tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37172832465499793022024-03-05T05:17:18.673-05:00Kreated by KrauseDo-It-Your-Damn-Self StorytellingRochelle Krausehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16757760165306188394noreply@blogger.comBlogger543125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717283246549979302.post-59397231888977788642023-11-27T13:42:00.002-05:002023-11-27T13:42:44.182-05:00BLOG HAS MOVED!<p>I'm picking up where I left off at this new location: <a href="https://www.rochellekrause.com/kreatedbykrause" target="_blank">https://www.rochellekrause.com/kreatedbykrause</a>. See you there!</p>Rochelle Krausehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16757760165306188394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717283246549979302.post-48425102217511994372022-12-31T11:36:00.000-05:002022-12-31T11:36:38.514-05:00<p> <span class="s1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(13, 16, 19); background-color: white; color: #0d1013; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-kerning: none; font-size: 20px;">Start the new year right with a Gratitude Journal! 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I stumbled upon the script excerpt at The Bitter Southerner site. I love reading scripts and was intrigued by this one. And after reading it, my perpetual need to create stuff kicked in.</p><p>First, I chose which scene to illustrate. I had to be aware of the time toward this project would be taking away from paid work so I needed to keep it to a minimum while still doing the best quality work that I can do.</p><p>Second, the selected scene needed brainstorming and thumbnailing. The following thumbnail drawings were made on semitransparent paper which, as I discovered, is difficult to photograph. Here's the best I could do:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4pAj_J8vExDmdxd2LpjDyy2PuBB49eum9neMaVOcZqZmc8e0HqhMvUOmOsgPzMJLMYyjEQcfntFbWHkp7bL6oma8wQvOU-JN4QsUh32ks95bFGFWg2IMETUCqBp1JKCazj_a796wkgD3PsY3ZQ4lFLYDvxMWEgS4u-ZRcGn1F2rzj8eLoxKPGOBov/s3511/sunflower01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3511" data-original-width="2931" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4pAj_J8vExDmdxd2LpjDyy2PuBB49eum9neMaVOcZqZmc8e0HqhMvUOmOsgPzMJLMYyjEQcfntFbWHkp7bL6oma8wQvOU-JN4QsUh32ks95bFGFWg2IMETUCqBp1JKCazj_a796wkgD3PsY3ZQ4lFLYDvxMWEgS4u-ZRcGn1F2rzj8eLoxKPGOBov/w534-h640/sunflower01.jpg" width="475" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBfRTTRG-8v_rq44yqyXXDSfo40lhpEGCiRpvdfipT3om_JY3kKCwjqG8uPRF5SW8LNKfSmSggYg5YiPFpdMufU_Mvc5dy4WiGdaryaparNIhCj0e2GAg1TFt6PQIY71TyJaJFwnTJxJfg0-KEl0s86l_NJcFSpm0jlfmZsk0jzNy43s13dqO_wEFL/s3266/sunflower02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3266" data-original-width="2800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBfRTTRG-8v_rq44yqyXXDSfo40lhpEGCiRpvdfipT3om_JY3kKCwjqG8uPRF5SW8LNKfSmSggYg5YiPFpdMufU_Mvc5dy4WiGdaryaparNIhCj0e2GAg1TFt6PQIY71TyJaJFwnTJxJfg0-KEl0s86l_NJcFSpm0jlfmZsk0jzNy43s13dqO_wEFL/w548-h640/sunflower02.jpg" width="475" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqZKLM5pbKLwse3MXu0Ck8BXCnw5jgi5wVoXpeX5lvBYGdfkLhQL75EefclF883YhEGqp812-HsYcZGuA9Fh3ZMgcAWANEkW7hTij1CNnNe264Rgz9MzQAUsETyIxcLsPvq1jbg_gNVUEFeo4MIryw_qEVgnuBLHaiyrvDdfXb82T4psNcnj2SePOC/s3285/sunflower03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3285" data-original-width="2840" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqZKLM5pbKLwse3MXu0Ck8BXCnw5jgi5wVoXpeX5lvBYGdfkLhQL75EefclF883YhEGqp812-HsYcZGuA9Fh3ZMgcAWANEkW7hTij1CNnNe264Rgz9MzQAUsETyIxcLsPvq1jbg_gNVUEFeo4MIryw_qEVgnuBLHaiyrvDdfXb82T4psNcnj2SePOC/w554-h640/sunflower03.jpg" width="475" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyblWHrkSx4yUOEUw__bMEQw7BBNA5K3s9hUVlwtuQVCUJw4e7hPe3KZvaqP3VDNfPYe-uHnb6LAJa-3nh-1052lpQKzqiPyp-1SW31PRZKrCbKVqMy_PhRRIEfYmfXgc7T2vsrB4FkwUtvje9aLd3aGwPo2x4CLyVls_svL6xID6U1kIUEKgUyYCb/s3399/sunflower04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3399" data-original-width="2816" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyblWHrkSx4yUOEUw__bMEQw7BBNA5K3s9hUVlwtuQVCUJw4e7hPe3KZvaqP3VDNfPYe-uHnb6LAJa-3nh-1052lpQKzqiPyp-1SW31PRZKrCbKVqMy_PhRRIEfYmfXgc7T2vsrB4FkwUtvje9aLd3aGwPo2x4CLyVls_svL6xID6U1kIUEKgUyYCb/w530-h640/sunflower04.jpg" width="475" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztvdrEw6BluqtZvWupiGZmXKVSuGedr0o0xXyfujtpMncASesxT9OYAFGT5flP9O_kZFSGMDOnyL7ZnoHZuJ0KSMt83vy_fhZIUPyLMGl42SIhvJvFJn3YH6oPuXU-5i6k-el8m2L8j5r_7Kenr37m6UuOH983uqs6ZwSZdDdEwkF93YrQWNHfPLZ/s3592/sunflower05.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3592" data-original-width="2945" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztvdrEw6BluqtZvWupiGZmXKVSuGedr0o0xXyfujtpMncASesxT9OYAFGT5flP9O_kZFSGMDOnyL7ZnoHZuJ0KSMt83vy_fhZIUPyLMGl42SIhvJvFJn3YH6oPuXU-5i6k-el8m2L8j5r_7Kenr37m6UuOH983uqs6ZwSZdDdEwkF93YrQWNHfPLZ/w524-h640/sunflower05.jpg" width="475" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSB-W7JMeyLf5xVRfO96Y_3l1uIRAsx4Yf2mzx0w2EaBqFVLhtwaz4QYxM5PpGoo81tJL8bbPYlZ1JoF8BP8kNZUhX9jFkAqpsTcq8rJ93mxpebPbFwBOQI5_Pgu_M1UUbiAdWazob4540o3cULFoEC7SnlGHDSHiGRsWnNJw2Y8LEWuYwzaxyhZfN/s3407/sunflower06.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3407" data-original-width="2784" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSB-W7JMeyLf5xVRfO96Y_3l1uIRAsx4Yf2mzx0w2EaBqFVLhtwaz4QYxM5PpGoo81tJL8bbPYlZ1JoF8BP8kNZUhX9jFkAqpsTcq8rJ93mxpebPbFwBOQI5_Pgu_M1UUbiAdWazob4540o3cULFoEC7SnlGHDSHiGRsWnNJw2Y8LEWuYwzaxyhZfN/w522-h640/sunflower06.jpg" width="475" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>It was a fun creative exercise to interpret the words on a page. The solutions for some moments came easier than others. With every solution came a sense of accomplishment. These are not meant to be pretty pictures especially since this is a solo project. These scribbles are only meant to till me what I’m thinking.</p><p>Once I thumbnailed the entire scene, I reviewed it, made changes then circled my final choices in red.</p><p>After that, I was ready to start planning the layouts of each panel on each page.</p>Rochelle Krausehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16757760165306188394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717283246549979302.post-33183413830617369902022-09-12T10:14:00.000-04:002022-09-12T10:14:17.723-04:00<h1 style="text-align: left;"> KDP Publishing</h1><div>I finally published some low content composition notebooks on Amazon's KDP. Not sure what's next but glad I got these done.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cute-Kawaii-Cat-Composition-Notebook/dp/B0B9YT3XY4/ref=sr_1_4?qid=1662990633&refinements=p_27%3ASolo+Ro+Publishing&s=books&sr=1-4&text=Solo+Ro+Publishing" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2924" data-original-width="2354" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHNK33R-crOoQ800WEgdeIIYnlSdOkEOx5gYPmJoPhtm3cbLZCimktR1EH3PIykosfvUK1SuSpis6xL0RLW6ek4AUPivTpw9qefHqgRM0DF1Ii_NJxFevrJzv9sMGew6ciMv7pPpjRI0AC2-uxi6ZnqVHAHm9gMME2-UXAUqz48HGfsv0l1pa5GpNt/w323-h400/chibi%20cats.jpg" width="323" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cute-Halloween-Fairy-Composition-Notebook/dp/B0BB1V21LR/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1662990633&refinements=p_27%3ASolo+Ro+Publishing&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Solo+Ro+Publishing" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1962" data-original-width="1535" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGYMfk4_KgGZuZ03n85cZhA7GbmfIV25OIl0g9444Kgvni9q8o9ogLWLlNwGjOrVfUGgiFVl8nAKzDaOBFZF97KttdXxnakGKRyY3g6azEXd1rdGAsGsEJvUFm7IhVx1BY45TBFlo1MGdSkpgJLqAI2FLvvAwSNJM8j-YqclqbEX5KaOMtVz28WRk0/w313-h400/cover-Halloween.