07/04/2023 - 26/04/2023 / Week 1 - Week 4
Reema Arif Hamza / 0362792
Illustration
and Visual Narrative / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / Taylor's
University
Task 1A: Vormator Exercise
Content
Lectures
Week 1: Introduction to the module, platforms, what is expected of us,
and breakdown of assignments.
Week 2: The lecture was on the basics of character design, going further into silhouette, colors, and personality. This helps aid us in our first task of designing a unique character. We also learned to use Illustrator, such as the pen tool, shape builder, etc.
Week 3: Class canceled due to public holiday. The lecture materials uploaded on teams focused on using colors and gradients in Illustrator.
Week 2: The lecture was on the basics of character design, going further into silhouette, colors, and personality. This helps aid us in our first task of designing a unique character. We also learned to use Illustrator, such as the pen tool, shape builder, etc.
Week 3: Class canceled due to public holiday. The lecture materials uploaded on teams focused on using colors and gradients in Illustrator.
Instructions
Task 1A: Vormator Exercise
We are tasked to create one unique character using the given set of shapes in Adobe Illustrator.
Process
When searching up different character designs I really liked the Pokemon ones. I often saw that they combined different animal characteristics to create a character. Personally, I like cats so I chose that as the main body, and added large wings and a tail. After sketching many designs I found this one had the best proportions,
Fig. 1.1 Vormator Character Sketches, Week 4 (28/04/2023)
Final
For my final design, I closely followed by sketch making adjustments along the way and adding small details here and there. I chose a light pastel theme for the colors because I wanted to add a 'cute and light' aesthetic to my character.
Fig. 1.2 Vormator Character, Week 4 (28/04/2023)


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