Digital Photography and Imaging (GCD61204) / Section 1
LECTURES
Introduction to Digital Photography & Imaging
Why you need to learn Photoshop?
For the first lecture of Digital Photography and Imaging we were briefed
about Adobe Photoshop and the importance of the software for graphic
designers. Adobe Photoshop is described as "a user-friendly software program
that allows you to edit and manipulate images and also supplies great deals
of one-of-a-kind tools that assist you to release your imagination.".
Understanding the software is necessary if one is to operate in visual
style, website design, or individual experience function, though similarly
it is also important to those operating in hands-on advertising and
marketing functions as well.
The Importance Of Photoshop For The Graphic Designer
Express your creativity:
There are endless opportunities to be explored when it comes to photoshop, as more functions are discovered, the far better one is able to recognize their very own capacities by slowly figuring out new methods to make layouts much better.
Fig 1.1 Photoshop Creation
Create graphic design
Besides producing eye capturing visual styles, the software also is able to create web site formats or develop the format of a business card, poster, greeting card, etc.
Fig 1.2 Poster
Restoration of old images
Utilizing Photoshop’s healing brush, clone stamp, as well as patch tools worn/old pictures can be recovered.
Fig 1.3 Image Restoration
Integrate graphics with text artistically
Photoshop provides the ability to combine images with a message making use of embossing, bevel and decline darkness to make the message aesthetically appealing. Likewise, pictures can be boosted by tweaking lighting, contrast as well as sharpness to produce the preferred impact.
Fig 1.4 Text Integration With Image
Make use of brushes
There are many brushes offered with each one producing a unique stroke. As an example, if one wishes to paint a lawn, there is no need to draw each stroke individually, using a grass brush, they can finish the job within a couple of minutes.
Fig 1.5 Brush Tools
Change photo color
With Photoshop you are able to transform a colored photo into black and white, vice versa, or edit all the colours as well as specific colours in an image- in addition, you can add effects using the built in features in Photoshop to the pictures to provide a distinct appearance, feel and look.
Fig 1.6 Colour Manipulation
Rectify mistakes in photographs
Some pictures may look bad due to darkness, red-eye impact or inadequate lights, but with the help of Photoshop tools, you can conceal the weak points as well as boost the aesthetic allure of the photos and crop out some parts of a picture if it is unneeded.
Fig 1.7 Image Enhancing
Photograph Manipulation
Before Photoshop, there was photograph manipulation. Photograph manipulation involves the transformation or alteration of a photograph using various methods and techniques to achieve desired results.
Photograph manipulation dates back to the 1850's where photographers combined multiple images on one negative, captivating their curiosity and creativity.
Fig 1.8 Photograph Manipulation Composite by Frank Hurley from three original negatives of World War I Belgium
Digital Imaging
Digital imaging converts the printed text, artwork, and photographs into digital images using a digital scanner or another imaging device.
Fig 1.9 Digital Imaging Techniques & Their Purpose
Top 10 Tips Of Successful Graphic Designer
Follow The Tutorials: Follow tutorials to enhance your skills in specific areas or overall.
Experiment: Experiment freely to unlock creativity and become familiar with Photoshop's diverse tools and their varying outcomes
Memorize All Keyboard Shortcuts: Visualize and memorize keyboard shortcuts, associating them with their respective functions to speed up your workflow.
Try to Replicate Others Work: Gain valuable learning experiences by replicating the work of others, exploring your own design capabilities in the process
Do Participate in Design Competitions: Participate in design competitions to challenge yourself, build confidence, and showcase your skills to be evaluated by others.
Subscribe to Online Galleries: Subscribe to online galleries showcasing inspiring artwork, providing a convenient way to discover and stay updated on new designs.
Smart Objects for Smart Designers: Smart objects offer nondestructive editing features such as transformations and filters, particularly useful when working with graphics like stock photos and social media icons.
Scaling Artworks and Proportions: Pay attention to scaling and proportions to ensure the visual balance and impact of your designs.
Use Actions to Personalize Work: Utilize actions in Photoshop to automate repetitive tasks, saving time and personalizing your workflow with just a single click.
Organize the Files Properly: Maintain well-organized files to leave a positive impression and facilitate easy identification of key elements within each section or group.
Summary
Adobe Photoshop has become a center of creativity across various domains, including graphic design, web design, animation, photography, and digital magazine design. It is widely regarded as one of the most extensively utilized photo editing software programs and someone is a beginner or an experienced user, Photoshop offers an incredible array of features and techniques to explore and master.
TUTORIAL
Folder System & E-portfolio
Students Responsibilities, Assignments & Assessment Methods
In this week's tutorial we were briefed about the use of google classroom for our
assignments, the google drive folder system, and our first upcoming task
which was to create a DPI physical collage.
INSTRUCTIONS
PRACTICAL
Explaining Pinterest Designs
In this week's exercise, we are to list down our 3 favourite graphic design composition works from Pinterest and explain why we like the designs on our E-portfolio blogs.
Description: It features a girl staring at a broken mirror with several
different distorted versions of herself being reflected back, while also
having soft feminine surroundings such as the lacy curtains, the use of
pink, and deers with angel wings, I liked this design as it was similar to
my own personal work, in the use of imagery, colour, and overall style of
being soft and feminine and depicts an issue of identity that can be
relatable to those dealing with the same issues as it seems to be
increasing in the present day and age.
