1. Digital Graphics
Mel Storey

2. File Formats

3. Raster Graphics
Raster Graphics are made up of Bitmaps, which are millions of tiny
pixels.Most pictures that are found on the web and photos you’ve
import from your digital camera are raster graphics. They are made
up of grid of pixels, also referred to as bitmaps. The larger the
image, the more disk space the image file will take up.
It has 3 file types: JPEG, TIFF, PSD.
1 megapixel = 1,000,000 pixels and
the higher amount of pixels, the more
data is takes up and the images also
have a enhanced resolution.

4. Vector Graphics
Vector Graphics are defined by a start and an end, which can
be points, squares, triangles, curves and angles. Vector graphics are
created in graphics packages and consist of shapes called objects. It
is easy to edit each object separately. And even if an object in a
vector graphic is quite large, it doesn't need a lot of computer
memory.
Vectors have 2 file types: AI, 3DS.
These files don’t lose the image
quality when resized, either larger
or smaller. They look better on
devices because of the higher
resolution.

5. JPEG
Stands For
Joint Photographic Expert Group
Used For
Used on the internet, mainly on social
networking sites and for sending pictures
in general. Can be used on most electronic
devices.
Advantage
-You can send them to whoever, wherever,
through email, phones and internet.
- Small, compact files so they don’t take up
much data
- Quick to upload the file
Disadvantage
- It loses the photo quality when opened,
edited or saved numerous of times due to
compression and recompression.

6. TIFF
Stands For
Used For
Advantage
Disadvantage
Tagged Image File Format
Saving multiple images to one single file.
Popular with Graphic Designers.
-When opened, edited or saved, the
images don’t lose the quality of the image.
-Can be sent easily to other users- flexible
format
- They are very large files, which means
they would take up a lot of data on the
system.

7. PSD
Stands For
Used For
Advantage
Disadvantage
Photoshop Document
Image Manipulation and editing, but only
on Photoshop.
-They can be saved in layers, so you can
change certain parts of the image.
- They are used for front covers of
magazines because of the layering
technique.
- They are large files, and can be only used
in Photoshop, so has to be changed to
JPEG to be sent to users without
Photoshop.

8. AI
Stands For
Used For
Adobe Illustrator Art
Logo creations.
Advantage
-They can be scaled to various sizes, from
business card to billboard, because of the
vector graphics as they won’t lose quality
or deteriorate.
- The programme has very similar tools to
Photoshop which makes it easy to use.
Disadvantage
-Large files
- Very time consuming
- Small errors may become visible if image
is enlarged too much

9. 3DS
Stands For
3D Studio
Used For
3D modelling, animation, characters. Used
in TV, Film and Video Games.
Advantage
- Flexible format
- Encourages interactivity with the
programme
- Used in large industries for saving files for
their software projects
Disadvantage
- Expensive, time consuming and very
large files
- There are a limited amount of
programmes available

10. Digital Graphics
Images

11. Shape Task

12. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
I like that it is very simple and easy to tell what it is. It looks very
childlike and would be a great technique to use in a children’s
product.
What would you improve if you did it again?
I would try and find a different way to do the mouth and also
add some more features on the gingerbread man such as a some
clothes like a bow tie or a noes. I would also like to make the legs
more rounded to make it look more realistic.

13. Rotoscope

14. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
I like the small detailed highlights in his hair, under the chin and
at the side of the nose. This gives it more of a 3D effect and feel
to the actor being rotoscoped. Using the Colour Range tool it
produced a good way in which I could add in the messy stubble
without looking too much or fake.
What would you improve if you did it again?
If I were to do this again I would try and make the eyes look
more realist by using different colours on top of each other and
adding some eyelashes.

15. Text Based

16. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
I like how a simple logo from a band with an image which is related to
the band is effective, for example I used a photograph of the band and
a theme that links with the Arctic Monkey’s band name/logo and clip
masked it. Although you may feel using an image behind/within text
may take the attention off the logo but it will still make the logo stand
out. The second image I created I used a simple font, (Lucinda Grande)
and changed the tracking for selected characters, this makes one
particular word stand out more. I also changed the colour of the font
and added a picture to make the quote more interesting and to
experiment with different techniques.
What would you improve if you did it again?
I could improve it by making it have a border which would make the logo stand out a bit
more. Or get an image which would show the bands faces more. With the bottom image I
would also create a border and use more colours.

