Digital Photography and Imaging | Week 11-14

05/12/2023 - 31/12/2023 (Week 11 - Week 14)

Yong Xiao Tong / 0368290

Digital Photography and Imaging / Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media 

Week 11-14

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First attempt of Self-Titled

Part 1: Idea Development

Mood Board

Fig 1.1 References

Part 2: Design Direction

Sketches

Fig 2.1 Sketch progress 1 & 2

Attempted Digital Posters

Fig 2.2 Digital poster progress 1 & 2

Photoshop process

Fig 2.3 Self-portrait 

I decided to give my glasses a sunglasses look to complement the beach theme.

Fig 2.4 Select and mask, then darken the lenses of my glasses.

Continue adding the wave and trees elements.

Fig 2.5 Add wave and trees  

For the background, I created a simple one in Illustrator. Initially, it was blue. I later decided to change it to purple and added a touch of yellow inside to enhance the vibrancy of the background.

Fig 2.6 Draw background

After adding the background, I adjusted the tone by increasing the saturation a bit to bring more intensity and make it appear more vivid.

Fig 2.7 Increase saturation, before and after

The tree's trunk looked a bit obstructive, so I removed the middle part of the trunk to highlight myself.

Fig 2.8 Remove trunk

I chose to add tropical fruits, and initially, I selected 2 pineapples. However, the overall poster looked a bit lacking in intense colours, so I added pomegranate for its red hue.

Fig 2.9 Add tropical fruits

This is a beach, so it must have sand. I initially placed the sand as a background, but it looked dazzling. Therefore, I decided to move it to the left corner.

Fig 2.10 Blending sand

Add a shadow to the pineapple to make it more realistic.

Fig 2.11 Add shadow

I searched for a green screen video of seabirds for later use in the animation and found a suitable one on YouTube. Since I also wanted to add seabirds to my poster, I took a screenshot of the video, but it looked pixelated. Therefore, I refined it to make it smoother.

Fig 2.12 Draw seabirds

Proceed to add the refined seabirds to the poster.

Fig 2.13 Add seabirds

And increase the saturation of the entire poster.

Fig 2.14 Increase saturation

Final Poster

Fig 2.15 Final Poster "The Beach Connection"

Part 3: Execution and Post Production

Import photoshop file into After Effect

Fig 3.1 Transform the animation shape paths in the timeline

After that, I import the green screen seabirds footage into After Effects. To remove the green background from the footage, first, select the green screen footage in the timeline, then go to the "Effects" panel, search for "Keylight" and click on it.

Fig 3.2 Apply keylight effect

Use the eyedropper tool to select the green colour in the footage, and the green background will be removed.

 

Fig 3.3 Remove the green background

Fig 3.4 Add background music

Part 4: Final Animation

Final Animation

Fig 4.1 Final Animation "The Beach Connection"

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REFLECTION

Experience

Doing this project was like taking an adventure into expressing myself through digital art. First, I had to pick a theme that felt like "me". Figuring out what truly represented me took some time. After some thinking, I chose a beach theme because it matched my laid-back personality. Plus, I love and often go to the beach.