I teach art to 6-8th graders. I have had a passion for creating comics since the 2nd grade. It is then that I started developing my own characters and giving them personalities. I even attempted to get my comic in the newspaper at this early time. Somehow this dream failed. But, it still exists...
So, I am passing it on to my students. We are doing a unit of art about cartooning. I give them a worksheet in the beginning to plan out characters. This is what it is like, only I filled this one out for my own character...
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| Creating the Character of RockySox |
Then I began laying out the storyboard and getting my ideas together....
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| after coloring |
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| Rock in the Flesh... or in the fiber. |
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| song written by Rocky Sox |
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| This is an uncolored version of My comic for RockySox. (click picture to magnify and read more easily) I will color it with colored pencils this week when I go back to school... can't wait! I will soon share some of my students ideas as well for their comics. One lucky artist will get their comic printed in the Mineola Monitor! Woop woop! I am so jealous... http://tabithaannthelostsock.blogspot.com/2012/05/comic-strip-dreams.html TO BE CONTINUED.... continued here...     .jpg) .jpg) |