17. Logo Creation
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18. Evaluation
What did you like about your image?
Its simple and gets quickly to the point. The open page represents the
print industry in one quick image. While a simple bold text will get the
point across fast.
What would you improve if you did it again?
I would improve it by using colour so it would stand out a bit more and
appeal to a gender or multi-gender it with the colours used. For
example using gender neutral colours such as purple, orange, yellow or
a mix of blue and red/pink. More colour will make it more appealing
and if it was for a business or company choosing interesting colours
would grab a larger audience because they would be interested in
what you are advertising with your logo.

19. T-Shirt Designs

20. Favorite Designs
Mood board of designs you like

21. Idea Generation

22. My Design Ideas
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23. Proposal
Dimensions
2400 by 3200 pixels
Export Format
PNG
Advantages; Compatible with Redbubble, can save using a transparency style.
Disadvantages; Large files
Content
My t-shirt design is going to involve a black and white rotoscoped image of the lead singer of the Arctic
Monkeys, Alex Turner. He will be stood face on and it will be a MCU shot, shooting from his shoulders up.
Instead of being coloured in blocks of colour inside the image it will have lyrics from the Arctic Monkeys
songs intergraded inside the image of their lead singer. The fonts will be the same as the logo or fonts
used on all their album artwork. The black and white theme will connect with their newest album
artwork, AM. Although I would put a transparency on the t-shirt design so people can make it personal
to them.
My second design will be a rotoscope of the bands silhouettesin black and white. It is very simple but
effective. They will all be stood up and the image will be a long shot so you can see all the figures clearly.
The logo will be placed at the top right of the t-shirt.

24. Proposal
Audience
This product is gender neutral as being one of the largest indie bands the Arctic Monkeys are popular
for both males and females. The t-shirt will represent the male gender in the colours; black and
white. While the image of Alex Turner is more for the female gender. It will be aimed at an audience
of 17-23.
Deadline
Tuesday 1st October 2012
Schedule
Day 1
Start my first design, get
pictures to rotoscope and the
template. Start rotoscoping the
image and logo on the
template, see how my idea
plans out.
Day 2
I will finish my first design and
make the shapes smoother, fill
in the gaps and touch up.
Then I will start my second
design and find lyrics to do
inside the silhouette.
Day 3
Finish off my final design and
smooth the outline of the
silhouette. Get smaller lyrics
and quotes to go inside the
spaces to fill gaps. Finally
upload both my ideas onto
Redbubble.

25. Digital Flat Plan
Arctic Monkeys
Logo of the artist will
be rotoscoped.
Font I will use
(Copperplate Gothic Bold)
The fonts will all be
different sizes to highlight
specific lyrics
Use the transparent
layer so the colour comes
through the text on
different coloured T-shirts
Use this outline image for
his face
Song lyrics inside the males
face outlining his features.

26. Digital Flat Plan 2
The black colour
will make it easy
to put on
different
coloured T-shirts
This would be an example of
the image I would choose to
rotoscope.
Rotoscoped
logo of the artist
Black silhouette of
the band.

27. Peer Evaluation
What are the strengths of the final image?
• They both link in with each other and have been done really
professionally. You can easily tell who they are as they have been done
really neatly, precise and look high quality. The text outlines the face really
well on the second one so that all arctic monkeys fans would know who it
is. The font is in different sizes which contrasts well and helps develop the
face. I also like how they don’t have facial features as it makes them stand
out and look different from other designs.
What could be developed if the image was repeated?
•Maybe could of used different colours so that if someone wanted the T-shirt
in black they could do so.

28. Peer Evaluation
What are the strengths of the final image?
• I like how they have used block colours on this picture but still brings
detail to the image and you can recognise who they are still. The quote on
the second image is still easy to read and clear. They are both linked to the
same idea which is really good and they have both worked really well.
What could be developed if the image was repeated?
• If the image was repeated, maybe they could use different skills to build up
an image with a different range of skills.