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div>Rochelle Krausehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16757760165306188394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717283246549979302.post-74523424777237897072020-04-01T15:17:00.002-04:002020-04-27T14:19:07.941-04:00Don't Break the (Creative) Chain–March, 2020<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I had more daily creative work in February but the quality definitely increased in March. COVID-19 has played a huge role in my creative output last month, especially starting from the 17th (the first day I worked from home).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Due to the pandemic, this was my first week furloughed from my job of 16 years.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I didn't panic. I didn't worry. I have leave time, some savings, a home, food and most importantly, my health.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">So I made a conscious decision to make the most of this time.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I'm doubling down on my anatomy instruction! </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; font-size: 16px;">I talked before about how I've been trying to learn artistic anatomy for…oh…TWENTY-SIX YEARS!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; font-size: 16px;">Over the last 10-15 years, I've accumulated lots of anatomy instruction with the most comprehensive being <a href="https://www.proko.com/">Stan Prokopenko's course</a>. If you want to learn artistic anatomy, Proko's course might be your best choice (and he's extended his trial period for his courses.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; font-size: 16px;">But what I've always lacked was the <i>time</i> to dedicate to the course. For me it required extended periods to focus on the doing the lessons and those periods never seemed to materialize. As a result, I've rushed through some of the course and didn't see results.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; font-size: 16px;">That changed this week when I found myself with LOTS of time. I'm dedicating the time that I've always wanted to dedicate to drawing and seeing great results! Now, when I say great results, I mean <i>me</i> drawing better than <i>I</i> have in the past. I don't mean I draw great. I still have a lot of mistakes and a lot to learn. But these drawings show the difference between now and 2 years ago:</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I can't BELIEVE I just now learned of this book!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">And discovering it at this time, while the world is overwhelmed with battling COVID-19, is truly a gift.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Kleon's book was published in 2019. As he says at his <a href="https://austinkleon.com/">website</a>: "The world is crazy. Creative work is hard. How do you keep going?"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I've never before needed to hear these words as much as I do now. After just 4 days of working from home due to the virus, I got a call from my employer's HR guy on Saturday telling me that the company was putting me on furlough. The news was initially surprising…then it wasn't. My work is half marketing and half design and there was little need for either of these at this time despite my supervisor saying otherwise.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Suddenly, I saw an opportunity. I could <i>finally</i> do what I've been dreaming of doing for the last 10 years: focus ALL of my time on creating art!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Admittedly, I'm in a non-scary financial situation, at least for a few months, so I don't have to worry about rent and food. That frees up ALL of my psychic energy on creating.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">But it's still a struggle to stay focused in these crazy times that just got crazier. And Kleon's book does an amazing job of helping to reset your brain and get you focused on creating.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">I consider the discovery of this book now, at this particular time in history and in my life, as a HUGE example of synchronicity. The Universe <i>wanted</i> me to read this book now. I listened to what The Universe said and read, annotated and took notes from the book in one multi-hour reading. Going forward this book will be the last thing I read before going to bed and the first thing I read in the morning.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">Yes, it's that important.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">The <a href="https://kreatedbykrause.blogspot.com/2020/01/designing-logostep-6-black-and-white.html">sixth step</a> was <b>designs in black and white feedback and revisions part 2.</b></span>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">The <a href="https://kreatedbykrause.blogspot.com/2020/02/designing-logostep-8.html">ninth step</a> was <b>getting back on track.</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Her bio per <a href="https://comicvine.gamespot.com/ann-nocenti/4040-42297/">Comicvine</a>: Ann Nocenti is a comic book writer who was nominated for the Will Eisner Award of "Best Writer" in 1989 thanks to her work on Daredevil. Also known as an editor for Marvel comics on the Uncanny X-Men and New Mutants. Nocenti helped to create characters with artists (John Romita Jr. or Art Adams respectfully) help, like: Blackheart, Longshot, Mojo, Typhoid Mary and Spiral.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Here a few takeaways from her talk:</span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Have people read your comics dialogue out loud</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Every panel should be interesting individually; they should stand alone</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">If collaborating, best to do it in-person</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Less is more. Don't overwhelm with content.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">If can't fit the text and art elegantly into a panel, need to cut</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Since speaking in pictures, she sends lots of reference to the artist</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">All artistic choices need to have a purpose and make sense</span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Original panel four, page two of "Arzach."</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I started this project by animating the <a href="https://kreatedbykrause.blogspot.com/2020/01/making-moebiuss-arzach-move.html">Arzach splash page</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Then I animated the <a href="https://kreatedbykrause.blogspot.com/2020/01/moebiuss-arzach-animatedpage-2-panel-1.html">first panel</a> on the second page.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Then the <a href="https://kreatedbykrause.blogspot.com/2020/02/moebiuss-arzach-animatedpage-2-panel-2.html">second panel</a> on the second page.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Then the <a href="https://kreatedbykrause.blogspot.com/2020/02/moebiuss-arzach-animatedpage-2-panel-3.html">third panel</a> on the second page.