Project 1

29 August 2018(week 1) - 29 September 2018 (week 6)
Jennifer Tan Qing Ni
Illustration and Visual Narratives
Project 1- Character Design

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Instructions

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Week 1: Vormator

Today was the our first week of classes, and Mr Hafiz started us out by introducing us to the Vormator, which had 8 shapes.

Figure 1.1 Vormator Guide

Then we were asked to trace on it with the pen tool in Adobe Illustrator, as practice.

Figure 1.2 The traced shapes in Adobe Illustrator with the pen tool

Week 2: Designing the characters
After we got more familiar with the shapes and Adobe Illustrator, we then needed to create a character based on the Vormator Shapes above. We could only use these shapes and we can't stretch or distort it. Repeating it was acceptable. So I created a few using the shapes in Adobe Illustrator and it was quite fun. Below are the characters I designed before moving on to finalising into just one.

Figure 1.3 The first character I designed- Chipotle 

Figure 1.4 2nd Character- Cacthy

Figure 1.5 3rd Character- Pinkie

Figure 1.6 4th- Jellybean 

Figure 1.7- Purple FluffyPants

So after creating all these characters, I finally chose one: Jellybean

Figure 1.8 The character I chose

Week 3
So after finalising my character, my lecturers told me that it looked a little too simple. So I added some little details on the character and a little more elements and also some shadows.

Figure 1.9 The Finalised Character

At the same time, the week, Mr Kannan introduced us to using gradients as it can help enhance our characters, to make it have a cool effect and also make e it Stand out more. I gave it a shot but dint really liked the outcome.

Figure 1.10 Trial with Gradients.

Week 4
This week we had to finalise our character as we were going to print it out next week. Mr Hafiz saw my character and I thought that its legs looked a little awkward and that the strawberries were a little too far from the character. So he helped me make some adjustments and finally, I was ready to print it the next wee. Below is the finalised design, along with the colour scheme.

Figure 1.11 Finalised Character after adjustments and colour scheme

Week 5
So this week we went to FabSpace@ Lot 10, KL, to print out our characters via laser cut. Below is the process.

Figure 1.12 Laser cutting the characters outline onto a piece of wood

Figure 1.13 The characters outline after the laser cut.

Figure 1.14 Printing the colour onto the Laser cut

Figure 1.15 The finish product

After that, we created a background for the character in illustrator for the Pokémon card. I decided to create an outer space background as I thought it'll be unique and cool. Below is the process.

Figure 1.16 I first started with gradient background

Figure 1.17 Then I added a big planet where the character will be sitting on. 

Figure 1.18 then I added the Moon and some Stars

Figure 1.19 I thought it was kind off empty so I added some other  elements like other planets, shooting stars and a rocket.

Figure 1.20 This is the final outcome after adding Jellybean into the the finished background. 

Then it was time to create the Pokémon Card. I found a Pokémon card template on google and started to add the background and creating its powers.

Figure 1.21 Before 

Figure 1.22 After

 After that, I printed out the cards.

Figure 1.24 The Final Products

and That concludes project 1.