Abandon Joins the CCP!

Abandon: The First Vampire by Greg Carter and Elliot Dombo has joined the CCP! They agreed to join back in August at Otakon, but I only recently confirmed that was the case. I'm glad to have them on board.

12/5/08 Session Report

The 12/5 session went very well! Fridays are indeed much better days for the project. 5 children participated, with another 2 joining in toward the end. I'll have exact stats later. The lesson went well and the kids seemed to pay more attention to expressions in the end, especially a couple where the expressions hinted at a punchline.

This session also saw a test run of the new CCP camera: a Canon A590 I got in sale during Black Friday. It has a higher resolution and the ability to take longer video than the Canon S3 I'd been using, though it doesn't focus quite as fast. Overall I'm pleased with it and will be making use of it in the tournament. Pictures and videos from it will be posted soon.

12/5/08 Session

The theme for the 12/5 session is character expression, specifically paying attention to them. Kids tend to overlook how a character looks when writing their dialogue, so this will hopefully get them to notice. Basic pointers include what to look for on the face and body language.

Comic templates used:

Awkward Zombie
Goats
Lil' Formers
Lovarian Adventures
Okashina Okashi
Seasons of Constancy
Tracy and Tristan

11/12/08 Pictures

Pictures from the 11/12 session have been uploaded to Picasa.

11/12/08 Session

11/5/08 Pictures

Pictures from the 11/5 session have been uploaded to Picasa.

11/5/08 Session

12/5/08 Session

I'm shifting the 12/3 session to 12/5. There are more kids on Friday and I don't have class that day to interfere. So the upcoming session schedule is:

12/5
12/12
12/19
1/2/09 (Tentative)

No session on the 24th or 26th since there's no school then. I'm unsure when I'll be having sessions in January since I don't know my schedule for next semester yet.

10/22/08 Pictures

Photos from the 10/22 session have been uploaded to Picasa.

10/22/08 Session