused to marry her daughter, so the
queen locks the Princess in a tower until the prince agrees to her plan.
3rd Page: The Queen tries fools the Prince into marrying her daughter, but the Prince
realises the Queens tricks and will not agree, so the Queen orders a fairy to change the
Prince into a blue bird as punishment.
4th Page: Despite this, the blue bird visits Princess Florine every day at her tower and
sings beautiful songs for her to show his love.
5th Page: But the Queens soon hears the blue birds songs and orders the tree the blue
bird uses to perch on to be burnt down.
6th Page: A good fairy hears of the Queens plan so she returns the blue bird into its true
Prince for, and frees the Princess from her tower.
7th Page: Since free, King Charming and Queen Florine take over their kingdom and
vanish the jealous Queen and her daughter to be locked up in the tower.
8th Page: And now that the kingdom is theirs, the new King and Queen live happily ever
after.

53. Second Script
1st Page: There once was Princess Florine who was to marry Prince Charming. But her
Step-mother grew jealous of her beauty and wanted the Prince to marry her own daughter.
2nd Page: But the Prince loved only the Princess and refused to marry the Queens
daughter, so the Queen locked the Princess in a tower until he agreed to marry.
3rd Page: The Queen tried to fool the Prince into marrying her daughter, but the Prince
realises the Queens tricks and will not agree.
4th Page: So the Queen orders a fairy to change the Prince into a blue bird as punishment.
5th Page: Despite this, the blue bird visits Princess Florine every day at her tower and
sings beautiful songs for her to show his love.
6th Page: But the Queen soon hears the blue bird’s songs and orders the blue bird’s
perching tree to be burnt down.
7th Page: A good fairy hears of the Queens plan so she returns the blue bird into his true
human form and frees the Princess from her tower.
8th Page: Since free, King Charming and Queen Florine take over their kingdom and
vanish the jealous Queen and her daughter to be locked up in the tower.
9th Page: And now that the beautiful kingdom is theirs, the new King and Queen live
happily ever after.

54. Final Script
1st Page: There once was Princess Florine who was to marry Prince Charming. But her
Step-mother grew jealous of her beauty and wanted the Prince to marry her own daughter.
2nd Page: But the Prince loved only the Princess and refused to marry the Queens
daughter, so the Queen locked the Princess in a tower until he agreed to marry.
3rd Page: The Queen tried to fool the Prince into marrying her daughter, but the Prince
realised the Queens tricks and would not agree.
4th Page: So the Queen ordered a bad fairy to change the Prince into a blue bird as a cruel
punishment.
5th Page: Despite this, the blue bird visited Princess Florine every day at her tower and
sang beautiful songs for her to show his love.
6th Page: But the Queen soon heard the blue bird’s songs and ordered the blue bird’s
perching tree to be burnt down.
7th Page: A good fairy heard of the Queens plan so she returned the blue bird into his true
human form and freed the Princess from her tower.
8th Page: Since free, King Charming and Queen Florine take over their kingdom and
vanished the jealous Queen and her daughter to be locked up in the tower.
9th Page: And now that the beautiful kingdom was theirs, the new King and Queen lived
happily ever after.

55. Digital Flat Plans
There once was Princess Florine who was to
marry Prince Charming. But her Step-mother
grew jealous of her beauty and wanted the
Prince to marry her own daughter.
But the Prince loved only the
Princess and refused to marry the
Queens daughter, so the Queen
locked Princess Florine in a tower
until the Prince agreed.
Despite this,
the blue bird
visits
Princess
Florine every
day at her
tower and
sings
beautiful
songs for her
to show his
love.
The Queen tries fools the Prince
into marrying her daughter, but
the Prince realises the Queens
tricks and will not agree, so the
Queen orders a fairy to change
the Prince into a blue bird as
punishment.

56. Digital Flat Plans
But the Queens soon hears the
blue birds songs and orders the
tree the blue bird uses to perch on
to be burnt down.
A good fairy hears of the Queens plan
so she returns the blue bird into its
true Prince for, and frees the Princess
from her tower.
Since free, King Charming and Queen
Florine take over their kingdom and vanish
the jealous Queen and her daughter to be
locked up in the tower.
And now that the kingdom is theirs,
the new King and Queen live
happily ever after.

57. Test Page