HA5 - Task 5 Evaluation

Evaluation:

Overall, I believe that HA5 went well, with a few of my strongest pieces of artwork being produced during the completion of this unit. However, there were several weak pieces of work I produced, during the duration of this unit, that leave much to be desired.

Firstly, I began with Task 1. During this task, I had to provide visual and written research into a chosen character and genre, in this case, Johnathyn Bearswick and the medieval times being the former and the latter. I believe my performance in this task was good enough to achieve the level of quality I initially aspired to obtain, and was one of my best tasks within this unit.

Secondly, I began with Task 2. During this task, I was required to provide multiple concepts for my final Illustrations, in preparation for creating them. I drew various concepts for the interior and exterior settings, for my character and the characters equipment. My art style for this task remained the same, rather than using different art styles.

After the completion of Task 2, I moved onto Task 3. For this task, the aim was to provide final illustrations of my chosen character, settings and equipment. I aimed in this task to provide better quality illustrations, and to aim for detail in comparison to my work in Task 2. I believe I accomplished this. The illustrations in this task also had colour applied to them to improve their quality.

Upon Task 3's completion, I moved onto Task 4. In Task 4, I was required to sign a legal and ethical checklist, which was provided via a template on SCC Moodle. I filled in the template by signing and dating it, and after taking a picture of it via the Windows snipping tool, I put it on the blog.

Overall, I believe my work on this task was done to an acceptable standard. I feel that I completed certain tasks to a greater standard than others during the duration of this unit. I feel that in future, I should try to improve the standard of my practical work and experiment and practice with different art styles in my spare time, so that I am capable of more in regards to my art skills. My effort throughout I believe was lacking and I should put more time into my work outside of college sessions.

HA5 - Task 4 Sign Off

HA5 - Task 3 Final Illustration Presentation

Final Character Illustration

Final Environment Interior Illustration 

Final Environment Exterior Illustration

Final Character Equipment Illustration

HA5 - Task 2 Development Studies

I began my exploratory drawings by drawing ideas for Johnathyn Bearswicks equipment. The three main items used by Bearswick are a sword, a pistol and playing cards. As such, I drew several exploratory drawings of each item.

Once I had done the exploratory drawings for the objects, I began drawing ideas for Johnathyn Bearswick. I drew 2 exploratory drawings for Johnathyn Bearswick, with him having different outfit designs in both of the drawings.

For the outside concept of my dungeon, I chose for a very simple design, due to the dungeon by nature having no windows or fancy architecture, which gives the outside a very basic look. Any advanced design would be the interior of the dungeon.

The interior concept had a more complex and detailed design than the exterior concept, however, not by much. In the final piece, my aim is to go for more complex designs and to try to achieve a higher level of detail when it comes down to my environments.

HA5 - Task 1 Reference Research

Chosen Setting: 01 - Medieval Castle Dungeon

Chosen Character:  02 - Jonathyn Bearswick

Equipment:   Sword and Belt, Pistol and a set of playing cards.


In order to get references for my chosen characters and setting, I  looked at and researched Errol Flynn, Lord of the Rings, and Robin Hood. I also researched the equipment Johnathyn Bearswick would have and found many examples.

http://imaginationlane.net/blog/tag/errol-flynn

Errol Flynn was known primarily for his role as Robin Hood in the 1938 film 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'. His role was similar to my chosen character, because they are both 'medieval mavericks' and has a noticeable and colourful look.  They are both 'swashbucklers' and are associated with gangs of outlaws, in Robin Hoods case, The Merry Men.

http://www.arkrp.com/post-30537.html

Robin Hood is portrayed as a knight turned outlaw who's gang of thieves steal from the rich and give to the poor. He is considered a swashbuckler and is portrayed as being a skilled warrior and a charismatic diplomat, being able to both fight and talk his way out of any situation. He is similar to my chosen character and he seems to be the biggest inspiration in the characters creation.

http://saganomringen.wikia.com/wiki/File:Lord_of_the_Rings-_The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring_Wallpaper_15_1024.jpg

Lord of the Rings is somewhat similar to my setting, due to its medieval nature, however, the Lord of the Rings has a greater emphasis on fantasy, opposed to romanticized swashbuckling. However, certain characters are similar to Jonathyn such as Aragorn, who is a a man born of high society parents who chose a path of  the outlaw, in Aragorns case, he became the Strider who guarded the people of the Shire just like Robin Hood guarded the people of Nottingham.

Just like Lord of the Rings, the hero has their group that follows them to the ends of the earth, which in the Lord of the Rings case, is the Fellowship of the Ring. Robin Hoods group, is of course, the well known Merry Men.

http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Aragorn_II_Elessar

The character of Jonathyn Bearswick is similar to a swashbuckler. Swashbuckler is a sub genre of film, based off of the action genre. They are well known for their sword fights, charismatic characters and sharp and well written story.

The equipment my character will have will include a sword and belt, a pistol, and a set of playing cards.

https://www.medieval-weaponry.co.uk/acatalog/john-barnett-medieval-single-hand-sword.html

http://www.coldsteel-uk.com/store/Ribbed-Shell-Rapier.html

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/8765199@N07/5586161469/

http://www.medievalcollectibles.com/s-39-pirate-pistols.aspx

http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-image-deck-playing-cards-image2372891

The examples I have shown above, will be my basis for designing the equipment for Johnathyn Bearswick.

The chosen setting is within a medieval castle dungeon, and as such, I researched dungeons from numerous Video Games and Movies.

