How much time did you spend on your project?
So far I've done only about 6 hours (hands on) and when I regain access to the internet this weekend I will be able to upload all my journal entries that I have planned, which should take a few more hours. Plus, the week is not over yet.
What did you do for hands-on?
Completed the first page (inking) and started coloring it. Started sketching the second page, will complete inking today, and coloring tonight.
What Research did you do?
Again, lack of internet access has handicapped me. Though I was given a publishing company to check out by a fellow WISE student who looking to publish her poetry there. It is worth a look. Yet to finish blog on Barry Deustch.
Did you meet with your mentor? What did you talk about?
Mrs. Spence has been unable to meet Tuesday or Wednesday this week. I am meeting with her today.
Were you in class this week?
No, I missed class. But we were given those sheets to do a journal entry on. Have them, read them, and again Internet access maims me.
What do you think your fulfillment of WISE requirements was?
I think it was extremely weak. I did mostly hands on, and being unable to put up journals makes my thoughts muddled and makes me unsure of what I want to do. It made me realize, the blogging helps me THINK. It's great. And it motivates me. I never want to go without blogging again.
What are your plans for next week?
Going to up the ante(sp?). I need to spew these pieces faster. I have 37 pages to do. I think....yeah. Need to start using the weekends. Dammit.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
The Drawings Are coming Along
So to show people I actually indeed am doing things, HERE are some pretty pictures.
The Coloring for this last one is pretty much done (need to do some shading) but I think I will leave it incomplete until all the inking is done so that I can make sure the color schemes are compatible on each page. :) The Dragon was fun.
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| Sketch of a Page (I forget which one) |
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| Inked Page |
Monday, March 14, 2011
He Ran Away
Barry Deustch...Ran away. But that doesn't mean I didn't get some useful information!
Basically I went to his presentation (which was fabulously amusing) and then he was like "I see there are cartoonist in the audience, so feel free to come speak to me." And I was so going to go over, but then a friend asked me a question about AP Art. When I was done...he had his backpack on and sped out of the class room and I was like:
Yeah....Well anyway, I discovered that Mr. Deutsch and I had a lot in common. Such a procrastination. Best thing EVER.
Not really, but it's nice to know that I'm not alone.
His methods of completing pages using his Wacom Tablet (See Here) was cool but nothing I hadn't seen before. I really enjoyed his humore though! :) Anywho, he apparently also has issues with completing work. I'm not sure if this is a trait of artists or just lazy people...probably the later. Which is bad. ah well.
Now back to doing work for this project.
Basically I went to his presentation (which was fabulously amusing) and then he was like "I see there are cartoonist in the audience, so feel free to come speak to me." And I was so going to go over, but then a friend asked me a question about AP Art. When I was done...he had his backpack on and sped out of the class room and I was like: Yeah....Well anyway, I discovered that Mr. Deutsch and I had a lot in common. Such a procrastination. Best thing EVER.
Not really, but it's nice to know that I'm not alone.
His methods of completing pages using his Wacom Tablet (See Here) was cool but nothing I hadn't seen before. I really enjoyed his humore though! :) Anywho, he apparently also has issues with completing work. I'm not sure if this is a trait of artists or just lazy people...probably the later. Which is bad. ah well.
Now back to doing work for this project.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Weekly Review 3
How much time did you spend on your project?
I have spent about 5 hours on various researches and blogging and more than 3 hours working hands on. More than 8 hours! Whoa.
What did you do for hands-on?
I have started to do the sketches for each page which will be then traced and then inked. They'll be awesome
What Research did you do?
I researched a variety of different Self Publishing companies, comparing them. Lulu.com and Dog Ear Publishing seem promising
Did you meet with your mentor? What did you talk about?
I did meet with Mrs. Spence. We talked about the speed in which I am working, figuring out deadlines and such. She suggested getting in contact with the Family Reading Partnership and gave advice on various visual aspects of my plan.
Were you in class this week?
Sure was. Late as always. MLK book given, got the community contacts sheet. Homework too.
What do you think your fulfillment of WISE requirements was?
I think I was a lot better this week about actually doing my work timely. I made a goal sheet on Tuesday and I have accomplished most of the goals.
I have decided the size I am working with, I have begun to design the pages with more detail, chosen medium, going to talk to Barry Deustch on Friday, have yet to contact Ann Mazer, had my Mentor Meeting, and I have done research. Awesome.
What are your plans for next week?
To continue researching further into publishing options, to continue to design the pages and get started on inking some so I can work at home for the digital coloring. Once I have that, who knows how many hours I'll have. Set up interview or meet with Ann Mazer.
I have spent about 5 hours on various researches and blogging and more than 3 hours working hands on. More than 8 hours! Whoa.
