My Character Progression

My Character Progression 

First Line Art

 



I started with a basic line art drawn from a scanned image. I used the brush tool and a graphics tablet and I made a few minor changes to the image to make it look more how I wanted it. Overall I think the line art came out very well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skin

Next I coloured in the skin parts of my character. I used a light skin colour to resemble the same colour skin as me (I want my character to look kind of like me). I used the quick selection tool and the paint bucket tool to colour my character.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Clothes

Next I coloured in the clothes on my character. I made his mask, shirt and trousers all the same colour to make him look like a bank robber or a disguised villain. I did this all in one part to save time and space.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gloves

After that I coloured in his gloves and did it the same colour as his clothes to make him look more villain-like. I did this as a separate image to the rest of the clothes because the layers are grouped.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eyes

 

I coloured in his eyes the same colour as mine, a dark brown colour and I coloured the space his eye white to make this as real as possible. I took great detail when doing this to ensure I don’t miss anywhere.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shoes

 

And finally I coloured in my characters shoes. I made the shoes slightly darker than the rest of the character to make them stand out and add some variety to my character. I used different groups for the right shoe and the left shoe and I then used different layers for the lace, sole and main part of the shoe. So each part can be turned off or on accordingly.

Vector vs Raster

Vector

Vector is an image that can be resized without loss of quality/resolution because it is made up of points in space that can be edited to change the image. Generally used for big images, stickers, printing etc. Ideal for images that might be used in various sizes and dimensions.

Raster

Raster is an image that changes the size of the pixels to enlarge the image but this will cause loss of quality/resolution and can cause a pixelated image. Generally used for graphics, websites, things on television etc. Ideal for when an image will only be used once, and will never need to be enlarged.



Lighthouse Manipulation

Lighthouse Manipulation

Tutorial 1

In tutorial 1 you learn to open, straighten and crop a photo within Photoshop. As shown in this image.

Tutorial 2

In tutorial 2 you then learn to use the spot healing brush, content aware fill and content aware move tool. In this image I removed some unwanted cracks, the big hole at the bottom of the screen and some unwanted islands in the ocean.

Tutorial 3

Next in tutorial 3 you learn to use hue & saturation to edit the colour and then use the black and white tool and selective colouring to make just the lighthouse have colour.

Tutorial 4

Finally in tutorial 4 you learn to you learn to place a logo to your image, add some text as shown and lastly save your image as a jpg file ready to be used.

Screen Resolutions

Screen Resolutions

An aspect ratio is a certain width and height that creates an image to a certain ratio and can be kept in that ratio with different dimensions.

Widescreen (16:9)

640 x 360

1024 x 576

1280 x 720

1600 x 900

1920 x 1080

Square (1:1)

1 x 1

16 x 16

32 x 32

64 x 64

128 x 128

4:3

40 x 30

160 x 120

256 x 192

512 x 384

1152 x 864

16:10

1280 x 800

1440 x 900

1680 x 1050

1920 x 1200

2560 x 1600

Glossary - Definitions

Glossary

Composite

Means an image or object that's made up of various different objects.

Stereotype

An image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

Archetype

A typical example of a certain character or thing.

Representation

The action of speaking or acting on behalf of someone else.

Protagonist

The leading character or a major character in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.

Aesthetics

Nature and appreciation of beauty.

Semiotics

The study of meaning-making. 

My favourite super heroes & villains.

Favorite Super Heroes

1. Iron Man

 

Iron Man is my favorite super hero because he doesn't need super powers to be a super hero, he made his suit himself and it does everything he needs for him.

2. Spider Man

 

My 2nd favorite super hero is Spider Man because he can do almost anything he wants or go anywhere he wants by simply using web that comes from his hands. 

3. Hulk

Hulk is my 3rd favorite super hero because he is just massive and can destroy anything that's in his path and he is almost unbeatable by any human.

Favorite Villains

1. Green Goblin

 The Green Goblin is my favorite villain because he flies around on a skateboard like device and he uses cool little gadgets which can deal a lot of damage to kill his enemies.

2. The Abomination

 The Abomination is my 2nd favorite villain because like the Hulk he is massive and can destroy anything in his path but he looks much scarier and evil.

3. Whiplash

My 3rd favorite villain is Whiplash because like Iron Man he doesn't have or need any super powers to do the things he does and also he doesn't have a suit or a costume. He only wants to kill Iron Man and doesn't care about people seeing his face.

First Post

Welcome

Hello everybody, my name is Sean Burtenshaw and this is my first post.