Conclusion:
This project has been a first for me in terms of completing a entire start to end comic in a standard which would be acceptable to publish. Looking back over the project there are a couple areas I would probably have tweaked in order to save time, and make the work process a little cleaner and more efficient, such as more research on specific topics or do slightly more planning on locations and size proportions of characters to the surrounding backgrounds and such. But either way I have found this to be a successful project, and have come out the other end with something I am actually proud of. As I am naturally very critical of my own work, there are pages I wish I had changed a little, improved the artwork or colouring technique on. But I feel it is a healthily low number, so it shouldn’t affect my confidence when pitching it and trying to get people as invested in the characters as I am. With Stoke-Con now under my belt, refreshing my mind to what tabling really entails I am rather confident with MCM now approaching. Our groups have been settled, and Millie and I will be the pair doing the early set up of the comic con on the Thursday. We have started planning how we want the stall to look as a group and have now also begun the planning for the banner. It’s surprising how quickly the time has disappeared since starting the project. At the beginning have almost two semesters to complete the comic and sketchbook/ blog work seemed ample, but it definitely has whisked past me faster than I would have liked. Despite this, I am pleased with my time management, with only a day to the deadline I have completed everything (excluding this conclusion) and I am walking into the deadline with ease. As I am ordering outside of the University, as soon as my work is handed in I shall proceed to order my first batch of comics as a tester. Due to my reasonable following on social media I have received orders from those who cannot make it to the comic con, or are internationally based. Therefore I will order a slightly larger batch than has been recommended to us. In order to give a taster to what my comic contains I posted the first 3 pages plus cover an profile page on Webtoon, and it has received quite positive feedback, despite the low quality that is required to allow it to fit into the file. This has helped boost my moral in supporting my comic and with any luck the comic con will go smoothly. Using a blog simultaneously alongside the sketch book has both been a positive and negative experience. The good points consist of mainly ease of presentation and write up’s, as well as saving large printing costs to relay everything into a physical book. The negative side however would be I found it made my work seem slightly disjointed in areas as I found it difficult to make both sketchbook and the blog meet at the middle. But I can see the public advantage of having a blog, I have gotten quite a few views on my work via the blog so I understand the exposure element of it.
Over all the project for me was an experience I wouldn’t mind going through again, which isn’t a bad thing considering I do want to become a comic artist.
This project has been a first for me in terms of completing a entire start to end comic in a standard which would be acceptable to publish. Looking back over the project there are a couple areas I would probably have tweaked in order to save time, and make the work process a little cleaner and more efficient, such as more research on specific topics or do slightly more planning on locations and size proportions of characters to the surrounding backgrounds and such. But either way I have found this to be a successful project, and have come out the other end with something I am actually proud of. As I am naturally very critical of my own work, there are pages I wish I had changed a little, improved the artwork or colouring technique on. But I feel it is a healthily low number, so it shouldn’t affect my confidence when pitching it and trying to get people as invested in the characters as I am. With Stoke-Con now under my belt, refreshing my mind to what tabling really entails I am rather confident with MCM now approaching. Our groups have been settled, and Millie and I will be the pair doing the early set up of the comic con on the Thursday. We have started planning how we want the stall to look as a group and have now also begun the planning for the banner. It’s surprising how quickly the time has disappeared since starting the project. At the beginning have almost two semesters to complete the comic and sketchbook/ blog work seemed ample, but it definitely has whisked past me faster than I would have liked. Despite this, I am pleased with my time management, with only a day to the deadline I have completed everything (excluding this conclusion) and I am walking into the deadline with ease. As I am ordering outside of the University, as soon as my work is handed in I shall proceed to order my first batch of comics as a tester. Due to my reasonable following on social media I have received orders from those who cannot make it to the comic con, or are internationally based. Therefore I will order a slightly larger batch than has been recommended to us. In order to give a taster to what my comic contains I posted the first 3 pages plus cover an profile page on Webtoon, and it has received quite positive feedback, despite the low quality that is required to allow it to fit into the file. This has helped boost my moral in supporting my comic and with any luck the comic con will go smoothly. Using a blog simultaneously alongside the sketch book has both been a positive and negative experience. The good points consist of mainly ease of presentation and write up’s, as well as saving large printing costs to relay everything into a physical book. The negative side however would be I found it made my work seem slightly disjointed in areas as I found it difficult to make both sketchbook and the blog meet at the middle. But I can see the public advantage of having a blog, I have gotten quite a few views on my work via the blog so I understand the exposure element of it.
Over all the project for me was an experience I wouldn’t mind going through again, which isn’t a bad thing considering I do want to become a comic artist.
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