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Assignment Text On this page you will find either the text to work your illustrations from, or resources to find the text. As illustrators, we are working from the written word (among other things) for our visual creations. And here they are;

Assignment Four = **Fantasy & Science Fiction Illustration** = Fantasy and Science Fiction is quite possibly the largest genre that uses illustrations. Everything from graphic novels, book, magazine, trading cards, posters, video game design and concepts, and of course movies – fantasy/sci-fi is a huge field! And as you may have guessed, many of these artists have gone digital! Choose one of the sections below, or a sci-fi/fantasy story of your choice. The artwork itself will not include any text, but will be displayed beside the completed art.

**“The Mines of Moria” Challenge**
One of the most widely illustrated fantasy novels of all time is probably JRR Tolkiens “Lord of the Rings”. And why not! The novels are abundant in fantastic locations, races of peoples (hobbits, elves, humans, dwarf) and monsters (orcs, goblins, trolls, ringwraiths)… oh my. Here is your challenge; Illustrate a section from “The Fellowship of the Ring”. Chapter Five—“The Bridge of Khazid-Dum” is one of my favorite chapters. It’s when Gandalf and the fellowship, fleeing from goblins and trolls, faces the terrifying Balrog!

Download the chapter below:

Here's a link to this scene from the movie: @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbFENhyCFcc

**“Run Luke Run!” Challenge**
Although many science fiction films have used digital art, none to the level of the Star Wars franchise—they use so much that George Lucas had to create an entire company around creating that art (Industrial Light & Magic). Truly awesome! So, heres the challenge my young padawans… illustrate one section of the script from the 1976 blockbuster Star Wars: A New Hope. Below is a link to the script section that involves Darth Vader and Ben Obi Wan’s (you mean ole’ Ben?) epic light saber battle. The next section choice is shortly after that battle, when the “fellowship” is running towards the Millennium Falcon (you remember… run Luke run!)

Download those script sections here:

Here's a link to the scene from the movie: @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYgDHXVKsTc&feature=related

Choose a different section from the entire script here: @http://www.blueharvest.net/scoops/anh-script.shtml

Check out Industrial Light and Magic: @http://www.ilm.com/

By the way, if you haven’t seen any of these films, consider that your homework!

Assignment Three

**Comic Book Cover illustration** The Comic Book industry has long been a focus for many illustrators and artists; and for good reason! Writers, Pencilers, Inkers, Colorists and Letterers are just some of the careers waiting for a discipline artist in the comic and graphic novel industries. With independent publishing more affordable than ever, many artists create their own visual stories, bypassing the comic corporations altogether. In this project you will illustrate a comic book cover for a fictitious comic or graphic novel. You will learn how to design a composition with other visual design elements (namely the text and logo), digital colorists techniques including layer style effects and photo shortcuts, and either combining traditionally inked line art or how to ink digitally.

**The Stories plot** This issue is about a hero who has been betrayed by a former best friend. The friend became very jealous over our hero, and has decided to make the hero’s life miserable. In this issue, the ex-friend makes his hatred know by doing something nasty to our hero.

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==== //Notice how the plot description is very open-ended; your story could be in the far future, in the distant past, or nowadays. Your hero could have superpowers, or no powers, or could even be non-human! The challenge is to visually portray a sense of betrayal and misfortune between former friends.// ====

Also, you get to name the comic story! Use the type layer in photoshop to name your comic issue!

Here is the pdf template to sketch out your ideas: (I will be passing this file out in class to open in photoshop) **Check out these sites** **for some comic book advice and examples**

Dark Horse Comics @http://www.darkhorse.com/ Check out the links to the left, Features>Making of a comic

Scott McCloud The comic writer/artist that has studied the ART of comic books @http://scottmccloud.com/ His books, “Understanding Comics” and “Making Comics” are recommended reading for anyone interested in comic books.

