Here is a first version of the booklet. The pages are a low quality because: 1. I scanned them at a low dpi and 2: I didn't bundle the image files with the inDesign file I made the booklet on. Because of this I didn't take to much care cutting the book down and was using a broken guillotine, this means the pages are a little uneven. I didn't cover enough of the front cove page in black ink and so had to cut off some of the title to stop the white of the page from showing. This is easily rectifiable though by putting more ink on the original cover. I put text boxes over Herbs narration as I had made some spelling mistakes, but also wanted to change some of the wording slightly and wanted the narration to stand out a bit from the rest of the comic (Like how breaking the 4th wall always stands out in a movie). I think they may stand out too much and not fit in with the rest of the comic. I don't think it's too bad however and part of the reason is the difference in quality which will disappear when the images are printed to a higher quality. I believe slightly yellowing or greying the text boxes should solve this issue. I may resize the back cover image so that it takes up most of the page or at least expand on the ink shading over the top so that it blends into the background a bit more. I'm also playing with the idea of putting the image into the inside back cover and leaving the back cover blank maybe black.

I've hopefully finished all the parts to my comic. All that remains is to scan the last pages in and start putting the comic itself together. I have a session with Stephen tomorrow to do that so hopefully my comic will be completed soon.

Here is a mock up of the cover with all the information (only my name and chapter number). On the right are sketches of ways to lay the writing out. I'm going to go with the bottom left sketch which is similar to the mock up but the name and chapter number are switched. This is because  I didn't like how prominent my name is and most comics I've looked at the creators names are more understated. I really like the look of the white ink on the black background and the crude lettering that comes with writing with a brush.

I've just realised my name and possibly other information should probably go somewhere on the cover, I'll look at other comics and graphic novels and ponder this.

 Here is the design for the back cover of my comic. The first image is an initial sketch and the second image is more fully sketched out (although the legs are too small which is annoying me). The image is supposed to go into the corner of the page. I realised that if this image was going on the back cover however then it would have to be in the bottom left corner and not the right corner, which I had designed it for. This is so that the image will be separated from the front cover. I wanted the corner of the room that Cherry is in to correspond to the corner of the page the image was in. This means that the image needs to be flipped to fit properly. After drawing out the first composition so many times I found it a challenge to draw it facing the other way. I managed though and actually prefer the new composition. I had the idea of putting a wash of grey ink over the drawing and think that it is effective and makes the piece quite emotive or atmospheric.
Below is a very rough version of what the front and back cover would look like when the comic is opened. I decided to give the front cover a black background to better convey the tone of the book. The back cover in this has too heavy of a wash.

Unrelated to my current projects I've found a video that I really like the style of. I don't know how it's made but I'd assume it is filmed normally and then given some sort of painting effect over the top. Anyhow I really like the animation and visual effect (and music) and would be interested in seeing if I could make something similar.
 Video- Fight Like Apes-Tie Me Up With Jackets
source:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9KFT5ImlxA

This is a good resource that I've used now and again while making the comic. I often forget about it though and don't use a lot of the techniques perhaps as much as I should