Wednesday, 4 December 2013

Final Image- Reflection



This is my Final Image for Olio. Featuring My Map Template , my two main figures and the layers I added to them , my scanned paper layers with my morse code text conversation.
All in all , I am quite happy with my final image, there is some room for improvement , in particular , if I had more time I would have  drawn  out the left figure again and took the perspective and angle into more consideration. mirroring him with the right figure so it looked more symmetrical .

Monday, 2 December 2013

Experimenting with Colour and Layers

As I bagan to experiment with different ways to colour and layer my images I soon began to build up lots of layers to mix together and modify on photoshop. 

To get the desired colour and effect on my images, I decided to gradually layer my images once coloured. I then worked with Filters and the Opacity of each layer to build up an image which i was happy with .The first was a simple grey scale layer. A very limited palette of colour with no line art. This would act as the first layer to build on.

Adding quite a bit of tone and shadow to the layer early, I hope to keep building the layers and changing the opacity to get the desired colour for my image . 


 The second layer was a sepia layer, very similar to the greyscale only with browns and tans . By layering these two filters together It gave the image more depth to the shadow and tone that the previous grayscale image lacked.


The third was one I completed using a more traditional  method of using Copic markers and fine liner pen to create a sense of line with some added tone.




The Last  layer shown here is  modified to show how I will use it, it's a transparent version of the coloured image that I will use to enhance the line art of my image .