Week 1: Passing of Time (Images 1 - 5)

Title of the image:  Growing - Passing of Time (1) - Realistic and scientific documenting. 

Technique used: For this first drawing, I used both a 2B and 10B pencil to shade this flower in it's moment in time using a shading technique.  

Process: During my process, I made a light sketch forming the initial shape of the flower I was drawing from using the 2B pencil, and I would then shade with my 10B pencil. 

Reflection: What I felt worked effectively here was the capturing of light and shadows due to switching between the 2B and 10B pencils. However, what could have been improved for another time would be to not create such harsh lines to represent tonal values. As such, if I were to do this again, I will use a variations of pencils to capture the tonal values within the drawing, and as such, reducing the risk of sharp lines coming through the drawing. #oneperday18

Name of the Image: Sprouting - Passing of Time (2) - Realistic and scientific documenting.

Technique used: For this second drawing, I chose to use a hatching technique to experiment with the tonal values. 

Process: Once I had made a rough drawing with the 2B pencil, I then began to gently hatch lighter values with the 2B pencil, and transitioning between both the 2B and 10B pencils to increase the hatching in areas where the light wasn't reflecting on the flowers surface. 

Reflection:  Whilst I feel this technique shows greater tonal values to that in the first drawing study, I feel that due to the lack of direction with the hatching, it does appear rough and not as realistic as I had hoped. As such, I will then continue to explore with other drawing techniques to see if this will improve the quality of my drawing.  #oneperday18

Name of the Image: Changing - Passing of Time (3) - Realistic and scientific documenting. 

Technique used: For this drawing, three days on from the first, the flower continued to wilt. I chose to use both a 2B and 10B pencil to shade this flower in it's moment in time using a cross hatching technique.

Process: Cross hatching allowed me to add tonal values to areas restricted of light by continuing to shade these areas with directional lines cross hatched over each other. 

Reflection: This one certainly has greater tonal values to that of the previous two mentioned above. However, some segments still lack the detail I had hoped to capture in the drawing. As such, if I were to perform this technique again, I will use smalle cross hatching lines to create a subtle gradient of tones to make the transition of light to dark more gentle and as such, make it more realistic.  #oneperday18

Name of the Image: Ageing - Passing of Time (4) - Realistic and scientific documenting

Technique Used: The technique I used for this fourth illustration is a stippling technique, again with a 2B and a 10B pencil. 

Process: During this drawing, this took far longer than the previous few as I firstly began to stipple the dots lightly with the 2B pencil, disbursing them in areas which had limited shadows. In order to build on the areas which had greater tonal values, I then transitioned between my 2B and 10B pencil, and made harder, less disbursed dots aligned close to each other. The dots closer together represent the darker tonal values.  

Reflection: Whilst this was an interesting experiment to explore shadows and to capture detail, I feel that I could have varied more with the spacing and arrangement of the dots to make an even greater outcome. 

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Name of the image: Decaying - Passing of Time (5) - Realistic and scientific documenting.

Technique used: For this final "Passing of Time: drawing, I used both a 2B and 10B pencil to shade this flower in it's moment in time using a scumbling technique.

Process: Once I had made a rough sketch of the initial shape of my wilted flower, I then began to produce circular, continuous lines with my 2B pencil, transitioning from this pencil with my 10B pencil. In areas with greater tonal value, I would create smaller, yet darker circles, whilst areas which were reflecting the most light would be visualised with more disbursed, lighter circular strokes with my 2B pencil. 

Reflection: Whilst I feel this technique allows  the illustration to appear textured, it does not possess the quality in detail as I had hoped. 

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Week 2: Image as Storytelling (Images 6-10)

Name of the Image: Comic 1- Image as Storytelling (6)

Technique used: Fineliner, hatching

Process: Prior to using the fineliner, I firstly sketched out the comic with a 2B pencil, and once this was completed, I used a 0.5 fineliner to create the lineart and the hatching. For the areas which had greater areas of shadow, I decided to create block colours of black to represent the shadows. 

