Official Website Link

After a long Search on How to Set Up a Website...

Here is the Link:

http://www.destinyblade.co.nr/

Official Website Preview

The Website will look something like that...

Concept Art - World's Belt

The New Version.

Changes:

- Added more Shadows to make it less Flat
- Deleted the Bottom Part (Interior)
- Replaced Solid Colours with Gradient Fill
- Replaced White Backgrounds with Gradient Fill

Production - Updates

The whole Story will be split into 3 Chapters.

Drawing
Status: Completed

Tracing
Characters: Completed
Chapters: Completed

Backgrounds
Chapter 1: Completed
Chapter 2: Missing Backgrounds so some may be traced from Photo to compensate. Jasmine is doing it.

Colouring
Chapter 1: Completed
Chapter 2: 60% Completed. Jasmine is doing it.

Captions & Dialogues
Chapter 1: Text should be inserted before Animating. Yusri is doing it.

Animating
Chapter 1: Started and is going smoothly. Zhen Hui is doing it.

Sound
Ben is still doing it. We will need the Vista.



Chapter 2 Preview

Survey Link

Posting for Esther:


http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=4B9Cev1tkchRotBDfRyycQ_3d_3d


Details:

Website: www.surveymonkey.com
Username: beyondcomics
Password: 123456

Character Design - Font Styles

Different Colours and Font Styles for Speech Bubbles and Captions.

The Colour and Font Styles are linked to the to the Characters.

Research - Body Types

Pictures First Words Later.

To ensure that we did our Research on Body Types if we ever decide not use Manga Style Drawings...

Research - Manga Styles

Sword Techniques...



Use of Motion Lines for Fast Movements...



Use of Motion Lines to create a Tense Atmosphere...



Use of Words for Sound Effects...



An interesting Insert Page before every Chapter...



Source: Bleach (Noriaki Kubo)

Production - Report Plan

- Content Page
- Objectives
- Target Audience
- Treatment Style
- Creative Concept Explanation

Pre-Production:

- Research & Pipeline
- Story Development
- Script & Synopsis
- Storyboard
- Character Development
- Animatic Reels (Live Acting)

Production:

- Drawing (Paper)
- Tracing (Scan & Digitally Traced)
- Animating
- Sound Mix

Post Production:

- Editing
- Screen Resolution
- Compilation
- Beta Testing (Public Viewing of Prototype)

Learning Journey:

- Web Blog
- Evaluation (Team, Peer, Self)
- Conclusion & Critique
- Appendixes & Bibliography

Meeting 7

Full Team! Yeah!

Some Ideas for Comic Name:

Choose Your Fate
Counter Fate
Fallen Destiny
Final Flow
Last Fight
Turning Ties



Final Comic Name: "Destiny Blade"
Tagline: "Where Does Your Heart Lie?"

Remember to book a Room for Music Production on next Wednesday.

Survey Form

We are an AWESOME Group of Art & Design Students from Republic Polytechnic School of Technology for the Arts (RPSTA).

For our Final Year Project, we are looking into Online Comics.

Below are Survey Questions with Relation to the Subject.

Kindly take your Time to complete the Survey. AWESOME!

(Answer to proceed)
Q1) Your Gender?

- Male
- Female

(Answer to proceed. Tick only one)
Q2) What Age Group do you fall under?

- 12 to 16
- 17 to 21
- 21 to 25
- Others (Please Specify)

(Answer to proceed. Can tick more than one)
Q3) What Type of Comic have you read?

- Editorial / Political Cartoons
- Graphic Novels
- Manga
- Mute / Silent Comics
- Super Hero / Villians
- Others (Please Specify)

(Answer to proceed. Can tick more than one)
Q4) Which of the following Comic Title(s) have you read / heard of?

- Akira
- Archie
- Batman
- Bleach
- D-Grayman
- DragonBall Z
- Garfield
- Gundam
- Hunter X Hunter
- Inuyasha
- Iron Man
- Kindaichi
- Naruto
- One Piece
- Peanuts
- Prince Of Tennis
- Tin Tin
- Sailormoon
- Samurai X
- Silver Surfer
- Slam Dunk
- Snoopy
- Spawn
- Superman
- V For Vendetta
- Wonder Woman
- Yu-Gi-Oh

(Answer to proceed. Can tick more than one)
Q5) What do you look for before choosing a Comic?

- Cute Characters
- Fight Scenes
- Graphic Styles
- Pretty Girls
- Storyline
- Title Popularity
- Others (Please Specify)

(No answer to proceed)
Q6) Name your Favourite Comic Title(s)?

- Please Specify

(Answer to proceed. Can tick more than one)
Q7) Reasons for reading a Comic?

- Entertainment
- Enthusiast
- Hobby
- Stress Reliever
- Others (Please Specify)

(Answer to proceed)
Q8) Do you read Free Online Comics?

- Yes
- No (Skip Question 8)

(No answer to proceed)
Q9) What Website do you frequently visit for Online Comics?

- Please Specify

(Answer to proceed. Can tick more than one)
Q10) What would you most likely want in an Online Comic?

- Animation (Motion)
- Bookmarking
- Interactivity (Comic-To-Reader)
- Sound
- Others (Please Specify)



Please Comment!

The Rest Of The Storyboard

There are some Parts of the Frame which you have to ignore.

- Frame 65
- Frame 66
- Frame 122
- Frame 123

Love Love Poster

I did something fun to lighten up the Mood in here...

Font Used: Shoestore

Border Black And White

I think that this Version is better because the Coloured Version may be too strong...




Another Version of Black and White. I wanted it to appear more like looking into a Television.

Update

Good!

Keep it up and work faster!

I just scanned all 23 Pages of Drawings from Yusri and Tracing has started!

I also made some Adjustments as some of the Bodies are not in Proportion.

You don't mind, do you?...

Sample

Hello...


http://download.yousendit.com/07B433082F4D5930


Click to Download...

7 Days only...


KTHXBAI!

The Next Meeting

Hi Everybody!

I hope that everyone had completed their Professional Profiling or whatever it is that you were doing...

So since it is a 1 Week Break, David is hoping to meet with us and see where have we ended up...

So is next Thursday suitable for everyone?

Please Watch

www.brain4est.com

Storyboard

Done By: Tao Hui

Border Test

A Rough Idea of how the Border will look like.

I have not added the Interface into it yet.

Website Examples

Just in case we face any Difficulties during the Website-making Process, I think that we should at least have a List of Existing Websites that we can learn from...


Websites:

Garfield Gets Real Official Movie Site: http://garfield.com/d2v/index.html

Pyrats Official Movie Site (Blog included): http://www.pyrats.net/movie.html


I might add more if I happen to come across any more.

If anyone else has found some useful Websites / Online Tutorials / ETC, please Comment with Links attached.

Character Chart

From Left to Right:
Leo, Anna, Fenrir, Agnis and Inubis


The Character Chart for the Main Characters of the Story. Now you would have some Idea about how large they are.

Due to Fenrir's Pose in here, he is actually as tall as Agnis when he is standing upright.


Any Objections to the Size of any Character?