Week 2 - Image as storytelling

- 0.4 Uni Pin

- 110 gsm Cartridge Paper 

- Hatching

- HB Graphite Pencil

- Ruler, eraser

- Black permanent marker

Firstly I drew a rough sketch with my HB pencil of where I wanted objects to be. Then I sketched each object roughly. After feeling happy with the panel I went over the outside of each object with a  0.4 uni pin. Finally, I added in hatching where there would be shadow.

Following the process I had done in the first image. I roughly sketched the objects in this panel with a HB pencil as it is easy to erase after. After feeling pleased with the result, I then went over everything with a 0.4 uni pin and similarly to the first one, used an eraser to get rid of the sketched lines. I also did some testing with mouth shapes on the side to try get a frustrated mouth shape. Afterwards I also added the sweat drop and lines that express emotion and thought. This is especially important when the thought bubble doesn’t show my face so I thought of other ways to show emotion and thought.

Sill not finding any issues with sketching out the idea first, I used the same process again. This time I also used the ruler to draw lines that cut the panel on both sides to give the effect of a dramatic light. After having gone through with the 0.4 uni pin and erasing the sketch lines, I filled in the outside segments with a black permanent marker. Next I used the 0.4 uni pin to hatch underneath my body to give the effect of water which was achieved by moving the pen left and right in a curvy motion.

While roughly sketching the character in this panel I wanted to show the intense focus of the character better. To achieve this I added a headband that says work after taking inspiration from Japanese manga. Then I went over everything with a 0.4 uni pin and erased the rough sketch. To finish I used hatching to show the stack of paper and the curtain behind me.

In this panel there wasn’t much to sketch so the process of me roughly sketching out the objects and characters was quite simple and done in a timely matter then traced with a 0.4 uni pin. However, there was something missing from the panel, so I added a ghost coming out of the character’s mouth to symbolise death. To finish, I used the 0.4 uni pin to add hatching on the bottom of the character slightly to show shadow.

This week’s images were really fun and interesting to do as I have done similar work in my spare time. However, I never used the hatching techniques taught in the tutorial before which I found to add a lot to the images. In future, I would probably use a wider range of fine line pens and not just a 0.4 one. I also found adding extra lines on the character to show emotion was also very effective in achieving a comical effect.