Reflection: Whilst these were fun to make, I felt that the hatching in some areas were too dark to distinguish light reflecting on areas on the figures bodys. In order to improve this next time, I will use a variation of fineliners to make a diversity of shades in the characters.  #oneperday18

Name of the Image: Comic 2 - Image as Storytelling (7)

Technique used: Fineliner, hatching

Process: For this drawing, I used a 2B pencil to sketch the comic, and from there, I used a 0.5 and a 0.25  fineliner to create the lineart and the hatching.As I did previously, I blocked out areas to represent shadows on the body and where the clothes would fold. 

Reflection: Whilst the text boxes is effective with the comic strip style, these could have been improved with the use of a ruler to make the lines and edges more straight. 

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Name of the Image: Comic 3 - Image as Storytelling (8)

Technique used: Fineliner, hatching

Process: For this drawing, I used a a 0.5 and a 0.25 fineliner pen to make the lineart, and the hatching effect. I also explored with more facial expressions to make it more comic like and humorous. 

Reflection: In this drawing, whilst I am happier with the lineart, and the use of the expressions used here, these two factors did make it more expressive and engaging. However, I feel that there were some areas which were ruined due to the size of the drawing. As such, I will work on a larger scale in order to make my lines consistently smooth and make the expressions more clear. #oneperday18

Name of the Image: Comic 4 - Image as Storytelling (9)

Technique used: Fineliner, hatching

Process: For this drawing, I used a a 0.5 and a 0.25 fineliner pen to make the lineart, and the hatching effect. I wanted to explore more on camera angles for this piece to enhance the emotions portrayed in the character. 

Reflection: Whilst the camera angle is a simplistic Close up shot, the emotions are certainly portrayed here. The directional lines make the drawing feel balanced and fit appropriately for the camera angle. Like previously, I had also blocked out some sections with black to intensify the shadows. In order to improve this further however, I think using even thinner fineliners would have made the lines appear less thick and would have enabled me to have further control over how much light and shadows were present on the characters. #oneperday18

Name of the Image: Comic 5 - Image as Storytelling (10)

Technique used: Fine liner, hatching

Process: In this final comic strip panel, I used fine liners with the thickness of 0.20 and 0.10 to draw the lineart and the hatching lines. Using thinner fine liners allowed me to experiment the effectiveness of how to express emotions more vividly. 

Reflection: I personally believe this panel of the comic strip is one of the most expressive in terms of emotions. The use of a thinner fine liner allowed me to have greater ability to add expression to her face, and thereby enhancing the emotions. #oneperday18

Week 3: Persuasive Image (Images 11 -15) 

Name of the Image: Young adults (20-25 high SES) - Persuasive Image (11)

Technique used: Hatching and fineliner; pen size 0.25 and 0.15

Process: I initially began to sketch the drawing on an A4 page. Due to the limitation of lack of colour, I was primarily relying on visual and what the text would be and its initial layout. 

Reflection: Whilst I think the design of this drawing was most visually appealing, I felt that due to the lack of colours it was very restrictive. However I felt this was most interesting concept when it came to promoting a product i.e. the iPad. #oneperday18

Name of the Image: Families with young kids (35-55 yo parents with small school-aged kids) - Persuasive Image (12)

Technique used: Cross hatching, fineliner pen size 0.10 and 0.20.

Process: For this desired target market/audience (Family with kids), I chose to illustrate a family together engaging with the ipad, conversing about watching a movie. Little moments like family time can be most impactful. I chose to use a cross hatching style and make it visualised as a comic strip visual style. 

Reflection: I chose to have a father gathered around the iPad in order to represent to the audience to perceive that the iPad allows the family to come together and watch something. In this design I felt it was more "comic style" based, and so isn't as persuasive as the previous one. In order to improve this further, I would remove the speech bubble text and just present the characters smiling and engaging together with the iPad. #oneperday18

Name of the Image:  Young kids (3-7 yo) - Persuasive Image (13)

Technique used: Fineliner 0.20, hatching.

Process: For this desired target audience (Kids (3-7 years)), I have chosen to make it simple yet visually appealing to a child. The promotion of keywords like "Laugh, Learn, Play" will encourage parents and children to learn and play games on their ipad. I used fineliner with a hatching technique to create a comic like style; if it were in colour, then the images and text would be bold and eye catching. 

