Emily Nally

April 14th, 2020

CR 1 

Essential Question: What is the process of making comic strips like?

Throughout my Senior Project process so far, I have used my prior knowledge and experience with the style of Ligne Claire to help me explore it further. I have looked at many pieces of work within Ligne Claire and many that are similar and have studied how sophisticated elements can be present in a cartoonish, “childish” piece of work. Though I am working with toys as models and working in this style, I still want to include sophisticated elements that I see within the artists I have researched. I have an understanding that even with flat coloring, as things recede into the distance, they get lighter and cooler in color temperature. What is very interesting about Ligne Claire is that it can communicate a deep plane of space with only one line weight because of these techniques. However, because my models don’t provide a deep plane of space I have yet to be able to experiment with much depth, therefore I want to find other methods and techniques that can show a sense of sophistication in my work. 

I am also unsure whether I should work looser, faster, or take more time to plan. Since this was my first comic strip, I went into it knowing that it probably won’t be my best work that I produce during Senior Project. That is why once I decided on a “storyline” I jumped straight into drawing and sketching out all the scenes. I didn’t take very long to think about composition, color temperature, etc, and instead, I just started to draw without overthinking. Since I haven’t gotten the opportunity yet to have it critiqued by my peers or James, I don’t know yet whether this method of working faster in the style of Ligne Claire was successful for me or not.