Creative Expression

Andrew Alexander

ComicBooks

What is most important in creating a successful comic book?

I think I will create a front and back cover for my comic

I relates to my project because it is part of my final product

Interview #4 Questions

Interview 4 Questions
1.) What makes a successful comicbook?
2.) What makes a successful artist?
3.) What is most important in creating a successful comic book?
4.) What is your key focus on that you feel makes or breaks a project?
5.) How does your creative process approach a story?
6.) Is it different if it a small idea or joke?
7.) Is it different if you are approaching something in another media?
8.) Does collaboration help or hinder you? And how?
9.) What are some of your biggest influences?
10.) Do you try to pull from influences or is it more natural occurrence?
11.) What is more important in pleasing a client while doing freelance work?
12.) What can you tell me about Self-publishing?
13.) What is key to successfully self-publishing a book?
14.) How do you market your self-published stuff?
15.) What is the advantage to Self-publishing?
16.) What is the disadvantage in self-publishing?
17.) What is the advantage in having some one else like a publisher do the work for you?
18.) What is the disadvantage in having some one else like a publisher do the work for you?
19.) How do you approach a bigger project such a multiple issue story or a graphic novel?
20.) Who is someone you look up to in regards to self-publishing?
21.) Who is someone you look up to in regards to cartooning?
22.) Who do you think would be good to interview next? And can you help me contact him/her?

Indenpent Task 2

1.) I plan on working on my comic and drawing out my story. It will total will over the 30 hours I am required.
2.) It is my final product.

Independent Task #1

1.) Log
10/29 10:30-11:00
10/30 10:45-11:30
11/1 10:30-11:00
11/2 10:30-11:00
11/3 11:00-12:00
11/4 10:00-10:30
11/5 10:00-11:30
11/6 10:30-11:00
11/7 10:30-11:30
11/8 10:15-11:30
11/9 10:30-11:30
11/10 10:30-12:00
11/11 10:30-11:00
11/12 10:30-11:45
11/13 10:30-12:00
11/14 10:30-11:00
11/15 10:30-11:00
11/16 11:00-12:30
11/17 10:30-11:00
11/18 10:30-11:00
11/19 11:00-11:30
11/20 10:30-11:15
11/21 10:30-11:00
11/22 10:00-10:15
10/11 9:00-5:00
10/12 9:00-5:00

2.) Evidence
Um, Can I show them to you tomorrow on my phone? I have them but I don't have a camera so I just used my phone camera and I couldn't send them all, because there is too many. Yeah.

3.) LIA
Literal
a.) I, Andrew Alexander, completed my independent task which represents 30 hours of work. b.) For my independent task, I worked on telling a story through comics and completed a working set of storyboards for my Senior Project Final Product. During the course of my work, I also took a class taught by Scott McCloud.
Interpretive
My independent task helpped me understand what my media really is. "The knowledge and expectations of the readers." This in turn helps anwser my EQ, and really just helpping me produce successful comics in the future. I this that pretty much what I did, learn from my mistakes. How? By drawing a bunch of really bad story boards and fixing them which took a long time. And before that designing characters and creating a plot. And then editing that. :/ yeah, most of my time was editing.
Applied
Doing this helpped anwser my EQ. Having clarity to my drawings and be able to bring new level of understanding to the readers helps. This really helpped when I went back to my storyboards and edited them. To be able to pick apart what makes sense and what doesn't has always been a challenge for me and I feel confident that my comic is better for it. It will also be of use when I don't script the story and I have to interpret it and express it myself.

Interview question #3

1.) What some challenges you face trying to self-publish?

2.) What are some of the advantages of Self-publishing?

3.) What do you look for when you go to the comic shop?

4.) Do buy based on content or appeal?

5.) As a creator, do you try and make the your book appeal to a specific group?

6.) What’s your approach when you go from idea to comic or drawing?

7.) How do influence affect your final product?

8.) What do you think makes a comic artist successful?

9.) What do you think make a successful comic artist?

10.) Who do you think are successful comic artist?

Independent Study Update

1) I have decided to embark on making and publishing my own comic. I have recently done the story (boards) and I'm now working on editing them. I then will work on doing the final art.
2) It gives me a good idea on what it takes to actually make a comic and publish it. I really earn a lot by just doing.
3) Story boards, writing, and Design of the comic itself.

Interview #2

1.)
When was your first "professional" piece and do you remember what it was of?

It was a flyer I designed for a party in High School.

2.)
What are some of the challenges you face as an artist, in regards to approach?

If it's for a client, I try and figure out what they are looking for. If it's for myself, I try to be spontaneous.

3.)
Do deadlines help you strive or hider your work as an artist?

It helps. It always makes me do thing I procrastinate doing.

4.)
What are the strongest influence on your art, style and approach towards art?

Old comics, Art Engravings, Fine art, Old political comics, stuff like that.

5.)
What about the process do you enjoy the most?

I like the problem solving aspect of it all. The composition of the panel within the composition of the page.