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Many of my characters in the story are based on real life animals or mythological creatures from various cultures. I wanted to explore myths because since the story is told in the imagination/limbo, I can't really imagine normal creatures being present in the scenery.

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Inspired by stephanie rose. 2019. Inspired by Stephanie Rose. [Online]. [8 April 2019]. Available from: https://www.inspiredbystephanierose.com/blogs/news/spiritual-meaning-seeing-fox

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How can I translate an emotion in my comic book, and make the person reading it feel that emotion with it?
I researched for some comic books examples that have clear emotions, so that I could incorporate these narrative elements in my comic.

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I am using animals as base characters for my story, and to symbolize and emotion.

It is important for me to know about this subject so that I can use it in a very detailed way in my project. I can also use references already created.

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Disney animation -2015
These characters live inside Riley´s head and each of them are different emotions and "control" her everyday actions. This movie is very relevant because it was a very popular movie and really shows how emotions work in a simplified way. I would like for my outcome to be children-friendly, in the meaning that it is simple enough for a child to understand and relate.

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This painting is called "The Sob" - 1939. And what is interesting in this piece is that the person is covering the face completely but you can still sense the intense sadness that the person is feeling. The strong light and shadow contrasts the muscles, so you can see that the person in the painting is holding tight her fists.

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Emotion is a mental state  variously associated with thoughts, feelings, behavioural responses, and a degree of pleasure or displeasure. There is currently no scientific consensus on a definition. Emotion is often intertwined with mood, temperament, personality, disposition, and motivation.

Wikipediaorg. 2019. Wikipediaorg. [Online]. [15 April 2019]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion

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Psychology, neuroscience, endocrinology, medicine, history, sociology of emotions, and computer science.

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Acceptance

Affection

Anger

Angst

Anguish

Annoyance

Anticipation

Anxiety

Apathy

Arousal

Awe

Boredom

Confidence

Contempt

Contentment

Courage

Curiosity

Depression

Desire

Despair

Disappointment

Disgust

Distrust

Ecstasy

Embarrassment

Empathy

Enthusiasm

Envy

Euphoria

Fear

Frustration

Gratitude

Grief

Guilt

Happiness

Hatred

Hope

Horror

Hostility

Humiliation

Interest

Jealousy

Joy

Loneliness

Love

Lust

Outrage

Panic

Passion

Pity

Pleasure

Pride

Rage

Regret

Social connection

Rejection

Remorse

Resentment

Sadness

Saudade

Schadenfreude

Self-confidence

Shame

Shock

Shyness

Sorrow

Suffering

Surprise

Trust

Wonder

Worry

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Schadenfreude (/ˈʃɑːdənfrɔɪdə/; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔʏ̯də] (listen); lit. 'harm-joy') is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, or humiliation of another. It is one of four related emotions or concepts.

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Cognitive appraisal: provides an evaluation of events and objects.

Bodily symptoms: the physiological component of emotional experience.

Action tendencies: a motivational component for the preparation and direction of motor responses.

Expression: facial and vocal expression almost always accompanies an emotional state to communicate reaction and intention of actions.

Feelings: the subjective experience of emotional state once it has occurred.

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This painting is very interesting because the emotion of fear and sadness is very evident even though the art is in a cubist and abstract way. This means that the emotion can be expressed in different art styles and don´t have to be necessary a realistic form.

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Weeping woman (1937) -Picasso

This is another example of how Picasso expresses the persons emotion, in a non-realistic art style

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One of the most famous Pop-art artists. You can easily see the expression of worry in the characters eyes.

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I started this project by going to the research field trip week, exhibitions and art fairs. This way I could get a big idea of what I could do in the exhibition.

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I like how they all have a different style to them and used different materials as well. In my project I wish to experiment with these different styles and materials, and also, use of colour, contrast and black and white.

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I love this character concept for Bidu because you can see how the creator was experimenting with different dog breeds with rough sketches.

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At Japan House, they had this exhibition with furniture made especially for dogs, and each one was for a specific breed. What I found very interesting was that in the second floor there were lots of miniature models, and I would like to incorporate this is in my project in case I have a 3D model: I would like to make a miniature as a test first.

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I like how this piece brings a fragile yet strong and sharp look to it. It almost resembles a monster, because the sharp edges give a fear to the spectato

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This piece gives a nasty feeling with all the mold-like paint job.

