Thursday 14 July 2011

Experimentation with linework







Evaluation

A piece where I have experimented is this particular piece of work.  The main line of experimentation was with the colours of  the linework, although it was also an overall experimentation in working with Photoshop as at this point I had done little in the programme before.  I took a risk by inking it by hand and without a ruler despite having many angular aspects wiithin the drawing; I am happy with the outcome of the lineart, and feel that the "wobbliness" of the lines is not too distracting, and give it a handmade look.  Colouring the piece in Photoshop helped me to make the decision to colour my final piece for Unit 3 in the same manner.  However, the actual colouring of the lines themselves - the initial point of making the piece - I feel I could have done much better, such as choosing more suiting or more subtle colours, as well as a wider range of colours applied to more areas of the piece.  Furthermore I would have created the stars with a less blurry brush, and would have applied them by putting the brush on maximum scatter rather than applying each star individually as I did.

Despite the piece's flaws, and although I feel I could do better now, I still feel pleased with the final result of this piece.

Sunday 10 July 2011

Playing with Elements - Tone






Evaluation

A piece where I have experimented is my "Playing with Tone" worksheet.  

Saturday 2 July 2011

Character and Setting Experimentation and Designs

Characters

Melody Atlas


Tumble Burrow
Here is an additional character design that I've decided not to continue, at least for now:
Baumer Hammerhead

Hammerhead has been through a couple of design changes before I was happy with him.  He went from a kind of troll:
...to some sort of afro'd ogre:
...until I finally decided to make him into a species of my own creation - a Trillarexus:
Setting

So far I am planning to base the setting of my final piece on a city in Greece known as Santorini Island; here is my drawing of Santorini Island (with my own modifications to it) and the photo I referenced beneath: 


Practicing colouring, lighting and inking techniques