Computer Graphics Assignment Blog: August 2008

Even thought the theme clearly "stands out" (get it?), I thought I should elaborate further.

The rose is what stands out, brighter than all ad in the centre. This carries the message that we should stand out of the crowd to do our part in preveting or reducing the rate of global warming. The flowers all look different to show that if you do not want to stand out (or can't for some reason) then use whatever makes you unique to do your part in global warming. The sun represents a dawing of a new day.

Anymore and I'll update the post.

The blog is inversing the colours of my final product, so I'm converting from jpg to bmp and will puti t on as soon as it works (I might end up using psd even).

The process:

First flower of the field. You can see the centre of the other flowers; just thought I should give you a preview…

These are the remaining flowers that will form the field. I used ellipse tool for three (3) of the flowers and pen tool for everything else. As you can see, the smaller petals are in random positions. I wanted to make them each look unique in some way.

Added some leaves and explored the idea of grass. I used quite a bit of copy and cut and paste here…I also tried using the brush and pencil tools to make the grass…

Does this look like a rose to you? Does this look like a rose to you? Well, it does to me and it’s my rose, so if you disagree you can take your opinion and shove it up your –

I used pen tool for this and created a significant amount of sub-layers.

This is how the whole scenery looks with everything in it. I’m thinking of making the rose a bit smaller…

I reduced the rose. Man, the transform tool combined with the shift button makes for one very useful accessory. I have also started the colouring by changing the stroke colour. Oh, and before I forget, let me take the time to say that I used different stroke points ranging from 0.25 to 1.

I’ve added some colour to my work. Beautiful, isn’t it? I used the colour palette and explored the gradient tool. Then, once I found a satisfactory colour I applied to the flowers. I also changed the stroke colours and found this colour that makes the flowers look 3-d-ish…Thank you whoever thought of making the direct selection tool because that made my job easier colouring things quickly and efficiently.

I have finished colouring. I told you it looks like a rose!! All that’s left is the background and a little surprise of my own…

Finished with a brown background for sand (?) and decided to add a little more grass….too much? The ellipse tool was used for the background and its colour was done using gradient.

SURPRISE!!! After much, MUCH practice, I finally learnt how and where to use the flare tool to create my sun effect…thanks to mmy friend now I have to create an actual sky…ksyuh!!

…After much thought and trials (and miserable failure) I have decided a sky is not worth it, besides, what am I supposed to say my reason is? Realism? Pssh, please!!!