Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fun with comics (or storyboards!)
I definitely see the storyboarding potential, here! My wish list: you can't look at things from any other perspective than full on. I wish it was possible to change the colour of objects from black to grey objects, where grey denotes things that are receded into the background. Goats? Pigs? A few more workplace-type objects would be great. You can build your own, but then I wish you could group those objects, and copy them from one frame to another. I just love how, when you put objects in a series of frames, people fill in the story. Here is a silly storyboard I made, involving pigs and a goat: http://stripgenerator.com/strip/219136/ -=- Jerome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39639 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fun with comics (or storyboards!)
Hi! For the quick scenarios I use pixton.com or goanimate.com! :-) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39639 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fun with comics (or storyboards!)
Hi Adrian, Have you ever managed to open any of the scenes files ( http://designcomics.org/scenes.html)? I have never succeeded (despite waiting several hours). Cheers, Martin Polley Technical writer, interaction designer +972 52 3864280 Twitter: martinpolley http://capcloud.com/ On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Adrian Howard adri...@quietstars.comwrote: You might want to lake at these: http://designcomics.org/ A bunch of trez useful assets for exactly that sort of thing. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fun with comics (or storyboards!)
Check out Pippo Lionni's Facts of Life font from Linotype. He's one of my personal design heros. It's really fun to play with these images. http://www.linotype.com/275/linotypefactsoflife.html Michael Micheletti On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 12:07 AM, dnp607 dnp...@pacbell.net wrote: Hi Troy, I was thinking it would be great to have a palette of images including (though just off the top of my head): - Generic human forms in different states of standing, sitting, walking etc. - Generic human hands in different states of action - pressing, tapping, etc... - Generic user Interface elements such as buttons, windows, sliders etc... - Office space elements such as desks, chairs, tabletops... - Generic cell phones, keypads, mice and other input devices - Different types of frames to which items above could fit into, like comic book frames; various motifs like window frames? If these items were vector-exportable, even better. The real benefit here would be the objects themselves, but also the quick and easy framework they could fit into. Honestly, I have hundred (maybe thousands) of images I've vectorized - usually from photos of myself, my surroundings or items I have, converted into Illustrator - but a good framework to assemble them that I could give to my co-workers to express their ideas (they don't use or want to learn Illustrator) would be excellent! Best, -Dan On Mar 8, 2009, at 10:56 PM, Troy Gardner wrote: I've built things identical to it, curious what shapes would you want? Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help -- Michael Micheletti michael.michele...@gmail.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fun with comics (or storyboards!)
On 9 Mar 2009, at 07:07, dnp607 wrote: Hi Troy, I was thinking it would be great to have a palette of images including (though just off the top of my head): [snip] You might want to lake at these: http://designcomics.org/ A bunch of trez useful assets for exactly that sort of thing. Cheers, Adrian Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fun with comics (or storyboards!)
Here's one I use for creating scenarios. Designed for schools, they're also working on a business version. www.pixton.com cheers, pat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39639 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fun with comics (or storyboards!)
Check out bitstrips.com (http://bitstrips.com/)! It has robust facial features, ability to 3d rotate and pose the person, background scenes, props, etc. I had suggested to our internal team to use it for storyboards and it got some good internal reviews. Also, heard great things about Comic Life by plasq. It is mainly for mac, but there is a windows version here: http://plasq.com/comiclife-win In addition to balloon thoughts, it has a great tool you can use with real images that applies a filter to make it look comic like if you wish. Hope this helps! Candy B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39639 Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fun with comics (or storyboards!)
On 9 Mar 2009, at 09:31, Candy wrote: Also, heard great things about Comic Life by plasq. It is mainly for mac, but there is a windows version here: http://plasq.com/comiclife-win In addition to balloon thoughts, it has a great tool you can use with real images that applies a filter to make it look comic like if you wish. A second recommendation for Comic Life - really handy for making something that looks like a comic very quickly and easily. (this is from using the Mac version - never used the PC one) Adrian -- delicious.com/adrianh - twitter.com/adrianh - adri...@quietstars.com Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fun with comics (or storyboards!)
Very useful, thanks Adrian. I love that they have Vector versions available too - these will prove quite useful. Pixton looks to be quite interesting too, thank you Pat - checking it out this afternoon. Candy: Bitstrips is interesting. The interface is a bit more daunting for the first timer, but I'm going to see if my group likes it. Best, -Dan On Mar 9, 2009, at 9:04 AM, Adrian Howard wrote: On 9 Mar 2009, at 07:07, dnp607 wrote: Hi Troy, I was thinking it would be great to have a palette of images including (though just off the top of my head): [snip] You might want to lake at these: http://designcomics.org/ A bunch of trez useful assets for exactly that sort of thing. Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Fun with comics (or storyboards!)
I was hunting around tonight and found a link to this site: http://stripgenerator.com/create/ ...it struck me that a simple site like this with basic human shapes would be great for quick story-boarding on the fly. I use Illustrator and a full set of images that I've created over the years - but I can see something like this being useful for non-pro's who want to express ideas. I enjoyed the interface as well! No connection to the site, just a fun find. Best, -Dan Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Fun with comics (or storyboards!)
Well, what the heck, I sent the site creators a quick note to see if they would be interested in an expanded version of the site specifically for interaction design :-) Looks like a fun little tool! Have fun, Best, -Dan On Mar 8, 2009, at 10:09 PM, dnp607 wrote: I was hunting around tonight and found a link to this site: http://stripgenerator.com/create/ ...it struck me that a simple site like this with basic human shapes would be great for quick story-boarding on the fly. I use Illustrator and a full set of images that I've created over the years - but I can see something like this being useful for non-pro's who want to express ideas. I enjoyed the interface as well! No connection to the site, just a fun find. Best, -Dan Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
