Tuesday 29 April 2014

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.

Tuesday 18 March 2014

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.