BSCC - Week 11 Prep

Next class...
LOCATION AND TIME: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm @ Red Rock Cafe (10/02/2010)

We got some GREAT stories last week. Awesome.

Homework for Week 11

1. Read Chapter 11
2. Characters Pin ups. (page 146)
3. Continue to work on your thumbnails*

* Some people are working on short comics, some are long... some got different deadlines... etc. At this point, becuase everyone's project is very different, it's gonna be hard to enforce the same schedule on everyone. So work at a pace that is good for you, and bring your work in for peer review. (let's talk about this next week.)

** Chip comic - I finally finished mine.. if u finished yours... idk.. maybe you can bring it in, and we can compare.

Agenda for Week 11

1. Comic Jam! (30 min)
   
2. Discussion about core chapter material (30 min)
3. Break (10 min)
   
4. Peer review of thumbs and stories (40 min)
5. Class discussion and vote: remaining 4 classes of BSCC (10 min)

Discussion points

• Comic Mini Secret Santa Project?
• BSCC FIELD TRIP!!!!? PIXAR CONCEPT ART!
• BSCC remaining class schedule?
• post-BSCC semi regular peer review meets?
• The BSCC Year book project?
  

BSCC - Week 10 Prep

NO class this week. Due to many people not being able to make it this week.

Next class...
LOCATION AND TIME: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm @ Red Rock Cafe (9/25/2010)

we are moving into the FUN part of this class. There is only 5 or 6 more weeks of class, and we will be doing our own short comic! The hw is to think of a story around 6 pages... flush it out and get the thumbs started! (read book for more hw instructions)

Homework for Week 10

1. Read Chapter 10
2. Do Chapter 9 HW (page136)
   

Agenda for Week 9

1. Build up your story a little more ( 20 min)
   
2. Discuss your story! (30 min)
   
3. break (10 min)
   
4. Activity: Play your cards right (60 min) This is a long one.
   

BSCC - Week 9 Prep

Next class...
LOCATION AND TIME: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm @ Red Rock Cafe (9/11/2010)

Last week class was on inking via the "traditional nib pens." And it is the last week that we are working on the kind of painful story about the brat name Chip and his cookie eating ways.

so... starting this coming sat.. we are going to be turning over a new page and be working on "the good stuff": creating our own story.. and then working on it! Yay!

We are moving on from the fundamentals!


Homework for Week 9

1. Read Chapter 9

* Chip comic - you don't have to finish it by this week. You can have an extra week to do it. So please bring it for Sept 18th if your not finished.

Agenda for Week 9

1. HW review (20 min)
   
2. Discussion about core chapter material (10 min)
3. Activity: Analyze this Page 132 (20 min)
4. Break (10 min)
   
5. Activity: TV Writer Page 135 (40 min)
6. Going over the next HW Page 136 (10 min)

I won't be there this weekend. Will be camping. =( so sad
Notes for Mike:

1. HW review guide is on page 242. If someone put in the time to do this assignment, it was painful. So the least we can do is to really give them the time during class to critique the work.
2. This chapter's material should not be "news" to anyone. So it can be quick to review. Just an open discussion of "after thoughts" would be good
3. Same as number point 2. Should be an casual open discussion
4. break...
5. TV Writer, I think the key the book is pushing is repetition. I know if Steve if there, it will be tons of fun. Have fun!
6. IMPORTANT: This is the first stage of a project that will last through the end of the book. So don't f it up.. or u will be suffering for a looooong time.
   

For reference:
http://dw-wp.com/2010/03/teaching-guide-chapter-9/ (MIKE READ IT)
http://dw-wp.com/2010/03/chapter-9-structuring-story/

BSCC - Week 8 Prep

IMPORTANT: no class this week!!! (8/28th)

Next class...
LOCATION AND TIME: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm @ Red Rock Cafe (9/04/2010)

Many people could not make it to the previous class, and many other people also might not be able to make it to class this week. So as a result, the Week 8 class is going to be pushed back to Sept 4th.

It will give people who missed last week a chance to catch up, and get feedback on their thumbs.

Homework for Week 8

1. Complete Ch 6 HW: Thumbnails. (if you have not already done so)
2. If you like some feedback on this, please post up your pictures on the forums
   
3. When you are happy with your thumbs, complete CH7 HW.
   
4. Read Chapter 8
5. Bring in any tools or WIP stuff to share your inking process with your fellow comic students! Let's learn from each others' processes!
   

Note: OK.. people have different processes for doing a comic and different ways for inking. It's cool if you really don't want to follow the way described in the book. Just do your process, and bring in the work in progress from that.

