Project 06- Stylized Book Cover/ Book Narrative Illustration

DUE: THURSDAY, MAY 19th 2016

Objective:
Choose a well-known, popular book or book series and illustrate ONE character in a key scene or front cover with a "twist," that also successfully captures the concept of movement or the passing of time.

The "twist" is that the character must be altered either by making them into an animal

Requirements:
- Must design from a well-known, iconic book or book series
         - If your professor hasn't heard of it, come up with an alternative choice
- Must successfully capture the concept of movement or the passing of time
- Must design a characters that is identifiable to the original story, but is based off animal
- Must include background environment setting
- Must have a presence of light source (aka. evidence of shadows and highlights to some degree)

Medium:
Color: Acrylic/Ink OR Digital

Dimensions:
11" x 17"

Process Work Required:

- 1+ mood board
- 10 composition thumbnails
- 2 pages of animal studies
- 1 page of character design ideation
- 3+ value key tests
- 3+ color key tests
- 1 final illustration

Examples

Artist- Na Young Wu

Artist- Alexander Moskaev & Others

Project 05- Iconic Character Redesign

CRITIQUE: Tuesday, May 7th, 2017

DUE: Thursday, MAY 11th, 2016 @ 4:50 PM 

Objective:

• Reimagine a design an iconic character influenced by an iconic time-period genre.
• Create an illustration of character in dynamic pose

A) Choose a pre-existing character from the list below:

- Captain America
- Green Lantern
- Wonder Woman
- Scarlet Witch

B) Choose a classic RPG character class for your character:

- Soldier Class (Ex. Knight, Samurai, Barbarian)
- Magician Class (Ex. Wizard, Sorcerer, Druid )
- Rogue Class (Ex. Thief, Pirate, Hunter)
- Cleric Class (Ex. Priest, Witch Doctor, Monk)

C) Choose a time-period genre to influence your redesign:

- Old World West (Ex. Medieval Europe)
- Old World East (Ex. Feudal Japan)


Requirements:
- Must have reminiscent qualities of the original character design

- Must have reminiscent qualities of the RPG character class

- Must look old-world/medieval period in redesign (aka. no advance technology like robotics)

- Illustration must have some indication of three-dimensional form using lighting
          - Design can be realistic or stylized
          - Character must be "grounded"; no floating figure
          - Background can be ambiguous or specific


Medium:
Acrylic/Ink OR Digital


Dimensions:
11"x17" (Portrait Orientation)


Process Work Required:

- 1+ mood board
- 2+ pages of ideation
- 3+ various line drawing costume sketches
- 3+ various color design variations
- 5+ thumbnails of poses/composition
- 1 final illustration

Examples

Artist: Alex Diboine

Other Examples

Artist: Ryan Meineidig

Artist: Alex Zedig Diboine

Artist: Various