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ILLUSTRATION & VISUAL NARRATIVE Weekly note

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21/4/2025-//2025 (Week 1-) GAO YIFEI/0370904 ILLUSTRATION & VISUAL NARRATIVE / Bachelor of Computer Science / Taylors University INSTRUCTIONS LECTURES Week 1 This week Mr. Hafiz gave us an initial briefing for this module which covered all four assignments. We were also asked to start preparing our blogs. In this session we were asked to join the Google classroom and then set up our blogs and fill in the Google contact form. In addition, we were told that the main tools we would be using would be Adob e Illustrator / Photoshop. We are introduced to Bezier - Method of Action, a useful website for practicing pen tools, lines, vectors and shapes. Week 2 Public holiday Week 3 Introduction to Adobe Illustrator 1. Illustrator’s Interface Fig.1.0 Illustrator’s Interface ·Purpose: Illustrator is used to create digital/print visuals—logos, cartoons, illustrations, etc. ·Vector-based: Artwork quality remains high regardless of size (scalable without loss of quality). ·Workspace: The main...

ILLUSTRATION & VISUAL NARRATIVE Task 1

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21/4/2025-25/5/2025 (Week 1-6) GAO YIFEI/0370904 ILLUSTRATION & VISUAL NARRATIVE / Bachelor of Computer Science / Taylors University Task 1  INSTRUCTIONS TASK Reference board This assignment began with Mr. Hafiz advocating that we use ChatGPT to generate characters to complete our task1 and also providing us with generation instructions. Fig.2.0 Sketch(ChatGPT) So I followed the instructions and generated the following four personas to complete my task1. Then I started looking for references on pinterest to conceptualize how my sketches should be outlined and colored. Fig.2.1 V isual reference Fig.2.1.1 Reference board I finally decided to use thick lines and simple colors for coloring, so I found similar images to use as my visual reference. Development Process After looking for a reference, I im...