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Here's the fourth panel. I liked the idea of Arzach flying into frame and hovering as the woman maneuvered her clothing:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Consistency was 100% but…I still have to work on quality of creative time. That's the goal for March, 2020.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In January, I attended a <a href="https://www.meetup.com/comicarts/">Comic Artist Workshop meetup</a> featuring Jeremy Nguyen.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">From Jeremy's <a href="https://www.jeremywinslife.com/">website</a>: I am a New Yorker cartoonist, illustrator, humor writer, and co-producer of a reading series called Panels to the People. I currently live in Brooklyn, New York. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Here are some things I learned:</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">When starting to contribute cartoons to the The New Yorker, it's best to go in person</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Helpful to go in with someone who can vouch for you</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">When he first submitted, he came up with 100 ideas (10 ideas submitted over 10 weeks)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">When starting, send as many as possible. The magazine wants regulars, wants readers to establish a relationship with regularly appearing cartoonists.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">If no magazine purchases the cartoons he submits, he uploads them to Instagram</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">He didn't sell any from his first batch</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">He sold his first after three weeks</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">You don't know when your purchased cartoon is going to be printed</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">The New Yorker buys about 20 cartoons per week. They have hundreds available that they've bought.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">He draws each cartoon in an hour</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">His goal is to sell one cartoon per month</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">He also get some royalties from Cartoon Bank</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">In order to become a New Yorker magazine staff cartoonist, you need to sell 25 cartoons per year</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">He spends two days per week exclusively on New Yorker cartoons. He does 5-6 in that period. He writes all day for one day then spends the next day editing.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">The New Yorker accepts collaborations</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">He feels that the new cartoon editor likes surrealism, surprise, and subjects that are topical or are about New York City</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Lots of the cartoonists aren't artist, they're comedians</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Many people struggle with creating single panel cartoons</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Illustrating for board games pay well. It's a significant industry. Board games make up the majority of Kickstarter campaigns.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Draw all the time, even if the drawings are bad. Constantly make observations.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">The New Yorker wants to buy a voice, a different perspective.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Think about what you're angry about to inspire your cartoons</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">The New Yorker has first printing rights for 90 days for a purchased cartoon, then you can sell your cartoon elsewhere</span></span></li>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The <a href="https://kreatedbykrause.blogspot.com/2018/01/designing-logostep-2-word-associations.html" target="_blank">second step</a> was <b>word associations to brainstorm ideas</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">The <a href="https://kreatedbykrause.blogspot.com/2020/01/designing-logostep-5-black-and-white.html">fifth step </a>was <b>designs in black and white feedback and revisions.</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">The <a href="https://kreatedbykrause.blogspot.com/2020/01/designing-logostep-6-black-and-white.html">sixth step</a> was <b>designs in black and white feedback and revisions part 2.</b></span>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">The <a href="https://kreatedbykrause.blogspot.com/2020/01/designing-logostep-7-project-takes.html">seventh step</a> was <b>a disagreement in direction.</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">The <a href="https://kreatedbykrause.blogspot.com/2020/02/designing-logostep-8.html">eighth step</a> was <b>a breakthrough.</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Now we were back on track!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The client liked both designs with a preference for the stone version. They requested some minor tweaks of the labyrinth openings and the placement of the bricks to accentuate the labyrinth openings. The client also chose a typeface for the tagline.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">These were the tweaks:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The differences between the first and second attempt tweaks are visually minor but they were important to the client. That's all that matters, pleasing the client.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The final tweaks were approved and the choice was made to go with the brick version.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Next we talked about how the logo would be applied across multiple areas (letterhead, business cards, website, clothing, etc.) and we talked about color. We all agreed that earth tones would be best and the client wanted to be sure that the color choices would not become dated.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In the next installment, I'll show you the logo's first color choices and how the colors were applied. </span>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 16px;"><i>Thanks for reading!</i></span>Rochelle Krausehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16757760165306188394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717283246549979302.post-27337805157403774432020-02-24T06:00:00.000-05:002020-02-24T06:00:08.893-05:001 Mastered Skill vs. 3 Average Skills<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In my continuing quest to reach my potential, be productive and live my best life, I'm constantly absorbing self-improvement books, videos, blogs and podcasts. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">One of my favorite self-improvement leaders is <a href="https://www.robinsharma.com/">Robin Sharma</a>. I've been following his advice for years and even paid for some of his material.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">So it was interesting when the YouTube algorithm brought my attention to a motivational video of <a href="https://www.robertherjavec.com/">Robert Herjavec</a>. I don't watch Shark Tank so I'd never heard of him before. The title of the video was "It Will Make You Rich" so of course I watched it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">My ears perked up when Herjavec said, "</span></span><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Nobody makes you wealthy because you're OK at something. The world does not reward mediocrity nor does it reward average. It only rewards exceptional. So you got to find that one thing that you're good at and you've got to become great at it."