The Genome Adventures Team is pretty diverse. We are taking an interdisciplinary approach to completing our comic books series. Members of our team have backgrounds in cartooning, creative writing, journalism and media, biology and more. Other contributors have been dentists, psychologists, and nurses. Our recent additions to the team, Omphile Moragi and Lemogang Mosie are students at Limkokwing University. Their contributions include digitizing and designing comic strips, editing photos and videos, designing business cards and other promotional material. We did a mini interview with them to record their thoughts about the project. Read their responses below!
Name: Omphile Moragi
Area of Study: Creative Multimedia
Role on the Genome Adventures Project: Media & Design Intern
Interview Responses:
1. How do you feel about working on the Genome Adventures Project?
'"I feel it is a good [project] and it will be very helpful on helping people being aware of HIV & AIDS in a more understandable way."
How did you hear about the project?
"'My lecturer informed me about the Genome Adventures Project and we decided to join in creating the comic book."'
Through comic books differ from other approaches?
''Comic books give motivation to people to read more about the message. It also differs from other books because it helps people to understand things the message conveyed in a more understandable and easier way.''
Name: Lemogang Mosie
Area of Study: Creative Multimedia
Role on Genome Adventures Project: Media & Design Intern
Interview Responses:
How do you feel about working on the Genome Adventures Project?
''It is quite fun because I get to interact with different people and it also gives me experience of the working environment."
How did you hear about the project?
"From my lecturer, since he knew one of the people involved in the project.''
How does teaching through comic books differ from other approaches?
''It is very informative because the message is put in an indirect way (e.g. in the form of pictures) which is eye catching.''
The Media & Design Interns are very enthusiastic about working on the project. Throughout the week, they are in the office editing photos and coloring the scenes. The Limkokwing students even shared their process of coloring a cartoon. Maybe you can do it too. Follow these steps!
Coloring A Cartoon
When coloring a photo, keep in mind that there are multiple layers to color. You may choose to color as many layers as you like. In our case, we are coloring the background layer.
1. First scan the cartoon and make it black and white. Open the scanned black and white cartoon and make sure it is on a separate layer than the background layer.
2. Select the background layer, then pick the magic wand tool and make sure the settings are on Tolerance 0 and Contiguous unchecked. Sample all of the layers you have checked.
3. Fill the area with your desired foreground color using Opt + Shift + Delete (or Alt + Shift) Backspace for windows. Continue this for each area of artwork.
4. Any area that the magic wand did not select properly can be quickly selected and filled until the picture is fully colored.
Did your photo turn out like ours!?
Name: Omphile Moragi
Area of Study: Creative Multimedia
Role on the Genome Adventures Project: Media & Design Intern
Interview Responses:
1. How do you feel about working on the Genome Adventures Project?
'"I feel it is a good [project] and it will be very helpful on helping people being aware of HIV & AIDS in a more understandable way."
How did you hear about the project?
"'My lecturer informed me about the Genome Adventures Project and we decided to join in creating the comic book."'
Through comic books differ from other approaches?
''Comic books give motivation to people to read more about the message. It also differs from other books because it helps people to understand things the message conveyed in a more understandable and easier way.''
Name: Lemogang Mosie
Area of Study: Creative Multimedia
Role on Genome Adventures Project: Media & Design Intern
Interview Responses:
How do you feel about working on the Genome Adventures Project?
''It is quite fun because I get to interact with different people and it also gives me experience of the working environment."
How did you hear about the project?
"From my lecturer, since he knew one of the people involved in the project.''
How does teaching through comic books differ from other approaches?
''It is very informative because the message is put in an indirect way (e.g. in the form of pictures) which is eye catching.''
The Media & Design Interns are very enthusiastic about working on the project. Throughout the week, they are in the office editing photos and coloring the scenes. The Limkokwing students even shared their process of coloring a cartoon. Maybe you can do it too. Follow these steps!
Coloring A Cartoon
When coloring a photo, keep in mind that there are multiple layers to color. You may choose to color as many layers as you like. In our case, we are coloring the background layer.
1. First scan the cartoon and make it black and white. Open the scanned black and white cartoon and make sure it is on a separate layer than the background layer.
2. Select the background layer, then pick the magic wand tool and make sure the settings are on Tolerance 0 and Contiguous unchecked. Sample all of the layers you have checked.
3. Fill the area with your desired foreground color using Opt + Shift + Delete (or Alt + Shift) Backspace for windows. Continue this for each area of artwork.
4. Any area that the magic wand did not select properly can be quickly selected and filled until the picture is fully colored.
Did your photo turn out like ours!?