Artist Name: Chris Cheng
Title of Comic: Elevators=God
Date Completed: 7/16/08
Describe your story and characters:  How did you come up with this idea?  What are you trying to communicate to your readers?
The story is about a game show where the contestants have to climb the elevator shaft of the Burj Dubai from bottom to top. There are tons of hazards through the 200 floors. I was not really trying to communicate anything but a funny game show. I got this idea from 4 places:
1. Escape from Emperor Sushimoto’s Castle.
2. Escape from Emperor Burnsimoto’s Castle.
3. A new sport for the X-games.
4. My own brain thought of it.
Does your comic evoke a certain feeling?
I don’t know what feeling I was trying to evoke as a result. A motive for feeling probably doesn’t exist.
What materials & techniques did you use to make your comic?
I made this comic using ideas from The Simpsons, Emperor Sushimoto, myself, Photoshop, Microsoft Word and the computer.
Is this a successful comic?  Is there anything you would change or improve?
Is this a successful comic? I would never know. Is there anything I could change? As of right now I have no idea except a book would be far more detailed than a mere 10-panel comic. There was too little room for dialogue and I need way more.
What did you enjoy learning the most about the process of making your comic?
I enjoyed learning Photoshop despite the fact that the learning curve is moderately steep and the full version of the extended edition costs $1,799. It has more features than GIMP although a Computer Shopper article that compared Free software vs. Paid software said GIMP won over Photoshop.
Other comments about your creative process: I don’t have any other comments.

 

Artist Name: Chris Cheng
Title of Comic: Time Crisis 4 Randomness
Date Completed: 7/16/08
Describe your story and characters:  How did you come up with this idea?  What are you trying to communicate to your readers?
My Time Crisis 4 randomness doesn’t have a real plot. I don’t know the characters’ actual names. I thought of this after playing Time Crisis 3 Arcade in the Playdium in Mississauga.
Does your comic evoke a certain feeling?
Not that I know of.
What materials & techniques did you use to make your comic?
Other than my brain and ideas from Time Crisis 3, nothing else.
Is this a successful comic?  Is there anything you would change or improve?
At an actually story, absolutely not. To my brain, it’s great. No changes or improvement needed for the case of my brain’s multiple ultra high-security filters.
What did you enjoy learning the most about the process of making your comic?
Once again, I enjoyed using $1,799 software while paying only $750 to attend this camp.
Other comments about your creative process: Not really.