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Hi everyone! I’m Mars. I’m the technical writer for NumPy’s Google Summer of Docs project proposal, the ‘NumPy Contributor Comics’.
The full details can be found in the project roadmap.
Current stage:
- Review #2
Recently completed events: Brainstorming sessions at:
- NumPy Newcomers Meeting, May 4 2023
- NumPy Documentation Meeting, May 8 2023
- NumPy Community Meeting, May 10 2023
| Stage | Description | Timeline |
|---|---|---|
| ✔️ Exploration and Gathering community input | Brainstorming and showing early work to NumPy Community Meeting and NumPy Docs Meeting. | May |
| ✔️ Outlining | Outline full scope of comics, based on community input. Determine user persona and pathways. | May |
| ✔️ Review #1 | Open 1st draft for review in community meetings. | June |
| ✔️ Writing Script, Thumbnailing | Writing script and drawing thumbnails. | July |
| 👉 Review #2 | Open 2nd draft for review. | July |
| Filing in with more detail | Refine sketches. | August |
| Review #3 | Open 3rd draft for review. Finalize visual style, script, number of pages, and panel layout. | August |
| Complete comics | Make it work! | Sept |
| Review #4 | Open 4th draft for review. | Oct |
| Make final changes to comics | Oct | |
| Preparing for publication | Writing promotional messages for mailing list and social media. Prepare printable PDF version. Writing alt text | Oct |
| Publish | Publish on NumPy documentation website. Social media release. | Oct 19 or late October |
Link to detailed information on each stage
- Digital comics on the NumPy website
- Krita source files
- Printable PDF version of the comics
- Project landing page (what you're reading now!)
- 3 blog posts
- Brainstorming document
- Brainstorming mini-sessions
- Review threads on Github
- Review sessions
- Concept art
- Pitch
- Thumbnails and panel layout
- Script
Link to detailed information on each deliverable
Want to know the the behind the scenes, trials and tribuluations? Check out the blogs!
- April 27: Project Roadmap