| Label each sheet with the name of the character and number it as well, # 3 of 7, etc. Don’t forget your name in the corner, nice and readable. You want people to know it was you who did these amazing drawings. Also, date the sheets to the day they were completed. You can, if you want, place a copyright symbol in the corner with your name and date like this: © 2000 Brian Lemay (of course you should use your own name rather than mine unless you want me to own the character design). I’ll talk some more about copyrights later in the final thoughts section. A border on the final sheets is nice but not always necessary. Remember the focal point here is the character design and not the really cool looking border you designed for it. Group the heads on each sheet in like expressions or a series of transitional poses as opposed to night and day contrasts. Again, it’s ultimately up to you, whatever looks good. Check to be sure there are no stains or spotting on the sheet, keep it as clean as possible. Have the paste up model sheets photocopied again to create the final production sheets. Take a final look at the sheets to be sure that they have all the information that you want on them. Don’t be afraid to write little notes to the viewer about any special things you feel they should know about that aren’t really all that clear. Stuff like, the little triangle shape sticking out of the character’s cheek is actually hair and not a shard of glass, etc. Be sure the poses weren’t cut off on the edges of the photocopier, (one of the purposes of a border). A safe margin around the model sheets is about 1/2 and inch. Also check to make sure parts of the poses inside the border haven’t disappeared. Sometimes the cutout pose can flip on an edge where it wasn’t glued down firmly and cover over part of it’s own drawing. If the image of the photocopy has broken up, meaning the lines break due to the fact there wasn’t enough toner in the machine or your original drawings are too light for the photocopier to pick up, DON’T draw on the photocopied version to connect the lines or darken them in. Get a better photocopy. Consider the extra cost of having a color copy done, this will pick up the tone much better. It looks very sloppy and unprofessional to trace over and try to touch up a bad photocopy. |
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