Digital Graphic Narrative

Development

Max Lancaster

Shape Task

Shape Task

EvaluationWhat did you like about your image?The main reason why I like this image is that the out line of the shapes that I used are are match perfect to the actual shape of the image. For me to get this accurate to actual of the polar bear then I reduced the opacity so that I can see through the shape that I have drawn over the top it. I then went to edit>transform>warp, which allowed me to scale my shape around the outline of the image, reshaping it so it is identical. I also like using the custom shape tools, as it helped me give a different technique to the fur of the polar bear, as this is a style of character creation that I wish to follow. To get the final look of the fur of the animal I went into the shapes drop down box selection and clicked on custom shape. I then went to middle top bar of Photoshop to another drop down box which gave me a option of different shapes which could be applied. I selected the custom shape which is similar to texture of fur.

What would you improve if you did it again?If I was going to improve this image of the polar bear, then I think that things I would change would be the detail of texture of the fur, like selecting an option to copy the exact fur to make it more realistic. I would also re-shape some of the parts of the animal as some did look out of place or not re shape to its exact look, which is what I was aiming for.

Rotoscope

EvaluationWhat did you like about your image?The main look of these images that I love the most out of every other aspect that I use when re creating to look of celebrities is the amount of detail in which was used in the final draft. When I fully outlined the shape of the people, there were gaps, un even outlines and lack of personal detail. I used several tools to over come these problem. For filling out the gaps I had to find the layer in which I had to fill in, this was a problem as I had loads of layers. However when found the layer, I simply just coloured the gaps in when the paint brush affect. To over come the un even shape and out lines I basically had to re structure the shape with the warp capability. Another aspect that I love from these images are the 3D perspective look to the image, using the different colour tones (lighter and darker) to clash with the cartoon look to the character.

What would you improve if you did it again?If I had mention an aspects of these images that I needed to improve that would be to focus on specific areas for detail. For example with the eyes, adding a small white circle on the eyes, gives a 3D appearance for the character, I would want to focus of the detail mainly for the face aspects e.g. ears, nose, teeth and lips.

Film Quotes

EvaluationWhat did you like about your image?This is a interesting film as its content is about ghosts. The aspect of this image that I love is the image of the main character and the see through affect, which is in relation to the film content and shows to the viewer what the content is about. I like how the background is shown in a way to portray the main character and to bring more power and meaning to the quote due to this.

What would you improve if you did it again?Change the text in general. This part of the image was rushed due to time limitation, so I would want to find a new text which would linked in the time period of this movie and make it more stand out in colour and affect.

Text Based

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?The main aspect that I look the several looks of the words are the different techniques that I can use for any time when using text. I like it that all have a different look to each other and now I can use these techniques to make text more engaging and interesting, this is so much better than normal boring style techniques. My favourite one is the bottom text, which contains a setting of New York behind it. This is the technique that I plan to use for my title page as it would show the viewer the type of setting and meaning of the book.

What would you improve if you did it again?To improve them, specifically the top three, select colour in which are good together and use the different mixture technique for a better stand out affect. I would properly want to use the effect of 3D as it would look more interesting

Comic Book

EvaluationWhat did you like about your image?All three images contain a different meaning and content, like every other images. I like the use of quality and the small amount of levels that consist in these images, because I like having more detail in the images in my opinion is better than lacking, which does sometimes is used in some comics.

What would you improve if you did it again?In all three images the main areas that I would want to focus on changing the filter gallery aspects that I used. To get the comic book affect we had to create 2 layers and use different adjustments for both. One in the filter gallery and one in adjustments, which both changed the over all look of the image, in relation to quality and the amount of depth of field in which is applied. I would properly change the filter gallery and threshold tool to change the look and add more detail in the character and background.

Photo Story

EvaluationWhat did you like about your image?I loved this entire piece of work. From knowing nothing about how to creating these sort of story telling pieces to making a brilliant and graphic piece. I loved the overall design of the each scene and that it gives a sort of sad but disturbing ending which allows the audience to think more about the story and try a figure out what the link is in the plot. Each scene which was evolved in the story had a specific look and edit to them. I used techniques like filter gallery, black and white adjustments, levels, hue saturation, cropping, pasting and opacity levels to create the final look of the photo story.

What would you improve if you did it again?As I loved this photo story so much, I would hard in hard to find areas to improve. However from looking at other photo story final out come ideas, they have explore the use of taking parts from other scenes and placing them into other scenes making it look out of place and creating more of depth of field. So settings and atmosphere is where I would improve as it could be easier for the reader to understand the plot in more detail. I had used the use of taking images from the web and extracting them into the final piece of the work e.g. blood and wound marks. I would properly want to make it more similar to the final edit of that specific scene e.g make it black and white and use levels to it in.

Illustration

EvaluationWhat did you like about your image?I had a small time limit and lack ideas for illustration practise, however I decided to at least draw 3 images that consist of text (Max), character (SpongeBob) and object (Football badge). This was because they are some main aspect in which I will be consisting in my children's story.

What would you improve if you did it again?I already know that my drawing skills are not the best and I can tell intently, but excepted from re drawing them, I would try and make my images stand out more by trying to make them look in a 3D effect which is the design style in which I plan to use. I could achieve this in my illustrations by using different shading effect and tones of colour to bring out the illustration more alive.

Narrative Environment

EvaluationWhat did you like about your image?This image I worked on a lot in relation to detail and experimental ideas. The task was to pick a simple landscape and then experiment on ideas through out the image. I got a simple image and decided as landscapes have so many features I decided to add in a completely different landscapes behind the original image. In my image it is several mountains. I used the filter gallery affect to changed the overall look of the new added in mountains and to mix in with the original image. I love the texture of the new aspects that I added in creating the large depth of field with in the image

What would you improve if you did it again?Blend all of the images that I imported in photo shop in a better quality so that there is more texture to each image and don’t look like their next each other on the same page.

Initial Ideas

Idea Generation

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