LO4 Final graphic novel product

LO3 Script

LO3 Panel Layouts

LO3 Panel draft storyboards

LO2 character profile- Rachel Menken

Rachel Menkin is the supporting character in this graphic novel. Rachel is the owner of Menkens departments store and is searching for a new ad agency to help boost sales. Rachel is single and has an love interest in Don Draper. Rachel is of Jewish faith and is proud of it.

Rachel is a calm and collected person, who is shown to be resistant and resilient to all of the sexist, misogynistic and anti-semitic comments that are made toward her. This resilience is what allows her to be successful as a businesswomen and the owner of Menkens. To begin with Don is stand off ish toward Rachel, this is because Don has an old fashioned personality and doesn't see women as equals to men. Don swiftly changes his opinion on Rachel once he has a conversation. Rachel mirrors Dons charismatic and charming personality.

Rachel is a beautiful women, average height, slim build and wears her hair in an expensive looking style. Rachel dresses in classy expensive dresses that match her personality perfectly. This look is typical of a New York businesswomen.

LO2 Planning the scene adaption

LO3 Production proposal

LO2 develop ideas for original graphic novel

Idea 1

 I think that an adapted character from a television series may be an interesting idea as it would create a bridge between the two audiences an merge the industries.I think that Mad Men would be a good television series to adapt. This would be original as there isn't a graphic novel series for mad men and would appeal to a new kind of graphic novel audience.  The idea of a period drama graphic novel is original in itself as a lot of the comic & graphic novel industry has action and adventure based genres where there isn't a lot of substance to the story other than the action.

Idea 2

Another potential original idea could be a graphic novel based on my animation Kitchen Stories. The characters have all been developed so there wouldn't be constraints with creating characters. The narrative and foundation for Kitchen Stories is very simple and could be adapted and changed to fit my graphic novel.

My chosen idea is idea 1. I believe this idea provides the best opportunities for an intersting and popular graphic novel.

LO2 Initial sketches for charater- Don Draper

Initial sketches for the character of Don Draper. These sketches show a basic representation of how I want the character to appear.

Digital illustrations of the character Don Draper.

Originally I intended on using a similar art style to the animated series Archer, but I eventually decided against it due to how impractical and also unoriginal the art style is. So instead I decided to go with a more simplistic style that reflects the personality of Mad Men. This art style also bear resemblance to the falling man intro scene to the television series.