evulation

·         Introduction to your assignment (explain what your assignment was)
·         Your research – what images inspired you? (refer to your 

I have done 2 different  research in this unit and they are both secondary research and primary research , they are helpful research what as helped me for my final piece for the creatures unit.The  creature  from harry potter inspired a lot because the textual and the detail showing on the creature helped me for my own creatures. .The stonebraige city farm wasn't that much inspiring for me as I have been to the farm  before, but seeing new animal then the previews one help me created my own  creature.

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·         What were your ideas? Refer to your proposal – outline what it was you intended to do.

My idea was to create my own creatures  with the  montage technique in  photoshop .I will chosen 6's animal  and  2 background pictures from the harry potter trip for  my broad game box cover .I  have used new techniques for my montage creature so I can make something different from my previews works.I  have done some research on the information so I can add it to my box. If I created the infromation for the box it would of wasted my  time doing it  myself.I wanted to make something similar kind to the  3 head dog  from harry potter what is my favourite montage out of my 3,  because it had a  differ net personally then the other creatures I have created.I like the horse Montage as it had more effect and more detail then the other montages.I have chosen 2 background because  one of them are for the  side-broad and  the other would be  use for background it self . I have used the curves  and level to make the background more darken then it actually is.

·         What animals at the farm did you focus upon and why? Did the shots you achieved at the farm match those in your 

I have took more picture of the chickens and ducks more then the  other animals, as I was active toward the chickens and ducks more as they have very good body usement on my montage work. I didn't need the  chickens in my montage,  but I did need the ducks as they had  better quilty picture then the chicken images.I have  took picture of the cow but never used the images for my montage   but I did take the picture incase I did need it for my montage or for a  back-up plan for my montage.The horese, pig ,ram,duck and goat did  achieved very well  for my montage. I have took very good picture of the animals on the  farm.

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proposal? What shots did you achieve at Harry Potter World and how were these used in your board game design?

They were good images ,but some of them were too dark for my camera on my phone  and I should have took my video camera in stead of using my camera phone.I have took plenty of pictures  for the background of the box, but they was hard to choice which of the pictures I could of  chosen for my background. I have decided to  use the castle more then the  others  images because  it was used well with the curves  and levels in Photoshop.It had suited with the   montage's cretaure more then it did on a  blanket  A3 (Photoshop sheet size )  .I did choice  two picture because  it went well   with the creatures. I have also  used it as a side broad image for my box .Has their are some boardgames who  do have thoses kind  of  layout for there broad game boxes as the  background.

• Photography. What did you have to take into account, ie, lighting, location, animals and HP world

I have used iSO 100 for the farm animals as it was a cloudy day.I also used the progam setting  in the colleges camera, what was on a aperture setting . I have aslo used the  white blanace to see which is a  better quilty  pictures of the animals. The loction was  at stonebriage city farm what was a 10-15 mins walk from the college.I have  took plenty of images from the farm, but I wish that I've could of took pictures of the rabbits and other animals inside the barn, as it could of made more of a veriety of imgaes  for my montage  work.The Harry potter world  I have use iSO what it have look like it was a  100 or less because some  of the  quietly of the images wasn't that good. In Each stages of the Harry Potter tour, it had  different light and dark air what was quiet difficult to keep playing with the  white balance ,as I could of used a better camera then  my phone.

• What Photoshop editing processes did you use to produce your final three creatures?

I have done my three creatures on 2 different Photoshop software.What  are called CCS (new version )and CS2(old version) what had  different ways of editing and tools,but they are   related in some way .I did one of montages creature  at home because  I didn't had another time  to do it in class and I had took my time  on editing my Creatures so I can make it into a  merit stranded level.I have used the  pen tool to cut out parts of the animals, what had felt  like I was doing surgery on the animals what felt kind of weird doing the edit on the  animal  , I have also used the  add layer mask what was quite helpful to do my creature.where I can remove some parts of the montage creature  and added  back on the creature what was kind of  fun using the tool . I also been using  some of the old techniques like  curves and levels what made the  animals look they were in a newspaper or creating a piece of art work.I have also used the distort tool toward the  stylise tool on the CS2 as the tools are kind of weird way to use them  . I have added some lensing  flares and lighting tool  for the  eyes , legs and many more  parts of the animals I have done sceenshot of my editing what shows how I created them .

