Educational Poster. Sort of?

Our first time creating a poster, for kids!...of sorts. The whole process thought us how to better manage our time between the designing process and the final product illustrated in AI.

My theme was spy gadgets for girls. I'm very sorry but I forgot to screenshot my progress, thus only the final illustration.

Pencil sketch:


AI Vector:












I rearranged them so they look align and in order.

I later added a shadow so that they will stand out once I put the background.

I made the background using dark purple, with flowers as motif.


Finally, I put in the title "theUndercoverS" and labeled each gadget with their own specific name.

Illustration AI Practice

We each chose one image/photo of our liking, and practice our tracing skills by using the AI software.

This is the image I've chosen.

Progress:

First stage of tracing. I used red because it has the best contrast to my image, as suggested by the lecturer. I try to vary the thickness of my lines.

Close up of my tracing so far.

I added the shadows after that.

My colour in for the shadow parts.

Colour in for the highlight parts.

I added the fireworks last, along with the highlight made by the fireworks. I also changed my outline to blue. This is the final outcome.

Close up for the final outcome.

Original image & AI trace image

Matte Painting [EDIT]

A matte painting is a painted representation of a landscape, set, or distant location that allows filmmakers to create the illusion of an environment that is nonexistent in real life or would otherwise be too expensive or impossible to build or visit.

My inspiration was to combine floating islands with distant, icy feel. An abandoned floating kingdom, slowly succumbing to its doom by an ever-closing star.

The setting is in outer space.

Two floating islands in the distance. Pure ice. I played with the colour balance to give it more blue, and increased its curve to give it a glaring highlight.

I added a simple cave. The cave comes from another image I cut and edited.

Front island. Using a soft round brush, I added soft glow around the islands, giving them an other-wordly feel.

I added rainbow waterfalls for two of the islands, showing how they still function properly, and still retains their magical properties.

I added a bit of aurora beaming from the front island. The tip of the ice which has a strong yet subtle glow catches the attention. 

I added a tower for the middle ground island. The overall image is that of an abandoned ice tower.

To make the waterfalls more mystical, I added soft white glow by using a soft round brush.

I added fog to deepen the mysterious feel of the whole kingdom. Desolated, yet has a calm and soothing beauty.

I added the imposing star that is coming ever-so-close towards the icy kingdom, the island that is closer towards the star shows its crumbling state by slowly turning a sickly blue. Its waterfalls also stop flowing because of the invading star. More fog was added to the foreground.

[I edited the fog, making them look more natural and less out of place/rough]