ILLUSTRATION & VISUAL NARRATIVE - EXERCISES

(27/08/18- 26/10/18) Week 1- Week 9
Dk Nur Reem Rashah Pg Mohammad Apri
Illustration & Visual Narrative
Exercises
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INSTRUCTIONS:


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Introduction to Character Design - Vormator Shapes and Pen tool
(27/08/18) Week 1


The objective of our first task is to practice using the pen tool by tracing the 'Vormator' shapes. The general idea behind the 'Vormator' exercise is for us to be challenged by limiting ourselves to these shapes and only using these shapes to create a character design.

Fig 1.0 Vormator shapes

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Creating the character's silhouette

Fig 1.1 Initial plan

I wanted to design a character that represents tradition and spirituality. I've always admired Hayao Miyazaki for his work and I've recently revisited one of his films, Spirited Away. Deeply influenced by this, I decided I wanted to try to design a character that would belong in a setting similar to Spirited Away.

I came up with three drafts and I decided to go with my third draft based on the feedback I got when I asked people which one they liked better.

Drafts:

Fig 1.2 First draft

Fig 1.3 Second draft

Fig 1.4 Third and final draft

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Preparing for laser cut:

Before laser cutting, I made sure I prepped and created a separate file with the outline/silhouette of my character.

Fig 1.5 Outline of my character

Fig 1.6 Final outcome of laser-cutting 

I felt that I wasn't as satisfied with the pigment of the product as it was not the accurate color. Though this is to be expected and other than that, I'm quite fine with how it turned out.

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Pokemon card

Fig 1.7 First draft for background

Fig 1.8 Final draft for background

Fig 1.9 Process of creating the background - screenshot of layers

Fig 2.0 Process of the pokemon card- screenshot of layers

Fig 2.1 Final outcome of the pokemon card (1)

Fig 2.2 Final outcome of the pokemon card (2)

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Introduction to Lighting and Chiaroscuro; Pear exercise
(28/09/18) Week 5

Chiaroscuro is a coined term for the treatment of lighting in terms of having a strong contrast between light and shadow.

Fig 2.3 Process - screenshot of layers

Fig 2.4 Final outcome of chiaroscuro pear exercise

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Learning about Panel-to-Panel Transitions; transitions exercise
(01/10/18) Week 6

Referring to Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics, it is important to know these different types of panel-to-panel transitions

• Moment-to-Moment
• Action-to-Action
• Subject-to-Subject
• Scene-to-Scene
• Aspect-to-Aspect

Fig 2.5 Examples of moment-to-moment, action-to-action, and subject-to-subject

Fig 2.6 Examples of scene-to-scene, aspect-to-aspect, and non-sequitur

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Transition exercise:

Fig 2.7 Example of panels

The transition exercise was simply selecting a few panels from Fig 2.7, and label what type of transition it is.

Fig 2.8 Final outcome of transitions exercise