1/9/2023- 22/9/2023 / Week 1 - Week 4Trinity Wong Ka Yi / 0348778
Publishing Design / Bachelor of Design in Creative Media / Taylor's University
Task 2: Content Generation
LECTURES
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Task 1.
Week 1
For the start, we had to acquire written content consisting of 3000 words, either written by ourselves or others. I decided to go with a short story I wrote with my friend called "Resume: Trobo" since it already exists and we always wanted to find a way to publish it (officially or not). However, the problem was that it was 7000+ words, way over the word count, so we decided to cut it in half and count it as the first volume. Another requirement was that we had to have at least 3 chapters, and suggested not to have more than 4. Since Trobo had 11 chapters + a prologue, I had to condense the first 8 chapters into 4. Below is the edited and shortened version:
Fig 1.1 PDF of Resume: Trobo
Week 2
Now that we had our text, it was time for us to create 16 visuals to go along with the text in our book. In class, we were asked to show our art direction so we showed our visual references. Initially, I was going for a more half collage, half illustration type of look. However, I realized it could be hard to pull off, especially with such limited time. Hence, I decided to go full illustration instead.
Fig 1.2 Initial visual references on Pinterest
Fig 1.3 Illustration visual reference on Pinterest
The reason I went with this style was because my old cover for the book was also quite similar in style and I really liked the tone of the illustrations.
Fig 1.4 & Fig 1.5 Previous versions of the cover
Week 3
For this week, we had to show at least 3 of our visuals in class. Instead of using Procreate as usual, I used Adobe Fresco this round because it could be saved on cloud and connected to any device too, which was convenient for me since I constantly switch between the iPad, laptop and desktop. Using Adobe Fresco for the first time was surprisingly not hard because many of the functions and gesture shortcuts were the same. Presenting four of my visuals:
Fig 1.6 Sheep floating in the sky like clouds.
Fig 1.7 Obort falling down the sky
Fig 1.8 Someone out there was pulling the strings.
Fig 1.9 He touched the sun, just as Icarus did.
Side note: A lot of people asked me who is Icarus or whaT is Icarus which was surprising to me because I learned about him in our Standard 4 English textbook so I thought it was common knowledge.
Week 4
Following Mr. Vinod's feedback, my illustrations were then placed into 3 tiers, simple, more elaborate, and complex. We then had to present at least 5 more of our drawings this week.
Fig 1.10 Erratic lightning zipping down from the heavens.
Fig 1.11 He smashed through the group, trapping the KFC in the crater he had created as a result.
Fig 1.12 The device hummed.
Fig 1.13 Reality split and shattered like glass.
Fig 1.14 Shoosh.
Week 5
Time to grind and finish the rest of our illustrations. Of course, I left the best (debatable) for last. THE MAJESTIC GIGA JUAN HAS ARRIVED.
Fig 1.15 Juan's epic form.
Fig 1.16 Big stinky.
Fig 1.17 and Fig 1.18 KIlo Juan's Sword and Death.
Fig 1.19 King of KFC.
Fig 1.20 Nothing on the horizon nor below.
FINAL OUTCOME
Fig 2.1 PDF of 16 visuals
Fig 2.2 Thumbnail of 16 visuals
Fig 2.3 Shattered like glass.
Fig 2.4 Someone out there was pulling the strings.
Fig 2.5 Obort falling down the sky
Fig 2.6 Shoosh
Fig 2.7 Sheep floating in the sky like clouds.
Fig 2.8 Juan's epic form
Fig 2.9 Obort or Trobo?
Fig 2.10 Erratic lightning zipping down from the heavens.
Fig 2.11 Kilo Juan's sword
Fig 2.12 Death
Fig 2.13 King of KFC.
Fig 2.14 He smashed through the group, trapping the KFC in the crater he had created as a result.
Fig 2.15 Big stinky
Fig 2.16 The device hummed.
Fig 2.17 Nothing on the horizon nor below.
Fig 2.18 He touched the sun, just as Icarus did.
FEEDBACK
Week 5:
Choose a different font for pullquote and subtext so they are distinguishable from the chapter title and body text. For the layout, keep the content text consistent and follow the grids, but go wack with the subtext and pullquote placements.
Week 4:
The KFC bucket is interesting, can add more details to make it level 3. The rest is ok. Continue with the rest.
Week 3:
First one looks great, the lines make it very interesting and engaging. Second and third one is also fine. Can have like 3 levels for the artwork, 1st and 3rd are like mid-level (level 2), 2nd is like simpler (level 1), then have a level 3 with a lot of elements going on.
REFLECTION
Experience
Being able to illustrate this magical nonsense of a book was a passion project come through despite the deadlines. I managed to execute the exact style I had in my head and it was really fulfilling to see it all compiled together. Even the co-author was really happy and satisfied with the visuals, especially with the accuracy of Giga Juan's portrait HAHA. Overall, I had a blast drawing these and I think I really captured the essence of our story.
Observation
I noticed the many different visual styles between each classmate and how unique it is to each of our stories. It was very interesting going around the class looking at others' work and seeing how it made sense in their context.
Findings
Going through Pinterest looking for visual references allowed me to discover a few artists whose styles I love and wanted to replicate (one day). I also learned how to draw an explosion from scratch. And a ridiculously buff horse.
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