Comic Strip

NOTE: Due to students believing this was going to be easy. The Project is DUE Monday, April 3rd at the end of class. This means you have lost a week worth the work. Your time will not be extended, if it is not finished you will receive a grade based on what you have done or a zero if you have nothing. There will be no makeup nor exceptions. 

Assignment 1

Comic Strip

You will fully illustrate a comic strip. This comic strip must have 6 complete cells in it with at least 6 cells that have speech bubbles and 1 that has a thought bubble. To complete this assignment you must.

-          Design at least 2 original characters

-          There must be a background in each cell (unless it fits into the story to not have one, then it must be explained)
       -      There must be a total of 2 back ground throughout the entire comic. 

-          A pre-written script
-      You comic must be an orginal. You maynot use an already made story off the internet or other comic series

You will have 5 weeks to complete this. The first week will be planning and learning. The last week will be critique.

Comic Strip 30 pts	Excellent (5)	Good (4)	Average (3)	Below Average (2)	Poor (1)
Use of Layers and Organization	Layers were used excellently as well as named and organized using groups	Layers were named but no groups were used	Layers were used effectively. Some where named, no groups were used	Layers were used, but not named nor were groups used.	There was one layer used and there were no groups used.
Use of Tools	Student used the new tools and old tools to create a feel to their series	Student used some of the new tools to better convey their event	Students used new tools and old tools effectively, but there was a feel lacking	Students used the new tools, but old tools were forgotten or not used	Student did not use any of the new tools or old tools effectively
Story/Cells	Story was complete and engaging. 6+ cells	Story was complete but felt a little thrown together on incomplete. 3- 4 cells	Story was present but didn’t feel completed or though out.  2 cells	Story was there, but parts were missing or was confusing. 1 cell	There was no story. The story wasn’t connected. 0 cells
Characters	Characters were well thought out and relatable	Characters were thought out, but felt slightly unoriginal	There were two characters but neither was well thought out.	There was one character, but the character wasn’t well thought out.	There were no characters
Background	Backgrounds were fully realized and well done and originals	Every cell had a background but some were not complete. Some backgrounds were original	Every cell had a background but they were not complete	There were some backgrounds but they were not complete, or student didn't bother to make own backgrounds and took them offline with out changing anything	There were no backgrounds
Speech and thought bubbles	Speech and though bubbles where there and story was told well.	There were speech/thought bubbles. Story needed more work.	There were speech/thought bubbles but not enough to tell the story	There were some speech/thought bubbles	There were no speech or thought bubbles