Design Tahi; Waihanga Ngohe| Blog post one:

My Mind Map:

Here are some artworks I've done last year for my painting subject done digitally that I've done before I thought about my Kaupapa and Construct for this year,

 For my construct, I decided to go for Concept Art. Concept art is what is used by illustrators and others as a reference for a product and to set a tone for the story. They work on: Character concepts, world concepts, and equipment concepts. For example, marvel movies have scene concept art to visualize how a scene will go. The VFX artists then use the concept art as a reference to see how the CGI effects and powers would look in the scene. Most concept artists use programs such as Photoshop for illustrations and Zbrush or Blender for 3D. 

Character Concept: This is to build or create a character design concept and style from lots of research. From personality, aesthetic and visual appearance. Character concepts are used as a vehicle for storytelling. Every shape, colour and little detail is all there for a reason and bases what type of character you are creating. A good character design consists of a good silhouette, colour pallet and exaggeration. 

 Shape language is very important in character design as shape indicates what type of character they are. Circle or round characters are more bouncy, fun and friendly, Boxy characters give off a more strong and more heroic character while triangle characters are sharp which gives off a sense of danger, evil and fast and are mostly villains. But most triangles don't necessarily mean evil, they could also be an indicator that a character is smart. 

https://www.animatorisland.com/character-design-practice-shapes/

World Concept: To have an understanding of architecture and scenery to create a world from scratch involving one's imagination. It is to have history, geography and ecology. In world-building,  There are two types of worlds to choose from. Real-world fantasy is based on real-world events and second-world fantasy is to create new lands, species and governments. 

Equipment Concept: when concept artists focus on creating a character's equipment.  Equipment concept art enhances and gives the world a better definition. Equipment concept art has to do with armour, weapons, and stuff that the characters interact with.  

This year, I'm planning to use a program called Procreate for Ipad to work on my portfolio this year. 

I chose this construct as I want to be a concept artist or an illustrator as I am interested in working for the Video Game Industry. 

My Annotated Bibliography

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vm8Hgu2XNU9GgDXTN0L_2bKN0R8iHQzfWmELgB3DKEs/edit?usp=sharing

This week's thumbnail sketches