...DEMO DAY 2 -Year 5 Comic Strip - Ethiopias v Vampress Fab!...

DEMO DAY 2

 - MORNING BREAK & BEYOND!

The brief for after morning break and the afternoon were quite different 

from the communal creation of good and bad superstars. 

Now that we've got these characters - what are we gonna do with them??

Stage one - characters and plot.

No worries - Year 5's finest were on the case and knew exactly what to do. They'd chosen a hero - chosen a villain - prepared a plot synopsis. 

ALL SYSTEMS GO!

Taking their synopsis I sketched out a simple visual narrative using long shots to set the scene, medium shots and close ups to create drama to tell their story. They could then take these visual prompts and discuss and create their own sequence of images accordingly.

Stage two - pencil layout, drawing inking/felt pen and display lettering!

As it happened, they agreed with my general layout and forged full steam ahead into the task at hand. Each chose a page to illustrate and of course every comic or book needs an exciting cover to grab the readers attention and buy it! The exploding fist leaves no doubt that this comic is without a doubt  unmissable!

Stage three - inking, lettering and colouring. 

I've got to take my hat/mask off to Year 5 in executing from scratch a four page comic strip from concept to completion in essentially three few hours. 

A great job very well done - and very well managed! 

HEROES ALL! 

Stage four - presentation!

Ethiopias v Vampress Fab - page 3 and cover...

Ethiopias v Vampress Fab pages 1 and 2.

Colour rendition of the hero in question - Ethiopias!

ETHIOPIAS!

One more time - from pupils to artist - we all had a great day - many 

thanks again to school Head James Mc Burney and Year 6 Teacher David White for 

organising the day and help and support. 

Heroes All!

...DEMO DAY 2 - Noble and Majestic creatures...

DEMO DAY 2

Demo day 2 duties were shared in the early morning between Classes Noble and Majestic. Each class would have, say forty-five minutes to create a couple of super-powerful beings - possessed of unusual, unearthly and extraordinary abilities. Beings capable of astonishing feats of strength and fortitude - beings in short - beyond the frailties and human limitations of mankind! 

Yep. Forty-five minutes should be enough!

The common themes of spikes, sharp claws/talons, mohawks, cannons/bazookas, shiny metal, crop tops (or belly tops as they call), and wings continue into this round of comic creativity!

The first Noble character to materialize amidst the hubbub of unrestrained ideas and creativity was the 'The Undefeatable Lizard' also known as BOBZILLA!

Cyclopean eye sitting beneath a mohawk like an awful exclamation point! Roman leather studded skirt above psychedelic leggings and sparkling metal boots! Huge cannon barrels on his shoulders, talons protruding from his knuckles  superior six-pack - this can only be BOBZILLA - THE UNDEFEATABLE LIZARD!

Oh yeah, I forgot - spiky tail with spiked barb on the end...

ROBOT ANGEL - half chromium plated cyborg/half furry booted 

black bikini-clad winged angel  - ROBOT ANGEL! 

...and just in case any ne'er do well villain wants to encroach on Noble's intellectual property - that there is the copyright symbol...

OK MAJESTIC HERE WE COME...

He's not a teenager, not a ninja, but might be a mutant and is an anti-hero 

in a half shell! He has a shark's tooth smile/frown, sparkling spike boots, pineapple spike elbow and knee pads, a slung sword at his side, telescopic 

wrist blades and maybe baby laser eyes - no mohawk! 

Enter MAJESTIC-TURTLE BLADE!! PROTECTOR OF TURTLES!

Shark-fin shoulders and flaming aura, scaly one-piece with devil tail attached, fishnet tights and knee high patent-leather cuban-style buccaneer boots. 

She wears long blonde hair, a snakecoiled around her waistband, 

Robin's eye mask and two tongues cos' one isn't enough.

Majestic class tell me she is SKALEEN - DEFENDER OF REPTILES!!

Five minutes left to go - the pen is about to give up the ghost 

- here comes BRICKFIST!!

And here comes morning break -
come back next blog for Year 5's comic book confrontation 
between ETHIOPIAS and VAMPRESS FAB!!