Monday April 9th, Week 14

This week we thought about what we would be doing for the final project.
I came up with a storyline about a girl reading a book who is then sucked into the book and must choose either to follow a dragon or a beaver.
if she follows the dragon, she will choose either to go to a castle or into a cave to help him find his lost wings.
If she follows the beaver, she will help him fix his broken dam by searching for sticks either in the dark woods or up the steep hill.

Week 13- how to...colored in

 

http://www.sxuhero.com/vc2s12/lbr/ <--- go here to see project on the website

week 12- How To Fist Pump

This is my illustration of how to fist pump (like a boss).

Craft:
I wrote a list, then I created small images to illustrate the list in pencil, then I drew all 9 images larger on individual pieces of paper first with pencil then over with pen. Then I scanned each image into the computer and created jpegs.

Concept:
My concept is how to fist pump. You should be cool, watch Jersey Shore/ dumb Reality TV, look at your hands, curl fingers in, flip your hands over, practice by throwing a single fist into the air, bring the fist back down, throw both fists into the air at the same time, and bring them back down. I thought it was a  fun things to do in 9 steps. I wanted to show that it really is as lame as it looks.

Composition:
I generally centered the images, it's very cartoony and I used a lot of thick fill-in-able area made with connecting lines. There are many arrows to show direction. all of the images are in a specific order.

Week 11- how to scan (9 steps)

1. make a 9 step list

2. separate a sheet of paper into 9 steps

3. draw these 9 steps with a pencil

4. draw over the pencil with pen

5. connect a scanner to a computer and scan the 9 steps and the list

6. draw the 9 steps larger on 9 separate pieces of paper with a pencil

7. go over all nine drawings with a pen

8. scan all 9 images individually to the computer

9. save the images onto your flash drive.

Week 10- How to In 9 Steps

 

Craft:
I drew this 9-step how to illustration with pencil, then scanned it into Photoshop. To scan, I plugged the scanner into the appropriate computer. then made sure the program came up in photoshop. I placed the image face down under the lid of the scanner with the page fully against the top right corner. Then I went into photoshop to image then import and found the name of the scanner there. A new window opened with options. I chose a 300 resolution and 24-bit color. I hit the preview button to make sure that I was scanning the correct image. After checking that the image was correct and how I wanted it, I scanned the photo directly into photoshop. 

Concept:
The concept was to make a 9 step illustration. My idea was how to blow your nose. I wanted to convey how to blow your nose into the tissue so that boogers would not escape.

Composition:

I used one character throughout the illustration, and took the viewer through the process visually. I also drew a box of tissues, where I used one of two words used in the illustration, kleenex, to make sure that it was properly communicated that this was a tissue box. I used symbols like an arrow to show the person to pull the tissue up out of the box, and a crossed out circle to show how not to open the tissue. I used lines to show the force of blowing into the tissue, but also included the word blow, the second word used in my illustration. I used circling arrows to show that step seven (blowing) should be repeated before you toss out the tissue.

week 9- Movie Poster corrections

 

Craft:
To make this image, I used Photoshop. I took a picture of a girl using a fancy camera that SXU owns in front of a white screen. I cut out her eyes and mouth/chin in the shapes I needed . I added a drop shadow. I painted on a white highlight using the bush tool. I made the shape of the chat balloon based on the shape in the original poster. I used fonts that were somewhat similar, though I could not 100% recreate that. The background has a plain red layer and then a high opacity layer with some white strokes that I then used blur on. I changed the girls eye color from brown to blue. I added shadow with another opaque layer on her face. Also used some burn tool and dodge tool to make spots darker and some spots lighter.

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Week 8- Movie Poster update (March 5th)