So far I finished inking all four characters, plus the head shots in the spotlight box. My next step was to place the text and logos on the cover.  I ended up recreating the X-Men logo from scratch using Illustrator because the logo that I previously used was from the mid-90′s.  It’s a slight difference, but there is a noticeable difference.  I then reset the type.  Even though the text directly above the logo, “Special Double-Sized 150th Issue!” was hand-lettered, I opted to use a font.  For the “vs. Magneto! ‘Nuff Said” part, I redrew that in Photoshop. It was fun doing a little of that classic horror ’60′s lettering style.

As of now, I have the drawing inked and lettered and ready for coloring.  The only part of the original pencil image that didn’t make it to the inking stage is the special effects.  Since I’m doing everything myself from start to finish, I’m going to tackle the effects in the color stage. 

To see the pencilled piece and the inked piece, you can click on the image to the right.

Once the architecture and design were finally nailed down, the most complicated part of the site was the quiz.  After trying a few different quiz applications, we ended up going with a package created by Articulate.  It allowed me to set up a ten question (plus bonus) quiz. As soon as the user finished the quiz, it would then give the user a score, and if necessary, show the user which questions they had answered incorrectly.

After this stage, the user would then enter their name, email address and store number.  They would then be sent an activation code for the software.  I built the form to submit the information, and then distribution of the activation codes was left up to Kaspersky. 

The sales people in the different retailers were given some materials to help acclimate themselves with the new software.  This piece also gave the sales reps the username/password for their particular portal site.

The previous five paragraphs overly simplify the process of the creation of this website(s), but it was a challenging project.  You can see a working version of the website here.  I have disabled the login and the submission form.