Research of digital manipulation

Images found online using digital manipulation:

My own samples of digital manipulation - my friend asked me to help with her college brief: Design an aftercare leaflet following a make-up application

Original image taken from Cyber Brachma's blog

Image digitally manipulated using GIMP image editor.
Image cropped and reset on a new page using a black background.
Basic red palette used to colour lips and
neck and tip of hood blacked out

manipulated again...
Using the ellipse select tool I've cut and set the image on
a white background and scaled the image slightly too large for the page.

 

...and again!

I prefer this one as the figures nose is slightly cropped,
the image is slightly bigger in scale than the previous sample bringing the lips into a more aesthetically pleasing focal point and giving them more emphasis.

Image painted by me, taken from a laser eye surgery leaflet. (I was testing my painting skills - it's about a year old and done in acrylic on water colour paper)

Image extremely manipulated - I love this package!!!

How cool is this image!!?
I've used the fuzzy select tool which allows you to select a contacting region on the basis of colour, which was filled using the gradient fill tool. I've also used the select by colour tool just to enable me to see some of the different types of effects which can be achieved.

Image I decided to present to my friend, along with the preferred 'Lip' image.

I took the original image from my camera (scanner and printer not working!) turned it greyscale, played with contrast and brightness a little, cropped it, used the clone tool to blend the edges, accentuated the highlights and added colour using the airbrush tool with reduced opaqueness.

Even though I wasn't familiar with the package I was using I really enjoyed playing with it and thoroughly enjoyed doing this project (even though it has nothing to do with my course) If I'd have had more time than just playtime I think I could have made it a more striking image, possibly by drastically changing the contrast and brightness?? - try and get the greyscale to battle more with the green??

Research cont....

Design sheets and thumbnails:

Example of a design sheet found online

Example of thumbnails fouund online

(Having trouble with internet connection

so some images I wanted to upload, wouldn't. BOO-HISS-BOO!)

Annotations for design sheet 'Initial Research': This is all the research I did before I was aware that we could present the project as a blog. Wthin this sheet I've included samples of different text types, magazine layouts, web page, design/layout sheets (including two of my own), digital manipulation, thumbnails and use of colour.  

Research done after reading brief and terminology handout

Samples of layouts:

Magazine layouts found online



Examples of different fonts and font sizes



Having looked at different examples of layouts and text types I'm now considering which format I'm going to use to present the final design. Considering a flier or possibly a magazine advert??

Unit 7 - Working With Graphic Design Briefs

Assignment Descriptive:

You are to design a promotional advertisement for a place which you may have personally visited and is very special to you, or a place which your family or friends have recommended.

 Technical Terminology handout

 

Mindmap - Method of note making either by hand or using mindmapping software

Destinations -

Observational studies - Research/analysis

Lino tile - Surface for printmaking (polymer) Alternative for linoleum blocks

Adobe Photoshop – Image editing software

Scanner - Hardware used to convert pictures and text into digital images

Graphic Layouts – Organising design elements and context on a page

Audience - Demographic group advertising or product is aimed at

Typefaces - Fonts/sizes of font

Digitally Manipulated – Doctoring images digitally using software such as photoshop

Advertisers - People who persuade an audience

Design Sheets - created to work out finished (end) design

Mount board - Used for framing and displaying??

Drawing demonstration terminology

Line - A mark which defines shape

Tone - Defines volume. Different weights of colour. Contrast

Scale - Changing the size whilst maintaining proportion

Perspective - Gives illusion of space and distance

Composition - Placement/arrangement of visual elements (text, image...etc)

Focal Points - Point where eye rests – usually the most important part of the image

(don't understand why it's scrunched itself! It was bigger initially)

Golden ratio: the ratio for length to width of rectangles considered the most pleasing to the eye. This ratio was named the golden ratio by the Greeks. The points where the lines cross are the most aesthetically pleasing focal points.

The ancient Egyptians were the first to use mathematics in art.

Giza Pyramids: