ILLUSTRATION & VISUAL NARRATIVE - EXERCISES

27.08.18 - 26.10.18 (Week 1 - Week 9)
Catherine Starlie (0336261)
Illustration & Visual Narrative
Exercises

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Pentool
27.08.18 (Week 1)

I didn't come this week due to visa matters (late approval), but I was told that we needed to trace some shapes / elements by using pen tool. After that, we made a character by using the shapes / elements.

Fig 1.1 Traced shapes / elements

Fig 1.2 Sketches

Fig 1.3 Sketches

Shadow

03.09.18 (Week 2)

We were taught some short cut and how to make our character silhouette more shadow colour.

Fig 1.4 Silhouette character

Shape Builder & Gradient

14.09.18 (Week 3)

This week, we learnt how to use shape builder and how to use gradient with more colour. We can use the shape builder to unite, minus front, intersect, exclude.

Fig 1.5 Shapes by using shape builder

Fig 1.6 Adding gradient into the shape

Brushes & Texture

21.09.18 (Week 4)

We were taught how to use different brush and blob brush and how can we applied texture on something else.

Fig 1.7 Trying brush and blob brush

Fig 1.8 Applying texture on shape

Chiaroscuro

28.09.18 (Week5)

We learnt how to use Chiarascuro technique on something else, we used images of pear and people.

Fig 1.9 Chiaroscuro Pear

Fig 1.10 Chiaroscuro on People

Transitions

01.10.18 (Week 6)

This week, we learnt types of transitions. We chose some panels from a comic and then made it into type of transitions.

Fig 1.11 Transitions

Shading & Another Texture

19.10.18 (Week 8)

We learnt how to shading on a circle plus applying texture or another image on it.

Fig 1.12 Shading

Fig 1.13 Applying another images

Perspective & Drawing

26.10.18 (Week 9)

This week, we learnt how to draw perspective and others at photoshop by using drawing tablet.

Fig 1.14 Drawing

Fig 1.15 Perspective