·         What would you do differently next time and what did yo

I would of used a better camera then my phone.To not behind on mt unit  to much  to catch up  with work more faster.I most  remember to take screenshot when I'm doing the work not going backwards and taking screenshots as it was wasting time on my work.

           

learn from this assignment?
·         In your opinion, does your final image meet the assignment brief and your original proposal?

I like my broad game cover box's design a lot as it is one of my best work I have done so far . The slogan and The title makes it  suited with  the  box what makes shout out  towards the audines I am aiming at  .I hate doing contact sheet the most as I after type up anations of my images and I did struggle with it a lot .I have  kept with my proposal this time then my  film noir proposal, because it was more easy doing it after I have  done my final piece because I know what I can write up  about my work  then doing.

gamebroad cover

I have created my game broad into Photoshop ,as well using camera from my phone and colleges camera for the images. I have then made  3 montage created with the  farm animal picture. I did two at college and 1 at home as i got Photoshop at home ,but it is the old version of Photoshop.I then chooses two backgrounds. I use the curves and level for the background to make it go with the creature. I.I then went onto google to added some titles and barcode  , because i  cannot make them in Photoshop and it  a lot tidder. The black and grey parts are the the folded part for the box and you don't get mix  up with the actual broad game.


tools :
-Curves and levels
-ruler tool
-paint bucket
-Rectangle marquee tool

proposal

I am intend to create a design for harry potter board games.

I have been doing some research on Stonebridge city farm, as I'm going to take some images of different animals on the farm, I then will use Photoshop to edit my farm animals into a montage creature. I will be making 3 creature from 6 animals.

I am going to the harry potter studies to take some images of the set and other stuff there. I am go to use the images as my background game broad cover, I will take as many pictures as I can. I will be doing some research on harry potter creature and character from the movies. I will search up previews broad games what been created. They are secondary and primary research I am go to be doing for this project. I will be researching the layouts of the game broad what can help with my final piece

All of the research will help me decide what to put on my broad game cover and some have inspired me for my secondary research, what will help me with the broad game cover and the creatures, what will go with the broad game cover.

I will do a risk assessment on the farm, because of the safety for myself and the equipment I will be taking with me on the farm. I’m go to create a contact sheet for my farm animals and harry potter world. What will help me to decide what images I will be using and where I have be going wrong on the shots and angles of the animals?

I will be using Photoshop to create my contact sheets what are going to have 10 photo on each sheet on Photoshop. I will also use a Photoshop to edit my creatures on Photoshop what I will be using the tools like,the  curving  tool and the level tool. I will be using the pen tool to cut out parts of the animals like legs, head and ears. I will using Photoshop to edit my background with the curves and level to make it  more  brighter or to make it more  darker for my creature to go into. I will be taking screenshots of my editing  so I can show you how I created my  creature with the curves and level and the other  tool in Photoshop I will be using in my editing.

creature montage

Creature 1 :(demon horse )

I like this creature s it makes it really creepy and unquice  the way i edit the animals.I have used the horse head ,goat eye ,rams body and pigs leg . I have use different tools and old version of Photoshop to edit my creature,I would of took better picture or chose different picture ,as i didn't get the full head of the house and made look like i killed the horse with my camera.I edit them on each differnet layers . I used the .

creature 2 ( three head ducks)

I create this because it is kind of smilar with the three headed dogs in the harry potter movies .I change the eye around to make the duck look different with different personalty and  looks of the duck.I used the add layer mask to remove part images and add part back. The tool was very helpful because it help me what to do with the images and what not to do.I wish I could of added the neck toward my  creature ,as the neck doesn't fit with the  duck heads and the goat body. I also added a pig eye one the ducks because to make differnet from the other ducks.

Creature 3 :( neon pig alike)

I don't like this one much as the  other  two cretaure ,as i could of done better with the creature ,as it looks to much on the cretaure  and i should made it simple alike and look more animal like.I should  make it more tidy around the animal  cut out ,as it kind of look messy and untidy for the creatur. 

