{"id":2100,"date":"2021-04-16T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beaniebopdesigns.com\/Caroline517443OCA_KSI\/?p=2100"},"modified":"2021-09-07T10:54:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T09:54:16","slug":"exercise-educational-strip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.beaniebopdesigns.com\/Caroline517443OCA_KSI\/exercise-educational-strip\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise: Educational Strip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Brief<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You have been asked to produce an illustrated strip of up to five frames for use in schools explaining to young teenagers how to cope with the onset of puberty. You can decide on which aspect you want to tackle. Due to the subject matter and the intended age group it is suggested that you use metaphor and humour when conveying the message – though take care not to trivialise a serious message. The client would also like you to provide a single illustration of your character for use on the front cover.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The leaflet is called <\/em>What’s happening to my body? It’s all going mad!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will probably find thumbnailing very useful here to work out how each frame will relate to the others.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You need to submit all stages of the development process – thumbnails, visuals and client visuals for the cartoon strip and the stand-alone illustration.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I began this exercise by reading about the various stages of puberty on the NHS website<\/a>. I also found a US website called Amaze <\/a>aimed at guiding young people and parents through this sometimes confusing and turbulent period in an individual’s development. I thought the use of animations had impact and would make them more appealing to the target audience than reading through a lot of information. I came across another example of animations being used<\/a>, but I did not think this was as effectively done as by Amaze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I looked at some examples of books about puberty<\/a> and selected those that appealed most to me in terms of illustrations for closer analysis: <\/p>\n\n\n\n