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Live/Drawn Graphic Novel Hybrid

Happilyeverafter
by Pickle Blossom
February 07, 2010
This Collab is to create a Graphic Novel - using photographs of the real world and costumed models and drawn images or any other means you can imagine to make a visual RECord. I think this mash-up is a perfect way for hitRECorders to collaborate with writing and all manner of visuals to create one powerful, cohesive REsult! And it could even be published!

Feel free to work on whatever inspires you, but I am hoping to do a Graphic Novel of a different sort of Jack-The-Ripper tale. In this story, "Jack" is actually a female. Not just any female, but that rarest of breeds: the female serial-killer. I already designed and made some really unique costumes I'd like to use for the live models, so I hope others like this idea. (You can see my design work at www.SarahJennyDesigns.com for an idea of my style...)

Currently doing preliminary work from the short screenplay of this story while I convert it to comic book "script" format.

For those of you wondering, comic "scripts" consist of three things per image (multiple images per page, of course): a description of the characters/objects/actions in the image; the dialogue for the bubbles; and the narration for the edges.

Feel free to start uploading image elements, anything from entire buildings to outdoor scenes to a cool birdcage that would look awesome in the picture of the bedroom someone else uploaded. Hey - maybe the images will tell their own tale. So start tossing things in here if you think they're visually striking in any way and maybe someone will write a little script about some pictures and someone else (me, you, anybody) can assemble the pieces in Photoshop!

Don't be detered if it doesn't fit with the story I uploaded. That's just one story. Do what inspires you! Maybe just include a note with the image if it's for something specific. Or start a new Collab. But let's all agree that if we start other Graphic Novel Hybrid Collabs that we'll all mention where to find the others. That way whomever likes this idea will know they can work on more than one if they want to. So if you start another one please post a note here, as a Titled REsult so we don't miss it in conversation, and then whomever is here can go see if they want to work on your story too, and vice-versa. :^)
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I think hitRECord is the PERFECT breeding ground for a mixed media approach to Graphic Novels!
This is the All-in-One poster of a series of story-panels, which can be found at the following links, in order:
http://www.hitrecord.org/records/55642
http://www.hitrecord.org/records/55643
http://www.hitrecord.org/records/55644
http://www.hitrecord.org/records/55645
http://www.hitrecord.org/records/55646
http://www.hitrecord.org/records/55647
http://www.hitrecord.org/records/55648
Single Panels available for easier reading, or simply download this for full sized display.

Please note: Resources are cited under single panels for today because it's gonna take a while to cite EVERYTHING for all of it ~ this is PURELY made from hitRECord REsources - I did not take a single picture or draw anything myself. I just Photoshopped what you all put up! :^)
<3 Pickles

P.S. for more Graphic Novel ideas I started a Collab here: http://www.hitrecord.org/records/45341
But I wanted to do this here cuz I LOVE Alice and you all gave so many awesome resources to work from!
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