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">What struck me about that opinion is that it's similar to Sharma who talks a lot about becoming "world-class."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">But what also struck me about it is that it's in contradiction to the opinion of Dilbert creator <a href="https://www.scottadamssays.com/">Scott Adams</a>. In his book How to <u>Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big,</u> Adams explains his success formula: Good + Good > Excellent. Adams explains that each skill you acquire doubles your odds of success and that with a few exceptions (like athletes and entertainers, for example). He presents himself as an example of "the power of leveraging multiple mediocre skills." </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">And the essential aspect of Adams's belief is that by you simply <i>believing</i> that each new skill will double your odds of success, you trick your brain to be more proactive about acquiring the new skills.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">My opinion is that both approaches are valuable depending on the person. The master approach works for those people who have a gift that they can then improve upon: Kobe Bryant, Serena Williams, Quentin Tarantino, etc. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The skills combination approach, however, I think is better for us mere mortals. For example, I have moderate drawing skills, moderate graphic design skills and moderate storytelling skills. It makes sense for my success to combine those skills to create something of value instead of trying to be the next Glen Keane.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; font-size: 16px;">For those of us whose goals include creating animated films and comics, consider taking several of your average skills and see how you can combine them to create excellence.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 16px;"><i>Thanks for reading!</i></span>Rochelle Krausehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16757760165306188394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717283246549979302.post-68521157408540942942020-02-21T06:00:00.000-05:002020-02-21T06:00:07.463-05:00Moebius's "Arzach" Animated—Page 2, Panel 3<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Original panel three, page two of "Arzach."</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I started this project by animating the <a href="https://kreatedbykrause.blogspot.com/2020/01/making-moebiuss-arzach-move.html">Arzach splash page</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Then I animated the <a href="https://kreatedbykrause.blogspot.com/2020/01/moebiuss-arzach-animatedpage-2-panel-1.html">first panel</a> on the second page.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Then the <a href="https://kreatedbykrause.blogspot.com/2020/02/moebiuss-arzach-animatedpage-2-panel-2.html">second panel</a> on the second page.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Then things got a little tricky. Doing the top row of panels was straightforward:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px; text-align: center;">Top panels, page two of "Arzach."</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">But continuing with the individual-panel-reveal approach with which I had started meant removing the top panels from the camera frame while revealing only the bottom panels:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Once this was determined, I made a new Composition in my After Effects file. The current Composition had the animation from the page one splash page and the first two panels from page two. There were many layers and a lot happening. Putting the next panels in a new Composition would be helpful in preventing confusion.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; font-size: 16px;">In Photoshop, I made a layer of the panel frame, separated Arzach from the background rocks, recreated the hatching in the rocks, separated the guy at the top of the rocks and the sky.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In October, 2019, I attended a <a href="https://www.meetup.com/comicarts/">Comic Artist Workshop meetup</a> featuring Gamal Hennessy.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://kreatedbykrause.blogspot.com/2020/01/gamal-hennessythe-business-of.html">This is the first part </a>of what I learned from his talk. Below is the second part:</span><br />
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"How will readers get the comic"?</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">choose idea</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">set goals</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">own the idea</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">get money</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">build team</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">find market</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">determine distribution</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"How will you produce the comic"?</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">What form will it take?</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">web. 1 panel-20 pages</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">single issue. 20-24 pages</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">trade paperback. Collection of 4-8 comics</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">graphic novel. 96-192 pages</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">anthology</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">When will you publish?</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Define production schedule</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Never deliver a book late.</b></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ensure there are redundancies for team communication</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"How will you inform the market about the comic"?</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">communicating only with your audience</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">for advertising—</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">cover art</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">pedigree (of the creator[s])</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">hook</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">description</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">purchasing information</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">find the biggest voices for target market (influencers) to use for advertising</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">press releases to comic book press and comics adjacent press</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">can use social media paid advertising once exhausted free social media</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">get the word out in the right channels at the right time</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"How will you sell the comic?"