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In this table you can see how japanese mangá is very popular in selling collections. I was surprised to see the number os "One Piece" volumes (92).

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This collection of animated short stories spans several genres, including science fiction, fantasy, horror and comedy. World-class animation creators bring captivating stories to life in the form of a unique and visceral viewing experience. The animated anthology series includes tales that explore alternate histories, life for robots in a post-apocalyptic city and a plot for world domination by super-intelligent yogurt. Among the show's executive producers is Oscar-nominated director David Fincher.

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This Netflix animation series is very interesting because all the episodes have a different story and a different style to it. It goes from 3D very realistic game animation to a simple 2D animation.

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This is very different from the collections. In this case the superheroes are fully present. This table is built by the number of copies sold.

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Wikipediaorg. 2019. Wikipediaorg. [Online]. [15 April 2019]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_comic_series

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I like how they put a copy of the storyboard. It seems that an art director was checking to see if the composition was ok.

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I like how she mixes the emotions together in one image and also gives different colours to it.

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You can almost feel the agony and I think the red and yellow colours help this feeling.

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This zine style really caught my attention. The fum format and the use of black is something that made the work show out.

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This reminded me of the Fox House Zine I made in Part 2. But it has much more pages to it.

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This comic has a narrative in the middle of the story, and it has its own space.

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A comic book or comicbook,[1] also called comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comic art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by brief descriptive prose and written narrative, usually, dialog contained in word balloons emblematic of the comics art form. Although comics has some origins in 18th century Japan, comic books were first popularized in the United States and the United Kingdom during the 1930s.

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Only square tiles.

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Puuung. 2019. YouTube. [Online]. [15 April 2019]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGsfdXrWy-ZgVBm9DpjvKgA

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This artist creates simple 2D animations with these two characters. The story is very simple and normally based on a day by day life. He also puts the text in between, it kinda reminds me of Charlie Chaplin films.

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Comic books are reliant on their organization and appearance. Authors largely focus on the frame of the page, size, orientation, and panel positions. These characteristic aspects of comic books are necessary in conveying the content and messages of the author. The key elements of comic books include panels, balloons (speech bubbles), text (lines), and characters. Balloons are usually convex spatial containers of information that are related to a character using a tail element. The tail has an origin, path, tip, and pointed direction. Key tasks in the creation of comic books are writing, drawing, and coloring.

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Wikipediaorg. 2019. Wikipediaorg. [Online]. [15 April 2019]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_book

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In Narrative Structure in Comics: Making Sense of Fragments, Barbara Postema seeks to explain how comics communicate and create meaning, with an emphasis on two aspects of comics. She first examines the pictorial quality of comics, which receives more emphasis than verbal/textual elements.  Her second focus is upon the storytelling and narrative qualities of comics, as well as the literary explorations they provide.

Postema, B (2013). Narrative structure in comics. : .

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The study of 'music and emotion' seeks to understand the psychological relationship between human affect and music. It is a branch of music psychology with numerous areas of study, including the nature of emotional reactions to music, how characteristics of the listener may determine which emotions are felt, and which components of a musical composition or performance may elicit certain reactions. The field draws upon, and has significant implications for, such areas as philosophy, musicology, music therapy, music theory and aesthetics, as well as the acts of musical composition and performance.

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Emotion: sadness

This song tells the story about someone who is trying very hard to succeed in life, but everything is not going according to plan. This is something that lots of people can relate and its a slow emotional song.

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Its a song about being happy. Not much to say here...

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Les Miserables. This scene of the movie is filled with emotion of hope and sadness. The character imagines a scene where the world is a better place. This music inspired an animation that is under the Animation/Movie tag.

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Zombie studio from SP made an award winning animation that talks about the impact of society to the environment. They used the song "I dreamed a dream" to translate all this emotion. I liked how they used music from another movie to express the same emotion in a different way. This showed me how music in different context from the videoclip can give a different meaning but still the same emotion.

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This song, also from Miserables, shows the emotion of gathering people who don't want to be slavery victoms. They show self-pride.

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This movie is filled with romantic emotions, but this scene is particularly very iconic. After the trama shows the public all the love the two charcaters shared, almost everyone gets emotional in this part when Jack dies. This is important because the audience had a connection with the characters that was built throghout the entire movie. I want to bring this connection to my animation/story/narrative, so that the people can react and identify themselves.