What did you do for hands-on?
I have started to do the sketches for each page which will be then traced and then inked. They'll be awesome
What Research did you do?
I researched a variety of different Self Publishing companies, comparing them. Lulu.com and Dog Ear Publishing seem promising
Did you meet with your mentor? What did you talk about?
I did meet with Mrs. Spence. We talked about the speed in which I am working, figuring out deadlines and such. She suggested getting in contact with the Family Reading Partnership and gave advice on various visual aspects of my plan.
Were you in class this week?
Sure was. Late as always. MLK book given, got the community contacts sheet. Homework too.
What do you think your fulfillment of WISE requirements was?
I think I was a lot better this week about actually doing my work timely. I made a goal sheet on Tuesday and I have accomplished most of the goals.
I have decided the size I am working with, I have begun to design the pages with more detail, chosen medium, going to talk to Barry Deustch on Friday, have yet to contact Ann Mazer, had my Mentor Meeting, and I have done research. Awesome.
What are your plans for next week?
To continue researching further into publishing options, to continue to design the pages and get started on inking some so I can work at home for the digital coloring. Once I have that, who knows how many hours I'll have. Set up interview or meet with Ann Mazer.
Book Printing Research
So, I've been looking at alternatives to Lulu.com.
Don't get me wrong, I think Lulu is really cool, but 60 dollars for a book? My book? A little frustrating.
It's not even that it is the publishing costs. For self publishing, there are no costs. It is the printing that cost 60 dollars. My book is going to be on high quality paper, hard cover (jacket?), in color, and in a large format. I don't really have a choice with some of these...but I didn't realize that the books were so expensive!
So I looked at some other publishing websites.
http://dogearpublishing.net/default.aspx Dog Ear Publishing seems to be a good alternative. At lulu, I sort of have to get Hardcover if I want full color and stuff. But here, the website professes to have paper back full color, which seems to be a bit more affordable. They don't have an easy calculator like Lulu, so the price is a little fuzzy...but I'd like to think it could be cheaper.
http://diggypod.com/index.html Diggy Pod Printing also seems promising. They have a calculator as well, but they don't seem to provide as many services as Lulu or the Dog Ear Publishing. I used the calculator, and being as cheap as possible, I am able to get my book to cost about $14. Awesome right? Well...wrong! In order for me to get any copy, I have to order a minimum of 24. HELL. NO. That's like over $300. Hahahah...ha.
And the largest book format they have is 8.5 x 11. Yeah...not so much.
But back to Dog Ear, the more promising one: it has a section in which it compares to other self publishing sites. http://dogearpublishing.net/whydogearcomparison_lulu.aspx The one for Lulu is informative and helpful. It says for designers, who only want to print a few copies, it is ideal.
This sounds like a promising recommendation. I have no delusions that anyone will actually buy my book. I had originally intended to possibly do about 10 copies that I could give to friends, but for $60 a book, that is not going to happen.
I admit I am cheap, but whatever.
Anyway, the writer of this comparison goes on to compare profits and such (and since I am not actually selling the book this has no relevance to me).
So, It seems to me like Lulu is still the best option as far as Self Publishing goes. Dog Ear Publishing seems to not be free publishing and more geared towards profit for the author than a single nice copy of a work.
Still have yet to compare to big Publishing Companies. Hmm... I don't even know the names of any. Next Research section decided.
Don't get me wrong, I think Lulu is really cool, but 60 dollars for a book? My book? A little frustrating.
It's not even that it is the publishing costs. For self publishing, there are no costs. It is the printing that cost 60 dollars. My book is going to be on high quality paper, hard cover (jacket?), in color, and in a large format. I don't really have a choice with some of these...but I didn't realize that the books were so expensive!
So I looked at some other publishing websites.
http://dogearpublishing.net/default.aspx Dog Ear Publishing seems to be a good alternative. At lulu, I sort of have to get Hardcover if I want full color and stuff. But here, the website professes to have paper back full color, which seems to be a bit more affordable. They don't have an easy calculator like Lulu, so the price is a little fuzzy...but I'd like to think it could be cheaper.
http://diggypod.com/index.html Diggy Pod Printing also seems promising. They have a calculator as well, but they don't seem to provide as many services as Lulu or the Dog Ear Publishing. I used the calculator, and being as cheap as possible, I am able to get my book to cost about $14. Awesome right? Well...wrong! In order for me to get any copy, I have to order a minimum of 24. HELL. NO. That's like over $300. Hahahah...ha.
And the largest book format they have is 8.5 x 11. Yeah...not so much.