</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">revenue with selling books</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">monetization</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">sponsors</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">affiliates</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">now is the time to crowdfund</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">will use sales funnel</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">social media → web → mailing list → free content → digital issues → digital graphic novel → print graphic novel → merchandise</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"How will you divide the revenue?"</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">outstanding liabilities</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">division of profits</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">recoupment</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">royalties</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">taxes</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"What happens after you publish the book?"</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">merger</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">sale</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">IPO</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">continue indie publishing</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">freelance</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">creator-owned</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">media outside comics</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">will need to determine what happens to the comic and company after you're gone</span></li>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 16px;"><i>Thanks for reading!</i></span>Rochelle Krausehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16757760165306188394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717283246549979302.post-19738728375007459542020-02-17T06:00:00.000-05:002020-02-17T06:00:05.626-05:00Watercolor Painting for Presidents' Day<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now that I look at it, the shadow looks more like blood. As though I'm suggesting the country is bleeding…</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">One of my reasons for doing this quick-ish paintings is that I tend to overthink…EVERYTHING!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">It’s the reason that I can’t sleep. It’s the reason why I’m still learning how to draw at age 50. It’s the reason I’ve produced so little work. I suffer from analysis paralysis. And perfectionism.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">By telling myself that I’m going to design and execute a painted piece for a specific day forces me to toss the perfectionism and lack of complete knowledge away and to just make the damn thing.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">To that end, I made the above piece for Presidents' Day.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">BUT…it's not what I <i>originally</i> wanted to do. Here's the sketch of what I <i>really</i> wanted to do:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original idea for watercolor cartoon for Presidents' Day, dated 2/2/20</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">It covered several of the creation bases that I want to cover: cartoon drawing, single panel idea creation and painting.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This idea was unusual. It came fully formed late on the night of February 2nd and the biggest question was which President I was going to use for "Good." I settled on Jimmy Carter.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">But I quickly ran into some obstacles. I've never been good at caricature. It takes a lot of sketches for me to get to a likeness. I didn't spend enough time on the sketches, searching for the best likeness.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">I started my sketches of Carter. They began poorly and improved but at the rate it was taking me to find the likeness, I wouldn't get it done in time for the holiday. Not only did I need to draw this whole thing but paint it, too.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; font-size: 16px;">So I needed a new, much easier idea.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; font-size: 16px;">A Google search of "Presidents' Day" provided all of the cliché images. But that's what I needed, something I could do easily that communicated the subject clearly.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">Just getting paint onto paper in the right place is a challenge. As I said in the painting's caption, the shadow is looking more like blood which wasn't my intention. I'll have to get better with doing shadows. I'm just satisfied that I did <i>something</i>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 16px;"><i>Thanks for reading!</i></span>Rochelle Krausehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16757760165306188394noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717283246549979302.post-51882105036769680292020-02-14T11:47:00.001-05:002020-02-14T11:47:35.388-05:00Watercolor Painting for Valentine's Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Over the years, I've purchased EVERY type of water-soluble paint in existence… </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So many paints!</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">And I have used almost NONE of them. 😬 Oopsie! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">But that's ALL changing in 2020! I've got my jars and brushes ready to start painting! I'm starting with watercolor and will eventually tackle the other media. I'm especially curious about the poster colors since that's the paint used in those gorgeous anime background painting.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I had several of these large watercolor pads originally to paint the backgrounds for my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnoTz6jnkDM&list=PLBKfNcfeCjsiZ4vtIWuDDVYIlrDrEOMnp">Universe of Trouble</a> project:</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; font-size: 16px;">I had tried cutting and folding the pad paper to make cards but the fold was never clean. So it made sense to get paper that was already made to be folding cards.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; font-size: 16px;">This card's design was modest due to, again, time but it's also a first start. I'm happy with the results and so was my valentine!❤️</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 16px;"><i>Thanks for reading!</i></span>Rochelle Krausehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16757760165306188394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717283246549979302.post-79975869766496097652020-02-12T06:00:00.001-05:002020-02-12T06:00:01.065-05:00Gamal Hennessy—The Business of Independent Comic Book Publishing Pt. 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In October, 2019, I attended a <a href="https://www.meetup.com/comicarts/">Comic Artist Workshop meetup</a> featuring Gamal Hennessy.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">From his <a href="https://www.creativecontractconsulting.com/">Creative Contract Consulting</a> website: "I am an experienced entertainment transactions attorney with an expertise in comic book publishing and comic IP licensing. During my career, I’ve represented major corporate clients including AfterShock, Amazon, Mad Cave Studios, and Marvel, as well as independent entertainment professionals and independent publishers."