Product Work Log

Name: ___Deanna Perkins____________ Date: _____April 19 th , 2012 _______Product:____Spanish Healthcare Coloring Book ________________________

Friday, 7/15/119:30 AM – 11:45 AM

Activity: Create outline for health concepts in coloring book.

Commentary: I found it more difficult than expected to compose a list of individual subjects to use in the coloring book. Thankfully, I had access to the projects/ intern director at Hands & Feet and she suggested some helpful components to use in the book.

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Total time: 2 hr. 15 mins.

Monday, 8/1/1110:04 AM

Activity: Ask Ben Smith if he would like to be a printer for the project.

Commentary: This step was accomplished through my parents.


Total time: 0 hrs.

Tuesday, 8/2/1112:15 PM

Activity: Discuss project and its details with Ben Smith.



Total time: 0 hrs.

Thursday, 8/4/112:04 PM

Activity: Ask Ben Smith for his final answer.



Total time: 0 hrs.

Saturday, 8/20/1112:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Activity: Finalizing the outline for the coloring book.

Commentary: Narrowing down the concepts for the book was slightly tedious. I needed to combine some subjects to cut down on costs for printing the book. The page count went down from thirty-five to around twenty-five.


Total time: 1 hr.

Saturday, 8/27/1112:00 PM – 1: 25 PM

Activity: Drawing five storyboard pictures for book.

Commentary: Actually thinking out the concepts and applying them to a page is probably smarter. This way, later when all the planning for the pictures’ orientation is done, I can just directly apply these pictures to 8 ½” x 11” pages.



Saturday, 9/3/1110:00AM – 12:00 PM

Activity: Drawing ten storyboard pictures for book.

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Total time: 2 hrs.

Thursday, 9/8/117:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Activity: Drawing five storyboard pictures for book

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Total time: 1 hr. 30. mins.

Sunday, 9/18/112:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Activity: Drawing six storyboard pictures for book; finishing storyboard.

Commentary: I did not realize how long it would take me to actually come up with the ideas for a storyboard! Hopefully, the actual drawing will not take as long.


Total time: 2 hrs.

Thursday, 9/22/113:00 PM – 5:45 PM

Activity: Drawing page 1 of coloring book

Commentary: The process is turning out to be more time consuming than I thought! I will need to correct some of the storyboard effects as I copy the basic design of the page onto a separate sheet of blank paper.



Wednesday, 10/10/116:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Activity: Draw pictures 2 and 3 for coloring book

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Total time: 2 hrs.

Saturday, 10/27/1111:30AM -- 4:45AM

Activity: Drawing pictures 4-9 for coloring book

Commentary: I am slowly discovering how to position the drawing on the page…for the pages to be ready for the printer, I need to leave spaces in the margins.


Total time: 5 hrs. 15 mins.

Saturday, 11/10/1112:00PM – 3:50 PM

Activity: Drawing pages 10-13 for coloring book

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Saturday, 11/19/1111:30 AM – 5:15 PM

Activity: Drawing pages 14-20 for coloring book

Commentary: Now that the coloring book is close to being finished, I need to start thinking about transferring drawings onto the computer and contacting a spanish translator…



Sunday, 11/20/1112:15 PM – 5:00 PM

Activity: Finishing coloring book by drawing pages 21-26

Commentary: Whew!



Friday, 11/25/113:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Activity: Scanning all 26 drawings in high-detail onto computer.

Commentary: Because of the quality and detail of the drawings, the process of transferring drawings was slow. While I was at it, I also organized the drawings into its own special folder and arranged other parts of my project around it.


Total time: 2 hrs.

Saturday, 12/17/112:00 PM- 6:00 PM

Activity: Correcting simple mistakes and clumsy marks on drawings 1-4.

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Total time: 4 hrs.

Monday, 12/19/115:00 PM – 7:30 PM

Activity: Correcting simple mistakes on drawings 5-8.

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Tuesday, 12/ 27/114:30 PM – 10:30 PM

Activity: Going through drawing 1 and 2; redrawing lines thicker, establishing fluidity, positioning and scaling on page, and deleting unneeded elements.

Commentary: In order for the drawings to look professional, a bolder line is required for the entire piece. I made due on drawing one, since it is so immense, on areas that lacked visible lines, so the overall picture is large enough for kids to color. Sadly, my computer decided to delete all my corrections on drawing 2, so I had to find the original draft on my computer and rebuild from the bottom up.


Total time: 6 hrs.

Sunday, 1/1/123:15 PM – 3:30 PM

Activity: Creating coloring book schedule for January 2012.

Commentary: I am finding that time is slipping away and I am quickly becoming stressed out, so I found it useful to make myself a calendar and pace myself. I am pretty sure I will even go above and beyond and finish way ahead of schedule!


Total time: 15 mins.

Monday, 1/2/124:15 PM – 9:15 PM

Activity: Retracing thick lines over drawings 1-4.

Commentary: My latest discovery is creating a layer over the sketch and tracing the sketch in thick pen, then erasing the original, all on my pen pad. This method is a lot faster than fixing small mistakes, and fixes the problem of the pages looking like…well, like they don’t belong in a coloring book!


Total time: 5 hrs.

Tuesday, 1/3/125:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Activity: Creating finishing inking lines over CBP #5.

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Total time: 1 hr.

Wednesday, 1/4/124:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Activity: Finish inking CBP #6

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Total time: 1 hr.

