Illustration & Visual Narrative — Project 2 : Digital Triptych
31.8.2022 - 2.9.2022 (Week 1 — Week 5)
Rachel Madeline Purwanto / 0356994
/ Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media
Illustration and Visual
Narrative
Project 2 : Digital Triptych
❥LECTURES
Week 5 — Composition
- Its how you arrange the elements in your design/frame.
- Best way to arrange it is by arranging it with meaning
- Focus should stand out more
Basic composition rules
- Visual narrative (feel of the scene)
- Visual flow (path of the viewer's eye)
- Visual balance (nudge the eye of the viewer in a certain direction)
- Visual hierarchy (the way to visualize and make the subject the focus)
Different types of composition shots
- Establishing shot : Establish setting and portray a spectacle
- Bird's eye view : Overhead shots, 90 degree angle above the ground
- Frame within a frame : add depth and create visual interest
- Medium shot : 3 quarters shot
- Close up : able to catch emotions which also provides an intimate look into
the character's mind
- Worm's eye view : close to ground and is used to emphasize emotions
Foreground (nearest to viewer)
Middle ground (in between)
Background (furthest from the viewer)
❥INSTRUCTIONS
❥TASK
For this project, we are instructed to create a triptych which is an artwork
that is divided into 3 sections that are hinged together and can be folded
shut or displayed open. We are to create 3 illustrations to depict a scenery
of a story based on one of the themes (cultural celebration or renewal of
life) using Adobe Illustrator.
I decided to base off my design on a Thailand series Thailand series I watched
called 'Until We Meet Again' which features a story about 2 college students
who discover that they are reincarnated souls of 2 past lovers who had
committed suicide in their past lives. They are bound and destined to meet
again in their next life due to the symbolism of the red thread.
1. Sketch Idea
Fig 1.1 Sketch
I started off my sketch within 3 panels, the first one featuring the past
life, the middle showing their hands reaching out for each other as they
fall out of touch and the third panel features the couple meeting again but
with a bouquet of flowers to represent their undying love for one another
and how it blooms, emphasizing a sense of renewal in life. The red thread
would portray a connection within all the 3 panels to form a sense of storytelling from the left to the right pannel, to guide the viewer's eye.
2. Digitisation
Fig 2.1 Progress for first draft
I started the digitisation process according to the feedback given. Pen tool was used for all the shapes above. I decided to make it grayscale as I wanted to focus on the design and the layout first then work on the colours afterwards.
The hole in the head and the heart reveals the story of how the couple died, a shot to the head for the male and a shot to the heart for the female.
The colours used as a representation for their genders are blue and pink which symbolize their respective genders.
Week 3 — First attempt according to the sketch might be too
detailed and unachievable in Illustrator thus maintaining simplicity
by making the design simpler should be done. A close up for the
third panel would be preferable to avoid complexity.
❥REFLECTION
I enjoyed doing this design as it was based on one of my favourite romance series and it is also one of the first competitions we had to do in design. It was a really fun project and even though it might be time consuming and a struggle at one point due to not being used to using the tools such as the pen tool, it was still fun exploring various tools to use from to create a vibrant but simple design.
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