Thursday, 30 March 2017
Character Sheets
Asia Man
Personality
Quiet
Gentile
Good Hearted, can't help but feel he needs to help somebody in a tough situation
Finds it hard to talk, prefers to speak with his actions.
Always wants to improve
Finds it difficult to see a joke from a true statement
After the Unstoppable Evil broke out from his prison, imposed by Asia Man's master, the world has been thrown into chaos. Boundaries are twisted as foreign landscapes clash and meld creating a strange world. Wandering across a Wild West/Samurai setting (with possibly others) he seeks to find his home, the monastery in which he was raised and trained.
When he was young he was left at the base of the temple. He was raised inside the temple by the master, an old man with incredible psychical and mental prowess and martial arts mastery. He never grew hair on the top of his head, apart from his eyebrows and was bullied by the other children. Finding it hard to talk with others he began to try communicate through his martial arts to his master.
Training relentlessly so he could defeat his bullies, he became a truly powerful warrior.
Thrown into this new world, Asia Man wanders in search of his home and family, encountering many friend and foe along the way.
The Unstoppable Evil wants him dead.
The Unstoppable Evil
A very powerful evil spirit locked away by the Master. Breaking free, it ended the world as we knew it.
Possibly either Master's bother, or Asia Man's brother. I think Asia Man's brother is better.
This is because I wanted this bad guy to be envious of Asia Man. As a child Asia Man was master's fave and was really good at his Karate. Perhaps this bully was his brother. So becoming vengeful perhaps plotted to kill Asia Man but was stopped by the Master.
Wants to mentally destroy Asia Man, before killing him, by killing everyone he loves- The Temple, his family, Master, to get payback.
Possibly born with powers, being different, or uses a great power to gain godlike powers. Has to be consumed.
As a child was talkative and social. To make up for a lack of connection with the Master, becomes Friends with everyone else?
I like the idea of being Asia Man's brother. it makes the rivalry more intimate and related to Asia Man.
It will be difficult to make an audience sympathetic to this villian, but I will try. Perhaps by making them funny. perhaps he thinks of Asia Man as a danger to the world.
Perhaps Asia Man and Unstoppable Evil are both super humans, or like a demon and an angel. One is gentile one is destructive, one is quiet, one is loud, one is shy, one is confident. each wants to be like the other and so they develop a hatred for eachother. this is a good catalyst for the bully and the whole thing. This is also good for raising the stakes, as like Dragon Ball, once the guys find out about thier super powers they acend and that could be cool.
Perhpas Sun And Moon
How were they found, and why do they have powers?
Found as abandonned babies
Found in a fallen meteorite, perhaps this is the truth but never told.
Fallen from the sky
Crawl from the earth.
Side product of some great legendary battle
Master blanks out brother memories for Asia Man.
Sammy
Farmgirl wandering with Asia Man. a kid, about 8 or 10. wants to be a big hero and explorer.
For some reason is with asia man, and is trained by him. Perhaps in debt, saved, or is an orphan already.
Fiery, Bullheaded, Passionate, Childish, perhaps Sarcastic.
although having 2 americans on the team is a shame, even if both are good. since I have the chance to make veryone a different culture. however she fits best as american and so does shooter.
Could be a rabbit, for some reason a rabbit with a katana seems fun to me.
want a gif of her swinging a sword liek a moron as she says she wants to fight with a big sword like asiaman, whoosh whoosh whoosh.
Shooter
Cowboy as Asia Man's rival. Perhaps works for UE, but more like blackmailed.
Wants to be cool, but just is not.
Crappy hat with holes-Children in each town tease him for wearing a cheese hat. He is embaressed, by tries to make it seem like his collection of battles. Each man he kills, is another hole, but in reality, it is how many people shoot at Shooter.
Sarcastic.
Perhaps hired to hunt down Asia Man. Calls his gun Partner.
Is made of metal and has a big bullet for a head. why? no idea. maybe due to UE's magic on the world.
Outlaw name is either Bullet Hell Shooter- in reference to the gaming genre, or Full Metal, something- reference to full metal jacket, and full metal alchimist.
Perhaps hears of asia mans heroics and wants to catch him and beat him in battle so he can leech his fame. joins and becomes a hero gunslinger. changes his evil ways.
maybe asia man keeps taking out the bad guys,so shooter gets annoyed that he has no chance to be a hero. Taking his thunder. this could be a funny idea, where shooter just wants to be the hero for once. considering his personality this would mesh well. He wants to be famous, so we walks in does his monologue before a battle asking if perhaps the outlwas know him, and of course nobody knows him.
This could make it so, shooters arc is, he becomes less selfish, and more centrered on just being good, and this still gives him no fame. the audience could be vouching for him to one day get his shot at it.
he is a good clash to asia man, because he is basially his polar oppisite. he is cynical, sarcastic, and wants fame and fortune. Wants to indulge.
UE. Not only stitching different time periods together, but aso different dimenions. this can explain the monsters he sends to fight asia man. and why asia man must keep wandering, otherwise he will bring danger to people around him.
FMP- How Will I Research And Experiment?
1. Peer Assessment and Questionnaire
Done a few of these already, as i was testing my main characters emotions, and seeing if an audience responded to them. All were understandable- quite the surprise considering my character has no eyes to be seen. I also asked about if the character design was appealing.