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Hennessy is currently working on a book titled "The Business of Independent Comic Book Publishing" and this meetup touched on many of the topics he will detail in his book.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Here's the first part of what I learned from his talk:</span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The system for publishing comic books is pre-production, production and post-production. These steps are not necessarily linear, they often overlap.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Independent comic book publishing is not the same as freelance or creator-owned </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ask yourself, "Why do you want to publish comics?"</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ask, "What's the best media for my story?"</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Comics are more viral than other forms of media; can branch out into other media</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Answering these will help overcome challenges</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ask, "What is my ultimate success and where do I want to go with it?"</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"Do I have time?" It's a lifestyle choice.</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"What is my comic about?</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Comics ideas fall under these 3 areas: original, licensed (legal right given to the creator) and public domain</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Who owns the idea?</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">collaborators</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">employers</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">third parties</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Make sure any idea (intellectual property) you have is wholly yours</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Only make the idea that you <i>love, </i>you will be spending a lot of time on it. Need a connection for the process.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">"How will I be able to pay for publishing?"</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Investment comes before revenue</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Investment is a risk</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Comics are a luxury investment</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Don't use money that don't have</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Costs:</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">initial costs</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">operating</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">creative</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">marketing</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">printing</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">distribution</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">advertising</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Investors only care about the <i>value</i> of the comic</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Crowdfunding not part of the indie process at this stage since only have a copyright but no product</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">"How will I protect my idea and investment? What professionals are needed?</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Accountant to protect investment</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Editor to protect idea</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Lawyer to protect you</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Need to form a legal entity?</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">liability protection</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">tax advantages</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">"Who is going to publish the comic?"</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">In addition to creative roles, the following need to be addressed—</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">distribution</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">legal</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">accounting</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">advertising</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">marketing</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">printing</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">publishing</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">sales</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Always make a contract with everyone who works on the project</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">collaboration agreement (collaborators own in part the product) or work for hire</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">"Who is going to read my comic?"</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">5-20% of time and effort should be spent connecting with target market.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Must market!</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Understand who is and isn't target market</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">not for everyone, all comic readers or all superhero comic book readers</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Define ideal reader</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">use demographics and psychographics</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">determine the genre</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Determine generation appealing to</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">iGen: born 1996-mid 2000's</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Millenials: 1981-1996</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">GenX: 1965-1980</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Boomers: 1946-1964</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Silent: 1928-1945</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Determine the competition</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">ideal reader comparison</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">SWOT analysis: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">How to expand target market?</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Barriers to entry</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">other media competition</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">relative price</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">isolated distribution</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">perception stigmas</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">established patterns</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">the story has to be strong enough to surmount these challenges</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">How to build a relationship with my target market? </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">give them what they want</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">use hooks to create true fans</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">the connection between the story and what people want</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Off-line marketing is brand marketing</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">comic shops </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">conventions</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">potential market locations</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">word of mouth</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">go where the market is</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The <a href="https://kreatedbykrause.blogspot.com/2018/01/designing-logostep-2-word-associations.html" target="_blank">second step</a> was <b>word associations to brainstorm ideas</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">The <a href="https://kreatedbykrause.blogspot.com/2020/01/designing-logostep-5-black-and-white.html">fifth step </a>was <b>designs in black and white feedback and revisions.