Project Development Issues

A little not to my self of all that is needed.

Time management issues?
The big issue is managing my stress.  Things move more smoothly when you aren't freaking out.
Time to complete the story seems to be the major issue.  

My capstone has to compete with 4 other class. Fortunately I planned a head for this, and I tried to take classes that weren't project intensive.  Things like Tai' Chi (good stress management class), and Violin lessons which together take up 3 credit hours.   Also since I'm taking this Project Development class, it's just reinforcing what we already have to do in our Independent study.  The only class my capstone is competing with right now is Stop Motion Animation.

Skills needed to complete the project?
Some Creative Writing
How to use programs such as Photoshop, Corel Painter X,  and Illustrator 
Figure drawing skills
Digital Painting skills
Design skills
Photo manipulation skills
Color Theory 
Sequential narrative skills

Resources needed (people and technology/materials)?
Adobe Creative Suit 5
Corel Painter X
Wacom Tablet
*New Computer (Bought it at the beginning of the semester)
Business Cards
Water Colors/ Gouache paints
Chalk
Acrylics 
Micron Pens
Copic Markers (Maybe) 
*New Printer with Scanner
Books on figure drawing
Books on digital painting
Books on the art of comic book making
Herron Art Professor
New Media Sequential Narrative Professor
Possibly some set production...

Budget

Ugh, well let see... So far what I've spent
Macbook Pro:                                   $2,500.00  *Ouch*
Printer:  Kodak Printer                          100.00
Ink for Printer (when Ink runs out)         35.00
Adobe Creative Suit 5 (School brand)    20.00     
Corel Painter X                                       30.00
Comic Paper                                           30.00 
                                                        ---------------
                                                           $2,715.00     

There is the Gas expensive that haven't been totaled yet
Haven't checked into business cards yet
And I haven't thought out how much the whole presentation is going to cost me. 

Team issues (even if it is just you and your mentor, that forms a team)
Feedback on time might be an issue, for mentor and of teams.

Other issues
 I find that while I'm working this project I'm waiting on feedback for the go ahead from my mentor.  So I work on it as if I have the go ahead, probably to find out later changes have to be made and pages half to be scrapped.   Seems like an innovative use of time.