I’ve been very busy! Deadline is now only a week away! Ah!
Last I posted was the test for the print version of the comic, well here’s the final print version! It’s a little difficult to figure out because it’s ordered the way it is for best printing but don’t worry because I’m doing a digital version as well.
Printing with risopraph at outoftheblueprint meant I had a few restrictions to adhere to, such as the text couldn’t be bigger that 12pt which is why it’s so difficult to read here, which is what made me decide for definite to make a digital version where I could have more creative freedom. In the end, it’s just nice to have a physical version of something you’ve made and I wanted people to be able to take one when they come to the graduate showcase.
I have a few things I want to change when I format the digital version. I’m worried that keeping it strictly black and white seems lazy in terms of development for my honours degree, so I’m going to experiment one last time with greyscale, halftone and colour tone to see if one of those options works better for me. The text is going to be almost completely reworked, including the balloons, so that I can have it readable, have emphasis on words and invoke tone. This wasn’t something I was able to do with the risograph restrictions and with the deadline I had to send to print by but I still have time before the deadline to work on. Using the greyscale/halftone/colour tone experiment I’ll add more depth to the panels and also add the tartan pattern in the character designs because that was something I left out for printing because I was worried about it being readable when printed. Once that’s decided I just need to format it into a PDF!