Reflection: Whilst I do like the visual appeal of this design, I felt that due to the limitation of lack of colour, it is not as impactful as a persuasive image. As such, if I were to improve this in the future, then I would include colours. #oneperday18

Name of the Image: Over 70's living a healthy independent life - Persuasive Image (14)

Technique used: Fineliner 0.20, stippling technique

Process: For this target audience (Older independent healthy people) I chose to make a comic like style where the grandfather is talking to his grandchild with the ipad; they are illustrating a drawing they made with their ipad for their grandfather. The advantage of the large "text" image would represent that the text size on ipads can be changed so those with poorer eyes can clearly read and send/receive messages/emails. I used fineliner and a hatching style to create this comic style with some subtle stippling in the image. 

Reflection: Whilst I did like the use of stippling to create shadows, there is little appeal in this visually to be a persuasive image. Next time, I will consider how to layout the text and images to make this more visually appealing.  #oneperday18

Name of the Image: Final rendering of one of the above -  Persuasive Image (15)

Technique used: Adobe Photoshop, mapping pen size 8 pixels, cross hatching brush size 10 pixels.

Process: I decided that the first persuasive image I drew was most effective to represent the product, and as such, I imported the rough illustration into Photoshop CC and began to use the pen tool to lineart the figure. In order to create the smooth edges, I used the eraser tool to make pressure markings different. For the cross hatching effect, I used a cross hatching tool, reducing the opacity of the brush in areas which had limited light reflecting on its surface.  I also used the text font "Georgia" to represent the text. 

Reflection: Having included the additional horse running in the scene gives the impression that the artist is visualising this gracious scene in her mind, and so she will in turn visualise this in a drawing on her ipad. This is far more visually and aesthetically appealing, and would reflect students who used their ipad to draw frequently. #oneperday18 

Week 4: Colours (Images 16-20)

Name of the Image: Front of Piano - Colours (16)

Technique used: Acrylic paint, palette knife and fineliner

Process: In this brief, we were  assigned to create a design for the Street Piano Project. The colour palette chosen was this was a variation of warm and cool colours. This painting was created with acrylic paints and a palette knife. I chose the palette knife as my tool as I wanted to capture texture within the painting.

Reflection: The palette is very inviting and creates a sense of beauty in the impressionistic landscape. The darkness values are towards the edges of the painting, whilst as look towards the centre, the yellow and orange gains more tints of white. As we look towards the bottom of the painting, the saturation of the colours decreases.  In order to improve the quality of this piece however would be to create a larger scaled template to have a larger canvas to work with, Thereafter, I would produce a miniature piano model to experiment with, allowing me to create more accuracy. #oneperday18

Name of the Image: Back of Piano - Colours (17)

Technique used: Acrylic paint, palette knife and fineliner

Process:  In this brief, we were to create a design for the Street Piano Project. In this image, this represents the potential appearance of the back of the piano. In this image, I chose cooler acrylic paint colours and used my palette knife to create the texture in the painting. With the fineliner, I used this to highlight some clouds and distinguish what was the land from the sky. 

Reflection: Compared to the front design for the piano, this side consists of more desaturated colours and less tinting of white, however has more shading of black. Despite it appearing darker, there are some hints of the complimentary colours green and purple along side each other. In order to improve this next time however, I would include some more saturated colours into the palette. #oneperday18

Name of the Image: Side of Piano - Colour (18)

Technique used: Acrylic paint, palette knife and fineliner

Process: n the brief this week, we were asked to produce a colour palette and a design for the Street Piano Project. Like the previous two images, this was made with acrylic paints and a palette knife. The palette knife as my tool of choice in order to capture a textured surface in the painting.

Reflection: In this painting, there is a greater use of cool colours; primary blue and purple. In contrast, the bottom/ base for the piano will be primarily be desturated shaded colours of greens and reds and have less value to that of the cool colours at the top half of the piano. In order to improve this further, I would produce a larger scaled template in order to repaint and achieve greater detail within the painting. #oneperday18

Name of the Image: Side of Piano - Colours (19)

Technique used: Acrylic paint, palette knife and fineliner

Process: In this brief, we were assigned to design a palette and a potential design for a Street Piano Project. This piece was created with acrylic paint and a palette knife. I also used a fine liner to distinguish different clouds within the piece.

