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Creating a Noir Comic in Photoshop and Illustrator |
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As part of their VCE Media studies, my students are creating their own film-noir style comics in the tradition of Frank Miller (Sin City). As part of this unit, I have put together three video tutorials which take students through the steps of using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator to achieve this effect. Creating a Noir Comic: Part 1
- Creating a document
- Using Guides
- Working with Paths
- Creating a Panel
- Layer Styles (Stroke and Drop Shadow)
- Duplicating objects.
- Resizing frames.
Creating a Noir Comic: Part 2
- Organising your comic with layer groups.
- Creating Speech Bubbles
- The Ellipse Tool
- The Pen Tool
- Adding to a shape layer.
Creating a Noir Comic: Part 3
- Taking digital photos
- Using LiveTrace
- Importing traced objects into Photoshop.
- Using clipping masks
- Adding other elements to your comic by changing blending modes. |
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Here is just a selection of the posters that students in Unit 1 Media produced in as part of their assessment for Outcome 2. Students started off by familiarising themselves with Adobe Photoshop, giving a comedy or action film the appearance of an arthouse masterpiece. Following the tutorials on the previous page, students then gave an otherwise decent film the appearance of a low budget 1970s films, in the style of Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse posters. |
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