Hello, my name is Jak Gerrish, and welcome to my Final Major Project. I have 3 bodies of work to show you, two are different blogs and one is my final piece, a professional looking Web-Comic.
- Firstly, my Supporting Work, which is this blog. Here, you'll find all of my documented work from inception to starting my final pieces. I went through quite a few changes, and these original concepts and ideas can be found in the tabs labelled "(Old)".
- Clicking the tab "Final Work (External Link)", takes you to my second blog, detailing all my final pieces relevant to my project. Here, you'll find the final pages, concept covers, promotional items dedicated to the comic, a sample version that details the full 3-part story in a very short narrative, and lastly you'll find the full script of the entire series that I mapped out (It ends on a cliff hanger, brace yourself).In this blog you'll also find the tab "Supporting Work (External Link)", which simply takes you back to the first blog.
- Lastly, by clicking the tab "Web Comic (External Link)", you'll be redirected to the website that officially hosts the web comic. In true Web Comic fashion, it takes you to the last page that was uploaded, so fans can immediately see the newest iteration. To view the first page, simply click the tab labelled "First", and from there you can view the comic page by page by either clicking "Next" or the page itself. Note that you can return to Supporting Work via the link provided on the web comic site.
Thankyou for viewing my work.
Evaluation
Unfortunately, I went through quite a few alterations and idea changes during the process of this project which set me back a little, however I am happy that I settled on a style reminiscent of a manga/comic book. I have learnt a lot, from new processes and fundamentals to simply how difficult it is to compose countless scenes from your imagination. I have finally discovered what I love doing, and I will be taking this on further in the future, developing and refining my style and skills even more.
The comic isn't quite up to the standard I'd have liked it to be, even though I am still very happy with it. My issue is that I was learning and defining the style as I was going through the final stages, which required me to go back and alter a lot to try and keep it as consistent as possible. Above all, I've learned about the amount of time and skill it takes to complete a comic like this. Unfortunately I didn't create final character sheets and examples, although I did lots of pencils and studies for them that you'll find in "Supporting Work". This is due to the fact that my abilities kept improving and my ideas changed so often, that by the time I was ready to create official final character designs, it was too late and I had to focus on the final comic. I have learned much about budgeting time and the dedication a comic like this needs, I just wasn't 100% ready for it this time.
I feel that the studies I completed were extremely useful, especially the anatomy studies provided my Sycra Yasin, the comic artist (referenced in the "Studies" tab).
The colour and tone experiments, even though I didn't end up using colour, helped me realise that the tone helps a lot with the clarity of the image. If I were to take the time to carefully colour each page I'm sure it would look even better, but that's not the message I wanted to deliver.
The comic has a somewhat silent-film feel to it; there's a large section of no text and just action, gesture and movement. I liked the mysterious quality to this approach, the story focuses on the lack of speech and more the emotional state the main character is in, and as we cope through her trauma with her, we are pulled along for the ride by her acts of emotional desperation, rage and apathy. So I feel that the black and white helped reflect this, she sees her world the way we see her world. Her daughter is dead, her husband has gone, the colour has been taken out of her life.
The promotional items and miniature, concept convention table were to describe what I could do when actually selling my comics in the future. I could have different forms of merchandise to help promote the comic and myself from bookmarks and postcards to t-shirt designs.
I feel that the studies I completed were extremely useful, especially the anatomy studies provided my Sycra Yasin, the comic artist (referenced in the "Studies" tab).
The colour and tone experiments, even though I didn't end up using colour, helped me realise that the tone helps a lot with the clarity of the image. If I were to take the time to carefully colour each page I'm sure it would look even better, but that's not the message I wanted to deliver.
The comic has a somewhat silent-film feel to it; there's a large section of no text and just action, gesture and movement. I liked the mysterious quality to this approach, the story focuses on the lack of speech and more the emotional state the main character is in, and as we cope through her trauma with her, we are pulled along for the ride by her acts of emotional desperation, rage and apathy. So I feel that the black and white helped reflect this, she sees her world the way we see her world. Her daughter is dead, her husband has gone, the colour has been taken out of her life.
The promotional items and miniature, concept convention table were to describe what I could do when actually selling my comics in the future. I could have different forms of merchandise to help promote the comic and myself from bookmarks and postcards to t-shirt designs.
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