May Proko Challenge - Storytelling with Moderndayjames

Lesson by

Stan Prokopenko

@moderndayjames

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Post your process sketches and works in progress for the challenge here if you want feedback from the community.

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Arthur HCM

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3yr

One of the biggest research I made so I thought it would be nice to share the process here. 1st pic is the idea I had for painting style (had to do more sketch like because of time, but those are the styles that inspired me!), mood and enviroment. 2nd pic is the general idea for each page using movie stills and whatever I found on Google as inspiration 3rd pic is the pages sketch + final references I made using mostly 3D and ideas from movies frames for each panel *btw I already posted my final submission so I'm not looking for any critiques :) (But if you have one anyways, it's okay!)

samridha rana

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3yr

A page from my comic 'silencers ' 'Silencers' is the story that ive prepared for this entry , the story is about some specific people getting assigned for handling others emotions (called silencers) and getting paid as they have to fight an inner demon meaning the emotion itself , the main character of the story is one of the silencers who has an enormous desire for money and does it all just for money as he's chosed due to the same reason because of his anger and greed so hes chosen to fight the emotion 'anger'

Karim Noffal

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3yr

Attempt 2 at a story! This is still in its early stages. This storyboard starts at the climax of the story: a warlock/mage and his apprentice tracked down the main antagonist, an evil necromancer, to an ominous cave. They run through the cavern's corridors until they have him cornered... or so they think. It's a trap! He led them directly to the resting place of a tribe of mighty warriors... Whom he raises from the dead to battle our heroes, using an ancient and accursed amulet (a demon's skull)! I'm planning on adding one or two more frames. Let me know if the frames are coherent and tell the story clearly enough. The drawings and lighting are still rough, but it's an indication of how it will look once it's finished. If you have any other suggestions, please reply to this submission.

Ethan Thorn

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3yr

Hi everyone! here are 5 pages from the comic that I will be submitting for this challenge. I want to use 3 or 4 for the final submission, so if anyone has an opinion as to which of these pages are strongest, please let me know. I do want the pages I submit to be consecutive so that it still conveys a linear story, so keep that in mind. I will eventually be lettering these pages, but I am considering submitting them without any text. Please tell me if you think lettering is necessary. Also, if you have any suggestions/criticisms related to the drawings themselves, don't hesitate to tell me! I am still looking to make changes at this stage in the drawing. These pages are all done using a brush pen on 9x12 bristol board. The pages are attached in order. Thank you!

Karim Noffal

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3yr

These are very cool! I honestly think they're all good and contribute to the story. You don't "need" dialogue since the illustrations are clear enough so you can understand what's going on, but they would contribute to adding personality to the characters. I would also add some sound effects. I think the poses (balance and anatomy) still need a bit of work. The character's expression in the last panel of the second page is confusing to me, I don't quite get what you were going for, because he looks like he's sad, or unimpressed... a kinda blank expression. In the panel where the gorilla is in mid-air, he needs to be more centered and, since it's an important panel, take more time to make the perspective and pose as strong as you can. The characters' skin and environment would benefit greatly from some type of shading since they look very flat right now (especially the ground), it would help to sell the environment better: a desert in the middle of the day (very bright, with strong shadows). Decide where your light is coming from and draw the shadows accordingly. Best of luck!

Karim Noffal

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3yr

Here's the process for my piece! There's still a lot to work on, details are rough, but the general idea is there. What do y'all think? Any advice?

Pourya Aboalfathzade

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3yr

hay man. nice goin. maybe its better to post anything about story. so we can understand more about the frame. after all its a storytelling challenge

Lena H

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3yr

Should the comic or storyboard show the entire story or only a scene?

John B

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3yr

Just a scene unless you want to do the entire story

@julia_nedzynska

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3yr

The brief says animation is an option, but looks like Proko does not allow uploads of video files in threads, and even gifs have to be under 1MB. How to submit an animation in that case? Link to youtube/vimeo?

John B

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3yr

Yeah in that scenario you'd want to provide a link to the animation and maybe some screenshots from the video. @Katey Jensma can you confirm this would be the best thing do?

Amado Karim

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3yr

For animation, I assume sound is required?

John B

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3yr

Adding sound would probably help, but he's judging based on clarity of story, anatomy, stylization, use of composition and cinematic language. "Clarity of story" might be where sound comes into play, but it's not require for this challenge.

Arthur HCM

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3yr

Awesome! in the comic book, is there a max limit for pages? I don't know if the idea I have is considered small haha

John B

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3yr

Nope, but keep in mind that James will have a lot of entries to judge.