Illustration & Visual Narrative - Task 3 : Sequential Art

10.11.2025 - 30.11.2025 (Week 8 - Week 10)

Lim Jia Yu 0357873

Bachelor of Business (Hons) in Digital Marketing   l   Creative Media Design (Minor)

COM61304 Illustration & Visual Narrative (sec 05)

Task 3 (Sequential Art)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Lectures

2. Instructions

3. Task 3

4. Feedbacks

5. Reflections

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Lectures

Week 8

Lecture (12.11.2025)

No class. Independent learning week.

Tutorial & Practical (11.11.2025)

No class. Independent learning week.

Week 9

Lecture (19.11.2025)

No class.

Tutorial & Practical (18.11.2025)

# progress work shown in Task 3

After completing the colouring of my 3-panel comic, I moved on to the final steps, which helped me understand how small adjustments can greatly improve the overall artwork. Creating the opacity mask taught me how to control light, shadow, and transparency in a more precise way. Adding texture helped me realise how important surface details are in making a comic feel more lively and less flat. Finally, using the appearance panel to create editable text styles showed me how to keep my typography consistent while also saving time in the editing process. Through these final steps, I learned how technical tools can enhance creativity and make the final comic look more polished and professional. 

Week 10

Lecture (26.11.2025)

Mr. Fitri briefed us about Task 4 : Final Project, where he explained the project requirements, expected outcomes, and the creative direction we should follow. He also guided us on how to plan our ideas early, organize our workflow, and apply the techniques we learned from previous tasks into our final illustration.

Figure 1.1.1 : Final Project Briefing

Tutorial & Practical (25.11.2025)

# progress work shown in Task 4

We learned how to use Adobe After Effects to create basic animations. Mr. Fitri guided us through essential tools, keyframes, and simple motion techniques, which helped us understand how to bring our illustrations to life through movement. 

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Instructions

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Task 3

Techniques Applied

Design Software

Adobe illustrator

Task 3

- panel layout & composition

- panel transitions technique

- visual storytelling

- clipping mask technique

- editable text effects

Task 3 - Sequential Art

A) Research

Step 1:

refer to the character I created in Task 2

Figure 2.1.1 : Character Created in Task 2

Step 2:

create a short narrative (Act 1, Act 2, Act 3)

Figure 2.1.2 : Sample Short Narrative

Figure 2.1.3 : My Short Narrative

Step 3:

3-panel comic breakdown

Figure 2.1.4 : 3-Panel Comic Breakdown

Step 4:

moodboard

Figure 2.1.5 : Moodboard

B) Sketches

Step 1:

create thumbnails

Figure 2.2.1 : Thumbnails

Step 2:

fill in colour (Adobe Illustrator)

Figure 2.2.2 : Colour Filled

Step 3:

add shadows

Figure 2.2.3 : Shadows Added

Step 4:

add highlights

Figure 2.2.4 : Highlights Added

Step 5:

add texture

Figure 2.2.5 : Texture Added

Step 6:

add editable text effects

Figure 2.2.6 : Editable Text Effects Added

Final Sequential Art

Figure 3.1.1 : Final Sequential Art_Nova's Mission

Submission Evidence

Figure 4.1.1 : Submission Evidence

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Feedbacks

Week 8

The story (short narrative) is good. The 3-panel comic breakdown looks good. For Panel 2, the character in the middle can be zoomed in a bit so the shot feels closer. After making the adjustment, everything looks great. Can proceed with the line art. 

Figure 5.1.1 : Improvement

Week 9

The line art and colouring look great. However, double-check the line spacing and make it a bit closer. After making the adjustment, everything looks good now. Can proceed with adding the text and applying textures.

Figure 6.1.1 : Improvements

Week 10

The text and texture were applied well. The work is ready for submission.

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Reflections

What I enjoyed the most in Task 3 : Sequential Art was the process of creating my own 3-panel comic from scratch using Adobe Illustrator. I liked exploring different techniques such as masking textures, adjusting line weight, and applying editable text styles for the speech bubbles and the title of the comic. These tools made my comic look cleaner and more polished. I also enjoyed designing the character and planning how each panel transitions smoothly from one action to the next. 

In terms of improvement, I think I can work more on adding more detailed backgrounds to make each panel feel richer and move visually engaging. I could also experiment more with shading and lighting to add depth to the characters. Lastly, I can refine the panel composition by playing more with perspective and camera angles to make the storytelling more dynamic. 

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