Making Comics Fast: Design Thinking As A Tool To Approach Narrative Learning
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A design-thinking workshop presented at the University of Michigan Enriching Scholarship 2016. Combine design thinking strategies and comic creation prototyping tools to help students hurdle past the blank page problem for visual+narrative creative projects. This hands-on workshop will walk you through the real-world experience of working in partnership or small teams to create a rough draft of a short comic on the topic of a public service awareness or public interest topic.
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Making Comics Fast: Design Thinking As A Tool To Approach Narrative Learning
- 1. Making Comics Fast PF Anderson, Joyce Lee, Nancy Benovich Gilby Enriching Scholarship 2016
- 2. Idea What if we mashed up DESIGN THINKING and a simplified COMICS rubric? Image credit: <https://openclipart.org/detail/181394/radio-announcement>
- 3. Background 1 DESIGN THINKING is … what?
- 4. What is design thinking? <http://dschool. stanford.edu/dgift/>
- 6. What do you mean, “comics rubric”? Scott McCloud: Understanding Comics <http://scottmccloud.com/2- print/1-uc/> EdX: The Rise of Superheroes and Their Impact On Pop Culture: <https://www.edx.org/course/rise- superheroes-impact-pop-culture- smithsonianx-popx1-1x-2> 10 things before you start a comic <http://www.makingcomics. com/2014/09/24/10-things-start- comic-graphic-novel/> How to start your own comic <http: //www.instructables.com/id/How-to- Start-Your-Own-Comic-Book/>
- 7. What’s your contemporary social issue?
- 8. … or, in other words, what’s your purpose? On Purpose: <http: //www. dungbeetle. org/> Make Health: <http: //makehealth .us/> A tell B (5 min) B tell A (5 min)
- 9. Who’s your hero or protagonist?
- 10. Who’s your hero? Character strengths Character flaws Origin storyOption 1: Partner & collaborate (15-20 min) Option 2: Take turns A tells B (10 minutes) B tells A (10 minutes)
- 11. Who’s your villain or antagonist?
- 12. Who’s your villain? Character strengths Character flaws Origin story or symbolism Option 1: Partner & collaborate (15-20 min) Option 2: Take turns A tells B (10 minutes) B tells A (10 minutes)
- 13. What’s your story or plotline or scene?
- 14. What’s your story? Set the scene Buildup Conflict Resolution Option 1: Partner & collaborate (15-20 min) Option 2: Take turns A tells B (10 minutes) B tells A (10 minutes)
- 15. Pull it all together!
- 16. Templates SUPERHERO BLANK TEMPLATES Heromachine <http://www.heromachine.com/> | <http://www.heromachine. com/2008/01/27/free-blank-figure-templates/> JufsAnne: <http://www.jufsanne. com/kinderboekenweek/2011/kinderboekenweek2011downloads.html> STORYBOARD BLANK TEMPLATE <https://docs.google. com/document/d/1a7QS9BEnPxPlNQRlf9YBfnefS0e5PbEz6MZ3vGLYh34/edit?usp=sharing>
- 17. Storyboard Blank DESCRIPTION Action in Frame (Hero) Action in Frame (Villain)
- 19. Next steps
- 20. Alternatives to being an artist UNESCO: How to create and publish a photonovel <http://unesdoc.unesco. org/images/0018/001821/182121E.pdf> ETechLib: Cheap and Easy Ways to Make Comics or Cartoons for Digital Storytelling <https://etechlib. wordpress.com/2013/05/14/cheap-and-easy- ways-to-make-comics-or-cartoons-for- digital-storytelling/>
- 21. Alternatives to being an artist Apps!
- 22. Contacts PF Anderson / @pfanderson / <pfa@umich.edu> Joyce Lee / @joyclee / <joyclee@med.umich.edu> Nancy Benovich Gilby / @nabgilby / <nabgilby@umich.edu>