First week at college:

How can I start this?

Well, this week, our group were to start our project on a Journey, which we all did on Wednesday, when we took a tram from Douglas tram station to Ballaglass Glen.
During our time in Ballaglass Glen, the Media group were told to take pictures of the glen. Andy did set it out as a competition as of whoever took the best picture would get a Mars Bar. I took a number of pics and they all turned out really good, although I had to take a lot of pics of one thing to get it right.
Then, we went back on the tram at Cornaa station to Ramsey, where we were told to take more pictures and sound recordings.

Tutorial:

Magazine Cover:
I like this magazine cover because it ha s a lot of contrast and the text/font fits well with the picture of Iron Man.

Also, I like the colours because it all fits with the movie theme, even though this is just a magazine.







Book Cover:

I love this book very much, because I know a lot about the illustrator, Dave McKean, as I had learnt about him at Ramsey Grammar.

I love how the illustration of the cat (Varjak Paw) fits well with the backgroud, as the two colours, midnight-blue and sunset-orange/yellow, complement each other.

Also, the font type and colours fit well with the whole cover.




Film Poster:

I've seen this film and it is EPIC!!

Firstly, the colours are all in "harmony" with each other as it helps to tell the theme and plot of the film (It's about Bonfire Night, Guy Fawkes and revolutions).

The font style is very bold and the white shows up well against the black background.
As for the small red font, it fits well with the background as well.

And I love the slogan: "Freedom! Forever!" As it fits well with the plot of the film.
T.V Advert:

The advert for "Direct-Line" is really good.
It shows different types of insurance and situations with everyday people.
The best thing about it though is that Winston Wolf stars as a businessman who deals with the people-almost like a boss would do.

The advert altogether is amazing and I love how Winston Wolf sorts     every thing out in the end.
 I love the slogan: "Can YOUR insurance do             that?"

Digital Illustration

What we did in the lesson-
 +We learnt all of the different tools on Photoshop
      -Marquee tool
      -Paintbrush tool
      -Gradient tool
      -Etc...
 +We did different tests of layers and pictures
 +We all did a surrealist picture using a shirt and a cloud

My finished picture:

I'm really proud of this, because (hard to believe) I had never done something like this before.

Even though it's really dark in some areas, the tones of the shirt, background and cloud worked really well (I think so anyway).








Six Digital images that I like:

I really like this because it feels almost like a fantasy and also, because of the orangey-gold glow coming from the tree orbs. It looks like that it feel warm in the painting. I think the program that was used was either Paint Sai or Photoshop, but I'm not sure which one (could be both). It's mostly dark, but we can still make out the entire picture: the man, the tree, the background and the details, which are very clear and helps to bring out the shape of the huge/main tree. If I ever learn how to draw/paint like this, I would be happy, because then my pictures won't look so child-like...

The little dragon's so cute!!! That the main reason why I like it...  as well as it's big eyes. Anyway, I really like this picture because I think that the dragon is cute and that the picture shows (ME) a small story to this. The dragon's looking for a home and appears at the front door of this house.
The tones of this painting are very neat, as we can see the picture clearly, as well as all of the details in it. I would really love to learn how to draw like this... because it looks really amazing.

One sentence: Howl's Moving Castle. SAID IT!!! Done! Kapeesh!! Meh!
I love how this picture reminds me of that film! It also reminds me of Laputa: Castle in the Sky.  
I think it's very surreal, as it's a castle and a ship at the same time, which is weird, but creative as well. The contrast between the grey clouds and the green forest work well with each other.

I really like this because it's very pretty, but also very colourful and tonal. I like how the chains lead you to the background.  And I like the way that everything is all faded out in the distance.

How much drama and epicness does this picture give me? A lot. I have seen the Transformers films (all of them). It's very tonal, dramatic and detailed, as we can see the very small details on Optimus Prime (the one in th foreground).

There is a lot of negative space around the main figure and object. The colours are very tonal and not really that bright.

Task 2: Find 4 examples of Sequental that I like:

Disney Pixar Movie: Brave

BENNY and BOONE comic

Composition:
(arranging the image)

Framing: Framing a certain object/person in the image

Trapping/Oppressing: Trapping someone/something in an area of the image

Stand Out/Promience: Bright colours, tones, shadows, horizontal/vertical, lines, pointing, all of these help make a certain object/person important

Leading the Eye: The objects leadyour eye/focus to a point in the image

Cropping: Image is cut out or drawn out

Depth: The distances in the image

Movement: Object/person is blurred or in a diagonal angle

Negative Space: The area around the objects, making the image more dramatic

Symmetry: Image is the same on both sides (man-made)

Pattern: Image draws attention, repeative

Rule of thirds:

The Golden Section:

My image that I chose:

My final project: