IVN Task 2

25/9/2024 - 9/10/2024 (Week 4 - Week 6)

Lim Yeng San (0366316)

Illustration and Visual Narrative / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / Taylors University

Task 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Lectures

2. Instructions

3. Process Work

4. Reflection

1. LECTURES

Week 4:

We studied composition, camera angles and camera shots.

Week 5:

We came up with sketches for our Pokemon card and showed them to Mr. Hafiz. He suggested using the compositions from the book, Framed Ink. I picked the following examples.

Fig 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3: Composition examples from Framed Ink

Week 6:

We finalized the artwork.

2. INSTRUCTIONS

3. PROCESS WORK

a) Sketches

From the character I created in Task 1, Forgi, I wanted to portray it according to the personality and description I gave it.

Fig 3.1: The character, Forgi, that I designed from task 1

I came up with three sketches for Forgi's card design.

Idea #1

Fig 3.2: The first sketch

Set in a forest, a Forgi sleeps at the base of a tree. Other Forgis can be seen in the background. 

Idea #2

Fig 3.3: The second sketch

Set in an open grass field, a Forgi leaps in the air to hunt a blackbird. Other Forgis hunting for blackbirds can also be seen in the background.

Idea #3

Fig 3.4: The third sketch

A lady carries her Forgi on her back through a bamboo forest.

After consulting Mr. Hafiz, I decided to go with the second sketch but changed the composition referring to various examples from the book, Framed Ink, mainly Big VS Small and Big, Medium, Small. I even applied the golden spiral to help with the composition and put more focus on the character. 

Fig 3.5: The final sketch

I then went on to making the artwork on Adobe Illustrator. I preserved some of the vormator shapes from Task 1 and drew the rest of the shapes with the pen tool. 

Fig 3.6: The artwork with base colours

After making every shape, I used the pathfinder tool to do the shading and added extra details. I then inserted the final artwork into the pokemon card template to make the pokemon card.

THE FINAL OUTCOME

Fig 3.7: The final artwork

Fig 3.8: The final pokemon card

4. REFLECTION

This task was fun as I got to evolve my character, Forgi, through artwork and show it's personality through it's movement. However, I did have some trouble working with Adobe Illustrator. I had difficulty with the opacity setting and the program crashed twice. Luckily, nothing was lost but it was frustrating for it to happen twice. Overall, I still have a lot to learn with Adobe Illustrator and its functions.