The Fifth Session

April 1, 2014

This week, I was very excited to be given the opportunity to do some of the work myself. Mr. Chan had me on the computer and placing the pages on issues of comic books using InDesign. At first, I felt that I was absolutely not ready to do this and that I was going to embarrass myself (or even somehow manage to make the computer burst into flames). As he walked me through the process, however, I felt more confident in my knowledge and in myself that I could do this completely and correctly. It was one thing to watch the issue being put together and another to actually put it together yourself.  I was able to lay out The Walking Dead #126 and Thief of Thieves #20. To make it easier to remember and work more efficiently, Mr. Chan has a checklist that he goes through when working on comic book issues. I followed this checklist when I was working on the issues.The steps are: place the pages for the issue, check the size and position for each page, check the ink levels on each page, and then view each page without black color for any mistakes in coloring. The checklist was very helpful and a good tip to keep and use for other things in life. I was able to get a really good feel for the program by working on these issues. Mr. Chan also quizzed me on requirements and the names of different things on the program as we went along, so I felt I was getting reinforcement on the knowledge about the program and the process. After he walked me through the process of placing the pages, he sat back at the computer and began to work on the Outcast advertisement he did in the third session. He received feedback from the creator about the ad and they wanted some things fixed, so those changes were made accordingly. Fixing certain things almost felt like starting the entire ad completely over because he still needed to somewhat guess how the creator wants the ad to look and feel. 

I really enjoyed actually doing what I have been learning from the sessions this week, and I hope to do the same in future sessions. Next week, I look forward to continue to learn different aspects and requirements in the process of making a comic book. 

Time logged for this session: 3 hours

Total time logged: 15 hours