I have use the  hue tool for the pigs head what imistakewish i hadn't done it as it does really look right with the body of a duck .On the duck body I used the level and curves to make it fit with the pig head, but it doesn't relly fit well with the body.I use ram leg what i could cut it out more tiddyer and more carefully,as it would made look like ram leg and more fitting towards my creature.

memory check

1.Being polite  ( Thank you ,please, not being rude )

2. Being  confidence ( talk well,sitting up straight, eye contact )

3. Time schedule ( it better to be 10-mins earlier,as it shows good expediences of you)

4.Team work ( able to work in  a team.)  

5.Your Cv ( you need your CV to show your skill and quite  and  you ex jobs  and work expression )

6. responsibility (able to get at your work place and taking your certificates with you and importation details)

7. Dress well ( wear a suit or wear something smart,as they won't employed anyone who is a  mess )

8. Talking propeller ( you don't want to be quite or too loud,as it makes a bad impresten on yourself.)

sceen shot s

One is the normal image and then I am doing the levels on the ducks 

I have then use the cruves to make look like a old camera what been used in the 90's

I then use the bevel and emboss ,I added Inner shadow to see how it is looked.

This is my finsh edit goat. 

doing the levels on the goat and doing bevel and emboss to make it 3D.

I did the cruves and levels for the horse, as well I put Black and white on the horse to see what it looks like .The bevel and emboss made it look effective with the Black and white tool .

I have use the levels and curves to make the pig more light then it was,as it was a cloudy day .I added the bevel and emboss to make a 3D  button kind of thing.I have aslo use the exposure tool to make it  have some dark and light shades on the pig .

I use the cruves and level to make the ram more dark ,as the photo was quite bright to use for my montage creature.The bevel and emboss made it 3D

contact sheet (stonebriage city farm)

P1080145:- I like the photo,as show depth of the duck ,but the heads are missing ,as i might took in the wrong angle of the camera,I might needed the body of the duck for my creature ,I don't yet so yep.

P1080146:- I like this image ,as show the reflection of the mini pound .I like the  duck dipping it headed into the water ,but i think i might changed the iSO on the camrea too make it more detail

P1080147 :-I like this picture ,as the it bring the turkey forces and it make look like a angery ,or look like it going  to dance or something .It would been better if i took the full length of the turkey ,as it only got half the body of the turkey .

P1080148:- I don't like photo that much,as the turkey being very rude,as i was  taken the picture of it , but the image was kinded of blury so, it might make it hard to edited anyway.

P1080149 :- It same with the other image,but  more cleared then the other image.

P1080150 to 1080154 :-I like the picture of the pegiun , as the lightness of the peigun bring it out alot.Some the images are kinded of blury ,but very detail on the pegiun.

P180163-P1080164 :  It looks like a old photo,but it look really welll took,but I should of  change the white balnce on the image so it shows more depth of the image

P1080167-P1080168:- I  took  it side way ,so I  can see which way better .Look like i took animation shot,as show the chicken at the back moving like a animation flim.

P108169-P108171:- It looks like chicken are taken a group photo  and really inspiring image .It be more a better picture if the fence wasn't their.

P1080127 -P180173 :- I like this image ,as it show romantic image and then the bird been heartbroken ,I would of changed the white balance ,as it was little bit light and could make it about dark .

P1080174 : The bugie flew away

P1080187 -P1080191 :- I like these photos ,as show depth of the animals fur and how dirty the fur is on the ram. I think I who took zoom out abit,so I could got more of the ram,as some part of the ram  were missing and some were really dark,but that probely the Iso off the camera.

P1080192 :- I like this image, as it show the full body of the goat,but doesn't show much detail on the goat what abit of the problem with the image.The Iso  makes goat suit the image,but I think I should of change the white balance, as might show the detail more of the goat.

p1080193 -P1080199 :- I like these pictures,as it makes the ram stand out and show the light shades and the dark shades on the images.

P1080192 -P1080194:- I like this image ,as show the goat ,but it  looks really far distance and blur,as it made hard to get the goat,but i did tried to catch the goat.

P1080196-P1080202- I like the photos of the ram,as it show the ram fur and detail on the animal,as bring lots of depth onto the animal.one the images I lose the ram head some how,but i really like these photos a lot.

P1080205 - P1080209 : The landscape photos looked a bit dull, as it does not show much of the sheep  like in  the portrait animals. Both of the portrait sheep is  cut out and only shows  half of the  sheep, that  is  my fault  because of  the way I am  holding the camera and should of  took my time take the picture of the sheep 

P10802010 -P1080214:- I like the colour of the grass as it reflect  the sheeps with  more detail and depth toward the sheeps . I have took two picture on these because  I wass after both of the  sheep, I only got one half the sheep and that is down to me with the camera .

