1. 2D MEDIA & RENDERING TECHNIQUES COM 222 Media Aesthetics & Creativity

2. Process  Rough Sketches (experiments)  Rough Comps (compositions)  Finished Comps (models)  Final Art or Production (finished product)

3. Rough sketches or mind maps can work well for brainstorming phases. (My rough sketches are so messy I don’t show them to anyone.) Rough Sketches (experiments)

4. Comps – Rough and Final  Rough “comps” or draft compositions allow you to experiment with ideas and media without spending the time to polish them. You can show them to a client before they have to pay a lot of money for you to create something.

5. Website Rough “Comp”

6. Website Photoshop Final Comp

7. Storyboard: Rough Comp

8. Storyboard: Final Comps

9. Game: Rough Comp

10. Game: Final Art

11. TECHNIQUES TO PLAY WITH Techniques to Play With

12. Watercolors and markers (techniques)techniques Watercolors are creative and flexible for rendering ideas. - Adding water makes colors lighter. - Working dryer makes colors darker. - Create a wet area before applying watercolors and let each area dry before moving on, unless you want the colors to merge. Using watercolors with black marker outlines (after they dry) can be easy ways to render creative ideas. Cutting out shapes can be a creative option.

13. The “Lemon Juice” effect on watercolors  http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/2012/10/cr azy-watercolor-atcs.html

14. Colored Pencils (techniques)techniques QUICK TIPS:  Hold vertically and color in circular motion.  Lay down many layers instead of one.

15. Colored Pencils (techniques)techniques  “Burnishing” is the last layer, which is the darkest.

16. Experiments With Paper

17. Mix Media

18. Photoshop

19. Illustrator

20. Pinterest: follow people you like

21. QUESTIONS?