2D MEDIA & RENDERING TECHNIQUES

COM 222 Media Aesthetics & Creativity

Process

Rough Sketches (experiments) Rough Comps (compositions) Finished Comps (models) Final Art or Production (finished product)

Rough sketches or mind maps can work wellfor brainstormingphases.

(My rough sketches are so messy I don’t show them to anyone.)

Rough Sketches(experiments)

Comps – Rough and Final

Rough “comps” or draft compositions allow you to experiment with ideas and media without spending the time to polish them. You can show them to a client before they have to pay a lot of money for you to create something.

Website Rough “Comp”

Website Photoshop Final Comp

Storyboard: Rough Comp

Storyboard: Final Comps

Game: Rough Comp

Game: Final Art

TECHNIQUES TO PLAY WITH

Techniques to Play With

Watercolors and markers (techniques)

Watercolors are creative and flexible for rendering ideas.

- Adding water makes colors lighter. - Working dryer makes colors darker. - Create a wet area before applying watercolors and let each area dry before moving on, unless you want the colors to merge.

Using watercolors with black marker outlines (after they dry) can be easy ways to render creative ideas.

Cutting out shapes can be a creative option.

The “Lemon Juice” effect on watercolors

http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/2012/10/crazy-watercolor-atcs.html

Colored Pencils (techniques)

QUICK TIPS:Hold vertically and color in circular motion.Lay down many layers instead of one.

Colored Pencils (techniques)

“Burnishing” is the last layer, which is the darkest.

Experiments With Paper

Mix Media

Photoshop

Illustrator

Pinterest: follow people you like

QUESTIONS?