Alive - A persistent comic world


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Creator/Artist: Dileep M

Category: Interaction Design

Document: Design Research

Batch: 2014-2016

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  2009-2018

Medium: Report pdf

Supervisor: Prof. Phani Tetali


Detailed Description

Comics are an ever-evolving medium to express the views and thoughts of the people. From short-length strips to graphic novels, comics have found their way into the lives of people. The primary advantage of comics as a medium is that it is fundamentally a visual medium, where pictures and text shoulder the burden of weaving a story. Although a static medium of expression unlike film and animation, comics give a lot of room to a readers interpretation and imagination. Pace of reading, interpretation of visuals are left to the readers to imagine and immerse in. Motion comics combine the digital world with the pick-up-and-read feel of comic books. With the introduction of technology like smartphones and e-readers, the cinematic feel that was missing in print comics has now become possible. But though the concept of motion comics was well received, it could not guarantee a better experience than print comics. There were arguments that motion comics were nothing but poorly executed animation sequences. This project, titled "Alive!" attempts to bring a new perspective to motion comics by proposing the design of a persistent comic world. Readers have complete freedom over what content they should follow. A sand-box comic world can bring diversity in content as well as create an immersive experience to the readers