PROJECT 1:EXERCISES (IVN)

26 OCT 2021- 16 SEP 2021 ( WEEK 1- WEEK 4) 

CHIN ZHI XIAN / 0344352

BACHELOR OF DESIGN (HONS) CREATIVE MEDIA / ILLUSTRATION & VISUAL NARRATIVE

PROJECT 1:EXERCISES

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LECTURES

INTRODUCTION AND BRIEFING

26 AUGUST 2021(WEEK 1)

On Friday of the first week of IVN, our first semester lecturers, Ms Norannis and Ms Janniffer explained to us the IVN Times system such as IVN introduction, contact information, MIB, and homework there. After Ms Norannis explained, she started to show us the animation lessons of previous students. After that, the theme of our comics this time was horror. After Mr Norannis said it, many horror stories popped into my head.

After that Mr Norannis give us a mission to draw a draft for character design.

CHARACTER DESIGN

2 SEPTEMBER 2021(WEEK 2)

Today is the second week of IVN. On the way to class, Ms Noranis asked about our favourite role. After everyone wrote about the characters they liked, she explained that by designing a character, we must take into account the characteristics and uniqueness that can be recognized in the eyes of others.

Next, Ms Noranis explained to us some principles of character design, such as; shape, colour, emphasis and contrast, harmony, expression/posture.

After the explanation, Ms Noranis started to give us feedback on the draft of the character. When I was there, I explained the two characters I designed to two lecturers Ms Norannis and Ms Janniffer.

After finish given feedback, Ms Janniffer start teaching us using AI to digital our character and told us we can start to digital our character.

COMPOSITION

9 SEPTEMBER 2021(WEEK 3)

Today is the third week for IVN, when Ms Norannis started to show the slides, she asked us that the first photo was showing what a person was doing, and then we said that the person was eating while preparing to go to work. After speaking, Ms Nolannis explained to us the positive and negative aspects of the composition.

After that, Ms Norannis and Ms Jeniffer randomly pick some people to show our digital character.

After finish given feedback, Ms Jennifer starting to teach us to design the card. The card size is using Tarot size 897 x 1479 pix.

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INSTRUCTION

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ASSIGNMENT BRIEFING ( EXERCISE 1)

VORMATOR CHALLENGE

TASK 1 

Our first exercise is to design a character based on the given Vormator shape. We need to outline our ideas and then use Adobe Illustrator to digitize our final character. Only 8 shapes in the picture can be used.

Vormator Challenge Final in JPG for character design (600 x 600 pix)

FIGURE 1.1 VORMATOR SHAPE

MOODBOARD

VORMATOR SKETCHES

FIRST SKETCH

FIGURE 1.2 BOWOODO SKETCH

SECOND SKETCH

FIGURE 1.3 MUSAIZ SKETCH

VORMATOR DIGITALISING

FIGURE 1.4 DIGITAL BOWOODO

When I design this character, I always keep forgotten to add the layer and name the layer, then when I want to lock the layer I need to press one by one.

TOTAL LAYER 23

FIGURE 1.4 DIGITAL BOWOODO

COLOR 

FIGURE 1.5 BOWOODO COLOR

FIGURE 1.6 BOWOODO COLOR

FIGURE 1.7 SKY COLOR

FIGURE 1.8 GRASS AND MOUNTAIN COLOR

I use those color to design my character BOWOODO

BOWOODO STORY

FIGURE 1.9 BOWOODO

BOWOODO are the elves in the forest. They look like a tree. They are good at hiding and are kind-hearted elves. A long time ago, they were the overlord of the forest and a race of many elves, but humans didn’t like them and treated them as enemies and hunted them because there used to be a group of children who went to play in the forest, and they were in it at night. Lost, and while getting lost, they were also attacked by wolves. At that time, BOWOODO, the elves of the forest, jumped out to save the group of children. When they were about to send the children, they were misunderstood by humans that BOWOODO was attacking them. From then on, there will be no harmony

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ASSIGNMENT BRIEFING (EXERCISE 2)

GAME CARD DESIGN

Task 1

Game Card Final in JPG of the character + background + card composite( Tarot size 897 x 1479 pix)

CARD DESIGN SKETCHES

FIGURE 2.1 FRONT

FIGURE 2.2 BACK

This is my card design sketches and when digital it will improve.

CARD DESIGN DIGITALISING

FIGURE 2.3 DIGITAL CARD DESIGN

When I design the card, it was a bit challenging because it needs to open a lot of layers and need to line it nicely but a last I finally complete it.

Total layers 28

COLOR FOR CARD (FRONT & BACK)

FIGURE 2.4 CARD COLOR

PROGRESSION

FIGURE 2.5 FRONT

FIGURE 2.6 BACK

I use this shape and color to make the whole card feel noble. I chose white because white means justice, purity, dignity, integrity, youthfulness, transcendence and worldly emotions. White represents purity and symbolizes holiness and elegance. The symbolic meaning of white in Western culture mainly focuses on its own colors, such as the colors of new snow, fresh milk, and lilies. Westerners believe that white is elegant and pure, so it is the admired color in Western culture. Then I used dark blue as the theme color for the whole card because blue represents tranquillity, freedom, and freshness, and Europe is a symbol of loyalty to the country.

FINAL VIEW

FIGURE 2.7 FRONT

FIGURE 2.8 BACK

FEEBACK:

The front card box needs to make smaller, make sure not to cover the character so much, the word needs to make it closer, back view need make a gradient, it's too white.