Work Schedule

Week 13-14:

I might not be able to do much production work at this time, as I have a presentation on the 30^th of June which ideal I want to spend at least two weeks working on. To compensate for I will work on my production over the Christmas break. During this time I will be looking a examples of comic book art in order to develop a style for my own. I’m particularly fond of the 8 bit, pixel style. I think it would work well in my comic as I will be borrowing elements of video game play in my comic’s structure. Furthermore, pixelated art would make the animation process simpler.

Week 14-16

During these weeks I will be familiarising myself with flash. My ultimate aim is to retool the site, exporting the images onto a slideshow. Not entirely sure how complex this process will be but I feel two weeks is enough time. During this time I will be reading on up on more potential theorists. I’m slightly concerned that I won’t have another theoretical works to draw on that relate to web comics. Mccloud has proven very useful and I will be following up this interest by analysing his other books.

Week 15-19

These weeks will be spent drawing the images for my project at this moment in time I haven’t settled entirely on an art style. The pilot consisted of 11 images most of which had some form of animation. For the final project I want another two acts which mean 22 more images. I’m allotting a significant chunk of time to the illustration as they can take a while to complete. I also feel they are one of the more important elements of the site; they should be of a high standard.

Week 19-20

I will spend these weeks constructing the site. I should have the framework complete by this point. These weeks will consist of exporting the images to the slide show, building link and so on. If I have time I will begin to search for appropriate sounds to us e in the comic.

Week 20-21

During this time I will be continuing to source sounds for my site. On top of this I will begin researching for my final evaluation. I should complete a rough draft by the end of week 21.

Week 21-22

Work will likely slow down at this point as many assignments are due in the coming weeks. However the bulk of the leg work should be done by this point. The most time consuming aspect of this project is the illustrations, I feel I have assigned enough time to complete them.

Week 22-23

I will be working on polishing the site at this point. Most of the elements should be complete. I’ll need to find a suitable host for my site as well.