Original Project Proposal

What are you proposing to do? (Product, Range & Distribution)

A series of mini comics about unsolved mysteries presented in a small box All approx. A6 Each comic is a different mystery Quantity will depend on time but since I don’t have to make the story I’ll aim for five

What do you want achieve?

An appealing end product, compared to my usual rushed work where most of the time is spent developing the story and little effort is put into the presentation Also an accessible retelling of some creepy unsolved mysteries from a skeptic and rational point of view. (as most of the material on them is sensationalized and mad)

What do you want learn from doing it?

The value added to a piece of work by considering higher production values How to add said higher production values, printing and binding etc. More about creepy unsolved mysteries How to adapt my drawing style to a different tone of subject matter

THEMES / SUBJECTS What Themes/Subjects will form the content of your work for this module? This should include Theoretical and non- creative based content and concerns. This section should identify your consideration of the social, cultural, ethical and creative concerns of contemporary practice

GENERAL THEMES: Mystery, paranoia, hysteria SPECIFIC SUBJECTS: Unsolved mysteries, alien stuff, murders in bizarre circumstances, creepy sensationalized and often unreliable stories/myths/urban legends.

PRACTICAL & CONCEPTUAL APPLICATION What areas of Illustration do you intend to investigate in relation to the practical and conceptual, production / distribution of work in response to selected briefs.

SPECIFIC DISCIPLINARY AREA: Character and narrative Comic, sequential AUDIENCE/CONTEXTS: Anyone really, older children, adults who read comics, people interested in the subjects, or interested in finding a less unrealistic recount of them PRODUCTION / Distribution Methods: Digital printed mini comics in a box with extras like stickers, postcards and posters in the pack.

CONTEXTUAL REFERENCES Identify areas of professional/creative practices that will inform the contextualization of the work that you produce. This should include specific illustrators, studios, practitioner’s and products as well as broader creative disciplines and methods of Production / Distribution.

ILLUSTRATORS / DESIGNERS / STUDIOS: None specific to the subject yet but for comics based contextual reference I’ve been reading work by Craig Thompson, Sean Tann, Jamie Coe, Eleanor Davis among others.

CREATIVE SKILLS What practical skills do you intend to further develop and apply during your project. What do you intend to use the skills for. Consider extending the use of skills that you already have in order to deliver work of a higher standard as well as identifying new skills that you will need to develop.

Concentrate on the visual quality of the work rather than the story Develop synthesis of analogue and digital methods Develop adeptness with bookbinding and designing and making packaging, making sellable products, using digital print