ILLUSTRATION AND VISUAL NARRATIVE - PROJECT 1

Yeap Phay Min (0331073)

Illustration and Visual Narrative

Project 1 - Character Design

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09/04/18 (Week 3)

This project is all about creating our own character. Once we got familiar with how to create a character using all the tools learned in the previous exercise (Vormator), we were told that we could create another character. Since I wasn't completely happy with what I did before, I decided to do it all over again. It'll be a good practice for me as well. 

Here are my progresses on coming up with my character.

Development of Character (Left to Right)

Final Outcome of Character (Silhouette)

Character's Outline

Character's Outline (with cuts for highlights and shadows)

Greyscale

Colour Swatches

Colour Exploration of Character

Final Outcome of Character (Colour)

Adding Textures to Character

Final Outcome of Character (Colours & Texture)

Once we finalised our characters, we were advised to create a background to put our characters in. I decided to create a space themed background, with my character standing on the moon surrounded by stars and also a planet. 

Final Composition of Background (With Character)

On Thursday (practical class),  we got to head over to a studio in campus that provides services such as laser cut and also 3D print. This class was to get us familiarised with how laser cut worked and how the files are prepared before we head to KL the next week. During the class, we learned how to use the shape builder tool in Adobe Illustrator to 'clean up' the outline of the silhouette by combining lines. We also learned to export our files in the format dxf - version 200.

16/04/18 ( Week 4)

This week, we went over to Fab Space KL to have our characters wither embroidered, 3D printed, laser cut or UV printed. I decided to go with UV printing on acrylic.

Process of UV printing #1

Process of UV printing #2

Final Outcome of UV Printing 

I decided to print it on a transparent background, which wasn't the best choice as the colours of my character are pretty light and therefore it printed out being a little see through. It has to be seen against a white background to look its best. My friends had similar issues too therefore we decided to head over to Fab Space again the next day. This time, we printed it along with our backgrounds.

Process of UV printing

Final Outcome: UV Printed with background 

 Besides that, we also needed to transfer our character with the background onto a Pokemon card and have it printed out. I gave my character a name and also a power - star attack!

Front

Back

Pokemon Card (Printed)

26/04/18 (Week 5)

We only had practical class this week and we used that class to compile our progress into google slides.

Here is the link!

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uvgZbQZgra_8S7lN7UySWdq2Kqe0C1OcX-z7thVSk9o/edit?usp=sharing