Post on 23-Dec-2015
2D MEDIA & RENDERING TECHNIQUES
COM 222 Media Aesthetics & Creativity
Process
Rough Sketches (experiments) Rough Comps (compositions) Finished Comps (models) Final Art or Production (finished product)
Rough sketches or mind maps can work wellfor brainstormingphases.
(My rough sketches are so messy I don’t show them to anyone.)
Rough Sketches(experiments)
Comps – Rough and Final
Rough “comps” or draft compositions allow you to experiment with ideas and media without spending the time to polish them. You can show them to a client before they have to pay a lot of money for you to create something.
Website Rough “Comp”
Website Photoshop Final Comp
Storyboard: Rough Comp
Storyboard: Final Comps
Game: Rough Comp
Game: Final Art
TECHNIQUES TO PLAY WITH
Techniques to Play With
Watercolors and markers (techniques)
Watercolors are creative and flexible for rendering ideas.
- Adding water makes colors lighter. - Working dryer makes colors darker. - Create a wet area before applying watercolors and let each area dry before moving on, unless you want the colors to merge.
Using watercolors with black marker outlines (after they dry) can be easy ways to render creative ideas.
Cutting out shapes can be a creative option.
The “Lemon Juice” effect on watercolors
http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/2012/10/crazy-watercolor-atcs.html
Colored Pencils (techniques)
QUICK TIPS:Hold vertically and color in circular motion.Lay down many layers instead of one.
Colored Pencils (techniques)
“Burnishing” is the last layer, which is the darkest.
Experiments With Paper
Mix Media
Photoshop
Illustrator
Pinterest: follow people you like
QUESTIONS?