November 8 - November 29 / Week 7 - Week 10
Sheren Princessa Davon / 0362134
Illustration and Visual Narrative / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / Taylor's University
Task 2
LECTURES
Week 7
This week, Mr. Hafiz explained the use of foreground, mid-ground, and background in a good composition.
He also provided a YouTube video for reference on an excellent animated piece with great use of the rule of thirds, as well as composition.
Video 1. YouTube animation
Mr. Hafiz also briefed us on our Task 2, to create an editorial piece based on an urban legend.
Fig 1.1 Task 2 Brief
INSTRUCTIONS
Gradient & Textures Exercise
Mr. Hafiz taught us how to apply gradients and textures to a vector artwork and we practiced it with an illustration provided.
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| Fig 1.2 People Illustrations given |
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| Fig 1.3 The character I chose |
After adding the gradients and textures, I ended up with the final illustration below:
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| Fig 1.4 Final Illustration with Gradients and Textures |
Task 2: Decisive Moment
For Task 2, we were supposed to choose an urban legend and illustrate the "decisive moment" or the turning point in the legend. It can be from either our own countries or other countries. The urban legend I chose is "Sundel Bolong", it is an Indonesian urban legend that tells the tale of a pregnant woman who died due to a rape, reportedly leading her to give birth in her grave, through her back, leaving a gaping red hole.
First, I created a rough sketch of my illustration, the rationale and a mood board.
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| Fig 2.1 Sketch, Rationale, Moodboard |
Then, I placed the sketch on Adobe Illustrator and started to work on my illustration. Below shows my progress, where I started with the flat piece, then I started to add more details.
Fig 2.2 Progress on Adobe Illustrator - Week 7
Finally, I added some gradient and textures to finalize the piece.
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| Fig 2.3 Progress #2 - Week 8 |
I created my final illustrator for the urban legend "Sundel Bolong".
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| Fig 2.4 Final Task 2 - PNG, Week 8 (17/11/23) |
Animation
Next, we had to animate the final artwork on Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
I decided to add lightning in the background as the secondary action as Mr. Hafiz mentioned that the animation does not need to be too drastic. First I drew the lightning of each frame on Illustrator. I added a blue outer glow to give it a greater effect.
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| Fig 2.5 Process on Adobe Illustrator |
I produced a total of 9 frames which can be found here. Then, I exported the files to Photoshop and created a frame animation. I set the first frame to 0,5 sec to give it a moment of anticipation before the animation starts.
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| Fig 2.6 Process on Adobe Photoshop |
Final Task 2: Decisive Moment Animation
Fig 2.7 Final Task 2 Animation - GIF, Week 10 (29/11/23)
REFLECTION
This task was quite challenging for me as I'm not quite good at illustrations. However, with the skills I've learned using the Pen Tool, the Pencil Tool, the Pathfinder Tool, I was able to bring my sketch to life with into the vectors in Illustrator. I also found that the gradients and textures really helped elevate my overall illustration.
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