how comics can make us better designers
DESCRIPTION
Graphic design and sequential art share a common ancestry. As two disciplines that share the integration of typography and images, there are many problems that both designers and comickers have had to solve. In this fun talk, Ross Nover will be reviewing the comics medium and various points of inspiration that designers can learn from their long-lost cousins, the comic artists. refreshbaltimore.org/events/past-events/February-2013.phpTRANSCRIPT
How Comics Can Make Us Better DesignersRefresh BaltimoreTuesday, February 26, 2013
@Rosscott #RefreshBmore
@SuperArtFight
@FriendlyDC
What do you MEAN “Unexpectedly Quit”?
MOORE’S LAW: Computers will get
exponentially faster.
MURPHY’S LAW:Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
ROSSCOTT’S LAW:The faster the computer,
the faster it can go wrong.
The System www.systemcomic.com
meh.
‘K!YES! ....No
(so alone) Nah.
TO THE INTERNET!
What’s the
point?
Of
course!
You’re
right
ABSOLUTELY.
Who
cares?
Professor Internet sez:
Nope
LOL BUTTZSo you found something cool on the Internet... A helpful chart from Loldwell.com and SystemComic.com
OMG AMAZING!
I need to share!Pretty
cool
This is cool and
I am cool for
sharing it.
Editor’s Note:This is known as the ‘ROFL’ or repetitive online feedback loop.
On the original
artist’s website!
I’m a BIG FAN.
Heck yeah, AND I
replaced the watermark
w/ my shitty blog’s
SHITTIER logo!Be sure to provide appropriate
links to the original creator
and their website. they haz
talent and deservz ur respeks.
OMG
it even has a
watermark!
I dunno, I was dickin’
around on, ______
(insert procrasti-aggregator)
*
loldwell.comsystemcomic.com
How cool was it?
So, where did you find it?
Does it have a watermark?
TO THEGOOGLES!
Are you going to give credit where credit is due?
Someone worked hard on this dude, don’t be that guy.
Seriously?
Doesn’t that take more effortmake you look
douchebag?
Is anyone around?
GO!
and
like a
Let’s
KEEPDICKINGAROUND
Is it worth sharing?
Why Comics / Design?
Words / VisualsAdobe
“Web Stuff”Creative Promotion
IllustrationsWritingButts
ClientsHelvetica
EditingStorytelling
Composition
Visual CommunicationGraphic DeisgnersComic Makers
Idea
COMICS
LOGO DESIGN
WEB DESIGN
Sketch Ink Color
Idea Sketch B/W Color
Content Wireframes Design Development
Section 1:The Art in Comics
Characters
The Dangers of Specificity
What’s it like when it snows here?
People. Go. Apeshit.
The System www.rosscottinc.com
http://www.geocities.ws/gonetomorrow00/ah_340/index.htm
Someone Anyone (Me?)
Someone
A Trash
Mario
Someone’s Trash
http://alistapart.com/article/see-what-i-mean
Section 2:The Art of Panels
“The phenomenon of observing the parts but perceiving the whole”
Closure
Panel Length
COLD. Reheat. See phase 1.
COFFEE LIFE CYCLE TOO HOT. Sip. Burn your tongue. Repeat.
PERFECT for about 6 seconds.
The System www.rosscottinc.com
Panel Choice
Diagram from Helen
Word Choice
What words should go here?
What images should go under it?
Section 3:Storytelling
“Less is more.” — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
“Less.” —Ross
3eanuts Garfield Minus Garfield
“Fancy” Ketchup. Nope.
The System www.rosscottinc.com
“Less.” —Ross
• Working within a grid• Copy editing• Give your work constraints• Increase contrast / simplicity of layout• Limited color palette• “Boutiquing” your product
Section 4:Crap that didn’t really fit anywhere else (But I learned it from comics)
Art as Exercise
I needto work harderto be betterat things.
systemcomic.com
DID YOU DO IT?
NO YES
THE JAMIE NOGUCHI SYSTEM TM
FUCKIN’ DO IT!WWW.YPCOMIC.COM
Have a Bag of Tricks
NOTE: These don’t make a good designer. They make you a faster designer who can screw up quicker.
Have a Secret Identity
That’s it.
@Rosscott @FriendlyDC @SystemComic@SuperArtFight
www.systemcomic.comwww.friendlydesign.co