Digital Graphics

Emma

File Formats

Raster Graphics
Raster Graphics are made up of Bitmaps, which are made up of millions of tiny pixels. It has 3 file types; they are JPEG, TIFF and PSD. 1 megapixel = 1,000,000 pixels and the higher amount of pixels, the more data is takes up and the images also have a enhanced resolution.

Vector Graphics
Vector Graphics are defined by a start and an end, which can be points, squares, triangles, curves and angles. Vectors have 2 file types; they are AI and 3DS. These files dont lose the image quality when resized, either larger or smaller. They look better on devices because of the higher resolution.

JPEG
Stands For Used For Joint Photographic Expert Group
Used on the internet, mainly for social networking and for sending pictures in general, can be used on most electronic devices. - You can send them to whoever, wherever, through email, phones and internet. - Small, compact files so they dont take up much data - Is quick to upload the file - You get information about the picture, eg. Size and the colour information - Loses the photo quality when opened, edited or saved numerous times due to compression and recompression

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TIFF
Stands For Used For Tagged Image File Format
Saving multiple images to one single file, compacts it together. Popular with Graphic Designers. -When open, edited or saved, the images have lossless, which mean they dont lose the quality of the image. -Can be sent easily to other users- flexible format - Can represent anything from fax images to compressed photographs. -They are very large files, which means they would take up a lot of data on the system. -The uncompressed TIFF files can take up more space than a JPEG file can.

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PSD
Stands For Used For Photoshop Document
Image Manipulation and editing, but only on Photoshop -They can be saved in layers, so you can change certain parts of the image - They are used for front covers of magazines because of the layering technique - PSD files can preserve layers like vectors, making them suitable for importing and exporting data. -They are large files, and they can be only used in Photoshop, so has to be changed to JPEG to be sent to users without Photoshop. - Very few programmes will be able to open a PSD file.

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AI
Stands For Used For Adobe Illustrator Art
Logo creations

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-They can be scaled to various sizes, from business card to billboard, because of the vector graphics as they wont lose quality or deteriorate. - The programme has very similar tools to Photoshop which makes it easy to use. -Large files - Very time consuming - Small errors may become visible if image is enlarged too much

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3DS
Stands For Used For 3D Studio
3D modelling, animation, characters. Used in TV, Film and for Video Games - Flexible format - Encourages interactivity with the programme - Used in large industries for saving files for their software projects

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- Expensive, time consuming and very large files - There are a limited amount of programmes available that will open the file, so it would be difficult to view the file.

Example of a Raster Image

Example of a Vector Image

Digital Graphics Images

Shape Task

Evaluation
What did you like about your image? I like the different shapes that make the penguin, because its easy and circular. What would you improve if you did it again? I would make it neater because the face looks very messy.

Rotoscope

Evaluation
What did you like about your image? I like the detail on his face and jacket because it makes it look more realistic. What would you improve if you did it again? I dont know if I would change it because I really like how it turned out.

Text Based

Evaluation
What did you like about your image? I like how the colours go together and with the clipping of the music notes within the word music. I also like how the word pain is in a different font and colour. What would you improve if you did it again? I think I would choose different colours because I feel that they dont go with the quote.

Logo Creation

Evaluation
What did you like about your image? I think the monkey is the best one because its different, whereas the rest are very plain and simple. What would you improve if you did it again? I would make the logos better, maybe by using different shapes to create them.

T-Shirt Designs

Giraffe
Lord of the Rings Elephant Cat Sloth Animals

Star Trek
Meerkat

Star Wars

Film

Quotes

Batman

T-shirt Ideas
Family Guy Simpsons

Music People Vampire Weekend YMAS McFly TV

Cartoon

Comedy

Celebrities
Rihanna Big Bang Theory

Friends

Marilyn Monroe The Beatles

Bob Marley

Proposal
Audience My target audience is 15-20 year olds. My idea includes Rihanna and possibly one of her album names with it.

Deadline Friday 4th October 2013 Schedule Monday

Think of ideas and create a mind map/spider diagram for my chosen ideas. Look at Red Bubble for ideas.

Wednesday
Create a moodboard of the ideas I like and decide what I will create for my final design. Start creating my t-shirt design.