P1080247-P1080248 - I like the horse as it was one of my favorite animal on the farm. I should of hold the shutter speed more  on the first images as it is kind of  blury and it  is kind of  hard to see the horse on the image , but out of the negative comments I am  proud of this photo.

P1080250-P1080251- I  was lucky to catch the bird as you didn't see other sparrow around the farm beside this little one and it is the same with the shutter speed of the first image ,as I should of the  hold it more longer, but the iSO and the apptuch on the image are perfect.

P1080252 -P1080257 - I like all the images as it show little story of the pony as  the way it is moving around. My shutter speed is alot better then my previews images. I think the  3rd image to the 7th Image  should had different  white balance,has it is kind of bright on the pony and I should use the  cloudy  or incandescent  balance  for the pony./

P1080237-P1080246 - The first couple of images show a little animation going off,but the  7th image to 9th image  was  to0 zoom in or too zoom  out so  it look like I was too busy play with the zoom button more then the actual photograph .Image  5 & 6  have been took different angel and I really like it a lot as should the emotion of the horse. 

P1080221 :The image it quite blury  , but you can see the animal well and that is most important think about the  way I took the image of the pigeon.I should of changed the white balance of the image so it can show more of the pigeon more then in normal balance.

P1080222:-P1010225:- The pig looks like right good old mood on the images. I like the images as show good depth  of the pigs  ringles and  dirty on pig and one best quilety picutres I took and I probley use it for my montage picture.

P108231-P1080233:- I like this pony alot as  shows really good depth on the pony fur and hair.I wish I could of took more quilety picture of the  pony as it would made a really good picture of the  pony.

P1080235-P1080236 :- I like both the horse , but I should zoom out on P180235 because i would of like to get the  would head . The iSO 100 shows the depth of the horse with the light and dark highlight on the horse

P1080150 :- It blury and can't see much of the pigeon.

P1080261-1080262:- I like the cow ,but the head should be there ,but it good shot of the body and makes look like the cow got soft body. The iSO  make the cow fur had some highlight on the cows body.

P1080265-1080276:- some of the photos the camera is too zoom out or in and it made it lose some of the pig .The pig body look shiny as it looked  like sun was beaming of the pig and made the pig more realist then it is closed up 

1080271: I can't say much of the pig,as it is quite hard to put about the pig.

1080272-1080278 :- I like the way I took different angel as it shows more of the picture then the  other photos I have took on the  farm.I like the detail on the trees as it make it look like the ram in a horror movie,but shouldn't be there.

P1080280 -P1080282 :- They two differnet horese but  they both was in the same barn so yeah.I like the way it close up on the horse as it look like it taken photoshoot for magazine. It show the really good depth of colour constast on the hores, what makes it very good picture.

P1080285-P1080289:- I like the way the ram is looking towards the camera. It could be really good way to edit out the ram and use it for my montage.The portarit would of been perfect but it was blury and should of hold the shutter speed more longer .

P108092-P1080300: I like the way it shows mother and child bond in the image,as it was really sweet and touching.

P108302-P1080307: I like the way I took every picture of the foul jumping round,as I like it .I don't if i should or not changed the white balance around,but the picture is alright it self.

P1080310-P1080311:- The eye's of the cow  made it shine, even if didn't had the flash on it still made the cow detail well depth .

P1080314-P1080315:-I agree with the other photos of the cow.

P1080318-P1080319 :- I like the leading lines of the ducks ,as  it show you how forces the camera is on the ducks more then the background and the leaf.

P1080363:I should took it face ware more then the back of the bird,as it would made more of picture of the bird more ,then just  some rose flower .

P1080364:-I changed the white balance of the duck , because it was a bit dark to see the full detail of the duck and it made really good picture of the duck.

P1080367-P1080371: The piegon as good depth ,but It be nice have more of the face of the piegon then it is looking the other way .

P1080372-P1080379: I like how the  fence reflect onto the check and makes it look like abuse poster of animal and  shows the depth of the feathers.some are protriat and landscape but it show differnet colours  of the chickens in more depth.