Kelly McDonald Kelly is a former WHS graduate who created a comic book in school, and continues to grow her story, and her artistic talent. Check out the “Extra” link to see here process of creating comics. We will be learning that process in class! @http://veiledtruths.com/

Marvel Comics Who doesn’t know Marvel? Home of Spiderman, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, X-Men and many, many other characters from the imagination of Stan Lee (and others). Check out the Video>Motion Comics links for an interesting and new comic story presentation (a new, emerging future of comic storytelling). @http://marvel.com/

DC Comics You can’t have Marvel without DC! Home of Batman, Superman and the Vertigo comic line, with much darker and creatively interesting storylines, line Sandman. @http://www.dccomics.com/dccomics/



**Assignment One: Character Concept Sketch** Using reference photos and thumbnail sketches, create a concept drawing from the character descriptions below. You may choose your own character, but you must supply a written decription of the character.

**Females** Description #1 This female character is young, around 14-18 years old, with brown hair and dark eyes. She is very tough and independent, though there is a hint of weakness about her. She lives alone in the forest with the mountain wolf that raised her, and paints her face with tribal symbols. Although she is human, she no longer identifies with them and has an intense hatred against humans who invade the forest. With a strange mask on her face and riding a huge mountain wolf, she repeatedly attacks a busy city because of the destruction they have brought upon nature.

Description #2 This female character is ancient, but looks to only be 18-24 years old. She is very mysterious and belongs to a group of witches, whose affinity is to darkness, inferno and the moon. This character possesses remarkable combat ability. After a 500 year slumber in a coffin submerged at the bottom of a lake, she was awakened. With the help of her demonic informant and weapon smith, she fights to find the truth of her past. She is hounded endlessly by hosts of angels along the way. She fights with four pistols, one in each hand and one attached to each rear of her high-heeled shoes.

**Male** Description #3 This male anti-hero is the last emperor of a dying island civilization. Though the empire was once powerful with the help of great sorcery and dragons, the inhabitants twisted ways soon collapsed the empire. The character is a sickly albino who needs drugs to sustain him throughout the day. The writer described him as follows: // “It is the color of a bleached skull, his flesh; and the long hair which flows below his shoulders is milk-white. From the tapering, beautiful head stare two slanting eyes, crimson and moody, and from the loose sleeves of his yellow gown emerge two slender hands, also the color of bone.” // The character gains much strength when he discovers a magic demon sword that gives him power everytime he kills with it. Throughout the novels, he a a very conflicted, tormented character who struggles to find his place in the world while trying to control his demon sword.

Description #4 This male character is from the far future, his age is very difficult to decipher, due to his armor that covers his face. The character is a super-soldier, though somewhere along the way we get the feeling that he left the “army” he was part of, and became a mercenary. This character personifies danger and mystery, sort of an honorable, yet deadly, person. His armor covers his face, and is scarred with previous battles.

**Assignment Two: Children's Books** Children’s Books, also known as Picture Books, are a huge industry in the career of an illustrator. With varied topics both fiction and non-fiction, and different grade levels from 6 months old to around 13, picture books in the traditional, printed format are here to stay. In this project, you will create an illustration from a section of any children’s book. The illustration challenge; you must create a work of art that is age appropriate (known as target audience) and has an interesting composition that includes the stories text.


 * The Three Little Pigs Text: [[file:The Three Little Pigs.pdf]] **



Check out these other children's book illustrators: @http://www.childrensillustrators.com/content.cgi/index @http://www.rmichelson.com/Childrens-Book-Illustrators.html @http://picturebookillustrators.typepad.com/ [] @http://www.chrisvanallsburg.com/flash.html
 * Children’s Books Artists Links **

**Stories** Find a story yourself from the links below:

Aesops fables @http://rickwalton.com/aesop/aesop.htm

Little Red Riding Hood

@http://www.fullbooks.com/Children-s-Hour-with-Red-Riding-Hood-and.html

Greek Myths for Kids @http://greece.mrdonn.org/myths.html