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Kickstarter/Color Tech Update
🕑 Added 2018-08-29 22:45:05 +0000 UTC Okay, I've heard back from the Color Tech about how I've formatted pages so far!Drumroll please -
The Color Tech says that the page formatting looks a-okay! PHEW. The only thing I have to do is make sure the bleed is bigger on every page!
A Bleed is a printing term that refers to when artwork "runs off of," or extends past the physical edges of the artwork. When pages go to print, the printers will bind the pages, then cut all the edges of the paper so that they are all a consistent size whose edges fit together cleanly into one smooth edge. So if you want your artwork to extend past the edge of the paper, you have to draw a little extra along the edges so that no matter where they cut it, it will look clean and professional.
As it is, I've given every page a 1/8th inch bleed (meaning that I add an extra eighth of an inch around the edge of every page), but the Color Tech thinks things would be a lot safer with a quarter-inch bleed instead! So I'll have to increase the physical size of each comic, and quickly add a little extra simple colors and such to every page.
So for example:
The Inner Red Line was my original bleed mark... the red area around it is the new bleed area that I have to fill with new artwork. (I also need to size down the word balloon in the first panel so that it fits within the safe area, as outlined by the green line... but one thing at a time.)
I know this sounds complicated, but I promise it's actually a lot simpler than the way I've explained it, and with any luck you won't even notice this extra little change (if I do everything right). It just means a little extra work on my end, but considering all the other things that could have been wrong, this is a thing with an easy fix, so I'm not complaining!
Anyway, what this means is that I'll have to go through Chapter 1 again and make that fix, and then I can forge ahead into the other chapters. Things should start moving really fast now!
I...I hope...!
Comments
Elouan
yaaaassssss it's gonna be so good you can do it!!
Meg Syv
*hand over heart* Oh....!!!!! Thank you!!!!!
AJ Jaegli
I'm so excited!!! I've reread the entire comic 3 times over since you've been working on the print prep and each time I love it more :o Can't wait to have a hard copy to read in my hands!
Mary Williams
I'm so glad it's all smooth but for the bleed margins!! That's a super annoying fix (because it'll be every page I bet) but totally do-able! Seeeeeeeee you have been doing fabulously after all!
Lady of Monsters
I BELIEVE IN YOU!!
