Unit 1 Section 3

3.1.1

Research 4 digital artists and analysis

12/09/11-

Nico Di Mattia

Ferdie Rizkianto

Jorge Aguliar

Karina Berdnoz

Ideas and concepts:

13/09/11

Create 3 ideas, thumbnail sketches of ideas.

Present ideas and concepts:

14/09/11 – 20/09/11

Present our ideas in groups, get feedback from people and make changes.

Experimentation:

14/09/11 – 27/09/11

Experiment in photoshop using different tools. Show using screenshots how you used these tools.

Print final output:

27/09/11

3.1.2

This is a screen shot of the layers and development. Naming the layers is an important part of photohop so that you can keep track of your layers.

3.2.1/3.2.2.

This is the first stage of my design. I grabbed a crowd image form the cover of a disturbed album called ten thousand fists. I chosen the Spartan because he is a symbol of power and freedom. I got the idea from the film "300". I copied the image off of the internet and filled in with shade using an opaque black brush. I then used the mixer tool to fill in with colour. The crowd is form the over of "ten thousand fists" which fitted in with the scheme of my piece.

This is where I added the Banker/Rich man. The idea for this came from thinking who is in charge of the people. I immediately thought of a banker/government icon because they are stereotypical considered to be rich, greedy and selfish in the public eye. I drew him form scratch using a graphics tab and tried to keep into the style of the other images. I thought that this would , make the picture look more like a whole picture rather than separate images. I used a small hard brush for the outline and then shaded with a soft opaque brush. Then used the colour replacement tool to fill in with colour.

This is where I added most of the fire and piles of money. I got the money image of the internet and used the burn tool to make it look as if it was burning. I also used a scratchy brush tool and used it to erase the sides of the  money giving it the impression that it was on fire. 

Here I added the background picture which is the volcano. It's simply an image copied off a website. I also filled the background with a solid black fill to make sure that there were not any gaps in the volcano picture. I then merged they layers and put them on the bottom of the picture.

This is where is added the text "this is war". I typed the text using the text tool and then selected the font i wanted. After that I double clicked the text layer selecting the outline of the text. Then I made a new layer and filled the text in with different colour corresponding to the volcano. I then deleted the original text layer and made the coloured in text the top layer.

Original images

Feedback

This is my first draft idea of the final magazine piece. I was given feed back when we had our group dissucusion and my general feedback was good. The only feedback that I acted on was that the banker/rich man was not obvious enough. This is because the colour red and white made him look quite festive and I was not happy with that. So I decided to change the colour scheme and make him look more stereotypical. I did this by adding a bowler hat and a umbrella under his arm. I also gave him a plain dark grey suite.

This is the final and complete version. I decided to change the way that the banker/government man looked because I needed to ensure that when you see him you can identify him as that character. So I made him look more stereotypical and gave him a bowler hat, a dark suit and a umbrella so that he looks more like a banker type person.

3.3.1

I think that I did well in this unit. I grasped the concept of the design process and made sure that I completed the task on time. I took the creative criticism on board and made changes to my design to improve the presentation and style of it. 

I think that the overall the layout and presentation of my image is good. I like the way that the characters are in the same drawing style. Having found a base image of a Spartan and a background of a crowd, i drew the banker in the style which they were drawn in, making it seem like they are all in the same image. I like the way that i used colour in the photshop image. The shading and the tomes are good and something that i am particularly proud of.

I think that i Could have blended the crowd in to the picture a bit better. the background volcano image is very dark and finding the right amount of people was a struggle for the crowd. this made it hard to bled in with the whole picture.

I would improve the image of the crowd and perhaps draw it myself to make it blend in a lot better. also i would have possibly spent more time on the text, making it stand out a bit more.