I added detailing to things like the hair and the wood on the bench to add texture so the drawing wouldn’t be so flat. I hope this means that my individual images look more striking and more interesting to look at.

Again I used the risen effect to highlight the important parts of the image and what I want the viewer to focus on for a specific reason. The point of this frame was to show that she’s outdoors sat on a bench listening to music whilst the birds sing. She has her eyes closed and headphones in completely ignoring the beautiful outside world and her partner.

Originally, I designed my character to have shorter arms and rounder features but the realistic version was a massive improvement. I started to realise that although I had put more work into the first version and it had more detailing it wasn’t necessarily more interesting. I decided to make it more vibrant and futuristic by incorporating simple thick lines and geometric shapes. I focused on clothing to create something that looked cool and unique with highlights to reveal the shine. I think it also looks more comic like because of the bright colours.

The phone stuck to the face is a metaphor for literally being glued to your phone/ it having a hold on you/not being able to get away from it.

I’m unsure if I prefer this version of my drawing or the one surrounded in colour. I feel as if the colourful image may be too garish and takes away from the main focus of the image; the eyes. I put the grain effect on top of all of my pieces as I felt this added texture and made the image less flat.

This image from my comic is the part where the phone has been pulled away from her face and has sent her in a sort of confused/dazed state. I made her eyes spirally and surrounded her in colours to try and portray this. I wanted to add some depth to the image to exaggerate the dazed effect and make it more interesting. I cut out each colour and layered them up but this wasn’t as effective as I’d hoped as when I photographed it from above it wasn’t obvious. I may just use the original in my final piece.

I printed off these images (which were mostly outlines) that I had created on Photoshop and filled them in with dashes and colour to create textures. However, I have decided not to use these drawings I no longer like the character and hope to design something better. I don’t feel like I can carry on with something that I dislike.

The spider phone is a ‘disease’ that my comic is going to be based around. It’s a metaphor for your phone clinging to you and not being able to let go.