Objective: What we know about the Coronavirus is that nothing can stop it, BUT, it can be overcome. Think about all the things people are doing right now to combat this virus: washing hands, covering faces with masks, practicing social distancing, cleaning and disinfecting surfaces.

You will create a superhero duo to combat the evil of the Coronavirus monster that you created in the previous assignment. Remember that your theme is the current event affecting the world. How will your heroes defeat this foe? Be creative and think outside the box!

INSTRUCTIONS:

• You will create an original hero and a side kick duo that together will defeat the Coronavirus monster!
• Your original hero and original sidekick must have original names and not names based on existing heroes. (In other words you cannot create a bat-boy, or spider-boy, etc) Use the Coronavirus scare that is happening right now to create a hero specifically made to combat this disease.
• You will create an original hero logo for both your hero and sidekick (think about the effectiveness of the bat-logo on Batman, the "S" logo on Superman, the lightning bolt logo on Flash). Logos are important because of product placement and brand recognition. Publishing houses make a ton of money on merchandise using logos. The logo must reflect the theme of your heroes.
• You will create an original comic book cover featuring your hero duo
• The cover must have the name of your hero or hero duo in fancy letters that depict your hero's theme.
• Your image must contain the following:

1. Value: use one of the shading techniques we've gone over to make the hero appear 3-dimensional
2. Texture: Incorporate at least 5 different textures into your comic book cover. Maybe your heroes are in front of a brick wall to incorporate a brick texture. Their clothing could have texture as well. The name of the heroes written in big letters can have texture as well.

• You can draw this on your sketchbook, on a blank sheet of paper or on any found or upcycled paper per the "go green sketch challenge" aspect. The paper you draw this on is completely up to you
• You will create a title for your artwork and write it in the cover of your comic book cover. The title must reflect the theme.
• The cover must have some sort of background that takes up the space of most of the comic book.

OPTION 1: Hero in the style of yesterday's Texture monster project

This option is for students who are not completely confident in their drawing skills. You can try to draw a superhero and side kick which are both monsters or are in the texture monster drawing style of Paride Bertolin.

Option2: Realistic or traditional superhero and sidekick

Students can choose several poses to draw from the templates below. The templates are for female and male superheroes of various body types. Students can try to draw these poses as best as they can on their papers. These poses come from a create-a-hero activity from the Permian Basin Comic Con from several years ago. (These poses are suggested but not required. You can always do your own pose)

How to draw a comic book/manga style face:

We've already covered how to draw faces in our class several times. Here are some more examples on how to draw people's faces. This time its in the style of comic book characters. Use these templates and alter your heroes/sidekicks as you need to.

COMIC BOOK COVER

QUESTIONS

After you have created your comic book cover, answer the following questions:

• What is the name of your hero?
• What is the name of the sidekick?
• What is the name of your story?
• How does your hero fight the Coronavirus pandemic that is going on right now? Or how does he/she reflect the state of society today? Use full sentences
• What media (materials) did you use and what surface did you draw it one?
• What is being depicted in your artwork? Give a full detail description using full sentences.
• Describe your use of the elements of art

RUBRIC:

Hero Name:

• Unoriginal/derivative of an existing property (5pts)
• Completely original or creative (10 pts)

Title of the comic:

• Contains no title (0pts)
• Contains a title reflective of the theme (5pts)

Lettering:

• Lettering is hard to understand (2pts)
• Lettering is legible but written sloppily (5pts)
• Lettering is eye catching/fancily written/ beautifully executed (10 pts)

Logo:

• Contains no logo (0pts)
• Contains unoriginal logo/derivative of an existing property/not reflective or theme or story/badly drawn (5pts)
• Contains original logo reflective of the hero's theme/personality/story and is drawn neatly (10 pts)

Heroes depicted:

• The image contains no heroes depicted (0pts)
• The image contains only 1 hero (2.5 pts)
• The image contains both heroes (5pts)

Craftsmanship:

• The image looks rushed/drawn sloppy (5pts)
• The image is drawn to the best of the student's ability (10 pts)

Value:

• The image is just an outline, has no value (0pts)
• The image has some value but looks otherwise flat (5pts)
• The image has a variety of values and has depth (10 pts)

Texture:

• Contains no textures, is just an outline (0pts)
• 1 noticeable attempt at texture (2 pts)
• 2 noticeable attempts at texture (4pts)
• 3 noticeable attempts at texture (6pts)
• 4 noticeable attempts at texture (8pts)
• 5 or more textures represented (10 pts)

Background:

• Contains no background image (0pts)
• Contains a simple background but otherwise too much empty space (5pts)
• Contains a background that takes up space and helpts depict the story (10 pts)

Question: How does your hero fight the Coronavirus pandemic that is going on right now? Or how does he/she reflect the state of society today?

• Did not answer question (0pts)
• Answer made little sense or did not properly address the question (2.5 pts)
• Answer accurately answered the question using full sentences (5pts)

Question: What media (materials) did you use and what surface did you draw it one?

• Did not list materials and or surface (0pts)
• Listed materials and surface (5pts)

Question: What is being depicted in your artwork? Give a full detail description using full sentences

• Did not describe the cover using full sentences (0pts)
• Gave a full and clear description of cover (5pts)

Prompt: Describe your use of the elements of art

• Did not give a full description of the use of the elements of art (0pts)
• Gave a clear description of the use of elements of art (5pts)

Submit your image and answers to the google classroom. You can answer the questions under the "add private comment" section when you upload your work or attach as a word document or answer in a sheet of paper, take a picture and upload along with your drawing. Remember that you don't need your sketchbook, you can do this assignment on any found surface as long as the picture is visible.

TEKS by Level from the TEA website: http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter117/ch117c.html#117.302

Art I: (2) Creative expression. The student communicates ideas through original artwork using a variety of media with appropriate skills. The student expresses thoughts and ideas creatively while challenging the imagination, fostering reflective thinking, and developing disciplined effort and progressive problem-solving skills. The student is expected to:

(A) create original artwork using multiple solutions from direct observation, original sources, experiences, and imagination in order to expand personal themes that demonstrate artistic intent;

Art II: (2) Creative expression. The student communicates ideas through original artworks using a variety of media with appropriate skills. The student expresses thoughts and ideas creatively while challenging the imagination, fostering reflective thinking, and developing disciplined effort and progressive problem-solving skills. The student is expected to:

(A) create original artwork using multiple solutions from direct observation, original sources, experiences, and imagination in order to expand personal themes that demonstrate artistic intent;

Art III: (2) Creative expression. The student communicates ideas through original artwork using a variety of media with appropriate skills. The student expresses thoughts and ideas creatively while challenging the imagination, fostering reflective thinking, and developing disciplined effort and progressive problem-solving skills. The student is expected to:

(A) create original artwork using multiple solutions from direct observation, original sources, experiences, and imagination in order to expand personal themes that demonstrate artistic intent;

Art IV: (2) Creative expression. The student communicates ideas through original artworks using a variety of media with appropriate skills. The student expresses thoughts and ideas creatively while challenging the imagination, fostering reflective thinking, and developing disciplined effort and progressive problem-solving skills. The student is expected to:

(A) produce an original body of artwork that integrates information from a variety of sources, including original sources, and demonstrates sustained self-directed investigations into specific themes such as a series or concentration of works;

Works Cited:

• Bertolin, Paride. PK_M Collection on Behance. https://www.behance.net/gallery/8918261/PK_M-Collection
• Atkins, Robert. Robert Atkins Art. http://robertatkinsart.blogspot.com/2013/03/more-superhero-figure-templates.html