by Amanda Daniels-Allen | Apr 9, 2010 | Guest Blogs |
Wednesday.
This week I have been continuing with the Koogar Comic Strip project. Today I drew four more frames in my sketchpad using pencils and began creating a new digital version of comic strip frame C, which depicts Miss Koogar shaking hands with the client. One of these four frames conveyed the fulfilment of the clients proposal requirements. Two more of the frames depicted success stories from Koogar clients. The last was a newly improved version the email scene. the frame needed improving as it do not share the same standard of communication as previous frames have done. This had to be amended.
Friday
Today I continued working on frame C in Photoshop. To draw MissKoogar I first got an old jpeg image of MissKoogar. I cut it up to fit the new pose and then in a new layer drew her new composition. I had to adjust the hands a little to give them some more definition, which I felt the image was lacking. I managed to complete this frame in digital form.
I started working on frame I in Photoshop today, which shows MissKoogar sending an email to a client. A large portion of this was just creating graphics on the computer screen. I had to amplify the scale the graphics to emphasize the most relevant features. Such as the email addressed to a “new_client@googlemail.com” and the email title “website proposal”. I added large flying envelope icon which with the word “sending” beneath it. These images and words synonyms with the concept of email. All contributing towards the communication value of the frame.
by Amanda Daniels-Allen | Apr 7, 2010 | Guest Blogs |
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…
by Amanda Daniels-Allen | Apr 6, 2010 | Guest Blogs |
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!
by Amanda Daniels-Allen | Apr 2, 2010 | Guest Blogs |
Wednesday
Today I was pleased to complete the last stages of the images were Miss Koogar is modelling the new company t-shirt. I added a few extra folds into the t-shirt to express the heavy fabric in the images. The dark tones were added to the t-shirts, which gave Miss Koogar her full figure back and emphasized the direction that the body faces in each pose. After that, I made the final adjustments to Koogar; firming up the line and checked her top to tail for any flaws and inconsistencies.
I used the remainder of the day to begin working on the new comic strip project. I gathered a large amount of refernce material for the new project and drafted out a few ideas on paper.
Thursday
Today I continued working on the comic strip project, doing it the old-fashioned way with a pad and pencil. I drew a collection of frames for comic strip that depicted scenes involving the interactions between Koogar and their clients. I styled this initial group of frames to be nondescript and minimal for functional purposes. The images in the comic strip strictly focus on the actions and gestures made by the characters, hence the minimal detailing. As the Koogar comic strip project progresses more groups frames will be produced which may be significantly more detailed.
by Amanda Daniels-Allen | Mar 31, 2010 | Guest Blogs |
Today has been an extremely exciting day, for me especially as my first real marketing for Koogar is now available for the world to see! Koogar is now officially one of Merseyside ACME’s featured businesses! So to celebrate Koogar’s achievement I’d like everyone to go to ACME’s website and have a look!
http://www.merseysideacme.com/external/featuredbusiness.asp?business=68
There’s more exciting news to come as I told you earlier; Amanda has won the Premier Membership on My Business eZine which means Koogar can advertise a service or new campaign every month as well as a whole list of other exciting opportunities. As our account is currently being set up I will let you know when Koogar and its offers can be seen on their website.
I have been tidying up a few loose ends throughout the rest of the day, updating my marketing tips as well as making a start on some press releases for Koogar. Well that was throughout the morning and early part of the afternoon so it’s really nice to finish the day on a high!
by Amanda Daniels-Allen | Mar 31, 2010 | Guest Blogs |
Today (well yesterday now) was a really fun day. Amanda was doing a talk on networking at an Enterprise UK (Take Control Today) event at Chester Races for entrepreneurs both starting out and ones who have been going for a few years.
The event itself was well organised and they had 6 different seminars on throughout the day. I didn’t attend Amanda’s seminar as there was one about Marketing and PR which clashed and as it’s my responsibility to market Koogar I thought this was the right option. However, Amanda’s talk went down well from people I spoke to later on.
It was great to see so many people turn up who want to start their own business and the whole day was extremely inspiring – the location wasn’t half bad either!