29. Peer Evaluation
What are the strengths of the final image?
• Great use of blocked colours to outline the important details of the image,
to represent and show that person without the need of showing the detail
of their faces
• Good use of words to fit around the shape of the face and body, using
different sizes to let certain words standout
• Really like the first image as I can see each person individually even
without the use of facial detail, great idea and works well.
What could be developed if the image was repeated?
• Use a more detailed image of the person or do the detail of his face with
the words as it is a little simple, highlight the word arctic monkeys to let it
show more where and who the person is.
• Both images are simple, use different skills to see how to make the more
interesting, such as use of colour or detail.

30. T-Shirt Evaluation

31. Does your final product reflect your original intentions?
One of my flat plans consisted of the Arctic Monkeys
stood as a band together in which I planned to rotoscope the
whole silhouette so it looked like a shadow on the T-shirt. All
my planning, including my flat plans and mind maps consist of
the Arctic Monkeys and in my “digital flat plan 2” I carefully
chose the image I was going to rotoscope and where to place
the logo. I carried this on to my production of my final product
and I kept the idea the same.
My other flat plan (Digital Flat Plan) I planned the
text which I had carried on from the digital ideas. Here I also
planned some of the lyrics in and some examples of other
peoples work. My idea for my other product ended up slightly
different with how I planned but I adjusted it to make it better.
I did this by not filling in the features in his face with lyrics as
the text was too blocked to create this effect. But other than
that it reflects my original idea and intentions.

32. Is your product suitable for your audience?
‘
In my proposal I
wanted my product to be gender
neutral. I used black and white
for the typical dark, more male
colours and the picture of Alex
Turner for females. The image of
the whole band together would
aspire the male population as men look up to the Arctic Monkeys as they don’t take life
too seriously but produce great aspiring music to listen to. Many females would connect to
the production image as Alex Turner, the main singer of the band is aspiring to be with,
and as a male icon to look in for a partner.
A 17-23 age range was what I wrote in my proposal which I still think is suitable
because in the product of Alex Turner created from the Arctic Monkeys song lyrics and
titles there are a few words which could offend people such as “slag” etc. Therefore it is
aimed ay mature age range.
The T-shirts are typical band T-shirts with the band, logo and name on the front.
Although the lyrics on my product have been creatively placed in the features of Alex
Turner which is unusual and not been done before therefore it has a larger suitable
audience.
’

33. What do you like/dislike about the techniques you have used?
Rotoscope: I rotoscoped the final image I choose for my second
product. Instead of choosing lots of different shades and
creating details I rotoscoped the outline shape of the band
and then filled it in black so it looked like a shadow on the Tshirt which I think worked effectively as it will go with any
colour T-shirt (except black).
Polygon Lasso Tool:
This is the tool I used to create the
rotoscope images. I like the way it works but sometimes
when you accidentally double click it will join your work up in
the wrong place and you cannot undo back to the last point
you were on.
Text: My first design of Alex Turner and the song/title lyrics
creating his portrait was mainly based on text. I chose a
certain font to run through the theme of the T-shirt and
changed the boldness, size and setting the leading and
tracking for selected characters.

34. What do you like/dislike about how your final product look?
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In the image of my product design I like the way in which the
black creates a simple but effective theme. If its on the
silhouette of the band or the black text inside the artist. Both
create shadow and make the work stand out well.
Using different sizes on the second image on the page creates
a different uniformity in the image. It also stands out more
well known songs or a certain word such as “down” which I
placed lower down from the rest of the song lyric which I feel
is effective as it gives a slight image to the text.
The clear space in the face of the second image I feel is too
clear. I tired to make the lyrics create his facial features but
the text was too blocked and in the end I took away these
features and it started to look better without them although
it’s a bit too clear. Although in the first image on the page the
clear faces and hands in their pockets looks really effective as
it gives something else to the image and even Alex Turners
face turned to the left can still be seen with the clear
background.