I first researched dungeons from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Each main city within the game has their own dungeon, each being different and well designed. Seen below are examples of dungeons within the game.

http://skyrimming.com/cidhna-mine/

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Dragonsreach_Dungeon

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Falkreath_Jail

Upon looking up dungeons within video games, I looked for dungeons in other types of media.

https://nanookofthenerd.wordpress.com/2015/01/28/mastering-as-game-master-conceptual-dungeons-episode-030/

http://www.medieval-castle.com/architecture_design/medieval_castle_dungeons.htm

http://www.ultimagame.es/dungeons-dragons-online-stormreach/imagenes-118683.htm

HA4 - Task 1 The Purpose of Concept Art

Exploration:
Exploration in the concept art process, is when numerous artistic ideas are created and the flaws within the exploration concept are corrected. This entire stage is done internally. This part of the process is needed for the artists to explore many concepts before they are finalized in order to send off to the publishers and partners.

https://www.videogamesartwork.com/games/league-legends/draven-blade-exploration

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/summoners-rift-league-of-legends-concept-art-rendering-exploration

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/373235887844151059/

Approval: The approval part of the concept art process is when the art is green lit from both the publishers and partners. They decide whether the concept art is ready to be used for promotional purposes and if they suit the design of the game itself, and represent the games overall artistic design.  This part of the process is done by the partners and publishers.

http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-awesome-pieces-of-concept-art-from-movies-and-video-games.php

http://www.moddb.com/games/sanctity-lost/images/weapon-concept-art-by-blazej-kaczmarek

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/looking-for-concept-artists-profit-share.255974/

Promotion:  This part of the process is when the concept art is released publicly in order to generate hype and anticipation for the upcoming game the concept art is for. This is the public stage of the entire process. and is intended to publicly show the art style of the game and to draw in potential buyers if they like the art enough.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/concept-and-promo-art-give-us-a-look-at-wonder-woman-cap-and-iron-man-191

http://cramgaming.com/assassins-creed-4-black-flag-blackbeard-figurine-announced-6886/

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/10/the-very-victorian-concept-art-of-assassins-creed-syndicate/

HA3 Task 1 - Mark-Making Portfolio

01 - Primary Observation Portraits Exercise

The primary observation portraits were drawn at home and they were drawn using a member of my family as a model for the drawing.

02 - Primary Observation Expressive Portraits Exercise

These portraits were drawn by myself looking into a mirror. There are 6 different expressions I had to do. The name of the expression is above the individual portraits.

03 - Primary Observation Figures Exercise

These 4 figures were made, via using real life models, in their respective positions. The positions are standing, sleeping, sitting and walking.

04 - Primary Observation Expressive Hands Exercise

These 4 hand gestures are drawings of my left hand, in 4 different expressions.

05 - Secondary Observation Gridded Exercise

These two gridded pages are mean't to be side by side, and they were copied square by square from a photograph of a man in the middle of parkour on a building, with the word parkour in bold at the bottom of the photo.

06 - Secondary Observation Mythical Creature Exercise

This is the mythical creature exercise. We combined the body parts of multiple creatures into one, in order to create a mythical beast. The body parts are the feet of an eagle; the head of a peacock; the torso of a man; the wings of a bat; the legs of a cheetah and crab claws.

07 - Secondary Observation Tracing Exercise

This task was when we took photos of someone else, and traced over them. In this case I chose this particular pose, and traced over the photo. Upon doing so, I  put the traced version of the photo version, and took the photo that is seen above.

08 - Construction Drawing Manga Head Exercise

In this task, we followed an online video on YouTube, in order to learn how to draw manga heads. The intended expression on the drawings is mean't to be one of embarrassment. This finished drawings are seen above.

09 - Silhouette Figure Drawing Exercise

In this exercise, we had to observe people around the college, and draw their silhouettes. I provided 8 examples, which are all displayed above.

01 - Isometric Perspective Exercise

02 - Single Point Perspective Exercise

03 - Two Point Perspective Exercise

04  - Three Point Perspective

05  - Two Point Perspective Space Station Exercise

In these sets of exercises, we were required to show the different examples of the perspective method via templates. The 5 exercises seen above are examples of the various perspective techniques.

06 - Crated Primitive Objects Exercise 1 

06  - Crated Primitive Objects Exercise 2

06 - Crated Primitive Objects Exercise 3

For this set of 5 exercises, we were required to use the method Crating in order to create different shapes. The examples shown above are Pyramid, Sphere, Torus, Cone and Cylinder.

01 - Mark Making Techniques Exercise

In this exercise, we were required to use different line drawing techniques in order to complete the work sheet that is seen above. The image is of my finished piece.

02 - Blended Shading Technique Exercise

In this exercise, we had to use blended shading to create a drawing of a stack of plastic plates, cutlery and cups that were stacked in various ways by myself. Seen above is my finished work.

01 - Pastel Textures Exercise

For this exercise, we were required to use pastels, to draw pictures of provided images. Seen above is the two finished pieces.

01 - Party Blower Ideas Generation Exercise

For this exercise, we had to provide twenty ideas of party blower uses and display them, as images. Seen above are my twenty different ideas. 

01 - Colour Wheel Exercise

For this colour theory exercise, we had to take the 3 primary colours and create secondary and tertiary colours on a colour wheel. This is my final work piece.

02 - Analogous Colour Scheme Exercise

For this exercise, we were required to colour 4 letters with analogous colours. Seen above is my 4 letters with the appropriate colours applied to them.

03 - Complementary Colour Scheme Exercise

For this exercise, we had to colour in 9 letters with colours that were opposite on the colour wheel. Seen above is my finished work piece.  

04 - Triadic Colour Scheme Exercise

For this exercise, we were required to colour in a design with colours that were equally apart on the colour wheel. My finished piece is seen above. 

01 - Brush and Ink Landscape Exercise

In this exercise, we were required to use ink and brushes in order to paint, in want of a better word,  buildings around the college and to paint them in different tones. Seen above are all 4 of my paintings.