'Deal with Death' comic Production Diary

I am creating a storyboard for the animated teaser I plan to create, I’m aiming for only 20 to 30 seconds, so I think I can only show Lucas waking in the abyss and the meeting with Death. I did want to explain the task that’s given to him from death, however I think that may be better for a full minute long trailer. I need to stick to under 30 seconds so I can upload this to social media’s without any limits (Instagram allows videos up to 30 seconds).

Now that i have finalised my 6000 word report i am working on preparing my presentation. I have decided to show a scrolling video with sounds of episode 3 and the prologue for the presentation, I will use these sounds again in future for my animated teaser I wish to create over the next couple of months.

Here is a google drive link to episode 3:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Gn1SehNZbhvyuIyx7G9rqgSc66ublHTF/view?usp=sharing

PDF version:

Episodes 1,2 and 3 are now completed!

I have also made a prologue.

I will upload a scrolling video and PDF of episode 3 soon.

My dad has been helping me make my own website for Deal with Death. Its going through a lot of changes at the moment, but should be ready by the end of September, I will be releasing first on Webtoon.com anyway so I'm not too worried about releasing on my own website in a hurry.

I will be hosting my own domain under the name of www.dealwithdeathwebtoon.com or dwdWebtoon.com, once i find a good enough price for the domain name.

I will post an update when More progress has been made on the website’s development.

I have come to terms with the fact i most likely will not be able to create the animated teaser I wanted to create in time for hand in, as i need to focus my remaining time on the 6000 word report and the presentations. I will probably storyboard the mini teaser and create it when i have time after hand in, its definitely something i want to create to bring in more audience to my comic.

I have made the prologue from episode 2, this will give me an extra upload when releasing, giving me an extra week to work on the 4th episode.

This file is a PDF, which you can download or view on google drive:

Changing text:

Changing Panels based on feedback:

Changing colours to make Death and Morrigan stand out:

for my deal with death webtoon Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/dealwithdeathwebtoon/

I sent my third episode to my friend (who is very good at grammar) to check any errors in my episode, she has been a huge help, ill make some of these changes.

I gained these tips from the lecture today:

1. Add a glow around death & the scythe

2. Add more emphasis to the texts, how an actor would read it, to show character.

3. Add more highlights to the crow, wet look, make it stand out, maybe use more of a grey as well for deaths outfit?

I have finished episode 3 line art! Next I just need to color and add text.

On another note , I have noticed an increase in followers on my deal with death Webtoon promo account after posting a ‘reel’ on Instagram, a reel is just a video format instead of a photo, I will definitely use this to promote more in the future.

1. change title

2. change Lucas expression

3. change cough typeface

4. Change long panel (add water glow effect to lead the eye)