hand in

err, i'm just checking that i've got my things together for hand in, helps if i write it down. i've got my comic in print, but only the old version. i have the digital version of the amended comic and the print version will arrive in time for the end of year show (i have a dispatch note so it should be in like 2 or 3 (working) days now) i have the motioncomic but i dont have the finished sound effects and track for it yet, i wont have the good noises for hand in but i should have them for end of year show along with the new comics. and i've collected together all my files and things in one place ready to bang onto a disk. fio has nearly made the website too but obviously i'm not being marked for the site so it looks like i'm ready for end of year show and readyish for hand in? hahah x

cel animation

cel animation is the frame by frame drawing of whats happening so when you see each image play back in quick sequence they look like theyre moving. its only a little and blogger totally messed it up but i feel good for having it in my project, its cool to have a go at things and my tutors can see the .mov file in my hand in, it'll play much better for them hahah.

another go at cel animation

i might not have the time before the deadline but i right wanted to try cel animation again seeing as how the last attempt failed so badly. i've chose a simpler section this time and i've got a good feeling about it hahah

printing stuff

because i've made my amendments from the final crit i've sent of to print again but unfortunately with it being close to the deadline theres a chance that the comic wont arrive in print in time . still it'll definitely be here for the end of year presentation, in the meantime i can hand in the digital version along with the old version print. i'm kind of gutted though because if people had've looked at the rough pages in crits then i couldve made a better comic maybe and definitely had it in print ready for the deadline.

anyway, with the new pages ready its time to make the new animation. (hopefully with better sound if theres time!)

new page 10

getting the full team in on the action and some more of that anime glam crusting over djinns speech.

new page 9

changes to layout and panels and adding loads of new bits, this is actually my favorite page now that they are changed, its less rigid in layout than the others.

new page 8

little changes to the text bubble,getting a bit more of that glam into it.

new page 7

small changes for this page, people felt that a bit of gore would help to communicate what was happening 'off frame'

new page 6

trying to keep the action more cohesive by adding an extra panel and motion lines, keeping the monster in all the action sots. also putting in the other team members more because i was focussing too much on just djinn previously.

new page 5

changed to add a background and more of a fore ground, people before were saying that it looked a little like the kutku (monster) was just laying down. its generally agreed that its fixed now which is cool. also i added the '!?' in red as another reference to the game that a fan pointed out to me i was previously missing.

new page 4

changed the image of boneskill arriving on the kitty kart, i guess this is a page that only fans of the game will 'get' because it totally relies on the reference to that kart. also if you look real close i cat stamped boneskills bum. x

new page 3

full swap around so now instead of having an establishing shot theres the scene where djinn turns around and goes "guys?" then you can see that they arent around where he's looking.

new page 2

so its only a few little changes to this page but like, boneskill was holding a pen before..... whats that all about luke? i'm such an idiot sometimes.

new page 1

so i'm posting up the new pages from the comic along with the old ones for comparison but basically all i've done is work on the notes and amendments i got from the final crit.

colour amendments

so i thought i'd just put up the colour pieces so you guys can see the process again. it was kind of cool putting the shadows and highlights in because i had to check the lighting and stuff in my existing pages. hopefully i got it right. x

more amendments

more images for making the changes to my comic pages. for that guild building image in the previous post i used a reference from the game (obviously) but i also stole a bit of inspiration from rob kirks second life build based on terry pratchet's books.

amendments

so because of the way i've made the comics (like a collage, see previous posts) its not going to be too hard to make the changes that have been suggested to me, it'll be tougher with the animation but thats ok. i've made a list of the new images and changes i need to make and heres the start of work on the changes, i'll post the new pages up too later and hopefully if i work fast there'll still be time to get the second edition printed before deadline. x

notes from the last crit

i showed my comic and the first draft of the animation at crit. i've sent the pages off to print with lulu but it hadnt arrived in time for the crit, it came a bit later. i got a whole load of feedback for the comic which is cool because it means that people (tutors included haha) seemed to get it that the comic is the focus of the project but at the same time its a bit gay because theres call for so much change in the comic pages and no one told me when i had the draft, they waited till i'd spent all that time money and effort to send it off to print and then said it. so i had a bit of mixed feelings but at least i've got plenty to do for the last 3 weeks. x

web comics

http://Balak01.deviantart.com/art/ABOUt-about-DIGITAL-COMICS-112523191

i wish i new about this much much earlier into the project, but anyway, i was talking to a friend from vis com about motion comics and he showed me this DA artists take on webcomics as an interactive thing its brilliant, kind of interactive, kind of motion but not really either and i think i could make a better one of these than i could a motion comic hahah. well, its something for the future and it just goes to show that something as simple as a comic book can have all kinds of spin put on it in different medias.

fail.

so i had a go at a little bit of cel animation and oh my goodness its hard! i wont have time before final crit to have another go but i definitely will give it another shot afterwards. the cel animation was much much harder than the little bits i've tried before but i guess this style of art i'm running with is a lot more complicated image by image than what i've done in other projects. its such a fail though...