Illustration And Visual Narrative (Week 02)
ILLUSTRATION AND VISUAL NARRATIVE GCD 61204 (Week 02)
NAME: CHIN TZE WEI
I.D: 0357423
COURSE: Illustration and Visual Narrative / Bachelor of Design (Honors) in Creative Media
GROUP: Class 01 Sec 01
WEEK 2: LECTURE
Figure2.1 Lecture Note for Week 02
Lecture Note Week 02:
In this week's lecture, we learned about "Character Design Basics". This lecture is a great starting point for us to know and practice when it comes to designing memorable characters.Stylised Design
- Iconic - Think silhouette
- Simplicity - Think purpose
- Unique - Think memorable
Principles of Character Design
- Shape
- Design a character's silhouette to identify a character from one another.
- (Ex) circles-friendly, squares-protagonists, triangles-unpredictable and aggreesive
Figure 2.2 Monster Inc
Figure 2.3 Aladdin, Character study
- Colour
- Sperate the basic characteristics roles (heroes, villains and background)
- Colour psychology- Different colours give impressions of different emotions and is easily relatable by the viewer.
Figure 2.4 Different character in different colour in Inside Out
- Emphasis, Contrast
- Exaggerate and emphasis a character' s contrasting visual elements using colours and shapes.
Figure 2.5 Emphasis and Contrast in Inside Out
- Harmony
- Every elements in design should compliment each other.
- All shapes, lines, colour, motifs, patterns must be put together in a tasteful manner.
- Think visual hierarchy
Figure 2.6 Harmony in Inside Out
- Expressions, Poses
- Clear visualisation of the character's behaviours, quirks and personality make it easier to appeal to the audience.
Figure 2.7 Expressions and Poses in Inside Out
WEEK 2: WEEKLY EXERCISE (TRACING SHAPES)
During tutorial seesion, we traced the shape in the template provided by Mr Hafiz using Adobe Illustrator.
Figure 2.8 Weekly Exercise, Vormator Tracing Exercise (Week 02)
WEEK 2: EXERCISE (SILHOUETTE)
After finnishing the shape tracing, Mr Hafiz let us to start our Task 01: Exercise - Part 01: Vormator Challenge Character.
Task 01: Exercise- Part 01: Vormator Challenge Character
Vormator challenge is the ultimate challenge of creativity. It challenges artists to create a visual by using eight vector shapes within a given set of rules.
Mr Hafiz assigned us to use the Vormator shaped we traced to create a black silhouette of a character.
Example of Vormator Challenge:
Figure 2.9 This is what it should look like
At first, I play and explore the shapes. Thus, I came out with these two character.
The character at the left side is a practice, and the character at the right is the final outcome of exercise today (black silhouette).
Figure 2.10 Practice (Left), Final Outcome (Right)