Friday
Finish my t-shirt design and upload it to red bubble. Use spare time to create a phone case or stickers.

Proposal
Dimensions 2400 x 3200 Pixels

Export Format
PNG Advantages; compatible with redbubble and also can save transparency and opacity Disadvantages; larger file size Content My t-shirt design will be different photos of Rihanna within her name; the photos will be of similar context. It will be plain and simple with no colour.

These images will be within the letters indicated by the black arrows

Peer Evaluation
What are the strengths of the final image? I think my final image is great because its neat and all the images are individual within the certain space. What could be developed if the image was repeated? I would try out different techniques, and I wouldnt use her name so I would just have an image.

T-Shirt Evaluation

Does your final product reflect your original intentions?

My final product was on my mind map of ideas, although I dont think that it came through what I wanted to produce as my end product. I had lots of different ideas at the beginning but I managed to pick one idea in the end. I am really confident with my final product, although once I had decided on putting Rihanna on the t-shirt, I had different ideas which I tested out to find the one I wanted. When I got to the flat plan, I had decided on what images I was going to use and where I would put them. I decided not to use rotascoping on the images as I thought it might look messy and it would take a long time to complete.

Is your product suitable for your audience?

I think my product is suitable for my target audience because Rihanna is listened to by the age of my target audience. My product doesnt contain any violence or sexual references, so is suitable for my audience. My target audience would also wear this t-shirt if they are interested in her music. I wanted to make an original t-shirt design that would be quirky and that my audience would find interesting. In my proposal, I stated that my target audience would be aged 15-20. It would also be suitable for boys and girls because she would be listened by both sexes. Her songs can sometimes include some adult content, so this is why I have made my target audience a bit older.

What do you like/dislike about the techniques you have used?

I like how the different images fit in each individual letter. I also like the black border around each letter because it makes the pictures stand out well. As all the images are different, I think it goes well and I think I chose the images that best went with the individual letters. When I first put the images inside the letters, they didnt all fit correctly and you could see the borders around the images, so it took me a few tries to get them to fit where I wanted them. I used a clipping mask to insert the images into the text and I think it worked really well.

What do you like/dislike about how your final product looks?

I like the overall look of my product because it fills across the t-shirt nicely and it really stands out on the white t-shirt because of the black border. I like how I chose the specific images that would fit into the letters. This turned out well because they all fit nicely. I think there is a picture or two that could have been placed better within the text, but overall I like the product. I also like the colour scheme because I think it looks good with just having a black border so it looks more professional. I like how the clipping mask technique turned out because it looks appealing. I chose this technique because it was something simple, but it would look different to previous designs made. It was difficult trying to get the images exactly in proportion with the lettering so it was trial and error as there was no specific way of getting it perfect first time. If I were to do this technique again I would make sure to leave plenty of time for this as it took a while to complete.

Why did you include the content you used?

I used a very simple font so it would be easy to read when the images where placed inside the text. I left the colour of the text white so to see the images well, and the black border makes everything stand out really nicely. The content was very specific because by looking at the images and the text, you know what you are looking at and the audience would be attracted to it. I used text and clipping mask. I chose this because I wanted to do something different because I think a lot of designs include rotascoping. I feel that my mind map really helped me to choose my final idea that I would carry out as it narrowed down my options for me. I feel like I could have added more options to my mind map as I feel its quite simple. Although I do like my final product, I think I could have done more research as this may have helped me to choose a different idea, something out the box and by doing this, could have produced a better product.

What style have you employed in your products?

As I researched different t-shirts on Red Bubble, I ended up choosing the music genre because I thought the t-shirts were the best ones. After searching for different artists, I chose Rihanna; although there were a lot of Rihanna t-shirts, I thought my idea would be different to the rest of the products. The influence for my idea was music because I love music so I though that by designing something I like, it would turn out better. Although Rihanna isnt my favourite artist, I know she is very popular so a lot of people will know who she is.

