For my Project 3: Web Comic, I have chosen to use the platform Illustrator. By using this program, I will be able to use the skills I have learned in class, build on those skills, and convey the story that I want to for my Web Comic. My experience using Illustrator is very limited and an intermedia level. Our Project 2: Poster Comic was the first time I have ever used a program like this. When using the platform for my third project, I want to fine the basic skills I have already learned, as well as introduce myself to other skills to get my Web Comic to look the way I want it to. Some new tutorials I will need to watch, to build new skills and make the project the way I want to, is taking text to the next level, create a pattern brush, and rotate, reflect, and shear artwork. The information I will gain from learning how to do these skills will help me create the comic that I want to.

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My Web Comic will follow a very colorful character in a very dull society. The more the character spreads their happiness, the more colorful and weirder the panels will get. My idea is to spread happiness as well as use color and line to tell a meaningful story. The iconograph style I will be using will have a focus on the color being happiness and how it is spread. Because of this, my drawing style will be a blend of both smooth and ridged lines, and very fun and bubbly lines with lots of colors. By using these two elements together, the story will be easier to understand for the viewer and it will get my message across more effectively. Because of the styles I want to use, Illustrator would be the best platform for me. It offers me opportunities to add color and focus on linework. Illustrator also works really well with the on-screen, on a web browser, I will have it in.

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I want my work to embrace the fact that it is going to be read on an on-screen, on a web browser by its layout. The panels will be arranged in a Juxtaposed way that will make it simple for the viewer to read. 

The motion of scrolling up to read the story and the sizing for reading it on different devices and settings which may affect the presentation of your work are very important aspects that I want to address when making my comic. When reading the comic on a computer, I want this to be the basic format for my creation. This meaning a larger font and more elements in the background. Such as what Eroyn Franklin used in Bikram Addict webcomic. For other devices, such as a phone, I want the font to be displayed smaller so that it can fit onto the screen with an appropriate amount of space. I am predicting that the background I use in my basic format will not be as big or as detailed on a phone than if it were read on a computer screen. 

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I want my readers to be able to interact with my work in a basic and creative way. Instead of turning pages, I want them to be able to click on other buttons to read the whole comic. I feel that this interaction with my comic will make it more stimulating and allow the viewer to read it creatively. With this, comes with the challenge of laying out my comic in a way that follows Scott MacCloud's definition of, 'Juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or to produce an aesthetic response in the viewer,' (McCloud pg.9)

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My plan fits into Scott MacCloud’s definition because each panel that I will be using will, together, show a creating story about the spread of happiness. It will use the concepts of closer and elements of time to push the story along. By making fun panels containing elements of line and color, and unique interactions with the comic, the juxtaposed images will bring the story together.

 

For my comic, I plan to present it on the website, Wix.com. I didn't know about this website until we talked about it in class. After doing my own research into the platform, I found that it would be perfect for my Comic and the story that I want to tell. As of now, I know little about the web skills that I will be using, other than the ones that we have learned in class. This is because I have little to no experience when it comes to creating a web-based comic.