Illustration and Visual Narrative / Task 2
23.9.2021- 21.10.2021 (Week 5 - Week 9)
Cheryl Voo Yie Qi / 0349878
Illustration
and Visual Narrative / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media
Task 2
/ Decisive Moment
LECTURES
Week 5 ( 23/9/2021) - Visual Techniques : Chiaroscuro
What is Chiaroscuro ?
"Chiaro"- Bright
"Scuro"- Dark
- Chiaroscuro refers to the use of light and dark to create the
illusion of three-dimensional volume on a flat surface.
Why Chiaroscuro is used ?
An artistic lighting choice to :
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Increase dramatic tension
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Create sensational effect
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Pull your attention to a subject in an intense way
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Create a tasteful composition of negative vs positive spaces
Other Chiaroscuro usage : Contrast (Form, value practice)
Visual Techniques : Composition 3
Having rhythm in art is one of the most difficult aspect to
achieve.
Basic visual elements to create movement - shapes and lines.
Example of a "Mediocre" composition:
"Chiaro"- Bright
- Increase dramatic tension
- Create sensational effect
- Pull your attention to a subject in an intense way
- Create a tasteful composition of negative vs positive spaces
Other Chiaroscuro usage : Contrast (Form, value practice)
Visual Techniques : Composition 3
Example of a "Mediocre" composition:
INSTRUCTIONS
Task 2 - Decisive Moment
- Minimalist poster [800 x 600 pix or vice versa]
- Animated minimalist poster [800 x 600 pix or vice versa]
EXERCISES
Sketches
Before I decide on the movie for this task, I have several movies in my
head like Big Hero 6, Raya, Onward, and Toy Story. But in the end, I
remembered this movie that I watched not long ago.
I wanted to create a poster from the movie " Over The Moon", it is a
movie about a girl called Fei Fei who builds a rocket to the moon on a
mission to prove the existence of a legendary moon
goddess.
This is the scene where Fei Fei built a rocket and set off to the moon.
I drew two kinds of rockets in my sketches, the rabbit is actually paper
wrapping the actual rocket in the movie.
Fig 2.3, The rocket scene, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26DIABx44Tw&t=2s
So I'm wondering which should I draw, in the end, I think that
if I draw the actual rocket would be confused with other movies
that are related to rocket, so I decided to draw the bunny
rocket which more represents the movie. Here are some of my
sketches:
I wanted to create a poster from the movie " Over The Moon", it is a movie about a girl called Fei Fei who builds a rocket to the moon on a mission to prove the existence of a legendary moon goddess.
This is the scene where Fei Fei built a rocket and set off to the moon.
I drew two kinds of rockets in my sketches, the rabbit is actually paper
wrapping the actual rocket in the movie.
Fig 2.3, The rocket scene, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26DIABx44Tw&t=2s
So I'm wondering which should I draw, in the end, I think that
if I draw the actual rocket would be confused with other movies
that are related to rocket, so I decided to draw the bunny
rocket which more represents the movie. Here are some of my
sketches:
Fig 2.4, Sketch (24/9/2021)
Fig 2.5, Sketch (24/9/2021)
Fig 2.6, Sketch (24/9/2021)
This is the sketch that I want to go for, but switch the rocket to the
bunny rocket, and the movie's logo I'm not decided where to put it yet,
so I will try it out when I did it in Adobe Illustrator.
Fig 2.7, Sketch (24/9/2021)
Digitization
This is my first attempt, I traced the bunny and the design on it, but
when I worked halfway, I think that the sky is too simple so I searched
on youtube to make a better sky here.
Fig 2.8, First attempt (7/10/2021)
Then I watched a video to make the sky like a galaxy, it looks nicer
than my first attempt. But after a while, I think that this galaxy sky
is quite complicated and in the movie there is no galaxy sky like this
when Fei Fei set off to the moon, so I tried another one.
Fig 2.8, Second attempt (7/10/2021)
My third attempt turned out pretty well, the sky is darker than my
second attempt, and the stars look smaller and natural than my first
and second attempt. Then, I continue my work.
Fig 2.9, Third attempt (8/10/2021)
This is the video that I refer to make the night sky.
Fig 2.10, Video of how to create a night sky, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHLuo2pAEx4&t=442s (8/10/2021)
Then I added the logline, some colored lines to represent the sparks
when Fei Fei turn on a turbo thing in the rocket, and some clouds to
make it looks more like a sky. I'm trying different positions to place
these things here (it might be a little blurry but just to try out the
positions):
Fig 2.11, First attempt (14/10/2021)
I decided to use the third attempt, then I added more details to it by
adding some bigger stars, shadows to the logline and the movie logo.
Fig 2.11, First attempt (14/10/2021)
Fig 2.12, Second attempt (14/10/2021)
Fig 2.13, Third attempt (14/10/2021)
Fig 2.14, Final outcome (15/10/2021)
After finishing everything in Adobe Illustrator, then I proceed to
make the GIF in Photoshop. I animated the bunny rocket, the sparks
behind the rocket, the bigger stars, and the logline. I was thinking
to animate the clouds too, but in the end, I thought it will be a
little "too much".
Fig 2.15, Process of making the GIF (15/10/2021)
Fig 2.16, Process of making the GIF (16/10/2021)
I'm struggling to make the sparks move smoother, I did my best to
make it looks smoother, but it did not turn out really
well.
Fig 2.16, Process of making the GIF (16/10/2021)
Anyways, here are the finals:
Fig 2.16, Poster Final JPG (16/10/2021)
Fig 2.17, Poster Final PDF (16/10/2021)
Fig 2.18, Final GIF (16/10/2021)
FEEDBACKS
Remember it has to be decisive and minimalist and make more attempts to choose the better one.
REFLECTIONS
I don't really have confidence in this, because when I saw Miss Jennifer did the example in class and it looks so good, I was afraid that I can't do this. After I tried and did researches on the internet, I'm glad that I actually did it, even though it does not look as good as others, but I actually did it! It is quite challenging and fun that you can try out everything and play with it.
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