HAWAIIAN SHIRT ILLUSTRATION—Introduction to Digital Applications
INTRODUCTION
This section is where you introduce the creative and technical challenges that were given to you much like what follows: "This project required us to illustrate a Hawaiian shirt that included the following elements: An illustrated pattern using the pattern maker tool, A 3D-looking button using a Radial Gradient and the Gaussian Blur and Shape Builder tool; An Aloha style label with a textured background and artwork that used Blend Mode to allow the texture to show through the art. All of these elements were put together in a final Tabloid layout including the shirt, samples of the pattern illustration, the button and the label. A shirt name and the creator's name were to be placed below the shirt."
The image above shows the final layout for the Hawaiian Shirt project.
MATERIALS:
This section details the materials (Hardware, Software and Conventional media) that were used to create the project prototypes and final assets.
CREATIVE PROCESS:
This details What your main concept/idea is and the process of HOW you came up with, researched, nurtured and expressed that idea. Supporting research and prototypes like thumbnails would go here.
PRODUCTION METHODS/WORKFLOW and TOOLS:
This should detail how you created the FINAL piece of work. It should contain the technical details of how things were prepared and made including the steps of production arranged in their proper order. Every effort should be made to use the the proper terminology for tools and techniques used. FLOWCHARTS are a very effective way of showing how key steps in the production process are connected.
In the case of digital production you should use SCREENGRABS (Created on a Mac using COMMAND—SHIFT—4 and dragging around the area you wish to capture) to document the KEY STEPS in the production process.
The visual shown at the bottom of this page under VISUAL SUPPORT is an example of of a screengrab being used to document a KEY STEP in the creation of a pattern using the PATTERN MAKER. NOTE THE CAPTION BELOW THE IMAGE.
NOTE: In order to save time—for extremely complex workflows you may opt to feature just one key aspect of production that was particularly useful or informative.
CONCLUSION:
This should summarize your overall learning from doing the project. Consider what the take-aways were for you. What were the biggest hurdles for you to overcome? What surprised you about the project? What breakthroughs or personal victories did you achieve in doing it? What would you do differently if you had an opportunity to do it all over again? What TIPS or ADVICE would you give others attempting something similar?
VISUAL SUPPORT:
Image Quality
Your final project should be represented using high quality photographs or screengrabs. Make sure that you take good quality photographs and POST PROCESS images that may be of sub-par quality (containing shadow casts, poor contrast, lighting, colour, etc.). Use the FINAL ARTWORK as the COVER art.
Your project should be adequately supported by good quality images that aren't over-sized (use IMAGE—IMAGE SIZE to reduce the overall dimensions to around 5 inches in width at 72ppi in Photoshop).
Captions
Captions are accessed by moving your cursor over the image and when the White Pencil Icon in the Blue Circle appears you CLICK on it and Add/Edit Caption.
Captions are added to summarize what the viewer is looking at. It should help them to understand what the content of the image is and why it is important to the larger story being told.
