LO4: Evidence Of Editing

Front Cover

For my front cover I set my background colour to light blue as it can make the front cover stand out and also highlight the main character on the front. I added a black half circle on the bottom of the page so the cover was not boring and basic, This went along with the circle design of the title and logo of the comic. This then lead to pencilling the main character using Adobe Illustrator by tracing over my final drawing of him in the exact pose. After pencilling Science Man I inked him in Photoshop. Using the paint bucket tool to fill in the character fully. I filled in the font and the solid graphics as well. I used a superhero font to add to the genre of the comic. I added a green colour to the writing to make the title pop out and make it very noticeable. I had the main character overlap the title as I have seen it been done in Marvel comics. This is so the character is shown in full form and blends both image and title together as one.

Re Using Assets

I re used the character facial features across my panels. I did this as a way making sure the comic book has similar drawings throughout the comic book. I did this by selecting all lines created in Illustrator and copied it into a different position in a different panel. I edited the size and rotation so it would fit naturally and fit in with the scene. This kept all the scenes with this character in look good and the same. This simple duplication technique kept a constant style and a constant design to the characters. This being essential in all comic books. 

Inking 

For inking I had to use the software Photoshop to ink my panels easier. I used the paint bucket tool to fill each section of my character. For skin colour I found the HEX code for skin colour and kept that as my secondary colour so I can easily add skin colour to my characters. However I had to cut off any section of the desire area I wanted to fill. This is so the paint would not fill everywhere else. I used a 1px pen to create a line to cut the section. To paint bucket my characters easier I placed them straight from Illustrator on a transparent background so I can see which areas are needed to fill. I also used the colour history brush to make colours from all the panels the same.

Creating The Panels

For my panels I have changed my idea from a bolt style layout to a more simple layout but also slightly unique. It is a grid design with panels slightly larger than other. This connotes the action scenes. I saved the panels as individual panels and placed them into my layout. My layout being made by using the line tool and increasing the stroke the line making the panels easy to see and the scenes easy to pick and read. I used the free transform tool to fit my panels into place. With this I needed to hold shift to not distort and stretch the image keeping look normal. I chose Photoshop as I believe I had more control with my images by using the transform tool and I can easily drag my images into the desired space. I continued to do this both of my pages so both my pages are the same in terms of design.