Week 14 - Photoshop matte painting drill

During the session this week the tutor set a 45 minute Photoshop drill.

The drill involved us using our sketches that we did in the drill last lesson and incorporating it into anything that we wished.

Below is my final product after the 45 minute drill:



























If I had just a little bit more time I would of liked to incorporate the title of my Photoshop matte piece 'On a walk' .... I tried to create the illusion that the sketched characters had 'come to life' and went for a walk across the other paintings.

Below are several images with annotation to describe my process of creating the final Photoshop matte painting piece.

 I began by working on the original sketch that I had scanned into the computer, I needed to remove the two signatures from other students, so I used the healing brush tool to cover them.

Then I needed to remove the characters, so with the sketch layer selected in Photoshop I took a copy of just the individual characters by using the lasso tool.

Then to remove the characters from the sketch scene I needed to use the clone tool to 'rub' them out but at the same time replace them with the paper background of the sketch.

I then used the clone tool to replace the gaps in the sketch from the character's feet with grass, so that the sketch looked believable.


Once I had separated the characters and placed them in another file within Photoshop, I could then go through and remove the background to just leave them.

To do this I used the magic wand tool to delete the background surrounding the characters .




Once they had been separated it was just a case of fitting the 'new' edited sketch into the frame that I had selected.

Simple scaling and reshaping of the frame made this process easy.

Inspirational Model Update - Modelling the Zip

This is a blog update showing my current process with the model.




Here is a distance shot of the character as it stands, I have changed the colour of the zip itself and the teeth of the zip just to help pull it away from the rest of the model making it easier to see and evaluate.

I started by looking into the most common types of zips that are seen on clothing and what actual style of zip is used on the sack boy model. I then free handed the design and model, eyeing up the positioning and scale.










Here is a close up of the zip and the teeth that I will be using on the model. The majority of the zip model is made up of primitive shapes that have been tweaked slightly to create the shape of the zip that I wanted.





The next step for the model will be to create the arms. Once the arms have been modeled and placed the overall shape of the character will be finished, leaving the final details in the face and any tears in the character's body, legs or arms.

Week 13 - Sketch Drill

This week the tutor gave us a 45 minute sketching drill.

This was the original piece of art work:

After the 45 minutes were up this is what I had done:

After the 45 minute sketch the tutor told us to show our work to two other students in the lesson to; one, acknowledge that we had in fact done the sketch, and secondly, to kind of present our work in a quick way to other people to build up our confidence up when showing work. 

Also during the 45 minute sketch drill the tutor walked around the class room and watched over our shoulder whilst we were sketching, this was to create an actual working environment for our industry. As, from what the tutor told us, there will be people (our superiors) looking over our shoulder whilst we work. 

Overall I am very pleased with my final sketch. There are areas that could be increased, for example, the proportioning and placement of the two character (tiger and the child). However, as I can step back from my work, look at it and evaluate the sketch as a whole; picking out the negatives and critically evaluating myself, shows that I am starting to understand more about traditional art, and therefore how I can help myself to improve.

Research into Zip designs for model

The next step for my inspirational model is to model the zip and the teeth that is seen running down the front of the character.

To create the zip and add my own design spin to it, I began by researching into the different designs of zips that are most commonly seen on items of clothing.

Below are the most common designs found:

By looking into the varying designs of zips it gives me a broader understanding of how they look and work; it will also allow me to gain a perspective and proportion for when I come to model the zip for my character model. 

New Year Research of Inspirational Model

To understand more about my inspirational model piece I decided to do a bit more research into the possible development after I have finished the basic model.
I searched the internet, Google, and official gaming sites that feature the game 'Little Big Planet'; which is where my character is from.

Below are several images of the more interesting designs that I managed to find:

By looking at all the different costumes and variety of this character really motivates me and helps me to understand more into the development of the character. The more research that I conduct into the different costumes will help me create my own costume, if and when, I come to create my own.