Digital GraphicsEmma Taylor

File Formats

Raster Graphics

Raster Graphics are made up of Bitmaps, which are made up of millions of tiny pixels.It has 3 file types; they are JPEG, TIFF and PSD.1 megapixel = 1,000,000 pixels and the higher amount of pixels, the more data is takes up and the images also have a enhanced resolution.

Vector Graphics

Vector Graphics are defined by a start and an end, which can be points, squares, triangles, curves and angles.Vectors have 2 file types; they are AI and 3DS.These files don’t lose the image quality when resized, either larger or smaller.They look better on devices because of the higher resolution.

JPEGStands For Joint Photographic Expert Group

Used For Used on the internet, mainly for social networking and for sending pictures in general, can be used on most electronic devices.

Advantage - You can send them to whoever, wherever, through email, phones and internet.- Small, compact files so they don’t take up much data- Is quick to upload the file

Disadvantage - Loses the photo quality when opened, edited or saved numerous times due to compression and recompression

TIFFStands For Tagged Image File Format

Used For Saving multiple images to one single file, compacts it together. Popular with Graphic Designers.

Advantage -When open, edited or saved, the images have lossless, which mean they don’t lose the quality of the image.-Can be sent easily to other users- flexible format

Disadvantage - They are very large files, which means they would take up a lot of data on the system.

PSDStands For Photoshop Document

Used For Image Manipulation and editing, but only on Photoshop

Advantage -They can be saved in layers, so you can change certain parts of the image- They are used for front covers of magazines because of the layering technique

Disadvantage - They are large files, and they can be only used in Photoshop, so has to be changed to JPEG to be sent to users without Photoshop.

AIStands For Adobe Illustrator Art

Used For Logo creations

Advantage -They can be scaled to various sizes, from business card to billboard, because of the vector graphics as they won’t lose quality or deteriorate.- The programme has very similar tools to Photoshop which makes it easy to use.

Disadvantage -Large files- Very time consuming- Small errors may become visible if image is enlarged too much

3DSStands For 3D Studio

Used For 3D modelling, animation, characters. Used in TV, Film and for Video Games

Advantage - Flexible format- Encourages interactivity with the programme - Used in large industries for saving files for their software projects

Disadvantage - Expensive, time consuming and very large files- There are a limited amount of programmes available

Example of a Raster Image

Example of a Vector Image

Digital Graphics Images

Shape Task

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I like the different shapes that make the penguin, because its easy and circular.What would you improve if you did it again?I would make it neater because the face looks very messy.

Rotoscope

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I like the detail on his face and jacket because it makes it look more realistic.

What would you improve if you did it again?I don’t know if I would change it because I really like how it turned out.

Text Based

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I like how the colours go together and with the clipping of the music notes within the word ‘music’. I also like how the word ‘pain’ is in a different font and colour.What would you improve if you did it again?I think I would choose different colours because I feel that they don’t go with the quote.

Logo Creation

Evaluation

What did you like about your image?I think the monkey is the best one because it’s different, whereas the rest are very plain and simple.What would you improve if you did it again?I would make the logos better, maybe by using different shapes to create them.

T-Shirt Designs

T-shirt Ideas

Film Quotes

MusicCartoon

TV

Family Guy

Simpsons

ComedyYMAS

McFly

Vampire Weekend

People

Marilyn Monroe

The Beatles

Big Bang Theory

Friends

Bob Marley

Star Wars

Star Trek

Lord of the Rings

Batman

Celebrities

Animals

Sloth

Cat

Giraffe

Elephant

Meerkat

Rihanna

Proposal

Deadline

Friday 4th October 2013

Monday Tuesday Wednesday

Schedule

Audience

My target audience is 15-20 year olds. My idea includes Rihanna and possibly one of her album names with it.

ProposalDimensions

2400 x 3200 Pixels

Content

My t-shirt design will be different photos of Rihanna within her name; the photos will be of similar context. It will be plain and simple with no colour.

Export Format

PNG

Advantages; compatible with redbubble and also can save transparency and opacity

Disadvantages; larger file size

RihannaThese images will be within the letters indicated by the black arrows

Peer Evaluation

What are the strengths of the final image?I think my final image is great because it’s neat and all the images are individual within the certain space.What could be developed if the image was repeated? I would try out different techniques, and I wouldn’t use her name so I would just have an image.

