Monday, December 12, 2011
Rusty!
You already have one of my Portfolio pieces, The Society of Illustrators. Its the Giant Heart.
Final Portfolio
So, Here goes a nice big 65% of my Grade. In no particular order...
#1 Society of Illustrators.
I feel that this is my best piece from Illustration. It was the first Digital Painting where everything really clicked, and I really got a hang of working with the Tablet. I really enjoyed having a completely open concept on which to work on. I also got a lot of feedback on Rusty on this, which probably helped a lot. I felt the organic and mechanical elements looked pretty nice side by side, and the different ways I showed them meshing the middle. If I had time to change things, I would have fixed the upper left tube and fixed up some detail on the metal components. Otherwise I was very happy how this turned out. I also really liked the white background for some reason, really helped bring the heart to life.
#2 Life and Death
I really like the Life and Death project, In particular I liked my Life concept from the first Comp. I designed the simple cartoon bomb based off classical cartoons such as Loony tunes and also the Bo-ombs from The Mario games. I was happy how the final illustration turned out, and What I managed to convey using very little color. I thought the Skull and crossbones mark stood out well on the bomb, as well as the spark of fire on the fuse. The Smoke on the Death illustration also looks good, Unfortunately I was never able to fully resolve the blast marks on the ground to a point I was happy with.
#4 Book Cover
For my Book cover, I chose to Do George Orwells 1984, a Dystopian vision of the future. The concept behind this was graffiti like type blending together, containing terminology from the book. Above this all is the Harsh bright red word 'Obey', Because one does not defy Big Brother. I liked the simple concept behind this illustration, and it was interesting to do something with only type. I originally planned to do this on Art board with some inks, but time constraints and my judging eye deciding I didn't have enough Ink meant it was Digital. Like everything else in this portfolio. I was mostly happy with how this turned out, The layered effect of Obey was something I hadn't planned on, but seems to work well. The only problem I have with it is the background, which is just too strong/solid of a color. If I had managed to create a much lighter paper texture I would be more happy.
I feel that this is my best piece from Illustration. It was the first Digital Painting where everything really clicked, and I really got a hang of working with the Tablet. I really enjoyed having a completely open concept on which to work on. I also got a lot of feedback on Rusty on this, which probably helped a lot. I felt the organic and mechanical elements looked pretty nice side by side, and the different ways I showed them meshing the middle. If I had time to change things, I would have fixed the upper left tube and fixed up some detail on the metal components. Otherwise I was very happy how this turned out. I also really liked the white background for some reason, really helped bring the heart to life.
I really like the Life and Death project, In particular I liked my Life concept from the first Comp. I designed the simple cartoon bomb based off classical cartoons such as Loony tunes and also the Bo-ombs from The Mario games. I was happy how the final illustration turned out, and What I managed to convey using very little color. I thought the Skull and crossbones mark stood out well on the bomb, as well as the spark of fire on the fuse. The Smoke on the Death illustration also looks good, Unfortunately I was never able to fully resolve the blast marks on the ground to a point I was happy with.
#3 Classical Composer Album
I chose the Classical composer project as I thought it could be some of my better work, as when I first handed it in it left a lot to be desired. So I spent some time fixing up weak spots such as the pen and pocket watch and fixed some of the coloring. All together I think it comes together well. I kind of which the claws holding the pen looked a bit better... I had a lot of trouble getting those right. I liked working with the colors in this illustration. The blue and grays of the Magpie looked really nice, and the red and oranges of the background were really vivid. I thought the Type went well with the image, and retains its readability at smaller sizes.
For my Book cover, I chose to Do George Orwells 1984, a Dystopian vision of the future. The concept behind this was graffiti like type blending together, containing terminology from the book. Above this all is the Harsh bright red word 'Obey', Because one does not defy Big Brother. I liked the simple concept behind this illustration, and it was interesting to do something with only type. I originally planned to do this on Art board with some inks, but time constraints and my judging eye deciding I didn't have enough Ink meant it was Digital. Like everything else in this portfolio. I was mostly happy with how this turned out, The layered effect of Obey was something I hadn't planned on, but seems to work well. The only problem I have with it is the background, which is just too strong/solid of a color. If I had managed to create a much lighter paper texture I would be more happy.
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