Reflection: This image contains a variation between warm and cool colours, as well as a variation between desaturated and saturated colours. The values differ greatly as we look from the top to the bottom of the design. I feel the bottom of the piano would be darker due to the blending of the painting into the base and stands of the piano. In order to improve this further, I would like to work on a life scale piano, produce a template that is applicable to the size of a real life scaled piano. #oneperday18

Name of the Image:  Top of Piano - Colours (20)

Technique used: Acrylic paint, palette knife and fineliner

Process: In this painting, along with the 4 others, this was the design for the top of the piano in the Street Piano Project. In order to create this, I used acrylic paints and a palette knife. I also used fineliner to further distinguish the clouds within the design.

Reflection:  In this design, the colours are primarily cool colours i.e. blues and purples. There are tints of red within the painting. The purples give a royalty definition behind the piece. The palette knife effect has allowed the clouds to be texturised, making appear and feel more 3d dimensional. The values in this piece contain more white than black, making it appear more vibrant. As stated above, I would improve this by making a life scaled template or model of a piano so I can capture greater details of paint on the piano. #oneperday18

Week 5: Portraits

Name of the Image: Self Portrait  - Photography (21)

Technique used: iPhone 7, Natural lighting, Photoshop CC

Process: For this self portrait, I used the suns rays to create natural lighting; yet there is still light bouncing off the back of my head, and so there is a subtle silhouette. Once this image was taken, I then imported the image into Photoshop to enhance some of the shadows to counteract the brightness of the natural light. 

Reflection: In this image, the suns rays creates natural lighting effects. If anything could be improved, then it would be the quality of the image.  #oneperday18

Name of the Image: Classmate Portrait  - Photography (22)

Technique used: Beauty lighting, Canon camera, 

Process: With this photograph, I had firstly adjusted the ISO to 400 and and the shutter speed to 1/30 to reduce the brightness of the Bowen lights reflecting on my classmate. I then tried to capture beauty lighting with the use of the Bowen lights. 

Reflection: There is some subtle diffused lighting techniques present here, and the change in the shutter speed reduced the brightness of the lighting. In addition, it also made the shadow more diffused against the wall, allowing us to mainly focus on the model. An issue however was that the image is slightly blurred - perhaps due to the shutter speed. #oneperday18

Name of the Image: Stranger Portrait - Photography (23)

Technique used: Photoshop CC, iPhone 7, Rembrandt lighting, 

Process: In this image, I came across a stranger in Brisbane BCD, and asked him to be my model. Here I wanted to capture Rembrandt's lighting technique. Once I had taken the photograph, I then imported it into Photoshop CC and changed the levels of the brightness an contrast, as well as trying to subtly enhance the Rembrandt shadows on the models face, whilst trying to combine some hue tones and monochromes into the image. 

Reflection: This image has a lot of character. The composition of the photograph and the lighting in the email creates some mystery. However, in order to improve this further, I would have wanted the quality of the image to be enhanced. #oneperday18

Name of the Image:  Someone You Live With - Photography (24)

Technique used: iPhone 7, beauty lighting

Process: In this image, I wanted to capture natural lighting. 

Reflection: Whilst the natural lighting is effective, I could next time consider alternative compositions to create more personality and narrative for the image. #oneperday18

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Name of the Image: Pet Portrait - Photography (25)

Technique used: Rembrandt Lighting,  Photoshop CC

Process: In this image, I wanted to capture Rembrandt's lighting technique, this was captured effectively. I took the photograph with my iPhone 7. Once this was captured, I then imported the image into Photoshop CC and adjusted the brightness and contrast values to further enhance the shadows on the animal. 

Reflection: The Rembrandt lighting here is subtle yet still visible. This was further enhanced with Photoshop CC. #oneperday18

Week 6: Visual Perception and Composition (26-30)

Name of the Image: Small to Large - Visual Perception and Composition  (26)

Technique used: Small to Large; iPhone 7, Adope Photoshop CC, miniature soldier figurines.

