The Eighth Session

April 22, 2014

This week, I placed the pages for the issue Mice Templar #10. I went through the same procedure as I did in my fifth and sixth sessions: I checked the ink levels of the pages of the issue then looked at them again without black color after placing them. This procedure for this issue was a little bit different from the previous ones because it had 2 different covers and included crop marks to indicate how the pages should be positioned. I liked how this issue was a bit different because it made me realize how creators have a different techniques of preparing the pages for production.  After I got a good review of everything by placing the pages, Mr. Chan began to show me how the artists create a cover from a sketch to a final cover of a comic book issue. I brought a sketch that I had drawn of Spawn and Wanda facing each other for a mock issue cover of Spawn that I would customize. My mentor scanned it and pulled it up on Photoshop. Using layers, he colored the drawing after sharpening and darkening it. I was instantly amazed at how my art work was given more life and character. I was extremely excited to be able to get a feel for the more creative aspect of comic book-making. I wanted to make a whole comic book after seeing the work done in that short time. After the basic coloring was done, Mr. Chan helped me get together the necessary screenshots of the work that was done over the weeks for the presentation portion of the project. 

Next week, I hope to continue the work on my mock issue cover and to touch a bit on the presentation part of the project.

Time logged for this session: 3 hours

Total time logged: 24 hours