Illustration and Visual Narrative - Task 2

1/10/21 – 29/10/21 Week 6 –  Week 10 
Loh Shu Huan / 0349621

Illustration and Visual Narrative 
Task 2: Decisive Moment

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LECTURE

Week 6 - 1/10/2021

This week, Ms.Noranis just simply do a recap with us about what have we learned before. Until this week, we have already learned about character design basic, composition, perspective, chiaroscuro, rhythm and movement.

Week 7 - 8/10/2021

This week, we were focused on 3-Acts Structure which was related to our third task - Webtoon & Motion Comic. 

There are three important things when it come to the basic of storytelling:

1. Central Theme 

- It's the main ides or underlying meaning. A story may have both a major theme and minor themes.

2. Conflict

- This is what drives the story and create tension and build suspense, which are the elements that make a story interesting.

3. Characters

- A story usually includes a number of characters, each with a different role or purpose. There is almost always a protagonist and antagonist.

- Central Characters: They are vital to the development of the story.

- Protagonist: The main character of a story, who has a clear goal to accomplish or a conflict to overcome.

- Antagonist: They are oppose protagonists, standing between them and their ultimate goals.

4. Three-Acts Structure

1. Setup: The world in which the protagonist exists prior to the journey. It usually ends with the conflict being revealed.
2. Rising Tension: The series of obstacles the protagonist must overcome.
3. Conflict: The point of highest tension, and major decisive turning point for the protagonist.
4. Resolution: The conflict's conclusion, where the protagonist finally overcomes the conflict. Regardless, this is where the journey ends.

Fig 2.1 Lecture Slide - Three-Acts Structure

Week 8 - 22/10/2021
This week, we were focused on visual techniques - Transitions. The first thing we need to create comics is an IDEA! But how to come up with ideas? We may start from having a brainstorming and mind mapping. Organise our idea by using "4 wives, 1 husband"

Fig 2.1 Lecture Slide - How to com up with ideas?

Fig 2.1 Lecture Slide - How to build a mental library?

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ASSIGNMENT BRIEF- TASK 2

Fig 1.1 Assignment Brief - Decisive Moment

TASK 2 : Decisive Moment

Week 5

In this week, we were required to capture the unique and meaningful moment from any known narrative from published media. We need to create a minimalist poster by using Adobe Illustrator.

At first, I was really excited to start working on this project and I wish to use the moment of The Shining. But here, I made a BIG mistake, I misread the assignment brief, I kept thinking to capture a moment only but without "DECISIVE"! But as a working process, I have shown my progression to lecturers.

Fig 1.2 Sketch of Idea, 30 Sep.2021     

Fig 1.3 Sketch of Idea, 30 Sep.2021  

Week 6

In the progression sharing section, of course, the idea have been rejected by lecturers as what I expected. After receiving feedback from lectures, I rewatch the movie twice to find a really decisive moment. But unfortunately, I can't really find one, so I decided to change a movie.

I was inspired by my classmate's works which is about Snow White, so I decided to choose Sleeping Beauty because there is a really obvious decisive moment that I won't get it wrong again.

Fig 1.4 Sleeping Beauty 1959 (sources: Youtube)

Fig 1.5-7 Capture of  the Moments (sources: Youtube)

Fig 1.8-9 Photo References  (sources: Pinterest)

Fig 1.10 Photo References  (sources: Pinterest)

After rewatch the movie and some visual research, I start doing some idea sketching.

Fig 1.11 First Attempt, 5 Oct.2021

At first, I tried to use the stone arch door as the foreground of the picture, but I found it looks stiff, so I changed the composition and put the shadow of Maleficent in the background.

Fig 1.12-13 Second Attempt, 5 Oct.2021

I felt that the green and the blue didn't have a really good contrast and it doesn't looks harmony. So I change the background colour to purple.

Fig 1.14 Third Attempt, 5 Oct.2021

I turned it into black and white to see the hierarchy of the picture and I'm able to do some adjustment from that.

Fig 1.15 Black and White, 5 Oct.2021

Week 7

After having a roughly sketches of the idea, I started using Adobe Photoshop to digitise the poster. 

Fig 2.2 First Attempt, 13 Oct.2021

Fig 2.3 Progression of Animation, 13 Oct.2021

Fig 2.4 First GIF, 13 Oct.2021

The first GIF that I made looks super weird, which the arm was too short like a chicken leg. So I adjusted it a bit, I move the spindle (wheel) more far away.

Fig 2.5 Second Attempt, 13 Oct.2021

Fig 2.6 Progression of Animation, 13 Oct.2021

Fig 2.7 Second GIF, 13 Oct.2021

Week 8

According to the feedback from Ms.Noranis, it would be nicer if I make it white out the whole poster after Aurora pricked her finger and then fade out the white and reveal the beginning of the poster again.

Fig 3.1 Progression of Animation, 25 Oct.2021

Fig 3.2 Final GIF, 25 Oct.2021

Final Submission

Fig 3.3 Final Minimalist Poster, 25 Oct.2021

Fig 3.4 Final Animated Minimalist Poster, 25 Oct.2021