Process: In order to capture this image, I went to a small wooden construction site, and placed these two small military figurines in a position where the one in brown/cream would appear to be targeting the figurine in green. Thereafter, I then used Adobe Photoshop CC to adjust the curve levels for the brightness and contrast, and adjusted the hue value to more cooler tones.  

Reflection: The composition of this image gives the impression that the figures are far larger than they are in real life scale, and it also creates subtle tension. However, I could have greatly improved on the angle of the image, as you can still see parts of the metal cylinder pipe and buckles in the image, making them appear smaller. In addition, the quality of the image wasn't as effective as I had hoped. As such, I would consider my composition and use of angles, as well as use a greater quality camera to create an image with even greater impact. #oneperday18

Name of the Image: Texture from nature - Visual Perception and Composition (27)

Technique used: iPhone 7, Adobe Photoshop CC, leaf. microscope.

Process: For this image, I used a microscope and placed a segment of a leaf onto the glass slide, and took a photograph of the image from the microscope lens. I then used Photoshop to enhance the hue values in the image. 

Reflection: Whilst this was a very effective and interesting technique to show the texture of the leaf, I did feel that the quality of the image was reduced due to the camera. As such, if I were to improve this further, I would use a camera with a greater lens to capture this. #oneperday18

Name of the Image: Texture from Man-made - Visual Perception and Composition​​​​​​​ (28)

Technique used: iPhone 7, Adobe Photoshop CC, manicure nail pad. 

Process: For this image, I chose to photograph a manicure nail pad to represent a man-made texture. I then used Photoshop to enhance the hue values in the image.

Reflection: This image wasn't as successful due to the quality of the camera when taking this image. IN order to compensate for the quality, I did use a subtle Gaussian blur at 6 pixels to try and improve the quality. In order to improve this further, next time I will use a greater camera to capture the texture more vividly. #oneperday18

Name of the Image:  Light Painting - Visual Perception and Composition (29)

Technique used: iPhone 7, Slow Camera App, Adobe Photoshop CC, torch 

Process: When producing this light painting, I used an application called "Slow Camera", which allowed me to adjust the shutter speed on my iPhone to capture the image. I used a torch to make this light effect.  Thereafter, I then imported the image into Photoshop CC and increased the vibrancy, adjusted the tonal values and changed the hue value from a faint blue to a subtle violet hue. 

Reflection: Whilst this image is visually eye catching due to the combination of warm and cool hues reflecting through the light, this gives an illusion of a faint smokey line as the light diffuses out. The composition of this image is central. In order to improve this further, the quality of the photograph could have been improved with the use of a canon camera. #oneperday18 

Name of the Image: Large to Small (30)

Technique used: iPhone 7, Photoshop CC 

Process: In this photograph, I had my mother stand as my model. I composed the photograph so that it would be perceived that she was holding the sun in her hand, making the sun appear far smaller than it actually is. This was captured on my iPhone 7. Thereafter, I imported the image into Photoshop CC to enhance the shadows and contrast levels, as well as to increase the hue values so that it would be brighter. 

Reflection:  Whilst this photograph plays with perspective, it also plays with natural lighting, and how the positioning of the light can create silhouettes. The model and sun are closer to the middle sector in terms of rule of thirds, and is visually appealing. I am very happy with this image, aside from the quality of the photograph. If I were to repeat this, I would use a camera with a greater lens and focal range.  #oneperday18

Week 7: Image Manipulation and Compositing (31-35)

s Name of the Image: Scenery  (31) 

Technique used: iPhone 7, brightness and contrast values, Photoshop CC

Process: In this photograph, I went to a small wilderness in the early evening, and took a photograph of the sky, having the trees act as silhouettes against the various hues within the sky, however there leaves still being visible to the eye. Thereafter, I imported the image into Photoshop CC, and adjusted the brightness and contrast values of the image to make the light flare both subtle yet vibrant. 

Reflection: The subtle light glimmering between the trees silhouettes creates a subtle "magical" atmosphere. Unintentionally, the composition of the tree in the centre, almost acts as a stem for the light and its light rays, making it almost appear like a dandelion. If I were to improve this further, I could have taken more images of the sky as the sun would set and see the impact it had on the hues within the sky and clouds. #oneperday18

Name of the Image: Nights Sky - Illustration (32)

Technique used: Adobe Photoshop, Water brush tools varying from size 20-30 pixels, gradient tool, Gaussian blur. 

