Week 15: Final Critique

I got a lot of nice comments on my Ying storybook. The only thing I needed to work on was making the pace of the story slower or gradually change it. For instance, for most of the book Ying was inside, but then suddenly changed to him being outside. Nancy suggested I have the outside scene take up two pages rather than one.

Because I forgot to take a photo of the final product, I will display the lower quality prototype book. There is a page kind of ripped at the bottom (because the exacto-blade was dull when cutting it).

This is the cover

Pages 1-2

Pages 3-4

Pages 5-6

Pages 7-8

Back cover of book

Week 14: Continuation of Final

Illustrator Sketches

This is the illustration I'm currently working on. It's Ying not staying to get a bath.

Illustrations with Color

Week 13: Final Project

I still have many other illustrations to create but here is one I've done so far...

This is Ying eating cat food.

Important Dates

• This project is due December 10th before class begins.
• As of right now I have 10% of it completed.
• Sketches are done, and I'll probably make minor adjustments as I create the illustrations in Illustrator. 
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Week 12: More Character Development Sketches

I added some additional expressions Ying might make in the book I'm creating. There's still more room for improvement though. I need to "clean up" some of the sketches, and possibly add some other expressions.

This is a photo of the scenes I am thinking of creating for the book. 

Week 11: Start of Final Project

Here are the sketches for my character development I've done in class. I will definitely create more and revise them to make them more neat/clean. Right now I'm struggling with making facial expressions. I am looking up techniques to create animal expressions and applying them to my character.

This was created by Kiki. She was helping me to draw a facial expression. I am going to use this for inspiration.

Facial Expression Chart

Week 10: Contemporary Illustrator Presentation

Here is a link to get to my presentation: Contemporary Illustrator Presentation 

Week 9: Proposals for Open-Ended Final Project

There are two options I am proposing to do for the final project:

Children's Storybook

The main protagonist of this story is my pug Ying. I was thinking of creating a cute comical children's storybook of Ying getting into trouble, and the owner has to keep saying things like "No Ying, no! Don't eat the poop!" and "No Ying, no! Don't roll around in the dirty laundry!" It would approximately be 6 to 10 pages long and 7.5x7.5 inches, and I would end the story by him laying on his owner's lap with text that says "Yes Ying, yes. Good boy." I believe this would be a very cute storybook for kids.

Here is a website I can use to create my book: Book Baby.

This project will be approximately $40-$50 total. It'll require a lot of work though for I'd need to also create a cover for my book as well as the illustrations. There is an option to publish the book online (which I'm considering doing), that way my illustrations can be seen by others who like reading online.

There is another website to create a photo book, and I would only have to pay for shipping. There is an option to add some text too: FreePrints Photobooks.

Here is a photo of Ying that I would base the plushie from:

This is him getting all of his toys out.

Short Animation Video (approximately 1-2 minutes long)

So I've never created an animation video before. This one would be the most difficult and time consuming since I have no knowledge of the app software to use. But I definitely believe this is a great way to expand my portfolio. Anyway, if I pick this option I was thinking of doing a video about my cat Jasper, who we found alongside a mountain spring in the woods near Welsh Mountain. The story would have to be somewhat made up because we don't know how he got there in the first place. With that in mind, I was thinking of opening the video of Jasper playing with yarn in a house and manages to escape through an open window. He wanders in the woods for a while until it gets dark and he gets scared for he doesn't know his way back. He eventually comes across the mountain spring and sits there in hopes his owner finds him. Several days go by and a car pulls up the spring and its his owner crying tears of joy. Jasper is relieved he's found and the video ends with him sleeping on his owner's lap while being drove home.

This project wouldn't require me to spend any money for I can just use the Adobe programs.

Here's a photo of him that I'll base the plushie from:

After thinking this through I think the best project for me to do would be the children's storybook. Perhaps during the summer I can create my animation video for fun.