Comic Strip and Storyboard Illustration:
Connecting Language Arts with Illustration
Grades 3 – 8 students wrote and illustrated their own stories. Grades 3-8 Students wrote and illustrated their own stories. Students took in Book Illustration History: Children’s Book Illustration. Each student in grades 3 – 8 had a story theme based on assignments from their Language Arts classes. They sketched out characters, story settings, and action scenes.
Finally, they illustrated their stories in Storyboard Panels as done in comic strips, graphic novels, movie and tv scripts including text boxes and speech bubbles. They used their drawing skills: figure drawing, composition, landscapes, color to illustrate a minimum of 8 panels. Grades 3-8 Students wrote and illustrated their own stories.