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BThis movie is about a boy that grows up in a room, without knowing that there is an entire world outside. It is fascinating his surprise and shock when he encounters this new world. He discovers and has to adapt, and is shy at first. I like this film because he can express his feeling in a very clear way (guess its because he is a kid). I also want my charcaters to express themselves very clearly to the public, so that they don't be confused.

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Emotions can be seen in sculptures, so it doesn't need to move to necessarily express emotion. This lego piece gives an idea of liberation, as if the person is tearing himself because he was feeling trapped. There is a heart in the center, it can mean that the person is persueing what its heart desires.

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This sculptor is in a cemetery in Rome, Italy.
As the name says, it truly expresses sorrow. You can't even see the persons face, but the emotion is seen through the pose of the person. The clothes also give a sad, droopy feeling to the art. This is an example on how the clothes of the character can effect and help on what emotions it is feeling in the moment.

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This is another piece that doesn't show the face but the sadness is very visible. The piece doen't have any legs and a part of his head is missing, its like it is slowly fading away. The chains give an idea of how things are connected and that the human body is all connected to function properly.

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Love is expressed in this hands sculpture. They are touching themselves in a very gentle gesture and one of them is female and the other is male.

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Artistsinspireartistscom. 2016. Artists Inspire Artists. [Online]. [12 April 2019]. Available from: http://artistsinspireartists.com/sculpture/the-art-of-emotion-exhibiting-the-human-condition-through-sculpture

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This is another perspective of how to character design. It is very short and basic but there were some great tips that I wasn't aware of, like that the secondary character that will confront the main has to be a bit opposing to it (in hair, details, clothes, personality).

Ross draws. 2019. Ross Draws. [Online]. [30 March 2019]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLEVrhumRsK67JkP3G4w5cQ

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https://www.deviantart.com/art/Cat-character-design-667811795

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Many of my colleges and tutors questioned me on the choice of picking a fox as a main character to the story.

Well, here's my explanation: I am personally found of foxes, but they also have different meanings other than "a traitor" as in many tales. In the context of spirit animal, a fox is known to be benevolent (kind, gentle) and crafty according to the situation. A fox spirit is very well known for good observation, making decisions, overcoming challenges, and taking risks. And I honestly think that the character has everything to do with this. Her personality is a person who is fierce, determined, that can't be easily fooled, but still seeks adventures and enjoys exploring.

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This Youtube video shows common mistakes that comic book artists make. This is important for me because since this is my first comic, I would like to avoid these mistakes.

What the video teaches:
-Draw your own speech bubble
-First make the text, then the word bubble
-Make own font, so it looks more natural
-Pretend that you are making a film, don't just do headshots. Move the camera. Mangá reference. Try to make it exciting.
-Show with drawings, not all text. This is a comic, not a book. Think about the public, do not make huge text boxes. Show it don't say it.
-You don't have to put everything in one panel. Distribute it in lots of panels.

Lavendertowne. 2019. YouTube. [Online]. [9 April 2019]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU-MTGlHHfQ

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The adarna is a magical bird that is from a filipino poem. It is known to have healing powers and making people sleep.

I found that this mythical creature was perfect for my project, to be the guardian of the door. Because I wanted it to be a very big, long and elegant creature and I think this "peacock" gives that idea very well. I also think that she is perfect for the character because she is going to make the fox girl awaken from her coma, and since she already has the spell to putting them to sleep, why not wake up as well. The healing process is also quite accurate for the character since the girl has to cure her wounds from the accident.

Wikipedia. 2019. Ibong Adarna. [Online]. [12 April 2019]. Available from: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibong_Adarna

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The Peryton is a mythological hybrid animal combining the physical features of a stag and a bird. The Peryton was created and described by Jorge Luis Borges in his Book of Imaginary Beings, using a supposedly long-lost medieval manuscript as a source.

Other than the adarna, I was thinking of using a deer like character for the guardian of the door. There is something about how deers act that I find it very majestical and elegant. The antlers give me a feeling of age and wisdom, just like the father of Bambi.

Wikipediaorg. 2019. Wikipediaorg. [Online]. [12 April 2019]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peryton

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There is a fox spirit in japanese cultures that are known to be very powerful creatures. They can be bad or good and their many tails resembles their wisdom and knowledge.

I researched this because the main character from my story is a fox-girl and she also encounters a male fox in the middle which is the personality of Acceptance. So the more I know about foxes and fox mythology, the better I can represent the characters.