Process: In this image, I used water brush tools varying from sizes 20-30 pixels in order to differ the sizes of the clouds. I also focused on cool colours to represent a nights sky, however not completely dark, but still lit enough to be luminous. I also included subtle green hues into the clouds to demonstrate some subtle reflections of light glimmering through the clouds. Once this was completed, I used a gradient tool to have a similar shade of blues and greens over the image, and changed the layers blending options to "overlay" reducing its opacity to 60%. Thereafter, I filed this illustration, created a duplicate of the folder and merged the folder to form one image, and then used the Gaussian blur at 6%. Once this was completed, I then used the blending option "screen" to lightly overlay the original image. 

Reflection: Whilst there is little occurring within the image, the cool colours make one think of themes of either "hope" or "melancholy". Whilst the brush techniques are subtle, they are effective. If I were to improve this further, I would enhance the brightness and contrast of the image to try and intensify the colours within the image. #oneperday18

Name of the Image: Knight - Illustration (33)

Technique used: Adobe Photoshop CC, Pen tool, bucket tool, blending layers, colour filter, hard brush, soft brush. 

Process: In this illustration, I first began to sketch the illustration with a brush tool of the size of 6 pixels, and then used the pen tool to lineart the drawing with a brush size of 5 pixels. Thereafter, I then used the bucket tool to fill in the base colours for the character. From here, I then used a hard brush tool with the size of 25 pixels to cell shade the character. I used a warm deep red to represent the cell shading/shadows, and turn the layers blending options to "multiply" reducing its opacity to 70%.  For the background, I used a soft brush varying from size 20-30 pixels to create the background.  

Reflection: For this image, I wanted to create the setting of "freedom", and the use of warm colours allowed me to express a warm, comforting environment. In order to improve this further, I would have liked to have done this in a soft shading technique rather than cell shading to try to make it photo-realistic for my manipulation. Whilst the background is not necessary for the manipulated image, I still wanted to create a background for this piece to create balance. #oneperday18

Name of the Image: Depths of Solitude - Illustration

Technique used: Adobe Photoshop CC,  Gaussian Blur, watermark brushes, blending layers and methods, soft shading techniques. 

Process: For this illustration, I created a rough sketch of the figure and the environment with a hard brush at the size of 4 pixels, and then began to use soft shading techniques to smooth the shadows and base colours, giving a semi-realistic appearance for the figure. I used a hard brush to create the hair, and used 5 layers of 5 different shades of blue to do so. From there, I created another layer, changing its blending options to "add(glow)" and then drew luminous blue hues into the hair and the scales of the maiden to make them appear as if they were glowing. I also applied this to the scenery as well, using watermark brushes however used a Gaussian blur tool to reduce the focus on the scenery, making the Maiden the primary focal point in the image.  

Reflection: The use of cool hues creates a melancholic atmosphere, which is appropriate with the composition and posing of the Maiden in the illustration. #oneperday18

Name of the Image:  Manipulated image (35) 

Technique used: Adobe Photoshop CC, Masking, Pen tool, gradient tool, blend and smooth tool, soft eraser tool, blending options/layers, curve levels. 

Process: In this image,I firstly began to import the image of the scene into Photoshop CC.  I began to use the pen tool to mask out the Maiden and place her in the scene. Thereafter, I then placed in the image of the Knight and created a duplicate of the image. With this duplicate, I then used the Gaussian blur with a value of 6%, and reduced this layers opacity to 40%, and turned the blending options to "overlay". From there, I then imported the cloud image and changed its blending options to "opacity" as well to create some cool tones. I did add some subtle blue sparkles into the top corners of the piece to make it almost fantastical and "galaxy" like. 

Reflection: The use of subtle warm colours (from the Knight) combined with the cool colours from the 3 other images do blend nicely, and creates a subtle purple hue, making it appear more astronomical. The arrangement of the images makes it appear as if the Knight is in search for this Maiden, and is following the stars to find her. In order to improve this however, I would have not erased the lower part of the Knight as this cuts him off the frame and makes him appear more ghost-like as well, but would have rather kept his form. #oneperday18