Tuesday was my second visit to the Image Comics building. This time, I was a lot less nervous about what to expect during my visit. Once I got there, we pretty much got right to work. Mr. Chan asked me to help him in putting together the issue Invisible Universe #12. The program he used to layout the entire book was InDesign. He placed all the finished pages the artists and writers sent to him on the layout. As I saw all the pages being put together, it made me imagine how much time it must have taken for the artists, writers, letterers, and colorists to complete the entire issue. I also enjoyed looking at the different characters and imagining new characters based off them in my head. After he placed the pages, he began to work on the logo on the front cover and walked me through the process. He used a clipping mask to have characters be brought in front of the logo along with Photoshop to edit the picture. Because he had changed the color of the logo, he had to change the color of the logo in the inside cover to match. In order to do this, he went to Photoshop to look at the CMYK color plate. The program Illustrator was used for the lettering. I helped Mr. Chan a little bit on making some decisions for the page in which the creators of the issue responded to actual messages from fans. After this, he informed me on how the resolutions on the comic book differ on the computer screen from when they are actually printed. One of the last few things he went over was how the barcode is assigned and can be read to identify a specific issue of a series. I really enjoyed working on building an actual comic book issue with my mentor. It made me appreciate even more how much work and effort is put in to make a single issue. Even when the comic was pretty much put together, there was still a lot to do before it was to be put into stores. Although a lot of the work that was done was very technical and detail-oriented, I loved helping out with the process. I can be a perfectionist at times, especially with drawings and other art-based projects, which is the reason why I think I really enjoy learning the procedure and being a part of making comic books. Next Monday, I hope to further my knowledge of the making of comic books and the problems that may come up when laying out the pages of the issues and how they can be solved.
Time logged for this session: 3 hours
Total time logged: 6 hours
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