Comics

CHOOSE

  • Hand drawn comic book. Drawn online or by hand with a pencil/marker
  • Digital comic book with clipart images


PLAN

This is so very, very important for this choice. Most professional animators sketch storyboards first.

  1. Plan the text or the dialog first
  2. Divide it up into little scenes
  3. Plan and imagine how that scene can be drawn or illustrated
  4. Develop a sketch storyboard

CREATE

Storyboard That and Google Docs

With Storyboard That and Docs you can:

  • Create Clipart comics

Storyboardthat is NOT approved for students to log in.

You need to create 3 panels and then screenshot your work and put that into Google Docs, then create 3 more panels and screenshot those, etc.

How to access Storyboardthat.

  1. Go to storyboardthat.com
  2. Use your own Google Doc

IMPORTANT: Storyboardthat is NOT approved for students to log in.

You need to create 3 panels and then screenshot your work and put that into Google Docs, then create 3 more panels and screenshot those, etc.


DIRECTIONS FOR SCREENSHOTS on Storyboardthat to Google Docs

storyboard that and google docs.mp4

Google Slides

With Google Slides you can:

  • Create Drawn or clipart comics

How to access Slides:

  1. Go to Google Drive
  2. Click on the waffle
  3. Choose Slides
  4. Make one panel per slide
      • when searching an image use the word clipart in the search
  5. When you print, choose print 4 or 6 slides per page


DIRECTIONS TO MAKE COMICS IN SLIDES