Graphic novel progress.

I've really been enjoying working on my graphic novel, especially because this is the first time I've ever done a project like this. The most difficult thing for me was trying to find a variety of panel styles to use so that the pages don't come across as boring and takes away from the story line. I was able to find a few styles that I like and incorporated them in to the novel.I am very pleased with how things are turning out. One thng I would have done differently was started a little earlier with production. I also would have drew more during the semester so that I would have felt more comfortable with my drawings. This is definitely something I am interested in keeping up and perusing.

The Influences of Graphic Novels

Something that really stuck out to me in Seymour Chwast's adaptation of Chaucer's 'The Canterbury tales" is the drawings. The simplicity of the drawings really apealed to me.

I really like how the images are all hand drawn from the characters to the panels. Thisis really influential on my novel because I am drawing everyhting by hand. It is nice to see how Chwast utilized the page space. This is very helpful because I can see the various ways the panels are used and drawn to give me more ideas as to how I would layout my novel. Something else that's really appealing is the fact that it is all done in black and white. I am able to see how Chwast used shading to his advantage and it will help me figure out what I want to do and what items should be shaded and to what degree of shading. In the Graphic Novel V For Vendetta I was more or less drawn to the amount of detail that was included in the drawings. Although my novel will be in black and white, I like how the details in this novel will be just as good if they were to be in black and white. I was more interested in the composition of characters in the panels because I have panels that will include multiple characters and seeing how I could place them next to each other in various ways really helps with the drawing process.

I am also interested in the panel usage and the variety of panels that are being used throughout this novel. Because I have some panels that will show close ups of characters, I was really interested in the page above and how much detail was included in a close up. Seeing this paneling style will also help aid me in my novel because I won't get stuck using a repetitive paneling sequence that could take away from the story. I'm actually glad I chose to read these two novels because they have proven to be not only great reads, but very beneficial to my drawing style and paneling style.