Category: AHIS 430

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AHIS 430 – Glossary

Icon: an graphic representation of a person, place, thing, idea, etc

example: an icon of a person on a wheelchair is often painted on parking stalls to communicate that it is reserved for disabled individuals

Gutter: the space in-between comic panels

Bleeding Panel: When a panel runs off the end of the page

the panel on the right is an example of a panel bleeding off the page

Closure: inspecting part of the image, while still observing the whole picture

Panels/Frames: shapes that contain the images, that act as an indicator of how the time is being divided

Example of a page of panels/frames

Streaking: photographic horizontal lines that suggest that the person/object is moving

Comic: sequentially ordered words and images that conveys information/a story

Movement-to-movement transition: panels show basic movements happening in sequential order

Action-to-action transition: panels show a single subject going through specific movement in a sequential order

Subject-to-subject transition: panels show one scene/idea and show different perspectives/point of views


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AHIS 430 – Finished Comic of “The Fly”

initial sketches

This was quite a challenge to visually convey the message and symbols of the story, but I enjoyed creating the imagery for this short story!

I used line art throughout the comic, which aren’t perfect lines but are crooked and imperfect. I chose to do this because I believe it represented his emotional state, which was very unstable due to his reminder of his son’s death. I decided to keep this in black and white, to convey a somber feel of the short story. I believe the contrast also adds tension to some of the panels I drew. I also chose to have particular objects sticking out of the frame, such as the pen, to bring the viewer closer to the environment of the story.

Below is a link to my finished comic in pdf form.

https://eportfolios.capilanou.ca/halukayagi/wp-content/uploads/sites/1410/2019/04/thefly-drawnbyhaluka.pdf