Google Slides: Creating Comic Books

© 2017 - Chris Casal - @mr_casal

Welcome to

Heathcote! I’m

Chris Casal...

Google Slides:

Creating Comic Books

http://twitter.com/mr_casal


So, how do we

create a comic

book with Slides?



Start with

Google

Drawing..



I like Shapes

the best.

Easiest to

manipulate



I was made in

Google

Drawing!



Blank

canvas...



Biggest trick… Layer

shapes and make

borders same color as fill

to cover overlaps...



2 overlapping

circles… Keep

in mind, there

is no “erase”

tool...



A 3rd circle, resized and

shaped to cover the

overlap… The Zoom tool is

your friend!



Change the Line color

of the 3rd shape the

match the Fill



And there

you have it!



Once you’re done, click

and drag to highlight all the

pieces, then Arrange-

>Group to make a single

object



Save all speech and

thought bubbles for

Slides, keep the

character as clean as

possible in Drawing



Let’s do a

live demo!



After you’ve Grouped your

character, Copy it, then

Paste into a new Google

Slides file...



But how do we

make Slides a

comic?



Think

outside

the box!



This is a

BIG circle

on the

slide...



Only what is in the

box gets seen…

Color outside the

lines to “hack” the

deck



Semi

circle

success!

Use the Arrange-> Order menu to layer

objects as you see fit. Put objects/boxes

in front and behind one another



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!



You can also animated the clouds by

having them start off the slide...



This is the narration box...

Add a “post” to

the narration box

so it looks like a

sign!



Think of this box as narration or voice

over...

These are for

dialogue...



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!


http://blogs.scarsdaleschools.org/heathcotetech/2016/07/07/cultural-tour-comics-3c/




Thanks for attending this ST@C course

Chris Casal

[email protected]

@mr_casal & @HeathcoteTech

Thanks for

coming! Hope

this gave you

some cool

ideas...


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Thanks for attending this ST@C course

Chris Casal

[email protected]

@mr_casal & @HeathcoteTech

Go forth and

have fun with

Slides!




Thank you,

Heathcote!


Contact

Chris Casal

[email protected]

@mr_casal

@HeathcoteTech

blogs.scarsdaleschools.org/heathcotetech

blog.mrcasal.com



https://twitter.com/mr_casal

https://twitter.com/heathcotetech

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Created byChris Casal

purveyor of geekery

Heathcote School@mr_casal


https://twitter.com/mr_casal

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