P108321-P1080326: Some are close up and some are more like rule of third because the why it is layed out.I could use some of these for my montage.

PP108333-P1080334- One is blury and one look wired and unsure what it is.

P108336-P1080342:-I like the 1 st image if it wasnt forces on the twigs more. I think it is cloudy blanace and same with 2nd image.

Broad game (research secondary)

what games are already available ?

Link:http://www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-Mystery-Hogwarts-Game/dp/B00004VXLZ

Who the Target audience?

I say it more for 12+ do to the art of the box cover  look more adultish

I like the  way it is set out because it looks 3d and looks like you dropped into the world of harry potter and it makes  it look more like RPG game or MMOPG kind of think .

secondary research (stonebriage city farm)

Animal on the farm:
-cow
-Cat
-rabbit
-Gunina pig
-Horse
-Donkey
-chicken
-Turkey
--ducks
-pigs
-fish

what animal will I be focus on and why?

A cows body,because its really muscular and the hied is the right texture   for my montage  .A Turkey head or a chicken head,because they are big bird and help me improve on my Photoshop skill,as it be another level  on my Photoshop skills.A cocktail wing ,because it small and I be able to double them multiple on Photoshop,so i can bring it into big wing,as well i be taken picture of my bird and merge two bird to make a colorful wing.I either have cats legs or horse leg .If I have cat legs I make it look like the my creature is small and deadly, if I after take picture of the horse then it make it to big danger creature Rabbit's ear,because they are cute and fluffy and make it deadly attack for my creature ,because Rabbit ears are floppy and can be used as weapon.I also will use rabbit eyes,because they look evil and very  sharp, but I be editing the colour of eyes ,so it fit with my creature .


what considration must be taken when photograping animals.

You don't show your fear towards the animal,because animal might started trautment you and that can cause to break your equipment. You.You must take flash off ,as may cause the animal stress.Don't abuse the animals,as you can get banned and be fined .

what considration must you regrading camera setting?

you must put the program setting ,as it can set the iSO,aperture and shutter speed on your camera,as well your white balance,as some animal   might make it  camouflage on your picture.The iSO i be using will be 200 or 100 ,as it be morning and going into the afternoon ,plus with the weather  and the aperture setting will be storytelling ,as some animal be far distanceand isolation,as animalmight come up close and it  be really well spoken toward the camrea .

what editing technique would i use and why ?

-pen tool :
so I can edit the part i need and can change them around ,as well .

-blur tool:
To make outskirts  of my creature  really coming at you and really spoky.

clone tool.:too create a big  wings ,when I take pictuce of small bird when i'm on the farm.

level and curves: so i make light and dark shade on my creature i be making and to  make it more spooky .

Desaturate : I might use .I don't how my montage will come out ,so it be maybe on this .

secondary Reserch (week 1)

The first image show a werewolf.I choice this one because i like wolf ,as well I like the way they took the image of the photo.The image is a shallow depth ,because the background is blury and it is aimed  at the wolf  more then the background .The lighting on the image is quite dark,but some of the light effect reflects of the fur and makes  the character really outspoken. The emotion seem really sad or serious ,as the character looks  like talking something serious. The captured looks like the character is talking to another character at that moment.

Link :http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Werewolf_army

The shot on the image more like rule of thirds with mix of shallow depth  in the background.In the image it looks like harry  putting a spell on the buckbeak or talking to buckbeak. I say  the light bring image lots of depth and detail on this image, because it bring out the Buckbeak out ,as well part of harry detail ,as harry his kind in the dark  and out of forces.The emotion brings surprise and some shocks  ,because how beautiful  the creature is and really outspoken on the buckbeak.The key point  is  the bond between creature and humans in this moment.The image capture the full set image  and  show you what is going off,


Link:http://www.booksatruestory.com/2014/02/07/lord-rings-marathon-day-2-trilogy/thestral/

I like this image,because  it detail on the wings ,like bat weeks.I say the Iso on this image is 200 or 100,as the light kind  of low and makes the creature unseeable.The emotion is like a darkness kind of feeling like sad or anger.The creature looks kind of a demon kind of monster,as the wing and the bone showen on the flesh makes it demon like.

I like the image because the light and darkness of the picture brings the owl stand out and very glowly image.The emotion is quite happy,as the owl looks kind of happy in the image.