ILLUSTRATION AND VISUAL NARRATIVE - PROJECT 1

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7/4/2023 - 28/4/2023 / Week 1 - Week 4
Lee Wing Kie / 0364251
Illustration And Visual Narrative / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media
Project 1



INSTRUCTION

Task 1 - Vormator Exercise
Each person will get the exact same set of shapes to unleash your creativity with a set of shapes. Follow the Rulebook and challenge yourself to create a unique piece with pure skills and unlimited colors.

Create your unique design using a set of shapes while following the provided rules. You can rotate, duplicate, scale proportionally, add, subtract, intersect, group elements, use unlimited colors, gradients and textures, but not alter the original shapes, skew or free transform, use outline strokes or background.

Fig 1.1 Shapes of Vormator Challenge ( 14/04/2023)

We need to download the image of shapes that given by Mr. Hafiz and open Abobe Illustrator using the Pen Tool to trace out the shape.
Fig 1.2 Shaped that traced by me (14/04/2023)

Our task is to use the sets of shapes that are provided to design and create a unique character.
Examples given by Mr. Hafiz:

Fig 1.3 Example 1 (14/04/2023)
Fig 1.4 Example 2 (14/04/2023)

My Design:
My character's idea is an octopus that I added 2 ears, 2 eyes and 6 tails , each with at least 6-7 claws.

Fig 1.5 My character outline (21/04/2023)

Fig 1.6 Sketch of my character with colour (21/04/2023)

Task 1 - Exercise 2 Illustrated Type
Our task is to design and create an aesthetically pleasing illustrated typography by using words generated from the Pictionary Generator: https://randomwordgenerator.com/pictionary.php

Fig 1.7 My words generated from Pictionary

My Design:
The two words I drew from Pictionary are 'Elephant' and 'Bells', so for my illustrated type task, I will focus on the word 'Elephant' and create a design in which the 'E' letter resembles an elephant head. Additionally, I will include a bell hanging from the elephant's neck. To enhance the visual impact, I use a forest put at the background, which will complement the theme of the design.

Fig 1.8 Sketch of my Illustrated Type

Fig 1.9 Final outcome

REFLECTION

Project 1 provided a great introduction to using the pen tool in Adobe Illustrator. I found the experience both enlightening and enjoyable. The project gave me a solid foundation for tracing shapes with the pen tool, which I later applied to create my own unique character. Although I initially struggled to find inspiration for my character design, I invested time and effort into research, which helped me refine my ideas. In Exercise 2, I also enjoyed learning how to create 3D text. Overall, I appreciate the opportunity to learn and use Adobe Illustrator through this project. It has deepened my understanding of the software's capabilities and given me more confidence in my ability to create detailed and visually engaging artwork.

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