35. Why did you include the content you used?
Text and Logos: I used a template to rotoscope over the top for the
logo so I got the perfect angle for the name of the band as I couldn’t
find the download for the font anywhere online. But this technique
worked well and having the bands logo on the T-shirt made it have a
theme and look like a professional band T-shirt bought on their own
website.
The text I used is used on the back of their album for the song
names. It is a simple font but looks good in bold or not which gives it
a bit of contrast.
Images: The image I used for the rotoscopeing T-shirt I picked
carefully as I wasn’t going to show any detail on the band members
just there outlines. So I choose an image which which was a long
shot, so it wasn’t too far away but it was close enough to see from
the knees up and you get the whole body view so they can also be
identified by the body positioning.
Colours: I used a simple black throughout my products as it created
a house style and the silhouettes can easily be identified. It also
make the text stand out and it links to the indie band and their new
album AM in which all the artwork for the album is black and white.

36. What style have you employed in your products?
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I used the ideas of both these images which I found on Amazon (the blue coloured
one) which is a canvas poster and the other on redbubble.com which is a product
design from someone's T-shirt. Both these images inspired me to create an image
of Alex Turner and use his own lyrics from bands songs to create his head shape.
The image
found on Amazon had been cleverly done to show
all his facial
features. Not only song lyrics have been used in
this image but
quotes from Alex Turner himself. This is how a
smaller font has
been used for that image. The other image I found
used the names
of the Arctic Monkeys songs and from this image I
took using
different font sizes to highlight certain words
which I feel is effective
and brings some image into text. The simple
black text stands out and the bolder the font is makes the word or phrase stand
out even more.

37. What were the strengths and weaknesses of the pre-production and planning?
Strengths and Weaknesses of Pre-Production:
• I could get ideas from other peoples designs but develop them and integrate their
techniques into my product design.
• Using mind maps they helped me develop my ideas for a bigger picture.
• Can see what colours, fonts and images fit well together.
• Even though looking at other peoples ideas it worries you that you cannot
compete with products already out there.
Strengths and Weaknesses of Planning:
• I can adapt peoples ideas I have looked at into mine
• I can use a T-shirt template to see what my own design will look like
• Certain images may not look as good which they have been placed in Microsoft
Word than they would in Photoshop so you don’t get the whole feel of which your
product will look like

38. The analysis of each of my final print products commenting on the strengths,
weaknesses and aspects I would do differently if I were to repeat the project.
The lyrics and song titles I feel is an
effective way to make a simple
image more exciting. It makes
people look more at the T-shirt
wanting to find that song lyric
they know. It will create interest
within friends and peers or even
people walking past in the street.
A series of these T-shirts of different
artists and their own lyrics taking
over their facial features would
make a great chain of prints, this is
what I’d do if I had more time.
It looks good on all other
colours and not just white
which creates variety for
the audience.
It uses up the whole
of the T-shirt space
available. But next
time I would like to
include the space
used in the middle
of his face and
create facial features
using lyrics of Alex
Turners own work.

39. The analysis of each of my final print products commenting on the strengths,
weaknesses and aspects I would do differently if I were to repeat the project.
I like the way Alex Turner, the lead singing,
is looking to the side. This creates a certain
dynamic which we wouldn’t get if he was
face on.
I used their
own logo on
the T-shirt so
the audience
knows who the
silhouettes are
if they are not
big fans of the
band.
The print would fit on any other
colour T-shirt but black therefore if I
was to do it again I would produce
the same image but do a choice of a
black or white silhouette.
I used an existing
photograph of the
band and rotoscoped
over the top. By just
rotoscoping the
silhouettes of the
artists I was able to
create a mysterious
look from within the
band.
Simple features such as the
hands I feel I could improve
and make look realistic.

40. •
Peer Feedback
I am glad the blocked
colours to outline the
important detail was a
strength as it was meant to
be a shadow of the band,
so blocked colours is what
made it look like this.
and they stated that
they can see each
individual person
without facial detail.
I agree with using more colour next time,
but I believe for this design less is more.
Even though they liked simple detail in
the first image they wanted more detail
on the lyrics product and if I had more
time and skills I would have tried to
integrate lyrics into his facial features.