T-Shirt Evaluation

Does your final product reflect your original intentions?

My final product was on my mind map of ideas, although I don’t think that it came through what I wanted to produce as my end product. I had lots of different ideas at the beginning but I managed to pick one idea in the end. I am really confident with my final product, although once I had decided on putting Rihanna on the t-shirt, I had different ideas which I tested out to find the one I wanted.

Is your product suitable for your audience?

I think my product is suitable for my target audience because Rihanna is listened to by the age of my target audience. My product doesn’t contain any violence or sexual references, so is suitable for my audience. My target audience would also wear this t-shirt if they are interested in her music.

What do you like/dislike about the techniques you have used?

I like how the different images fit in each individual letter. I also like the black border around each letter because it makes the pictures stand out well. As all the images are different, I think it goes well and I think I chose the images that best went with the individual letters.

What do you like/dislike about how your final product looks?

I like the overall look of my product because it fills across the t-shirt nicely and it really stands out on the white t-shirt because of the black border. I think there is a picture or two that could have been placed better within the text, but overall I like the product.

Why did you include the content you used?

I used a very simple font so it would be easy to read when the images where placed inside the text. I left the colour of the text white so to see the images well, and the black border makes everything stand out really nicely.

What style have you employed in your products?

As I researched different t-shirts on Red Bubble, I ended up choosing the music genre because I thought the t-shirts were the best ones. After searching for different artists, I chose Rihanna; although there were a lot of Rihanna t-shirts, I thought my idea would be different to the rest of the products.

What were the strengths and weaknesses of the pre-production and planning

In the beginning I had lots of ideas which did make it difficult to choose I final idea, but I did also have lots to time, so it made it easier to consider my options. I particularly liked the multi-coloured elephant and ‘The Weeknd’ t-shirt, although I branched out and did something completely different. The planning and research definitely helped me to come up and produce my final product.

Analyse each of your final print products commenting on the strengths, weaknesses and aspects you would

do differently if you were to repeat the project

For this Tweety Pie product I got a Google image and I then Rota scoped it in Photoshop. I added in the details from his eyes to his chest feather so it looked more like the real image. I made it into a baby/child piece of clothing as this would appeal to that audience more than it would an older audience. I think that its quite a good product and because it’s a cartoon, it was a lot easier to Rota scope than it is to do a human or a real animal.I think that I could have been more careful with the outline as there are a few white patches around it, but that would be a future development.

This is my Rihanna t-shirt design. I used a simple font because I wanted the writing to be easy to read after I had inserted all of the images. It was difficult to get the images into the different letters so that took me a while to do because I wanted to get them correct. This is a t-shirt aimed at a target audience of 15-20 year olds because this the age where they would listen to Rihanna's’ songs. The technique I used was a clipping mask which makes the images fit into the text. I think it’s very effective in this situation because it turned out very well. A few of the images could be placed a bit better because there are edges leaking into another letter which I don’t want, so if I were to redo this product that is what I would change about it.

For my Will Smith t-shirt design, I went to Google Images and got a picture of him, then I went into Photoshop and Rota scoped him. This was more challenging than the Tweety Pie t-shirt, but easier than the Rihanna one. The definition in his face was harder to enhance because it wasn’t over his whole face so I had to blend it in some places to make it look respectable. I think the blue background behind him brings something to the image otherwise it would be very plain. I could have added more detail to his face to make him look even more life-like so that would an improvement for the future. I could hav also made it a bit neater by making the edges around everything rounder as there are some square bits which make it look very un natural.

Peer FeedbackFeedback– I like that there is a different image of Rihanna for every letter.– It’s creative, unique and interesting

– You could maybe have put a different colour background– You could have done something around the name and not just left it

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My Response to the FeedbackI agree that I could have put a different coloured background, I did not experiment with different colours so that would have been a good idea to do that.I also agree that it looks good with the different images of Rihanna in the name because it’s unique.I disagree with the fact of designing something to go around the name; I feel that it is good the way it is and I don’t think it would look better with things added to it.