2. Read other successful comics
It may be a good idea to examine other comics. See how they work. I need to see how Watchmen does it, as apparently they push the comic to it's limit. I understand they they use colour to show emotion, and they use a 9 frame format each page. I will also be researching comics from other countries and how they do it, as there will be differences.
3. Test Groups
Once i finish the draft, I will have a small test group who will read it. At this point I can see flaws in the story, characters, etc. And work towards a greater final product. I will do this episode by episode, since I have chosen for a semi-connected format, where each story is it's own, but the whole story is every episode back to back, but you can still get a good experience from just one story. I hope to make 3 episodes or more, but if I perfect one I would be happy with it.
4. Drafts
I will have many drafts, and probably variants of each scene, and I will experiment with each and see which does the best. During this stage i can see how far I can push the unrealistic art, until it becomes unintelligible to a reader, and to be honest, as long as I use key points for a reader to reference where a character is, i think I could push it quite far.
I will also experiment with colour, if I decide to colour the comic, which I may, because black and white is hard to work with, with my limited skills, and things quickly become hard to tell apart, but with colour, it will be easier to see everything.
5. Research Culture
To get ready for the story I have been doing lots of research on History and Folklore from Asia, mostly Chinese and Japanese, but some others as well, but nothing close to the amount of Chinese. Soon I will begin research on The Wild West. I hope this new information can help me write the plot. I have been looking at their fiction as well, mostly film, as this was my main source of inspiration for this project- the similarities between samurai and western films, and how most westerns are "adaptions" and teetering on the edge of plagiarism.
Done a few of these already, as i was testing my main characters emotions, and seeing if an audience responded to them. All were understandable- quite the surprise considering my character has no eyes to be seen. I also asked about if the character design was appealing.
2. Read other successful comics
It may be a good idea to examine other comics. See how they work. I need to see how Watchmen does it, as apparently they push the comic to it's limit. I understand they they use colour to show emotion, and they use a 9 frame format each page. I will also be researching comics from other countries and how they do it, as there will be differences.
3. Test Groups
Once i finish the draft, I will have a small test group who will read it. At this point I can see flaws in the story, characters, etc. And work towards a greater final product. I will do this episode by episode, since I have chosen for a semi-connected format, where each story is it's own, but the whole story is every episode back to back, but you can still get a good experience from just one story. I hope to make 3 episodes or more, but if I perfect one I would be happy with it.
4. Drafts
I will have many drafts, and probably variants of each scene, and I will experiment with each and see which does the best. During this stage i can see how far I can push the unrealistic art, until it becomes unintelligible to a reader, and to be honest, as long as I use key points for a reader to reference where a character is, i think I could push it quite far.
I will also experiment with colour, if I decide to colour the comic, which I may, because black and white is hard to work with, with my limited skills, and things quickly become hard to tell apart, but with colour, it will be easier to see everything.
5. Research Culture
To get ready for the story I have been doing lots of research on History and Folklore from Asia, mostly Chinese and Japanese, but some others as well, but nothing close to the amount of Chinese. Soon I will begin research on The Wild West. I hope this new information can help me write the plot. I have been looking at their fiction as well, mostly film, as this was my main source of inspiration for this project- the similarities between samurai and western films, and how most westerns are "adaptions" and teetering on the edge of plagiarism.
Monday, 27 March 2017
My Pitch Notes
My pitch was about an invisible fictional book about the Art Of The Pen/cil, which is about how to hold a pen/cil correctly and the different ways this can be done.
So I researched about the topic first, and heard about the Writer's and Artist's grip, and what they are used for. The Writer's grip is the most common, since this is what people are taught in school. Often people draw with this grip too. The Writer's grip is when the Pen/cil is held with the thumb and the forefinger, balanced on the middle finger. It good good for small and precise work, but becomes very lacking once your work becomes larger. Also is prone to producing blisters, at least to me.
The Artist's grip is a very different grip. Also held between the thumb and the forefinger, but with the butt of the pen/cil nested into the users palm. This grip is good for large, and arcing work. For example, if one were to master this grip they can create a visually perfect circle in one motion. The writers grip uses the wrist, which is tiring with a large piece of work, but the Artist's grip uses the arm, and the wrist together. Great for larger work, but lacking when it comes to the little things, but still has precise movement and mark making. It is good for sketching.
I then used this knowledge to demonstrate the power of the different grips and how this could help them. to learn more they would need to purchase the book.
So I researched about the topic first, and heard about the Writer's and Artist's grip, and what they are used for. The Writer's grip is the most common, since this is what people are taught in school. Often people draw with this grip too. The Writer's grip is when the Pen/cil is held with the thumb and the forefinger, balanced on the middle finger. It good good for small and precise work, but becomes very lacking once your work becomes larger. Also is prone to producing blisters, at least to me.
The Artist's grip is a very different grip. Also held between the thumb and the forefinger, but with the butt of the pen/cil nested into the users palm. This grip is good for large, and arcing work. For example, if one were to master this grip they can create a visually perfect circle in one motion. The writers grip uses the wrist, which is tiring with a large piece of work, but the Artist's grip uses the arm, and the wrist together. Great for larger work, but lacking when it comes to the little things, but still has precise movement and mark making. It is good for sketching.
I then used this knowledge to demonstrate the power of the different grips and how this could help them. to learn more they would need to purchase the book.
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
FMP Presentation(Visuals only)
http://prezi.com/vozf4__vlgjc/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share
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