But back to Dog Ear, the more promising one: it has a section in which it compares to other self publishing sites. http://dogearpublishing.net/whydogearcomparison_lulu.aspx The one for Lulu is informative and helpful. It says for designers, who only want to print a few copies, it is ideal.
This sounds like a promising recommendation. I have no delusions that anyone will actually buy my book. I had originally intended to possibly do about 10 copies that I could give to friends, but for $60 a book, that is not going to happen.
I admit I am cheap, but whatever.
Anyway, the writer of this comparison goes on to compare profits and such (and since I am not actually selling the book this has no relevance to me).
So, It seems to me like Lulu is still the best option as far as Self Publishing goes. Dog Ear Publishing seems to not be free publishing and more geared towards profit for the author than a single nice copy of a work.
Still have yet to compare to big Publishing Companies. Hmm... I don't even know the names of any. Next Research section decided.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Lulu Research
Lulu...is cool.
For those who do not know, Lulu.com is a self Publishing website. It lets the author choose all the stuff. Yeeeeeep.
I really thought I would be lost.
At first I had NO idea what to do. I'm doing a children's book. Does that make it a different category? Does that put it under a photo book? GAAAAAAAaah.
And then...I watched a tutorial video. It made me smile. It was so eaaaaaaasy. I still wasn't sure what category a children's book would be under but....you know....Whatever. I decided to mess around. And you know what?
This...is one cool website.
I know, I know. Already said. I just needed to emphasize.
I was all worried about the cover design. Turns out they got an app for that. FOR REAL.
It's sooooo colorful.
Anyway, I went through the process of starting a project and got all the way up to the place I am supposed to upload my files. Of course I don't have any at this time so...eh.
So here are the facts:
This little research made me think about something.
I don't have a title for my story. I need to get on that.
Next up: Compare to Publishing Companies.
For those who do not know, Lulu.com is a self Publishing website. It lets the author choose all the stuff. Yeeeeeep.
I really thought I would be lost.
At first I had NO idea what to do. I'm doing a children's book. Does that make it a different category? Does that put it under a photo book? GAAAAAAAaah.
And then...I watched a tutorial video. It made me smile. It was so eaaaaaaasy. I still wasn't sure what category a children's book would be under but....you know....Whatever. I decided to mess around. And you know what?
This...is one cool website.
I know, I know. Already said. I just needed to emphasize.
I was all worried about the cover design. Turns out they got an app for that. FOR REAL.
It's sooooo colorful.
Anyway, I went through the process of starting a project and got all the way up to the place I am supposed to upload my files. Of course I don't have any at this time so...eh.
So here are the facts:
- Free publishing (you pay only when a print is ordered) On copy of my book will cost about $60 for 40 pages. YIKES
- I set the price and if anyone else buys it...I get 80% profit. What I set the price to...I dunno. Would anyone buy the book? Probably not. I'll just make the one copy.
- Cover Designs are easy.
- Have to use InDesign or Adobe Acrobat to set up pages.
- After the Book is completed and officially published it can be shipped in 5-15 business days.
This little research made me think about something.
I don't have a title for my story. I need to get on that.
Next up: Compare to Publishing Companies.
Mentor Meeting 3/8/11
Had a meeting with Mrs. Spence today. It went super fabulous. We looked at my story board, while I explained the story to her. She had some suggestions about the view and angle of certain panels/pages. I'm still conflicted about using text in the story. She suggested that I use quotes. The one she had going through her head being from Alice In Wonderland. "Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
Luckily...my story wont be half as scary as Alice in Wonderland.
Actually wouldn't mind if I didn't intend this for children.
Just brilliant. :)
She likes that I will be combining digital and traditional media for the pieces. I will be inking the drawings on 8x12 pieces of watercolor paper and then scanning them to digitally color them. Experimentation is encouraged.
Mrs. Spence also suggested that I try and contact the Family Reading Partnership about getting some interviews. Apparently I can just drop her name...AND THEY WILL DO MY BIDDING. Well...I'm not sure about that, but they would be willing to help out.
Also, she encourages me to check out Lulu.com soon so that I can get an idea of a deadline. Probably a good idea. Should do that tonight.
Luckily...my story wont be half as scary as Alice in Wonderland.
Just brilliant. :)
She likes that I will be combining digital and traditional media for the pieces. I will be inking the drawings on 8x12 pieces of watercolor paper and then scanning them to digitally color them. Experimentation is encouraged.
Mrs. Spence also suggested that I try and contact the Family Reading Partnership about getting some interviews. Apparently I can just drop her name...AND THEY WILL DO MY BIDDING. Well...I'm not sure about that, but they would be willing to help out.
Also, she encourages me to check out Lulu.com soon so that I can get an idea of a deadline. Probably a good idea. Should do that tonight.
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