The Final Product

The final project I decided to do was a movie poster. I chose to create an original poster that was based on a movie I created a story line for. It is a vampire/werewolf/post apocalyptic movie. In this movie a young girl escapes from the ruins of her hide away after several months in the dark when the world went through chaos.  All that were left after the end of the world were the stronger supernatural beings. Now a young woman must learn to survive among the ruins without being killed or eaten. However, she wont do it without the help of a few super natual friends she made along the way that can guarantee her safety. 

I used the design principle, scale and proportion, and the two design elements, value and line, to create the image. The names listed in the poster are also the names of friends. They are not actual actors.  

The process

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Step 1: Open the base picture in photoshop.
Step 2: Desaturate the image
Step 3: Create a vignette around the image by selecting the part that is to be kept with the ellipse marquee         tool and creating a layer mask
Step 4: Paste the moon onto the image and erase some of the parts around the subjects head so that it looked faded
Step 5: Paste the texture layer and reduce the opacity to about 35%
Step 6: Begin typing the words. I usually put the title words in separate layers so that they're easy to move around. The rest of the words can be in one layer together.
Step 7: Double click the title words and mess around with some of the effects. I chose to put an outer glow and spread it out a bit.

Viola! Done!

Time Line for Final Project

November 30, 2012

• Decided on an idea for my final project. I will be creating a movie poster that represents a fictional movie based on the Greek goddess Aphrodite.
• Decided on a design principle to use in my work; Scale and Proportion
• Decided on two design elements; Value and Space
• Began sketching up ideas for how i want the poster to look

December 2, 2012

• Held a photo shoot to get all the pictures I wanted to use for the photo manipulation of my final project together for editing. 
• Started editing pictures and figuring out how I wanted them to be placed in the poster.

December 3, 2012

• Today I revised my idea for the final project. It will still be a movie poster, but the piece will be a vampire/werewolf/apocalyptic theme instead of being based on a Greek Goddess. 

December 4, 2012

• Held a second photo shoot because the pictures i took before were too low quality to try and edit. 
• Started re-sketching up ideas for how I want to place the new images in the poster.

December 7, 2012

• Started editing images and puting the final piece together. After several hours and manipulation tutorials, I managed to come up with a final design that I was comfortable with.

Decmeber 10, 2012

• Today I called several places to see who could print out my picture.
• I also called several places to find the cheapest but best quality place to get the project matted.

December 11, 2012

• Today I dropped off my flash drive at FedEx to get my file printed out. 
• I ran by at 8:00 pm to pick up my flash drive. FedEx already printed out my image. It looks amazing!

December 12, 2012

• I went by at 12 pm to pick up my final project printed image from FedEx. 
• Also dropped of my print at Michael's today to get my final project matted. 

December 13, 2012

• I picked up my final project from Michael's today and found out they messed up my order. They mounted it on foam core when I said not to. At least its done, though. 

December 14, 2012

• Woo! Presentation of my final project is today. Finally!

Rhythm

Rhythm

Legato

Symmetrybox. "Chase the Storm." DeviantART: Where ART Meets Application!DeviantART, 2012. Web. 26 Nov. 2012. <http://www.deviantart.com/?offset=48>.

In artwork, legato is the rhythmic connecting and flowing of colors and textures. In the above image, swirls, colors, and figures are repeated in a flowing motion to achieve rhythm. 

Alternating Rhythm

H0tsh0ts. "Alternating Rhythm by ~H0tSh0ts on DeviantART." Alternating Rhythm by ~H0tSh0ts on DeviantART. DeviantART, 2007. Web. 29 Nov. 2012. <http://h0tsh0ts.deviantart.com/art/Alternating-Rhythm-61909801>.

Alternating rhythm consists of patterns with elements that reappear in a regular order. The artist who created this image used a series of different colors and hurricane shapes in a repeating pattern to create an alternating rhythm. 

Progressive Rhythm

Mims, Casey. Progressive Rhythm. Round Rock: Casey Mims, 29 Nov. 2012. Jpeg, psd.

PA progressive rhythm is formed when a pattern becomes progressively larger or smaller from a given point. In the artwork above, the beige dots start small at one point in the image and become progressively larger. 

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Emphasis

Emphasis

Emphasis by Contrast

Igreeny. "DeviantART: Where ART Meets Application!" DeviantART: Where ART Meets Application! DeviantART, 2012. Web. 26 Nov. 2012. <http://www.deviantart.com/?offset=96>.

One way to achieve emphasis in an image is by creating contrast. In the image above, the viewer's eyes immediately go towards the bright colors in the eyes because the contrast in color there is greater than the contrast of the colors in the rest of the image. 

Emphasis by Isolation

Emphasis by Placement

Aniline. "Digifox-Illustration." Deviantart.com. DeviantART, 2004. Web. 27 Nov. 2012. <http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=digital+illustration&offset=24#/d2qjeb>.
In the image above, the artist creates emphasis by placing the focal point, the girl's face,  higher up in the image rather than in the center. 

Scale and Proportion

Scale and Proportion

Hieratic Scale 

Exaggerated Scale

Kerembeyit. "Out of Blue." Www.deviantart.com. DeviantART, 2008. Web. 26 Nov. 2012. <http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=digital+illustration&offset=144#/d1dl959>.

In artwork we tend to notice the unexpected or exaggerated, such as when small objects are magnified or larger objects are scaled down. In the image above, the first thing a viewer may notice is the size of the shark. However, the human identifies that the shark is just in exaggerated scale because sharks are not bigger that blue whales in the ocean. 

Surrealism

Jeffsimpsonkh. "Orca." Orca by ~jeffsimpsonkh on DeviantART. Www.deviantart.com, 2008. Web. 16 Nov. 2012. <http://jeffsimpsonkh.deviantart.com/art/Orca-106570640>.

Surrealism is art that is based on paradox. This is art that cannot be expressed in rational terms. In surrealistic artwork, the artists focus on presented the irrational world of dreams or nightmares.   

Balance

Balance

 Bilateral Symmetry

Reagan, Kevin. "DESERT ISLAND." DESERT ISLAND. Desertislandbrooklyn.blogspot.com, 13 Aug. 2008. Web. 15 Nov. 2012. <http://desertislandbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2008/08/showpaper-33.html>.

In bilateral symmetry, one side becomes the mirror image of the other side. The picture above creates balance by taking a single image, repeating it, and flipping it over in order to form a mirror image. This creates bilateral symmetry.

Asymmetrical Balance

Yang, Mingzhu. "CG-Hub." Erosion by MingzhuYang. Cghub.com, 8 Oct. 2011. Web. 15 Nov. 2012. <http://cghub.com/images/view/171434/>.

There are several different ways to show asymmetrical balance. In this image, the balance is achieved by visual texture and pattern. The neutral colors and smooth items leads people to assume that the figures surrounding the faces is slick metal. 

Radial Balance

Mims, Casey. Dandelion Blossom. Round Rock: Www.blogger.com, 6 Dec. 2012. Jpeg, psd.

In Radial balance, all the elements radiate out from a central point. In the image above, the center can be found in the middle of the woman's face and the dandelion petals circle out from that point. 

  

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