LHRIC 2018

1. Welcome to
Dogwood!
Comic Books: Thinking
Outside the Presentation Box

2. Thanks for coming!
I’m Chris Casal.
Follow me
@mr_casal and
@HeathcoteTech
http://bit.ly/comicslhric2018

3. So, thinking outside the box?
Let’s work backwards and see
some examples first...
http://bit.ly/comicslhric2018

11. So, how do we
create a comic
book with Slides?

12. Start with
Google
Drawing..

13. I like Shapes
the best.
Easiest to
manipulate

14. I was made in
Google
Drawing!

15. Blank
canvas...

16. Biggest trick… Layer
shapes and make
borders same color as fill
to cover overlaps...

17. 2 overlapping
circles… Keep
in mind, there
is no “erase”
tool...

18. 2 overlapping
circles… Keep
in mind, there
is no “erase”
tool...

19. A 3rd circle, resized and
shaped to cover the
overlap… The Zoom tool is
your friend!

20. Change the Line color
of the 3rd shape the
match the Fill

21. And there
you have it!

22. Once you’re done, click
and drag to highlight all the
pieces, then Arrange-
>Group to make a single
object

23. Save all speech and
thought bubbles for
Slides, keep the
character as clean as
possible in Drawing

24. Let’s do a
live demo!

25. After you’ve Grouped your
character, Copy it, then
Paste into a new Google
Slides file...

27. But how do we
make Slides a
comic?

28. Think
outside
the box!

29. This is a
BIG circle
on the
slide...

30. Only what is in the
box gets seen…
Color outside the
lines to “hack” the
deck

32. Semi
circle
success!
Use the Arrange-> Order menu to layer
objects as you see fit. Put objects/boxes
in front and behind one another

33. Changing the color of the semicircle
creates a “hill.” Adding a large box, and
sending it to the back created a blue sky
above my hill. And then animated
clouds...
My hill!My sky!
My
clouds!

34. You can also animated the clouds by
having them start off the slide...

36. You can also animated the clouds by
having them start off the slide...

37. This is the narration box...
Add a “post” to
the narration box
so it looks like a
sign!

38. Think of this box as narration or voice
over...
These are for
dialogue...

39. Cultural Tour Comics - 3C
http://blogs.scarsdaleschools.org/heathcotetech/
2016/07/07/cultural-tour-comics-3c/
For examples,
check out the link
on the sign, or
scan the QR
code!

40. Thanks for attending this ST@C course
Chris Casal
ccasal@scarsdaleschools.org
@mr_casal & @HeathcoteTech
Thanks for
coming! Hope
this gave you
some cool
ideas...

41. Thanks for attending this ST@C course
Chris Casal
ccasal@scarsdaleschools.org
@mr_casal & @HeathcoteTech
Go forth and
have fun with
Slides!

42. Thank you,
LHRIC!

43. Chris Casal
@mr_casal & @HeathcoteTech
http://bit.ly/comicslhric2018