Wednesday, 18 April 2012

My Finished Product







As you can see from the picture above, the dragon has some white bits on it. This is due to the printer not working properly and not printing the ink onto the paper correctly. This limited me when I need I came to printing since I knew it wasn't going to be as good as it could be. However, a lot of resources were available to me during the making of this book. This included Art based resources such as inks, paper, paint and those sorts of things, as well as ICT based resources such a the internet, photoshop, printers etc. I had quite a big time limit in my opinion, and this ment that I could use my time effectively and make it look how I wanted it too and made sure it was to a high standard. It also allowed me to practice and learn new skills such a learning how to use the graphics tablet better, and learning the shortcuts off-by hand. The outcome of this gave the book a more of a rough-look.








In the photos above, I have created a Pop-up book using mainly photoshop. I have learnt a lot about photoshop during the making on the pages and pop-ups. The thing that I found most difficult is that I had to try and find a way to make it look realistic and I hadn't done anything like this before but I managed to make it look good. The way that I overcame this is that I used gradients to make the colours go from one to another, making it look more realistic and less blocky. I also used the blur effect to create darker tones in the composition. I think that using these made it look more realistic and gave it a professional look.

Working Progress - Photoshop




Here are a few print screens of me working in Photoshop. I originally made the pop-ups in real life with card, then scanned them in and enhanced them on photoshop.

Tuesday, 10 January 2012

Risk assessment


This is a Risk assessment, I had to fill this is so that I knew what kind of risks there were when I was making my Pop-up book.

Monday, 9 January 2012

Production Schedule


This is a Production Schedule,  I used this to make sure that I could finish my work on time. I also noted what materials I'd need to do each task.

Saturday, 7 January 2012

Case Study of an Illustrator - Kirstin Roskifte





This is a Case Study that I've done, I did this to show that I was inspired by this certain artist and I reviewed her work and related it to mine.

Friday, 6 January 2012

Robert Sabuda - Wizard of Oz Pop-up book

In this post, it contains a video of Robert Sabuda's pop-up book, the Wizard of Oz. It gave me inspiration when I was making my pop-up book.

                              

Robert Sabuda - Alice in Wonderland Pop-up book

In this post, there is a video which contains footage of a Alice in Wonderland pop-up book. This also was made by Robert Sabuda, I thought that the pops in the book were really clever and made me want to do something impressive as well.

                              

Robert Sabuda - 12 Days of Christmas Pop-up book

In this post, it shows someone having a look at another book made by Robert Sabuda. I wanted to see different books which were made by him since I wanted to get an idea of what could be made in the book.