ASSESSMENT TWO: FINAL
Hooray, the final product!!
I’m quite proud of how this turned out - visually, it’s very close to what i had in my head, which is always nice. I’m also really pleased with the way the pastels play off the greys; the colours definitely turned out better than I expected. I seriously overcommitted on this one; 24 panels is like 3 pages, and I did nine and a half. It was definitely a lesson in exactly how much information can go into a panel; a picture may be worth a thousand words, but it’s also only one panel.
It was a really good chance to play around a bit more with the idea of ‘beats’ and seeing how the dialogue has a natural rhythm - some exchanges can happen in a single panel, while others require three or four depending on what is being discussed or how much visual support is needed.
It was also good to experiment with shortcuts - for example cutting out the background in panels that focus on a character’s face. I think this has worked better in some places than in others, but the theory is sound. Sometimes the detail can distract from the story, so it’s good to know when to keep it and when to lose it.
The only thing I’m really sad about is the way Tumblr has compressed the files, but that’s what happens with limited blogging platforms I guess!