Michael the fox. 2019. Deviantartcom. [Online]. [12 April 2019]. Available from: https://www.deviantart.com/michael-thefox/art/Yugioh-Yoko-Kurama-The-Fox-Spirit-Card-373038634

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This person has a very nice youtube channel that speak of different art topics like comic books, concept art and environmental design. I really like to watch his videos because they are very instructive and I always learn something new. I also like to watch different youtube videos on the same topic to get another artists view.

Kaniuga, T. 2019. Tips for indie comic success. [Online]. [12 April 2019]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgrN7mH7esc

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I researched some mushroom images for one of my sceneries of the comic book. There is a part where the fox girl and her companion will be going through a field of huge mushrooms. I like to look at real mushrooms in order to have an accurate drawing of their shapes and

Wordpresscom. 2015. PRISM Magazine. [Online]. [12 April 2019]. Available from: https://prismagazine.wordpress.com/2015/04/20/psychedelic-mushrooms-and-you/

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I am using this table of content to chose the colours of my characters as well as the scenery. I think it is important that the colour resembles the emotion because if I put red in a scene that the character is calm, it will feel uncomfortable for the reader., and may even confuse him.

Graf1xcom. 2019. Graf1xcom. [Online]. [12 April 2019]. Available from: https://graf1x.com/color-psychology-emotion-meaning-poster/

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This is an important information for my project because it is common to associate some animals with a personality. Although I don't wan't to go to the obvious way, I can't simply ignore this fact. For example, the owl is commonly seen as a motherly, wise character in animations.

Wikipediaorg. 2019. Wikipediaorg. [Online]. [12 April 2019]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotypes_of_animals

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This is a British animated series based on a series of books by Colin Dann. What I fount interesting in this animation was the sceneries. They are often dark and foggy, giving a sense of danger and not knowing what comes next. I want my animation to give this feeling of the unknown in a less frightening way. But I will use these scenes as reference to make my backgrounds.

Wikipediaorg. 2019. Wikipediaorg. [Online]. [12 April 2019]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Animals_of_Farthing_Wood_(TV_series)

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I got lots of image references for mushrooms and magical forests on pinterest to get a vibe of all the options I can explore and to see what I like the most. I really like the combination of blue, pink and purple, it really gives a magical yet unknown feeling to the environment.

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This is a reference for me to make the map in m story, even if it has lots of information there are still elements that focus our eye, like for example, in this illustration there is clearly a see in the back and sand up front. So I want my map to have focus points.It doesn't have to be filled with information like this but I want to work with colours to make it interesting,

Independentcouk. 2011. The Independent. [Online]. [12 April 2019]. Available from: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/wheres-the-brains-behind-wally-6261459.html

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Pinterest.com. 2019. Pinterest. [Online]. [12 April 2019]. Available from: https://br.pinterest.com/fabianesanda/zine/

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Simplified way to express an emotion or feeling.

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These are emojis but in characters or personas. It is used on twitch platform for streamers.

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I like how the person made this character with various expressions, I think this will be useful for my posters. Its through the expression that you can get the feeling of the characters personality. Like he is a fun, gentil, kind of wacky guy and a great friend.

Pinterestcom. 2019. Pinterest. [Online]. [18 April 2019]. Available from: https://br.pinterest.com/n225507488/

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It is very nice to see how she created a whole pack of characters in the same style. Looks like a whole society with different shapes and sizes. It doesn't even have colour and you can clearly see the differences between them.
This is relevant to my project because when I am creating my characters I need to make them different but still relate them so that you know they belong to the same universe.

Katemooncomau. 2019. Katemooncomau. [Online]. [18 April 2019]. Available from: http://katemoon.com.au/characterdesign

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I chose to reference this anime because it has different characters to it and they are all different animals with different shapes, sizes and personalities. They still combine with each other, so you can still know that it belongs to the same universe.
I think the colour, the lines of the characters are things to be careful, so that it all relates.

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This initial concept art of Simba from the Lion King exemplifies how they changed a lot their concepts. Other than thin image there are 5 more of different Simbas until they got he one they want. This means that I have to try lots of designs before choosing the one.

Facebookcom. 2019. Facebookcom. [Online]. [18 April 2019]. Available from: https://www.facebook.com/animationartgallery/photos/a.1056671914409525/1056674634409253/?type=3