Illustration & Visual Narrative's Project I

October 24, 2018

27/08/18 - 10/09/18
(Week 01 - Week 3)
Fong Ee Xuan (0332842)
Illustration & Visual Narrative
Project I

INSTRUCTIONS

PROJECT

Vormator

27/08/18 - 10/09/18
Week 01 - Week 03

In this few week, we have to design a character by using Vormator elements. In this project, we are allowed to flip, rotate and duplicate the element. Not only that, we also can add, subtract, intersect and group elements as we can fit. Besides that, we also can use gradient and we can use our own colour schemes. But there are also something we are not allowed which are skewing, free transform, scaling without proportionally, use filter and effect in this project.

After we designed our character, we have to laser cut it and also create a Pokemon card which have our character, character's power and so on. For this project, we not only have to design a character, we also have to designing a character who have their personality. So when audience saw it, they already can see what type of character are it.

In the first week, Mr Hafiz taught us trace out Vormator element by using pen tool in Adobe Illustrator.

Figure 1.0: Vormator elements

Figure 1.1: Tracing out the elements

Figure 1.2: Final outcome of it

After we learn how to trace the vormator element, we have to started thinking about the look of our character in the second week. For me, I love dinosaur very much so the first character that I design is a look of dinosaur. This is due I think that there are very cute because they have a small hands even thought they are fierce.

I have design three character for me to choose. The element that I mostly used to design my characters are the zero, drop, badge, bar, cobra and also tentacle.

Figure 2.0: First design's character.

Figure 2.1: Second design's character

Figure 2.2: Third design's character

After designed those character, I choose the first design and this time I change some of it and also add more detail on it. Besides that, I also started to put some colour on it to make it more nice.

Figure 3.0: My final character that I have change

Figure 3.1: The process of creating the detail for my character

Figure 3.2: The details

Figure 3.3: The process of adding colour for it

Figure 3.4: My character after adding colour and details

Figure 3.5: The colour schemes of my character

After designing my character, I started creating a background that we should put in the Pokemon card. At first, I didn't have any idea for the background so I just try out by using pen tool to create some cloud and try to get some idea from it. After getting some ideas and doing some research, I think that the background that full of mountain with sunset view are attractive and eye catching.

Figure 4.0: Some painting that I research for my background

After that, I started creating my background which have green mountain and sunset sky on it. At first I used gradient to create the sunset sky and use three layer to create the mountain after it. Not only that I use the idea that I create cloud to remake a new cloud for my character to step on it.

Figure 4.1: Trying out with some cloud

Figure 4.2: Creating the background step by step

Figure 4.3: Layers of my background

After we design all, we have to make it on a Pokemon card. We have to put the name, power, strength, and some physical detail of our character on the Pokemon card.

The name that I choose for my character is "NENOO'. The personality that NENOO have is he have a big heart but at the same times, he is kind of stupid and curious about anything around him. Besides that, He bring along with a flower which can hypnosis his enemies which the flower come along with he when he was born. Not only that, he also have a powerful wings which can help him fly very fast even though he is fat. The weakness that NENOO have are scare of bugs and ghost.