Thursday, 1/5/125:15 PM – 6:15 PM

Activity: Finish inking CBP #7.

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Total time: 1hr.

Friday, 1/6/124:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Activity: Finish inking CBP #8 and #9.

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Total time: 2 hrs.

Saturday, 1/7/1212:00 PM – 2:30 PM


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Monday, 1/9/124:00 PM – 7:45 PM

Activity: Catching up on CBP #12 and #13, finish inking CBP #14.

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Wednesday, 1/11/124:50 PM – 5:45 PM

Activity: Finish inking CBP #15.

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Total time:1 hr. 45 mins.

Friday, 1/13/126:45 PM – 8:45 PM


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Total time: 2 hrs.

Saturday, 1/14/1210:30 AM – 11: 30 AM 12:45 PM – 3:45 PM

Activity: Finish inking CBP #18, #19, #20, #21, and #22.

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Total time: 4 hrs.

Sunday, 1/15/122:00 PM – 3:30 PM6:20 PM – 7:50 PM

Activity: Finishing the last pages (CBP #24-26) and updating flash drive, handing over drawings to be positioned on page by mom.

Commentary: I’m finally coming to the point where my end of the project is done. Hallelujah!


Total time: 3 hrs.

Sunday, 1/15/128:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Activity: Appropriated list of words for the translator, Mrs. Macduna, to translate and hand back to me.

Commentary: This step in the process will be rather quick and easy, since my mom and I have already worked through the list of words.


Total time: 1hr.

Tuesday, 1/17/12 Activity: E-mailed Heather Hendry asking her to translate for the coloring book.




Wednesday, 1/18/12 Activity: E-mailed project deadlines to Heather to help her decide if she wants to help translate the project.



Total time: 5 mins.

Thursday, 1/19/122:45 PM – 3:00 PM

Activity: Review final drawings with Mr. Peacock.

Commentary: I found that I did not need Mr. Peacock much on this project, until I just needed to check of the concepts made sense for a healthcare theme in the coloring book. I also used him as a final personal check to see if the average person could understand how the words and the pictures connect



Thursday, 1/19/123:00 PM – 3:25 PM

Activity: Ask Miriam Mora to translate the coloring book and walk through the pictures with her.

Commentary: I am excited that I get to work with Miriam. As a native translator and a classmate, translating the book should be quick and efficient.



Friday, 1/20/122:55 PM – 3:30 PM

Activity: Reviewing with Miriam about her translations and clear up any misunderstandings.

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Friday, 1/20/12 Activity: Send translated package to Heather for editing.



Total time: 5 mins.

Wednesday, 1/25/1212:50 PM

Activity: Ask Sandra Valdez to re-correct Spanish sentences and hand her the material.



Total time: 0 hrs.

Thursday, 1/26/129:44 AM

Activity: Remind Ben Smith about project.



Total time: 0 hrs.


Activity: Ask Ben Smith to print the coloring book double-sided.



Total time: 0 hrs.

Saturday, 1/28/122:00 PM – 4:00 PM7:30 PM – 9:00 PM

Activity: Correcting last minute mistakes on the actual pages of the book, and formatting layout of book for the printer.

Commentary: I found my parents advice and connections invaluable throughout this process. Without my dad's technical skills and ability to work with Adobe Framemaker and Microsoft Powerpoint, creating a proper layout for the book would be impossible.



Monday, 1/30/123:08 PM

Activity: Ask Ben Smith if he received the last e-mail.



Total time: 0 hrs.

Monday, 1/30/123:29 PM

Activity: Ask for the formal layout for cover art.



Total time: 0 hrs

Tuesday, 1/31/128:44 AM

Activity: Talk to Ben Smith about what rag paper is best for the coloring book.



Total time: 0 hrs.

Saturday, 2/4/1212:30 PM – 5:15 PM

Activity: Creating front and back cover for the book.

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Sunday, 2/5/122:30 PM – 4:00 PM7:30 PM – 9:00 PM

Activity: Correcting front and back cover problems, then incorporating them into the layout on Adobe Framemaker.

Commentary: I found my parents advice and connections invaluable throughout this process. Without my dad's technical skills and ability to work with Adobe Framemaker and Microsoft Powerpoint, creating a proper layout for the book would be impossible.


Total time: 3 hrs.

Monday, 2/6/1212:59 PM

Activity: Ask Ben Smith about Williamsburg high-bulk paper.



Total time: 0 hrs.


Activity: E-mailed Minute Man Press requesting an estimate for printing the coloring books.

Commentary:This step was accomplished through my parents.


Total time: 0 mins.

Tuesday, 2/13/125:30 PM

Activity: E-mailed Minute Man Press asking if they had estimated the cost.



Total time: 5 mins.

Tuesday, 2/28/1212:48 PM

Activity: Reminded Minute Man Press of the urgency for printing the book, and requested feedback.



Total time: 5 mins.

Wednesday, 2/29/121:55 PM

Activity: Ask Ben Smith about shipping estimate for 130 books.



Total time: 0 hrs.

Thursday, 3/1/129:05 AM

Activity: Ask Ben Smith about the final shipping cost.



Total time: 0 hrs.

Friday, 3/2/1212:33 PM

Activity: Finalize the printing layout for the book, and fax layout to Minute Man Press.



Total time: 0 hrs.

Thursday, 3/15/2012 11:19 AM

Activity: Received printedge invoice from Minute Man Press.



Total time: 0 hrs.

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