Wednesday, November 28, 2007

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.

Saturday, November 24, 2007

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...

Friday, November 23, 2007

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.

Monday, November 19, 2007

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!

Saturday, November 17, 2007

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.


Saturday, November 10, 2007

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?...

Monday, November 5, 2007

Friday, November 2, 2007

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?