Various Sequential Art

Lilli Carre - Tales of Woodsman Pete

This is an example of one of Lilli Carre's tales of woodsman pete comics. I chose this particular strip to comment on the pacing of the narrative. The enviornment and image itself barely changes at all during the whole narrative and this is effective at giving the slow paced, relaxed feel that is in the narrative being told. The third panel in particular is so strong at creating a pause, and adding length to a simple story and conveying a sense of non-urgency.

Kris Wilson - Cyanide and Happiness

Kris Wilson's cyanide and happiness is a hugely successful series of webcomics that are popular for it's various puns and humorous takes on social and pop culture. The stylised characters and low-res aesthetic prove that strong subject matter can be what makes or breaks sequential art, not just the art itself. Of course Cyanide and Happiness' visual style has been replicated and ripped of with resulting in legal struggles in the past.

Below is a Romantically Apocalyptic collaboration work that Kris Wilson produced with Vitaly Alexius and Shawn Cross, and shows how visual style is an important factor in communicating the narrative. As the character 'Pilots' mind turns to mush, the visuals of the narrative change and slowly become akwardly simplistic and the pace is changed by subtle transitions and small amounts of dialogue just increase the weirdness of the situation. Beautiful.

Motion Comics

Motion comics are an interesting hybrid of comic book style artwork that is played in sequence sometimes using various visual after effects, sounds, dialogue or music to bring them to life.

Here is an example of a Motion comic found on youtube.

Pacing is created by camera movement and cuts, just like information in a traditional comic is arranged in specific panel transitions to slow or speed things up. the viewers imagination has to fill in the gaps but the mood and action to action scenes can be heightened using small true animations and atmosphere changes. This is a very interesting form of sequential image making that would be fun to explore when the brief accommodates.

Lord of the Rings Storyboarding process

This video from the making of the lord of the rings shows the pivotal improtance of storyboarding in a project, to ensure that the full possibilities and most imaginative of ideas are explored. It also highlights how sequential imagery is one of the cheapest and most basic ways to tell a story, yet is still one of the most effective ways of doing in and is relied on in even the most ambitious projects such as these huge award winning films.