Update of Assignment 1

'Me Myself & I'

After colouring the pictures for assignment 7 (children's story book), I realised I do enjoy colouring! Being amazed at the versatility of colour pencils, I decided to portray my liking for them by using them to design my name.

To show colour pencil's versatility, in terms of its ability to shade and colour in different tones with its different colours, I arranged them to form my name, and for letters with curves such as 'B' and 'R', I curved and bended the pencils to suit the alphabets.

First of all, I drew the pencils out on my sketch book, and thereafter I scanned them in. Opening the file in Macromedia Freehand, I use the pen tool to trace the pencils and from there I filled them with colour.

Finally, I opened the coloured piece in Photoshop to fill in the words 'My name is...' and 'and I like colour pencils!'

In addition, I also experimented with using emboss in Freehand to further accentuate the pencils. The embossment will allow the work to appear more sophisticated.

To bring about a sense of liveliness and vibrancy, I used the font Space Pontiff for the headings. The font has a unique style that complements the colour pencil concept, and it able to effectively portray the fun and dynamic nature colour pencils have in them.

* Please note that colour of workpiece appears distorted upon uploading. Refer to portfolio for actual masterpiece.

On the left is another variation that I tried out for assignment 1. It uses a different coloured background (gradient with orange & yellow) to bring out the vibrancy and vivaciousness of colour pencils.