The original plan was to depict Hercules and the twelve labors in detail with human characters. However, this proved too time-consuming. The author instead made the characters animals, focusing on Hercules as a dog. This allowed completing the book on time. Though different from the initial intentions, the simplified story and animal characters made it more accessible to children.

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Graphic

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Does your final product reflect your
original intentions?
My planning does not really look like the end story. The original idea I had was too make
Hercules do the twelve labours and make them all very detailed and have all the
characters too be people ect.
However this did not go to plan I spent around two parts of my production time making
characters that were not very good.
So I changed everything I made the characters animals as I knew one of my strengths is to
draw animals. I enjoyed the fact I was able to get back on my feet and on track to get my
book done.

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Does your final product reflect your
original intentions?
My planning does not really look like the end story.
This is the difference between what I had planned (the left image) and what I
actually made (the right image) .
I changed the story as all the characters who were humans were animals. I also
didn’t put a lot of detail in the real and final image as there was not enough time
and I knew I would fall behind if I did. I also changed the twelve labors he did to
just six this made it easier for me but also not as long and tedious for the people
to read.

4. My original Hercules on the left is how I wanted to make him this was going to be how h
was going to look in my head. I made this and realized that it was going to take too muc
My time up and I didn’t want that.
So by changing Hercules the man to Hercules the dog I
saved my time and I could focus on other characters and settings more.

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How well have you constructed your
images?
I think I constructed my images very well. I constructed my images using
Photoshop with the techniques rotoscope and also shape warping. I used
rotoscope for a lot of the characters just for the outlines and the facial
features. And for the warping I did the back grounds as they are just
shapes. I did colouring and other things to make the block colours needed
for the backgrounds.
The books is a bright book with lots of shapes and this is appealing to the
audience I chose also. I think the appearance of the book is nice there are
a few things I maybe should have done to make it look more professional
and I know people will not be as fond of it if it does not look up to the
standard.
I have not put a lot of detail in the way there is shading ect because I have
not however there is enough detail to make it look clean and composed.

6. These characters are rotoscoped
This character is shape warped.

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How well have you used text to anchor
your images
I think that my work was good and all worked together nicely, my text was serif so this
meant it had an older more classical kind of look, as opposed sans serif text that
does not and looks very modern. This would not work well with my type of book as it
is historical book, not a modern day book.
The images match my text but they don’t in the way that my text is not simple as it is a
serif font but my images don’t really have a lot too them they are just plain and
coloured very simple.
I did chose to keep the writing itself very child friendly making sure the princess was
just the princess and not over complicating giving each individual character their
own name.

8. Hercules
This is a Hercules book that is with all the
labors but also it has a lot more detail.
The writing is sans serif. My
writing is serif
shading on the images. Mine
Does not have any shading and min
Is also blocky.

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Is your product suitable for your
audience?
 Reference your proposal
 Give an audience profile and describe suitability in reference to content
I believe that my book is suitable for the age that I chose as it has the colours and
it has all of the things that children will fun and interesting.
The character being a dog will mean that the younger members will enjoy his and
also that the older aged members will enjoy the fact it has some animals in it
but it still has all the facts and it is not just about the illustrations.
Also the block colours will be good as children like to have different colours and
detail but not a lot or they will become uninterested in the book and more
concentrating on the pictures.

10. Hercules: Superhero
This book is aimed for a audience
of the ages 6 to 8 this book does
have detail but nothing to heavily.
The colours are bright and used in
blocks more than single little
things like shading.
There are details like birds and
things which when buying a book
small details like birds make
people buy the book for their
children as it looks like there has
been a lot of effort gone into it.
My book is aimed for the same age group,
however my book has a lot less detail on it and
is not very eye catching.
This would maybe effect the size of my audience
and this would effect how many I would make ect.
If I was to go ahead with this and have it published I think
There would have to be some thinking about who this
is aimed for and how it would attract them.

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What do you like/dislike about the
techniques you have used?
Personally I do not believe that my strong point is Photoshop the whole
thing throws me and I get a little bit frustrated with the tools and I think
they may have brought down some of my performance.
I did use many things of Photoshop for example the lasso tool, this was
so I could get a different shape.
I did not like things like the magnetic tool as it was to sharp, it was good
for things like backgrounds to make them even and al one type of
colour but they it was useless for doing the characters as they were all
rounded.
I used the colour tool to make the things have different colours and so it
wasn’t all in black and white.

12. These are the tools I used when doing production.

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What do you like/dislike about how your
final product looks?
Now the book is done I am happy with the outcome, I think it looks good and it is consistent through
it. I think I would have been happier if the book had gone to the plan as I wanted it too be all
people and be able to do all the labours and draw them all out.
Although I do like how it turned out because I liked the way I changed the characters to be animals
this meant it was easier and quicker too do. Its more child friendly with the animals and with
making them animals its better for the audience.
I do not like that some parts of the book are a different look and style compared to other pages.
Some pages have full pages of colour where as other one have half colour and other half have no
colour.
The front cover is very plane however I think I didn’t have enough time to make something that was
massive and eye catching.

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Why did you include the content you
used?
Images: To make a book I had to make images to make this a child friendly book.
Colour: I have used bright colours to make my book look attractive, bright,
happy and interesting for children.
The dog is a light brown as that is what people relate. dogs to be as he is a very
bright dog which means people will like him and associate him with being a
good character.
He usually has a bright background behind him this is too make him stand out
the only time there is not a bright back ground is when he is in the cave.

15. Fonts: the font is a serif font and it
looks classic not modern this is so
it has flicks at the end. I have used
simple words to make the book
more child friendly. This makes it
look good and also make it be
more interesting for the children.

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What signs, symbols or codes have your
used in your work?
I have made the nice scenes bright and colourful where when I
have done the scary scenes I have made them dark. This is to
add effect and make the reader know that it is a scary and not
nice place.
Making things bright makes it more attractive, I have a lot of
different colours in my book on the pages that symbolise
happiness.
The last page where they get married the page is all light blue
this means peace and tranquillity.

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What representations can be found in
your work?
There is nothing that I think would be a ethical issue. There is a
few things about how male dogs and the female dog are
shown.
The princess has a pink collar, and she is a light brown. The male
dog is dark brown and has no collar.
There is noting I think that’s a religious issue as this is a
children's book.

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What style have you employed in your
products?
 I have kind of gone for the the Greek look that I saw in other
Greek history books.
 With the spirals and the reds and gold I have gone for the
typical Greek theme. That is unmistakable and very unique to
that time.

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What were the strengths and
weaknesses of the pre-production
and planning
 I think my planning went well I did a lot of research I wanted
my book to be perfect and I know it wasn’t but I think what I
have done has got a lot of things in it that are good.
 I think my pre production was good as I used photoshop this
was quite easy for me in some things but I had to change a lot
of things to make it work. This was also so I was ready for the
deadline as I didn’t think I would have been if I had done it to
the specifics.

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Historical and cultural context
Its not the same as anything that same
before as Hercules has been a dog.
I do not think that any other book or film
existed.