What were the strengths and weaknesses of the pre-production and planning
In the beginning I had lots of ideas which did make it difficult to choose I final idea, but I did also have lots to time, so it made it easier to consider my options. I particularly liked the multi-coloured elephant and The Weeknd t-shirt, although I branched out and did something completely different because I didnt think Id be able to achieve anything like that because my skills arent up to that standard. The planning and research definitely helped me to come up and produce my final product.

Analyse each of your final print products commenting on the strengths, weaknesses and aspects you would do differently if you were to repeat the project
For this Tweety Pie product I got a Google image and I then Rota scoped it in Photoshop. I added in the details from his eyes to his chest feather so it looked more like the real image. I made it into a baby/child piece of clothing as this would appeal to that audience more than it would an older audience. I think that its quite a good product and because its a cartoon, it was a lot easier to Rota scope than it is to do a human or a real animal. I think that I could have been more careful with the outline as there are a few white patches around it, but that would be a future development.

This is my Rihanna t-shirt design. I used a simple font because I wanted the writing to be easy to read after I had inserted all of the images. It was difficult to get the images into the different letters so that took me a while to do because I wanted to get them correct. This is a t-shirt aimed at a target audience of 15-20 year olds because this the age where they would listen to Rihanna's songs. The technique I used was a clipping mask which makes the images fit into the text. I think its very effective in this situation because it turned out very well. A few of the images could be placed a bit better because there are edges leaking into another letter which I dont want, so if I were to redo this product that is what I would change about it.

For my Will Smith t-shirt design, I went to Google Images and got a picture of him, then I went into Photoshop and Rota scoped him. This was more challenging than the Tweety Pie t-shirt, but easier than the Rihanna one. The definition in his face was harder to enhance because it wasnt over his whole face so I had to blend it in some places to make it look respectable. I think the blue backg round behind him brings something to the image otherwise it would be very plain. I could have added more detail to his face to make him look even more life-like so that would an improvement for the future. I could have also made it a bit neater by making the edges around everything rounder as there are some square bits which make it look very un natural. I chose the technique of rotascoping because I thought it would be the easiest technique to use to make Will look as life-like as possible. I could have used shaping, but that would have taken up a lot of my time and would have much harder to get all of the features in. As this was a second t-shirt design, I had spare time on my hands to complete this one so I dont think it would have mattered if I had finished the design, although Im glad I did. The features in his face do look a bit square in places, but this is because I was using the polygon lasso; this is hard to control as you will never be able to go round the features exactly. I think the colour range is really effective as it makes Will look 3D, like hes coming out of th e t-shirt, which is effective. I chose the background to be a dark blue colour as it contrasts well with the skin tones in his face, the rounded corners dont look as harsh as they would with pointed corners. Also, as it stops only half way up, it looks like he is proceeding upwards and out of the box, which I think looks effective.

The top t-shirt design is mine and the bottom design is a similar one from red bubble. They are similar in that they both look like they have been made in Photoshop. They are both famous actors so they would fall into the same category when being searched for. I feel like the bottom t-shirt is more detailed because it looks neater as the lines are perfect, this shows how the experience varied in mine and the creator of the other t-shirt. I feel like both of these t-shirt designs are different because you wouldnt typically see these people on an item of clothing. As they both have been rotascoped in Photoshop, they both have shading which outlines the details in the face. I feel like my design is more life-like whereas the other has the features that look more cartoony. I dont think there are many designs currently out there which are similar to mine. They tend to be images of celebrities, rather than cartoon or rotascoped images. I think this makes it different and interesting to look at. I think that the second design has used shapes very carefully as the lines are a lot smoother and rounded. I could have made my product look like the other by using shapes, although as I have stated previously, I would have taken up a lot of my time, but that could be useful for the future. I wouldnt like to say that my work is better than the existing product, because I like it. I really like the product I have come up with and I think that they are both similar.

Peer Feedback
Feedback I like that there is a different image of Rihanna for every letter. Its creative, unique and interesting You could maybe have put a different colour background You could have done something around the name and not just left it blank

My Response to the Feedback

I agree that I could have put a different coloured background, I did not experiment with different colours so that would have been a good idea to do that. I also agree that it looks good with the different images of Rihanna in the name because its unique. I disagree with the fact of designing something to go around the name; I feel that it is good the way it is and I dont think it would look better with things added to it.