Self-Portrait Comic Strips, Inspired by Roy Lichtenstein.
Roy Lichtenstein. Art for the cover of the April 1966 issue of Newsweek.
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Roy Lichtenstein. Kiss II. 1962.
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Lichtenstein became known for his deadpan humor and his slyly subversive way of building a signature body of work from mass-reproduced images. By the mid-1960s, he was nationally known and recognized as a leader in the Pop Art movement. Lichtenstein's bright, graphic works parodied American pop culture and the art world itself.
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We took photos of ourselves and friends to prove that comics can make any simple day action into one that seems extraordinary. Every person/object within the project was traced using the pen tool and we learned that using the paintbrush tool makes for a more "hand drawn" look. For color, we were limited to use only colors from the "Pop Art" palette, to go along with our comic theme, and were expected to have the color flow from scene to scene.
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Every student was instructed to choose an onomatopoeia word and to write their chosen word, in comic-style font, on a Illustrator document. The word I chose is "smooch"; to jazz things up we were required to use the warp effect and we were allowed to decide whether or not we wanted to use the 3D effect, I found that the 3D looks nice on mine. We then used a storyboard worksheet to create a design for the rest of the pictures, a self portrait montage of a everyday, normal moment made into a dramatic one.
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This is an image of the final product.