Evaluation: Final Japan zine and reflections on the project

Positives

-exploration with process and image style

-More interesting work that isn't formulaic,consisting of more than just character design

-Continued interest and development in to the use of colour

-engagement with the new tool and app with ipad, coming to understand how to properly use it

-More of an interested and excited response from peers than with previous work

-A series that in itself could be used as a portfolio piece.

-exploration into the use of perspective guides to create a scene

Negatives

-All scenery was created using photographic refference, no skill as of yet to create scenes organically

-Still a plethora skills that are lacking, examples being the placement of characters within the scenes, looking somewhat out of place for my liking

-Being 16 pages and A4 means that printing the book in bulk to send away will be costly (by student standards)

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Applications

-The work will be sent to japan, to people that I met and have maintained contact with from the trip

-The zine could be sent to publications with a written essay on my experiences in japan

-Also could be sent to agencies as a showcase of work and workflow, and a range stylistically to choose from

-Having finished the zine and being able to reflect on the work as a whole, alongside peer feedback, it is clear what I want to do from here onwards, another zine!

I noted a disappointment with the inability to create scenery and environments from my own imagination. Much like the purpose of the first zine, i'm going to use this as a means of addressing that issue. And I know exactly what theme to follow. My next zine will be scenes cr