This Design expressed: It deals with our self-perception of how we see
ourselves, in this design, the girl has a distorted view of herself, with
each broken fragment of the mirror showing a different sorrowful or
terrifying image, indicating that she sees herself as all these different
negative images, this could mean that she may be dealing with some form of
identity dysmorphia or issue as the title also seems to be hinting at this
as well, it could also perhaps symbolise the fact that she truly has
different “selves” in which she is monstrous and has trouble
differentiating them with one another- as two fragments in the mirror
shows versions where her eyes are completely blacked out, and one with
sharp fangs showing inhuman physical qualities, the mirror being broken
could also symbolise how she feels she herself as a person has “split”
identities- referencing back to the title. Her surroundings are
interesting as well, as it depicts feminine nature, colours, and design,
this may suggest that though our surroundings seem beautiful or fine, the
inside of yourself may be a different story as what we show to the outside
world may not perfectly reflect what we are truly feeling inside. No
matter the interpretation, it is clear the subject of the design is
dealing with an issue of identity where she is unable to recognise herself
properly, for her “true self”.
Description: It features a girl in a monotonous-monochromatic scenery, which seems to be a dessert-pathway with hazy and fuzzy textures. I liked this design as it deals with the use of monochromatic colours and imagery in a smart way to convey a difficult emotion and message, where the same 3-4 colours are used throughout the image (black, white, lavender, dark teal), yet still manages to look visually appealing in the way they are applied. The texture is also intriguing as it manages to capture the look of a very blurry, foggy, and fuzzy atmosphere- giving off an interesting looking grain finish to the design, while the subject of the design (the girl) is more intricately drawn with less of the same textures the background uses to pull your attention to her.
This Design expressed: This design gives off a very dream-like state and a sense of nostalgia with the way it has been drawn, from the rougher scribbles, to the placement of colours showing a “glowing” effect, to the rendering of the design being more blurry, it is pleasing to the eye with the interesting use of texture, technique, and colour, it is almost “otherworldly” and amazing in a way, in how the artist was able to capture such a simple subject of a girl walking along a pathway, yet making it look like there is something ethereal and eerie in the design, the concept may be about a girl who is “lost” both physically and mentally as the design was drawn as cover art for a song, where the meaning expressed themes of running away to distant unfamiliar places as a means to cope with unresolved negative feelings, while at the same time being confused and unsure of where they are going, what they are trying to find, and what the point of doing all of it is for.
Description: It features zero, who is the main protagonist of one of my favourite games- Drakengard 3, lying in a field of white flowers with a mellow expression. I like this design as it is also quite similar to my own work like how I have described in the first example in femininity and elegance, but also in the way of the style, composition, and light placement of the design as it makes the illustration have a very beautiful, heavenly, and soft feathery look that captures a certain innocence and purity in the visual that can be hard to produce in drawings which perfectly encapsulates the design of the character.
This Design expressed: This design gives off feelings of contemplation, rumination, and reflection due to the expression of the character. It suggests a sense of resolution in the self as well, as it is drawn from the idea of one of the game’s songs, which talks about these themes, trying to convey a message of suffering in silence, and rebelling aggressively against destiny, it also is a form of artistic-irony, as the girl in the illustration, zero, canonly has a very volatile and explosive personality, in which she is extremely hostile, belligerent and deadly- not fearing to destroy anything in her path, it is such a contrast to her character design who outwardly shows a girl with delicate graceful clothing and a look so pure and innocent looking that it deceives you into thinking the character may be soft and sweet in personality, but shocks you with the true outcome, showing how we really cannot judge a book by its cover.
0.7.03.24 - 21.03.24 / Week 5 - Week 7 Name: ALYSSA AISYAH BINTI 'ARIEF NASRAN (0364017) Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media Design Principles ( GCD60804 ) / Section 1 INSTRUCTIONS TASK 3 Design For Task 3 of Design Principles, after we have analysed the design of out choice in Task 2, we are to produce a work of design, inspired/influenced by the one we had analysed, or as a reaction to it. We should also apply our knowledge of design principles in our creation and may use any medium and/or materials that are suitable to convey our visual message. We should also include some cited visual references that inspire our own ideas and a rationale, in about 150-200 words, explaining/defending the decisions made in our design, the meaning/purpose of the design and the design principles that are found in the design. Brainstorming First off, I went back on my Task 2 to look at the design I analysed in order to get inspiration and gauge how I should approach this task. When reading
20.02.24 - 05.03.24 / Week 3 - Week 5 Name: ALYSSA AISYAH BINTI 'ARIEF NASRAN (0364017) Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media Design Principles ( GCD60804 ) / Section 1 INSTRUCTIONS TASK 2 Visual Analysis For Task 2 of Design Principles, we are to assess, investigate, document, and analyze the existing art/design work we selected in Task 1 to further study the design principles found in that work, as well as the size, placement, purpose, effectiveness of the design in relation to the UNSDG goal that we have chosen. The requirements are the following: Write a 300-350 word visual analysis of the selected design. Include reference links where applicable. Firstly, I started by visually observing the image itself and re-reading some of the design principles documented in the lectures to refresh my understanding of them so I could better identify which ones are present in the art work, then noted them down. Fig 1.0 'Guernica' From my observations, these are all the design
26.06.23 - 14.07.23 / Week 13 - Week 15 Name: ALYSSA AISYAH BINTI 'ARIEF NASRAN (0364017) Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media Final Compilation & Reflection INSTRUCTIONS Animated 1 Page Visual Novel The final project of Illustration and Visual Narrative is a continuation from Project 3 where we are to create a one page introduction comic of our selected story based one of the three 1 acts from our story. We are then to animated at least 1 panel of the comic into a short looping gif which are chosen based on the optimal timing in the story flow and visual transitions that effectively convey the narrative. The challenges of this assignment are the following: Continue with the same story and design aesthetic from Project 2. Work only from one paragraph of the story for the 1st page. Research I first went through the story I have selected and read each of its acts before choosing one to proceed with. After careful consideration I have selected Act 1 of the story- 'Elean
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