To make sure the dialogues I’ve written are cohesive and make sense, I run them through my friend Joe, a native English speaker. He helped me polish the sentences to appear more natural. Here are few short videos of the… Continue Reading
After further developing my stories and thinking more about my audience, I decided to actually specify the target viewers of my e-book and the platform. I chose to create my work with girls and young women in mind. I believe… Continue Reading
After finalising stories for each character I began sketching the frames and developing rough dialogues between characters. I used my own professional experience (working in London office, etc.) and domestic knowledge to shape conversations. ELLA FARA PAM KIM I separated each… Continue Reading
The next step in development of my characters and their stories was to think about specific events that would happen to them. Like every good story, I needed to take my characters out of their comfort zone, which would make… Continue Reading
As part of my project, I wish to inform and educate readers of my e-book about statistics, concepts and ideas emerging from our relationship to work and how the numbers translate to our beliefs. I’ve watched a TED-Talk episode when… Continue Reading
Women’s Business Council 2017 report was a major milestone in this project. I made me realise the meaning of my work and what I want to achieve with it. At this point I also decided that the comic book I’m… Continue Reading
During my 1:1 tutorials I have been forwarded Women’s Business Council Report from 2017. This document influenced a lot of decisions I made upon characters and their stories for my e-book. Below I’m going to discuss in detail particular point… Continue Reading
I started developing characters and stories quite early in my project. While still researching and finding more information about the connection between people and work, I started drafting few characters starring in my book. I based their job titles and… Continue Reading
With increasing workload, on-the-job stress and ‘rise in 24/7 workplace connectivity’, it’s no surprise a lot of young people feel overwhelmed by their full-time jobs. Millennials have been labeled as anxious generation, with high number of depression diagnosis, burnouts (which… Continue Reading
In my FMP I’m researching and analysing the reason behind people going to work. Because of the social aspect on my project, I decided to use surveys as part of my investigation on the subject. I used SurveyMonkey portal to… Continue Reading
QR code is a field with black and white squares on it representing certain piece of information, like a barcode. This image is scanned by a smartphone, using QR code reading apps or camera app. QR code usually contains a… Continue Reading
The U.S. workforce is divided almost equally between male and female personnel. Even though the conversation about the gender wage-gap and overall gender inequality in the workplace has been present in the media for more than a decade now, the… Continue Reading
I’m starting my FMP with research into top selling comic books and graphic novels of 2019. I used Forbes’ and Guardian’s articles to determine latest trends in the industry and outline potential audiences; and I’m going to summarise the choices… Continue Reading