DMA234 - Digital Painting (Line Art)

My task for the assignment was to digitally paint in Photoshop any line art of my choosing. I came across a female robot line art by artist Dionicio Terrones & decided to use it as my piece.

In Photoshop, I used the Mixed Brush Tool while using an ordinary mouse device. Some parts however were done with the help of an WACOM graphic tablet but I never really felt comfortable using it ( see as though I never used one before)

Overall, this was my first hand at digital painting @ I have to say that I'm very pleased with my outcome.

Robot Concept WIP by *dt78

(Original)

Digitally painted

(Final)

CUL502YA: Blog Entry No. 3 - Technology

Although I am currently majoring in Digital Media Arts, I still find it hard to keep myself up-to-date with all of the latest tech gadgets out there nowadays. Even though it is required of me to be aware with all that is happening within the digital / new media field, I find it hard to actually consume it all! Basically, every time I blink, there’s some new gizmo released to the market. Even though I’m quite amazed with all these that have come out these last few years, I have never really been the type of person who will rush out there and buy the latest gizmo recommended by tech geeks! Then again, I can’t really afford it. (I consider myself to be a “starving artist”). I have yet to own my own plasma/ LCD TV. Yes, I still watch all of my favourite shows through a regular TV set with the huge tube behind it. I’m convinced I’m one of the last few people out there who owns an ordinary cell phone & actually uses it to make phone calls! Yes, my fellow classmates tend to tease me from time to time about the so-called “outdated” gadgets I owe, I don’t really pay them any mind. As long as they work as they should and they are within my budget then I’m satisfied!

DMA234 - HAI Restaurant (PDF)

Attached is a link to view the HAI menu in a multiple page PDF format.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/51003342/hai-menu-pdf

DMA234 - HAI Restaurant (Timesheet)

Here's a copy of my timesheet required for the project.

DMA234 - (Hai-Menu Project FINAL)

Here is the final version for the HAI restaurant menu. I used the traditional letter size format (8.5 X 11") . I've also incorporated all of the assets that was mentioned in the previous post.

DMA234 - Unit two::Ideation & Discovery (Hai-Menu Project CONT'D)

This happens to be a copy of the original soy sauce painting that was done the semester before. The images will be incorporated into the final production of this project.

Here's a mockup of how I would like the final layout to look like. Each page would be on a letter size format (8.5 X11").

From my own personal research on menu layouts as well as the Japanese culture, I've decided to use the following assets shown below into the final production for the HAI menu. I will incorporate popular colours associated with the Japanese culture (red, white, black & gold). I also wanted the menu to have some type of texture, so I decided that I will use rice paper texture images, see as though it will give some type of an organic feel to the layout & it also relates to the Far-East theme for this project.

For my fonts, I've dedicated that I would use both Myriad Pro & Palatino Linotype typefaces. Myriad Pro tends to give a strong, bold feeling (similar to that of the Shigeo Fukuda posters found throughout the HAI restaurant) while the Palatino Linotype gives an elegant/sophisticated feel to it (this has to do with the top level patrons who dine at the fine restaurant).

The client included the restaurant's logo, which would be incorporated into the menu's final layout.

DMA234 - Unit two::Ideation & Discovery (Hai-Menu Project)

2. Research material
From carefully reading the client's overview, I learned that the art direction of the Hai Restaurant lead towards the works of the late great Japanese artist, Shigeo Fukuda. This project also requires me to incorporate the elements styles of WWII propaganda posters into my final design. So I decided to do my own research & these were a few of the posters that sparked my interest.

Shigeo Fukuda works

WWII Propaganda Posters

DMA234 - Unit two::Ideation & Discovery (Hai-Menu Project)

1. Mindmap


So here's a few of the ideas I came across when I was brainstorming for this project.

IMGSPARK

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http://www.imgspark.com/profile/view/vividartchick85

DMA234 - Computer Graphics & Imaging ( Web Banners)

For this assignment, we were provided the original assets and prototype for a banner launch for FOX's new season of 24. From the prototype we created 5 other version of different banner standard dimension sizes.

300 x 250

240 x 400

120 x 600

160 x 600

468 x 60

728 x 90