This week we will start the project 1

The project 1 is roughly double the amount of work than the other larger exercises, around 16 hours.
This week we'll try to do 6-14 hours of work on the project. So we will leave at least 2 hours worth of finishing work until later on the course.
This first phase will be returned and if you are in the normal schedule, the teacher will check the assignment and sees there is no big technical flaws etc.

Possible Photoshop projects

A) series of digital collages

B) digital painting:

  • self portrait with mirror
  • a portrait of a friend with a photo reference
  • landscape paintings from reference
  • a fantasy environment
  • characters from imagination
  • animals from reference
  • a study of an art piece
  • digital inking from your own sketch (eg. a page for visual novel)
Use references even though you would do a imaginative piece

You can find new techniques in YouTube. There is a ton of material to be found.
But please don't try too hard techniques: "photo bash" and "speed painting" are techniques that leads to problems )

Technical things to consider

  1. The canvas needs to be large enough: Long side 5000 pixels to 10 000 pixels wide.
  2. If needed, use a dedicated layer. If creating a portrait you probably will need only one layer, but landscapes and illustrations can benefit of few layers
  3. When a separate layer is not needed anymore, merge the layers (Select the layers, right-click and merge layers, or press ctrl+E, merge down)
  4. Line drawing always on its own layer
  5. Create a working copy: Select all, ctrl+A > copy merged (ctrl+shift+C) > paste (ctrl+V). This will copy all your layers and paste them as a single layer. This way you can access the old layers later on (check the abomination demo)
  6. If you are doing a line drawing, you can add smoothing 10-20% to the brush from the second row. Digital inking needs to be super sharp (5000px wide will provide you with max A4 sized print)

PR1. Project 1, Photoshop


Goal
Deepen your skills in a project  

Tools

Everything you need

Assignment

Make a project, which is preferably more than one image

Brush setup

Suitable for your project

Model image

Use references

Instructions

Check above

Assessment criteria

  1. Technique is suitable for the project
  2. The project show refinement of the chosen technique
  3. The end result is imaginative and/or skillfully executed

Time to be used

6-14 hours on week 7 (all together 16 hours)

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Last modified: Monday, 8 April 2019, 12:49 PM