The Fulton School
Week Three: Prepwork
This week, I spent most of my time on preparation for my webcomic. If you didn’t see my last post, that’s what I’m planning to make my focus now for my project.
I’ll be using a story that I’ve been planning for a long time. I’ve tried to write it a few times in different forms and I’ve never gotten far, but this time I’m gonna really dedicate myself to it. As far as the story, I’ve spent a lot of time this week editing it and fixing plot holes. (I originally came up with the idea when I was in middle school, so there are a lot naturally). I will have to spend a lot of time fixing the plot as I go, but I find I work better when I just start writing, rather than planning it all out completely.
At the moment the general premise is that it’s a fantasy story about a prince whose kingdom gets taken over and he has to leave to get help. The story will follow him as he travels looking for help and his journey back home. There is obviously a whole lot more to the plot (including two or three other main characters who will have lots of spotlight on their own stories) but that’s the base for the story.
The other main part of making a comic is visual design. All of the characters have to have a purposeful design, which is a very different process than designing a character for a non-visual novel. I’ll attach some concept art and designs that I have for characters. I’m also going to have to do some setting designs. I’m taking a class on Blueprint on concept art that is really helping me with all of that.
In this next week I’m going to start actually putting the comic together, and I hope to have a couple pages to show you guys next week! I will also let you know where I’ll be posting the pages (other than on this blog: I’m not sure how much of the comic I’ll share on here).
The last thing to mention is that I’m not working on this alone. A couple of my friends are helping me out. I’ll be the one doing the actual writing and drawing of the comic, but they’ve created some of the characters and their designs, and have been central in shaping the plot. They’ll be helping me out as I bring our story to life. Finally, here’s some images of my work. (The paper sketches are works in progress using the techniques from the class I mentioned)
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You seem well-prepared! I admire your patience to fix the plot holes (sometimes I ignore it and write the first draft anyway, and naturally it takes a lot longer to edit the story than to fix the outline).
I really like your designs!