Week 12: Summary

With the Easter Holidays, I have taken the opportunity to revisit my dissertation and clean up certain areas to it.

Monday - I spent the entire day, overlooking my pages. I added n a German rowing boat with multiple soldiers on board. I looked at some 1914 boarding parties to get some inspiration of how the boat could be designed. I decided to keep it simple and in the distance. I also took some time and looked over. I use the remainder of  the day to look over my Dissertation and correct it.

Modified Page 2

In addition to putting together a PDF. I was successful in implementing page 6 into the pdf with no abnormalities in its presentation.

Tuesday - The aim for Tuesday was to go through my blog posts. Instead I focused on sending away a copy of one of my case studies to be checked over. I am starting to think that I may run out of time to write a case study about Creepy which is a foreign comic which was going to be analysed to see how to can tell a story when  the dialogue is not being told in the English language. I finished up a case study about Gary Larsons's the Far Side and looked into how he conveyed jokes through visuals. Although his single panels were minimal, they provided really good humour.

Wednesday - I started sketching out a new page to replace to Page 20's layout. This one features a panel where the protagonist opens his eyes and we see an image of the fish creature silhouette in his eye. I also included a large panel of him surrounded by three of the Dagon creatures with his hands on his head with a high camera angle to signify his vulnerability and weakened state.
I used blues and purple because the creature, Father Dagon is affiliated with coldness, the ocean and mystery.  used the shadow colour scheme of purple and yellow to provide consistency.
I chose to apply different panels shapes in this page. The last panel's gestalt form is to suggest that he is descend into a state of madness with the panel's bottom edges meeting at one point.The panel's pattern was intended to slightly resemble the head of Father Dagon or suggest some demonic connotations.

Thursday - This morning I was informed by Brian that the meeting will not be on today. However I decided to come into Dundee to discuss one of my case studies with my NAS Adviser who has been helpful in  checking over my Dissertation's grammar. In addition, I have been inside my home in Kirkcaldy or the last few days so I am quite happy to go into Dundee. I spoke to my adviser and she was kind to give me a copy of my case study I sent where with some corrections needed.

Friday - I took the time to work on improving the Monolith design.
I took my improved design ad applied it to the model sheet.

Before 

After

I found it easier for me to make changes to it by creating and clearing grid lines. I also took some time to work on setting up my portfolio. I hope to publish it and seek feedback from my peers.

Saturday - I took some time off to rest and play games. For an hour, I modified my poster and dissertation.

Week 11: Practical Work

After my meeting with the printing service at Dundee University, I found out for the printing service that:

• I just need to to submit a pdf of the entire comic.
• The price for one copy is £ 7 coloured.
• It would take a day when it is not busy.
• The layout just needs top be one single page layout.

I worked on some adjusting some comic pages based off yesterday's feedback from Brian.

Page 16 Before Modification

Some of the issues with this page was the protagonist and the level of depth. Brian's advice was to try and bring him closer with a darker silhouette.

Page 17 Before Modification

 

Page 17 After Modification

The extra panels help provide additional clarity and the last set of panels does help suggest the idea of  disorientation and ambiguity as we have no idea what is approaching the protagonist.

Page 18 Before Modification

Page 18 After Modification

Here, I replaced the sea captain's position with the doctor but I kept him in the background to suggest that he helped rescue the protagonist.

Page 19 Before Modification

Page 19 After modification

I altered the perspective of the monolith and in doing so I actually made the perspective of the scene look greater.

Page 22 Before Modification

Page 22 After Modification

This layout for Page 22 features all the familiar elements from the original version is more angular,suggesting more dynamic movement. There is a triangular composition. However this composition is a lot more cluttered compared to my previous iteration. It is likely that I will stick with my original piece.

Father Dagon Colour Iterations

During my exploration the Dagon creature, I decided to look into some various colours schemes that would fit its appearance. Since it was a creature of the ocean, I aimed to give it a colour scheme which featured a cool colour palette.

Grayscale and Scale Comparison

Various Colour Scheme Iterations

I considered the idea of using an inverted effect to suggest that this creature was not native of this world. In the end, I have chosen that I will go for a more suitable colour scheme which follows the colour scheme of blue, red and yellow. I have decided to include and overall blue and glow to amplify its appearance in the comic.