Wednesday

I  digitised frame A which displays Miss Koogar discussing proposal with a client. I tried to recycle as much as artwork as is possible without impairing the quality of the image. This adds to consistency and improves work-flow. Much of the recycled components have to been altered drastically but still save time in the long run.

The eyes, there so many layers within such a small space. They had to be redirected towards the clients. Adjusting  the eyes is really what took the most time in this frame. There is much more to do than just moving them from their original position. All of the opacity’s have to set to the correct levels and the scale and the shape have to be accounted for also.

Friday

I’ve been  making embellishments  to the existing frames and tweaking them here and there. Such as adding steam above a mug of tea, I put suggested text on the sheets of paper, I increased the weight of line on smaller objects. Some of the adjustments. I added another client who has been dark into frame A gave her/him a navy blue tone to distinguish the two clients.I changed the colour of the text in frame I from a navy blue to light blue to improve the overall uniformity  of the colour scheme.

I began digitsing frame F (the final frame of the comic strip), which shows Miss Koogar placing a package into an old fashioned postbox. I have been experimenting with different colours of the postbox as the traditional postbox red doesn’t existing within the Koogar palette. Currently it’s  set at medium purple and is looking good.

Today has been rather exciting for me as I took part in a meeting (which I set up) between myself, Amanda and someone I met out networking last week.  The meeting went well and hopefully both Koogar and the company involved will be able to complement each other perfectly.  Needless to say that Amanda and myself were both happy at the prospects that the meeting produced.

So a very productive start to the day- all of this accomplished by 11 am!

For the rest of the afternoon I wrote up some campaign details that Koogar will hopefully start to promote come May.  I also took part in a brainstorming meeting- couple of hours with Amanda and Andy coming up with new ideas for Koogar and elaborating on the ones already in the pipeline.

So overall today has been a very creative day!

Wednesday

I made some alterations “emailing the proposal” frame. I removed the toolbars, which allowed the viewer focus strictly on the email the window. In “the presentation” frame the line work is relatively simple so I was able to use the “stroke tool” in Photoshop. The stroke tool creates outlines around shapes, which really helps my work-flow as I do not have to spend large amounts of time manually selecting the areas to fill.

Friday

I continued working on the comic strip again today. I digitized the “client requirements” frame, which depicts Miss Koogar going over a checklist of a client’s website requirements.

I also updated some of the previous comic-strip frames, tweaking the images here and there. Limiting the colour scheme, giving the frames a more uniformed appearance. A lot of the frames still needed the tonal work and shadows adding. Once you add the shadow to an image it always gives it more life. The computer screen in the “emailing the proposal” frame was angled little to harshly so created a new image of the  computer screen at much more gentle angle.

I have used a number of different camera angles in the comic strip which are beginning to emerge. This variety makes the storyboard more visually interesting and helps to engage the viewer.

I’m really pleased with the way work is going right now, the Comic Stip project is coming along well!

Thanks for reading!

Today has been relatively busy.  I’ve completed several questionnaires for Koogar including a customer service/quality questionnaire and a marketing questionnaire.

As well as creating numerous questionnaires (my head is swimming with question marks and tick boxes) I have also been busy piecing together a new feature on the Koogar website which will be going live by May 14th which is very exciting!

Throughout the day I have taken several mini time-outs in order to compile a list of new features and services could offer in the future and a means as to how to market them as well as the finer details such as price.  Unfortunately I am unable to disclose  anything further (this seems to be becoming a regularly used sentence in my blogs), but time will tell…

Today has been a bit of a mish mash.  I’ve tied up a few loose ends, made a start on some new projects and everything in between. 

As a result of my ‘admin’ style day I have now created a long list of things to do tomorrow including some questionnaire work for our recent clients as well as a lot of research into new ventures Koogar may or may not embark on…very cryptic I know, but hopefully in the near future all will be revealed!

So as not to bore you with the loose ends I’ve been tying up…until tomorrow!