31/10/2023
ALTAIFI, LEEN MAAN A (0367698)
Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media, Taylor's University
Digital Photography and Imaging
Table of Content
1. Lectures
2. Instructions & Tasks
3. Reflections
1. Lectures
Week 6 (31/10/2023):
The principles of design are the rules a designer must follow to create an effective and attractive composition. The fundamental principles of design are: Emphasis, Balance and Alignment, Contrast, Repetition, Proportion, Movement and Space.
-Contrast is what people mean when they say a design “pops.” It comes away from the page and sticks in your memory. It creates space and difference between elements in your design. Your background needs to be significantly different from the color of your elements so they work harmoniously together and are readable.
-If you limit yourself to two strong typefaces or three strong colors, you’ll soon find you’ll have to repeat some things. It’s often said that repetition unifies and strengthens a design.
-If only one thing on your band poster is in blue italic sans-serif, it can read like an error. If three things are in blue italic sans-serif, you’ve created a motif and are back in control of your design.
Proportion is the visual size and weight of elements in a composition and how they relate to each other. It often helps to approach your design in sections, instead of as a whole.
- space (or negative space) is the only one that specifically deals with what you don’t add. space is exactly that—the empty page around the elements in your composition. For beginning designers it can be a perilous zone. Often simply giving a composition more room to breathe can upgrade it from mediocre to successful.
2. Instructions & Tasks
Project 1B: Recoloring Images (Week 5):
For the first part of this exercise, we are instructed to turn a b&w image into a colored one. The first version was my attempt at making it photo-realistic, and the second version was more experimental and 'artsy'.
Image 1:
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| Fig. 2.11: Project 1b part 2a Version 2 |
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| Fig. 2.10: Project 1b part 2a Version 1 |
Image 2:
For the second part of this exercise, similar to the first, we are supposed to turn the greyscale image into a colored one, however we need to select the colors from a given image.
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Fig. 2.10: Project 1b progress 2
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| Fig. 2.10: Project 1b progress 1 |
I opened the reference image for the colors on the same file, and used the eye drop to select the colors and created a mini color palette on the side for later use. Using the selection tool is also helpful to mask out the areas you do not want to paint on.
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Fig. 2.12: Project 1b part 2b Final
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Image 3:
Finally, for the third part of this exercise. We were given a lot of pictures to choose from to add color to. I chose the following image of Willow Smith. I used the same process of the first 2 parts. Having layers is very helpful to create distinctions between what you are working on and makes it easier to fix mistakes if there's any.
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| Fig. 2.10: Project 1b progress 1 |
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| Fig. 2.10: Project 1b progress 2 |
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| Fig. 2.12: Project 1b part 2b Final |
3. Reflections
Experience
This task was fairly simple, all we did was turn b&w images to colored using layers and blending modes. It was fun because it felt like adding make up and painting which I enjoy.
Observations
Since our class for this course was online, a lot of what we had to do was self-learning through our own observations, especially through trial and error. I realized that as I am working on a project and face difficulty finding a solution to an issue regarding the software, I always end up doing the harder way. But when I search about it on google, I realize the solution was very simple. So a quick google search can definitely save efforts and hours of your time!
Findings
As I mentioned previously, I had little to no knowledge or experience in adobe software, so I learned a lot during the process of making this project. I learned how to use the tools, make more accurate selections using wider variety of tools, how to create compositions using theory, how to use adjustment layers and filters, adding color, and much more.
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