WEEK 3 – TONE AND VALUE
During the lecture for Week 3, our lecturers had rearranged the groups, so I was moved into Group 4 whose story was based on a science lab that experimented on animals, turning them into hybrids. The world is Post-Apocalyptic and the first half of the story is based inside the enormous and highly technological lab that the animals are trying to escape from, and then what the Earth outside has become.
A few days after the lecture, my new group organised another group meeting where we could discuss and know what the world and plot was for certain. I thought this was really helpful and important for me to be sure I understood the world and what concept ideas I would be creating, as well as what the group was originally aiming for.
For my character I wanted to create something cute, but also somewhat dangerous, so I merged a deer and cat together for my character. Our lecturers suggested that we shift focus and focus onto the story elements and characters which my group already had most of. I wanted to draw a concept piece of a human, maybe a girl who befriends the hybrid animals and helps them escape.
To continue in our Design a World concept ideas, we were tasked with creating a further 6 thumbnails for our new group world, utilising tone and value in each piece. I had a lot more difficulty coming up with new ideas for a new world and adapting so quickly however I am somewhat more pleased with how the composition, perspective and tones came out in these thumbnails more than last weeks. I tried to practice more and put focus on creating an interesting perspective and composition for each piece, as well as focusing on contrasting light and shadow to create depth in my work.
Furthermore, we were then told to select on thumbnail and create an even more detailed tonal piece. I wanted to focus again on keeping the values of objects that are far away in my piece as lighter tones, and objects and characters that are closer as darker tones. I admit I did go very into detail for this piece, but I think it effectively displayed the depth and main elements of tone and value.