Extra Credit:
Do the activity in Ch 7. Here is a very cool examples from here

Agenda for Week 7

1. HW review.. (30 min)
2. Discussion about core chapter (30 min)
3. Break (10 min)
4. Show and Tell: your inking tools/process (30 min)
5. Activity: sharing inking tools (20 pm)

Activity:
I'm going to modify the activity. Bring in some pencil drawings of single panels. They can be copies or your fav panel from our Chip Sunday Comic or just about anything. And we will spend 20 min inking them, while sharing other people's inking tools. I will try to bring in my set of pens. So people can check them out... please do the same if you can =)

For those that ink digitally, hmmm... i really wanna chance to see how that works.. but i guess it would be hard to do in a cafe setting. I guess we could just talk about it... =\

Reference:
http://dw-wp.com/2010/03/teaching-guide-chapter-8/
http://dw-wp.com/2010/03/chapter-8-inking-the-deal/

some sample thumbnails of the Chip comic:

By Ratcabob http://www.ratgirlproductions.com/

BSCC - Week 7 Prep

yay. week 6 was cool.. we followed the agenda pretty close, and finished right on time! i really enjoyed giving and getting some critique on panel/page layout... I really value everyones comments! yay

Sorry that I was pretty mean about make everyone write down your comments. The idea was that the writing down would encourage people to be more specific and detail oriented... did it work? hmmm (please give me some suggestions for the future! =3)


Next class...
LOCATION AND TIME: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm @ Red Rock Cafe (8/21/2010)

Homework for Week 7

1. Read the next chapter... Ch7
2. Complete Ch 6 HW (page 84)
3. Show and Tell: bring in a comic that something special about it's lettering. (no essay this time)
   

Extra Credit:

1. Do the activity in Ch 6.2. It is really important! Here is a video to guide you.
2. If you want the group to give critique on your works.. bring in a copy for someone to take home (could be like.. a print out.. or a link or a digital copy).

Agenda for Week 7

1. HW review.. (30 min)
2. Discussion about core chapter (20 min)
3. Show and Tell: with a focus on lettering (20 min)
4. Break (10 min)
5. Activity: A comic with no pictures (40 pm)

*note: we probably can not finish this last activity in the alloted time.. so finishing it will be HW.

Supplies:

So... from here on out, it seems like that the list of supplies needed is long. I am not going to list them out every time, because 1) the list is not going to change for a while.. and 2) i don't know if people will bring them regardlessly. I think most people might not even own all the supplies! After all, most people use the computer for everything. So just bring what you can and do what you think would help you get the most of this class.

Traditional vs digital.. personally.. im going to try to stick to the book.. I will have plenty of time to "try other things" later. Since I am studying the book now, might as well try to go all the way.

The "Official" Supplies list from the Book:

• Ames Lettering Guide
• mechanical pencil
• T-square
• bristol board
• pens (technical pens, nib pens (if you know how to use them), or pigment markers)
• beveled ruler
• sheet of bristol board (at least 14″ x 17″ in size)
• triangle
• waterproof india ink
• graphic white or white acrylic or gouache for corrections
• brushes for applying blacks and graphic white

info taken from:
http://dw-wp.com/2010/03/teaching-guide-chapter-7/
http://dw-wp.com/2010/03/chapter-7-lettering/

BSCC - Week 6 Prep

there's a lot of hw this week.. so start early!

1. Check this out! (if you have not already) It's the Jack/Jill HW Sample2
   
2. Complete Ch 5 HW
   
3. Read the Ch 6
4. Read the first couple pages of Appendix B (page 237)
5. Show and Tell - mini essay on comic layout!
   

*Instructions on Task 5:
Bring in a comic book and pick out a page (or just bring in a one page comic). Analyze the "one pager" layout like the samples in Ch 6. And write it up! You can type it up or just write up notes on your sketch book.. It could have bullets and/or diagrams... Whatever helps you get your thoughts down.


Agenda for Week 6:

1. Critique of Ch 5 HW (30 min)
   
2. Discussion of Ch 6 core material (30 min)
   
3. Break time! (10 min)
   
4. Discuss the Ch 6 Activity and HW(15 min)
   
5. Show and Tell - mini essay on comic layout (30 min)
   

So... i read over the Activity.. it seemed a lil too involved for a cafe setting.. so we are gonna just talk about it.. and then take it home =)

BSCC - Week 5 Review

This is an extremely chill class.. awesome..

We followed the agenda posted really closely.. so just check that
Some scans of the HW to come! =)