That's why I've spent five years at The Royal Academy of Architecture, Design and Conservation to obtain a Master's degree in Game and Media art. What separates a good story, from a great story. I have always been fascinated with the ways we as people tell stories, in particular These two, like the beta-readers, were to give feedback on the reading experience, but with their angle as comic artists in mind. They also contributed to our testing of the reading speeds for different paneling methods.Ī comic panel: consisting of two webcomic artists. This panel was to comment and critique the pages themselves, keeping an eye out for whether or not the story was conveyed properly and clearly. The panels consisted of the following:Ī culture panel: was tasked with giving feedback on the designs and the story itself, as to avoid misappropriating the Japanese culture and history.Ī beta-reading panel: stocked with our projected demographic. The project was overseen and tested by four panels and an editor, who gave me feedback on the overall story. With this story and its highly philosophical themes in mind, I set to work developing a set of tools that would help me and any assisting artists in expediting the drawing process, so as to keep up with the already highly competitive market, without compromising on the quality of the visuals themselves. It begs the question: how do we rediscover our goals in life when the dreams we built them on don't turn out. Season's Edge is a story about redefining yourself in the face of faulty or dying ideals. In the case of Season's Edge, my goal was to combat the ready-for-use, cookie-cutter pipelines that we currently see taking hold of the digital self-publishing frontier of the comic industry. Few know that the use of pipelines stretches far beyond what first springs to mind. When we think of pipelines, we often think of video games, digital development, or even manufacturing.

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