Comic Strip Creations -- Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 8, August 11th

Today when we came in, we worked on drawing an animal upside down and writing the mood we were in and why. Next, we worked on using water colors and markers to shade. Then we went to the computer lab and typed the final copies of our narratives. For the last couple of minutes we threw Spongebob and said what we liked about our comic strips.

Remember everyone --
At 3:15 on Friday, all the parents can come and check out our final comics and other art.

Bye-Bye. : )

By Catherine

Neil typed this

Comic Strip Creations -- Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 7, August 10th

We began the day by converting our hands into comic strip characters and then wrote in our notebooks. The rest of today was a workday -- we spent the entire time drawing our rough copies of our comic strip. Some of us also started our final copy, too.

We learned that panels are a HUGE part in drawing and creating comics. The class got to read comics to see how the person designed each panel, but I just enjoyed reading the different types of comics.

This post was authored by Liem.

Comic Strip Creations -- Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 6, August 9th

Hellooo fellow human beings! To start off our day, we drew our shoes and wrote about what they said about us. This was to examine “style,” one of the five domains of writing. Then we took out the descriptions of the main characters from the comic strip narratives we are creating and drew a picture of the character based on the descriptions. We drew a bunch of sticky notes based on events from our narratives, then rearranged them to play with the organization of how our narratives will be structured. After doing the final drafts of our characters, we examined panels from different comic strips to inspire us as to ways we can use panels in our own narratives!

Written by Jessica P., with some help from Kevin…

Comic Strip Creations -- Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 4, August 5th

Today, hmmm, what did we do, uhhhhhhhh, AHA!

Well, today was the first day in the computer lab. We were working on typing stories for our big comic project. We also made "flip books" out of post-it notes. We also showed each other our flip books. In the beginning of class, we drew a "brainstorm". Also in the beginning of class, in our writer's notebooks, we had to write a fairy tale BACKWARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not easy.

Well bubs, my work here is done. Bye!
~This blog was written by William M.

REMINDER: BRING IN GLOVES OR A DISHTOWEL FOR TOMORROW.

Comic Strip Creations -- Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 3, August 4th

Today's post was authored by Comic Strip Creations camper, Bailey. Well done, Bailey.

Today in Comic Strip Creations we talked about backgrounds, positioning, emotions, and emphasis. We also talked about making our own narrative comics. In the process of brainstorming, there was a point where the whiteboard was covered in purple, yellow, and blue sticky notes with story ideas. we also started to make up our own comics.

Neil, an excellent speller, typed this (in extended). Thanks, Neil.

HOMEWORK:

• TONIGHT -- CHOOSE A MEMORY FOR YOUR NARRATIVE COMIC STRIP.
• BRING IN GLOVES OR A DISHTOWEL FOR FRIDAY.

Comic Strip Creations -- Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 2, August 3rd

According to Ben, "Creativity bubbles to the max! Comics are being dissected, rebuilt, drawn, and erased!"

Today we talked about the language of comics, including panels, words, and symbols! We got our mission, which is to create a narrative comic strip based on one of our memories or experiences. And, of course, we continue to read and discuss the types of comics.

And we DRAW, DRAW, DRAW and WRITE, WRITE, WRITE!

Comic Strip Creations -- Session 2 -- Center Valley -- Day 1, August 2nd

In Comic Strip Creations today, we each took part in a game where we addressed our favorite parts of comics and gave our own definition of a comic strip. We drew caricatures of ourselves and did some cartoon science (looking at different comic strips to see if they were funny or serious and over how much time the strip took place. We had some awesome fun!