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December 5, 2017

 In Class Comments

Yesterday we brought our drafts to class for our classmates to review and give feedback. Everyone had to write something that they liked that we definitely should not change and two areas for improvement. Below are the frequent comments we received:

"Do Not Change"

  • The humor in the comic was great!
  • Keep Gompei as he creates ethos with the reader and makes the comic fun to read.
  • The comic was easy to follow and was presented in a sequential order.
  • Adding WPI students was a nice touch and kept the comic varied.
  • Using real photos with Gompei was a great design choice.
"Room for Improvement"
  • The font was difficult to read and too small in some panels.
  • Make sure the boxes are separated by the same width and fill up the same space on the page.
  • The red gradient backgrounds were too blank and looked weak in comparison, using pictures like in the other panels would make those boxes much stronger.
  • The word WPI on Gompei in the Alden Hall frame is backwards.
  • Center the text in the speech bubbles.
Caroline and I were glad that our class enjoyed the humor we added into the comic. We were both laughing as we were writing it and we genuinely had a great time creating the strips. We will definitely be fixing the text in the speech bubbles as well as the backwards WPI. We will also be changing the font to one that has more spacing in between the letters to ease readability. Caroline and I also took more pictures around campus to use in place of the red gradient boxes. Many of the comments that we received were stylistic changes, so we decided to keep the main story of the comic the same and just edit a few frames.

Comments

  1. UnknownDecember 6, 2017 at 10:18 AM

    I really like how you laid out all of the comments you received in order to look for trends. I think that sometimes so much feedback, such as in a classroom setting, can be very overwhelming and this systematic approach is very effective for sifting through it. I am also very glad to hear about your personal enjoyment of making the comic. I think that positivity and energy shines through in your actual draft and that all comes from your attitude in making it. I think its therefore, really important to also keep the components of your comic that maybe one or two people didn't like, that you do. It is important to keep in mind that as systematic as we try to make these processes, it is still creative expression and not everyone is going to like everything. Overall, awesome job and I can't wait to see your final draft!

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