</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">The <a href="https://kreatedbykrause.blogspot.com/2020/01/designing-logostep-6-black-and-white.html">sixth step</a> was <b>designs in black and white feedback and revisions part 2.</b></span>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">The <a href="https://kreatedbykrause.blogspot.com/2020/01/designing-logostep-7-project-takes.html">seventh step</a> was <b>a disagreement in direction.</b></span>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The good news is that my response to the client's desire to go in a different and potentially disastrous direction was taken extremely well.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I knew things were going to be OK when I saw that the subject of the response email was "There is no one like you!!!!!"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Phew, this may turn out all right!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The client agreed with me that the tagline should not be the logo. But what really helped the project move forward is that the client came up with a solution for combining the preferred labyrinth logo idea with the <i>addition</i> of the tagline. They provided helpful and specific sketches of what they were looking for. It was also decided that a conference call with all parties would help to ensure that we were all of the same mindset.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This set of revisions was the first to take longer than I expected. It was decided that to make the labyrinth look less like a target by replacing the clean edges with rougher ones. This made sense since the church itself has a labyrinth on its property and the bumpy edges feel more organic. To further distinguish the logo from Target's, a version of the logo with individual bricks was made.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">For this version, we talked color for the first time! The client wanted some kind of green, in a variety of shades. And although I presented the tagline with my personal preference of typeface, I also included a variety of alternative options.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">After combining all of that input from the client, I presented these revised designs:</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 16px;">Once I got to this panel, many of my workflow and After Effects questions had been answered. For example, I figured out that my image files from Photoshop weren't importing into After Effects because they were saved as CMYK instead of RGB. DUH! (Man, I wasted a LOT of time figuring that one out!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 16px;">Another After Effects issue for which I never found an explanation was the seemingly random importing of my layered Photoshop files as a sequence whose duration couldn't be adjusted. The workaround I found for this was to save each image as a .png file instead of a .psd. I still don't know what I was doing wrong but I'm just glad I found a way around it. Nothing irritates me more than being slowed down by a technical issue.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 16px;">This panel was easy-ish since it was small. It didn't take much to separate Arzach from the background and to animate his cape and face. The biggest challenge was recreating the line work in the background. That's the biggest challenge for this entire project.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 16px;">Arzach has such a great expression here that after moving on from this panel I returned to it to add some movement to his face. It gave him some personality:</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 16px;">But now it was time to continue move down the page to continue animating the page's panels. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 16px;">Decisions needed to be made. How will the camera pan down? Will I see only the next row of panels or show the entire page? Will the movement in the completed panels continue moving or remain still?</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 16px;">These questions will be answered in the next Moebius Fan Animation posts.</span>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;"><br />As you know, I am a HUGE fan and student of <a href="https://www.proko.com/">Stan Prokopenko's drawing instruction.</a> I started with his free instruction that inspired me to purchase his Figure Fundamentals course. When he announced an anatomy course, I snatched that one up, too. For me, his way of teaching has overwhelmingly been the most effective.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">For decades, I struggled with improving my drawing because I knew I was supposed to be drawing a lot, but I didn't know <i>what</i> to draw a lot of. This question led to paralysis which led to lack of drawing which led to lack of developing drawing skills.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">The internet helped greatly with my what-to-draw paralysis. First, I discovered (initially for free) the <a href="https://arthomestudy.com/coming-soon">Famous Artists Courses</a> instruction. It's because of those courses that I finally learned to see <i>everything</i> as a three-dimensional form. (As of this writing, the Famous Artists School is in the process of migrating their website and will return in 360 days.)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">Second, I eventually stumbled upon Proko when I Googled "how to draw the head from any angle." His clear and concise instruction came up and I've been a student of his ever since.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">If you want to draw better but are overwhelmed, like I was, about <i>what</i> to study, Proko addresses these issues in the videos <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Aplx3ETh6U&t=1629s">"What are the Fundamentals?</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thh4JXnVtxM">"How to Learn Anatomy"</a>. He and fellow draftsman, Marshall Vandruff (whose <a href="http://marshallart.com/SHOP/all-products/all-videos/1994-perspective-drawing-series/">$12 perspective course</a> is one of the best drawing instruction bargains you'll find) developed a downloadable <a href="https://proko.com/draftsmen-media/Courses-Flowchart.jpg">courses/topics of study flowchart</a> that also is helpful.