The Fourth Session

March 25, 2014

This week, I assisted Mr. Chan in creating the flyers that Image will be distributing during the Emerald City Comic Convention this upcoming weekend (March 28 - March 30). The flyer was created by using the program InDesign. Because this program is so often used during my sessions, I feel that I am getting a better and better understanding of what the program consists of and what it is capable of doing. We began to work on the flyer by putting in the signing schedule. I read Mr. Chan the times and table for each creator for all three days so that he was able to type them into the document.  I was constantly paying close attention reading out all the names and times correctly because I knew that the details were important. Once the signing was "completed," the next task was the creators and tables listing. I helped out by making sure the names of the creators and the table already listed on a separate document were correct. As Mr. Chan and I were going through all these names, I had the urge to look up all of these creators myself to see the work they have done. After that part was done for the moment, the panels were the next thing to be taken care of. Mr. Chan took the information that was already provided and placed it on the flyer to edit it and make it more appealing and easier for the eye to see. The last part of the flyer that I helped Mr. Chan put together was the "grid view" of the signing schedule on the other side of the flyer. This was provided as a visual supplement to the signing schedule already given on the other side. He used Excel to make the actual grid that was later placed on the actual flyer document. This project took a great amount of pre-planning and experimenting, just as all other projects do. We both became so focused on the work, we didn't realize how fast time was going. I feel that I am getting the gist of the work my mentor does and the skills and qualities needed to successfully complete that work. Next week, I hope to continue to learn about and recognize the different programs that are frequently used in the production of comic books.

Time logged for this session: 3 hours

Total time logged: 12 hours