MITTENZ - Graphic Novel
Oakland University - ST: Graphic Novel - Winter 2021
Four-panel “daily strip,” without the use of text.”
Complete story using the format of the single nine-panel page, without the use of text and employing the straightforward “democratic grid,” in which all panels are of equal size.
CHARACTERS AND STORY-LINE
The first creation was The Death Flower ( Project II ), a 4 panel wordless strip. Taking reference from old Hollywood movies like Psycho, I created a high contrast imagery. Using the same technique as the previous project, I draw it everything and used digital tools to adjusts the contrast.
That second project made me questioned were those storylines were situated. Having both scenes happening inside and apartment building, made the third project even more fun to work with. The goal was to connect both stories to a third one: The Mittenz.
EXPANDING THE UNIVERSE
The Mittenz story-base can be see in the complex building ( Project III ) having minor to almost unnoticeable changes when transferred to a 4 page comic book. All pages were created with Ink and Pencil in a 18 x 24 pad before they digitalized and colored in photoshop.
