IVN TASK 1: EXERCISES

April 22, 2024

|| 04/22/2024 - 05/03/2024

|| Bertrand Alden Gani / 0370471

|| Illustration & Visual Narrative

|| Bachelor Of Design In Creative Media

|| Task 1: Exercises

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Lectures

2. Instructions

3. Task 1

4. Reflection

 

LECTURES

Week 1

Mr. Hafiz explained about the subject outline and some of his expectations for this module. 

Week 2

We learned about some basic tools that we will often use in Illustrator. One of the tool was Pen Tool, he then introduced us to The Bezier Game to deepen our understanding of the tool. He instructed us to trace a car by using Pen Tool.

Week 3

Mr. Hafiz explained about character design. Character design often used for animated films, comics, toys, games, advertisements, etc. There are 3 key elements in character design which are:

• Silhouette

You can use a character's silhouette to indicate effective character design. Here are some examples: 

• Palette

The usage of color in a character is referred to as palette. It is crucial to make one primary color and utilize additional colors to support that color.

 

• Exaggeration

Exaggeration is the deliberate use of specific features to provoke emotional and psychological responses from a character's audience. For example, the exaggerated features in the image below might highlight the difference between heroic and scary. 

 

 Week 4

We learned about Chiaroscuro. Chiaroscuro come from the Italian term which translates to light-dark. It usually referred to an art technique that utilize contrast between light and dark. It is being used to make a dramatic impact to attract attention. Here is an example:

 Week 5

Mr. Hafiz explained about composition theory. Composition theory is how the elements of art and design - line, shape, form, color, texture, value, and space - are laid out in accordance to the principles of art and design - scale, proportion, unity, variety, rhythm, mass, shape, space, balance, contrast, emphasis, volume, perspective, and depth. 

INSTRUCTIONS

TASK 1

Exercise 1

The first exercise is vormator challenge, we need to recreate vormator shapes that have been given by tracing using pen tool. 

Then we have to use those shapes to create a character silhouette. Here is my result:

After I added more details and colors. Here is the result:

Then we are instructed to make a pokemon card using the character that we have created. I began looking for pokemon card template. I decided to choose this:

I inserted my character and made the backgrounds for the cards. Here is the final result:

Exercise 2

In this exercise, we were instructed to design a pear shape based on picture that have been given and we need to color it in based on the shadows and highlights using the Pen tool, Knife tool, Shape Builder and Path Finder tool. 

Here is the picture that have been given:

Here is the result after tracing:

Next we have to trace a different image which is:

Here is the result after tracing:

REFLECTIONS

After learning about character design, tracing, Chiaroscuro, composition theory, I gain knowledge on how to make vector and better understanding how to make a good composition. I also learned a lot of Adobe Illustrator tools and tricks which help me become more familiarize with Adobe Illustrator. Overall, this module is really fun and interesting.