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">Here are the top points I got from the "How to Learn Anatomy" video:</span><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">Common anatomy mistakes:</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">thinking about contours instead of in 3D</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">stiff drawings (lacking gesture)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">drawing random bumps instead of knowing what those bumps are and represent</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">not remembering origins and insertions of muscles correctly. But you can take liberties with inaccurate anatomy if it looks GOOD</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-size: 16px;">Mannequinization of the figure goes on top fo the rhythms</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-size: 16px;">bones change shape based on their position so the "rubber bands" of cross contours help show the shapes</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-size: 16px;">Stay away from Bridgman until know anatomy because his teachings and diagrams need to be <i>interpreted</i></span></li>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Eye of the Storm</b> (Organs/systems—adrenals, kidneys, etheric DNA coding, immune system. Applications—stress, blood pressure, chemo support, cellular healing). A safe haven for your soul, a calm center no matter what upheavals may occur.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Go <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKLCOQsFdA8">here</a> for more of WaterBaby Tarot's earth signs reading for February.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 16px;">I've been using these charts for several years for several projects. It's an easy, daily reminder of whether or not I've made the effort to draw. I'll admit, I'm sometimes too generous with my green checkmarks—if I draw for 5 minutes, I count it as a draw day!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 16px;">It's also a clear way to evaluate and figure out why there are red X marks. I was consistent the first 13 days of the year. Then I was diagnosed with a neurological disorder, focal dystonia of the foot, that's been hindering me since August, 2018. Notice how I used my depression about my condition to not draw.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 16px;">Things improved slightly the next week but I have yet to get back into a consistent practice.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 16px;">Now I have something to aim for in February!</span></div>
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Rochelle Krausehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16757760165306188394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717283246549979302.post-5970864819461186952020-01-29T06:00:00.000-05:002020-01-29T10:59:22.423-05:00Designing a Logo–Step 7: The Project Takes a Questionable Turn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The <a href="https://kreatedbykrause.blogspot.com/2017/12/designing-logostep-1-research.html" target="_blank">first step</a> of designing a logo was <b>research</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The <a href="https://kreatedbykrause.blogspot.com/2018/01/designing-logostep-2-word-associations.html" target="_blank">second step</a> was <b>word associations to brainstorm ideas</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The <a href="https://kreatedbykrause.blogspot.com/2018/10/designing-logostep-3-thumbnail.html" target="_blank">third step </a>was <b>thumbnail sketches.</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The <a href="https://kreatedbykrause.blogspot.com/2018/10/designing-logostep-4-logo-design-in.html" target="_blank">fourth step </a>was <b>designs in black and white.</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">The <a href="https://kreatedbykrause.blogspot.com/2020/01/designing-logostep-5-black-and-white.html">fifth step </a>was <b>designs in black and white feedback and revisions.</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-size: 16px;">The <a href="https://kreatedbykrause.blogspot.com/2020/01/designing-logostep-6-black-and-white.html">sixth step</a> was <b>designs in black and white feedback and revisions part 2.</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">At this point I was pleased with my work, the way it was being received and the overall relationship with the client. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">But then…the client responded to the second revisions…and things took a turn.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The client showed the designs to other people who expressed reservations. First concern: since many of their congregants work for the Target company, they felt that the labyrinthine logo looked too much like a target.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hmm…same shape and feel but sufficiently different, yes?</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Second concern: the client was put in the uncomfortable position of having to explain the significance of the two logo designs. The client was questioned as to what the designs had to do with the concept of “Living the Love of Christ."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They therefore concluded that they needed to "change direction" (oh. crap.) and make the words “Living the Love of Christ" the basis of the logo.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The client thoughtfully explained what they had in mind for the new direction and included visual references.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Needless to say, I wasn't happy…</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">…because what they were asking went against everything I had learned and believed about logo design. They were confusing the purpose of a </span><i style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">logo</i><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> with that of a </span><i style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">tagline</i><span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I wisely took two days to respond and collect my thoughts. I came up with the most professional yet direct phrasing I could think of. My response was:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">My concern is that the purpose of the logo is being misunderstood. A logo is meant to be a simple suggestion or indication that identifies. Its function is not, however, to describe or explain…</span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Therefore I will not be able to design a new logo based on the direction you want to go. If, however, you and your team see further ways for the current ideas to be adjusted, I can accommodate those changes. Of course I will understand if you decide to proceed with another designer.</span></blockquote>
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Thanks for the opportunity to work with you, it’s been fun!</blockquote>
<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">It's important to note that I was completely willing to walk away from this <i>paying</i> freelance opportunity, an opportunity I got from a former high school classmate!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">But I saw that going in the direction they wanted would turn into a hellscape for me trying to accommodate what I felt to be a misguided vision. Nothing good would come out of this for me is I continued.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: black; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In the next installment, I'll explain how the client received my response and how we proceeded.</span><br />
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