The document describes the process of creating a character for a post-apocalyptic scene in London. It began with searching for reference images to create a test character. The test character was drawn piece by piece in Illustrator, with parts like arms and weapons found online and edited in. This process was used to create multiple versions of the test character. The same process was then used to create an actual character based on a photo the author took. Background buildings like Big Ben and bridges were drawn in Illustrator on a photo of London edited to have a red sky. Details like destroyed cars, zombies, and military items were added. The character and background were combined to create the final scene.

1. Task 5 - Production

2. Progress –
Example character
I began by searching for different
images on the internet of characters in
which I could use to create a test
piece. I started by using the image to
the left and drawing the hood in
Illustrator. I then began to draw the
first arm and part of the body, as well
as the gas mask. I wasn’t sure whether
it would be better for this character to
have his gas mask on or off, so I edited
that in another layer and moved it
away.

3. Progress –
Example character
I then found an image of an arm on the internet,
added it to Photoshop, removed the back ground
and then added it to my picture. I wanted to add a
hand on the arm I had completed which looked like
he was holding a gun.

4. Progress –
Example character
After adding the arm, I then went
back to the internet to find a rifle
for my character to hold and to test
if it fitted correctly. The rifle did so
I placed it in position and began to
work on the hands. I also decided to
flip the character as I believe it
looks much better this way and I
wanted him to be standing on the
left side of the final image after I
have created the background.

5. Progress –
Example character
Once I had drawn around the
hand to make it look like he
was wearing gloves, I began to
add more detail to the arm by
adding creases and a badge. I
wanted the top he was wearing
to look like it was made for the
army.

6. Progress –
Example
character
After this, I began working on the
rifle by drawing over it.
I then decided I wanted it to be a
sniper rifle, so I found a scope from
the internet and edited it into my
picture.

7. Progress –
Example
character
Here is how the scope
looked when the
image was placed into
position.
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This is how the whole
Sniper rifle looks after
completion.
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8. Progress –
Example character
I then began work on the
second arm. I tried to make
his arm look like he was
holding something in front
of him. To create the hand,
I found a good picture of
one on the internet and
edited the hand in. I
changed its colour to look
like the other hand and I
wanted it to look like his is
holding something.

9. Progress –
Example character
After the hand was completed, I went back to the
main body. I firstly completed the lower half and
added detail.
Since the whole torso was now complete, I could
begin to add the bandolier which you can see on the
image at the bottom. To begin this, I found a picture
of a bullet that would fit into my characters gun,
removed the background in Photoshop and added it
into illustrator where I could draw over it. Using
copy and paste, I created a stream of these bullets
going from top right to bottom left across the
characters body, then I added the brown bandolier
behind it and a holder in front of the bullets.
Next, I went back to the hand and placed fire into
his hand. I drew the flame, then the smoke and then
the glow in that order and then proceeded to add
detail.

10. Progress –
Example character
Now that the body and arms were
complete, I could move onto the legs,
so began drawing pants. To begin this
lower half, I firstly drew his pants and
coloured them brown with 3 different
shades to show light levels. After the
pants, I began work on a belt for him
to wear that had pockets and a
canteen so he could hold items in
there. I then decided to hook his gas
mask onto his belt.

11. Progress –
Example character
With this part nearly finished, all that
was left to add was detail, so I added a
lot of creates to his pants. After this, I
began creating his shoes.
I drew around the boots of the
character below mine and the wraps
above them, then added detail such as
laces and more creases.

12. Progress – Example character
Now with all the body complete,
I could add extras. I began by
adding a pistol holster on the
characters chest. I drew the
holster, found a picture of a
Glock (The Gun), added it to
Photoshop, removed the
background then edited it on
illustrator.
After the gun, I wanted my
character to wear a backpack. I
used the backpack the character
I was tracing had, drew it and
then added detail. After this, I
also wanted my character to
have a machete, so then again
used the internet, Photoshop and
illustrator appropriately to be
able to draw the machete in.

13. Progress – Example character
Finally, I added more detail to various
sections by adding creases, a knife, a
holder for gas mask filters and
completely changed the colours for the
gas mask.
My character was now complete.
I did not however add a face as this is
only a test character to get to grips
with drawing in illustrator and using
Photoshop. My final character is next
where I use an image of my self and
edit it. The final piece uses a lot of
items and drawings from the example
character as they all fitted in quite
well.

14. Progress –
Actual character
I began with my actual character by firstly
creating some poses and dressing up for what I
would want him to wear. I also used a tripod as
a kind of rifle for my character to hold. After a
few pictures were taken, I decided the one
below on the left was best, so took it to
Photoshop to begin editing out the background.

15. Progress –
Actual character
Using parts from my test
character, I started making my
actual character. As with the last I
started by drawing the hood. I
wanted the same colour scheme,
at the start, as my test character,
so I coloured the hood grey.

16. Progress –
Actual character
I then went on to create the main body
of my character and his right arm. I
tried to make the shirt look like it did
on my example character.

17. Progress –
Actual character
After I drew the body and right
arm, I began to add detail to
them. I used the bandolier
from my other character.
I also added the hunting rifle
from my previous character as I
wanted him to carry that
weapon.

18. Progress –
Actual character
I could then move onto the face. The
whole face took a while and at the
end, I didn’t really like it, so I later
decided that it would be best for my
character to wear a gas mask instead. I
also added a badge to his arm.

19. Progress –
Actual character
Finally, I added more detail to various
sections by adding creases, a knife, a
holder for gas mask filters and
completely changed the colours for the
gas mask.
My character was now complete.
I did not however add a face as this is
only a test character to get to grips
with drawing in illustrator and using
Photoshop. My final character is next
where I use an image of my self and
edit it. The final piece uses a lot of
items and drawings from the example
character as they all fitted in quite
well.

20. Progress –
Actual character
After I drew the face, I decided I did
not like the colour of the hood, so
began to change it. I changed it to
green but would change it to red at a
later date. Also, my characters face is
now complete. I tried to get it to look
good, but failed, so I moved onto the
left arm and would come back to it
later.

21. Progress –
Actual character
After adding detail
to the arm, I added
the hand and then
the fireball he was
holding. This is
where I changed the
hood colour to red.

22. Progress –
Actual character
After the arm, I added the gas
mask to his face and then the
backpack. I wanted both to
look the same as the test
characters, so added those
same ones.

23. Progress –
Actual character
Finally, I added more detail to various
sections by adding creases, a knife, a
holder for gas mask filters and
completely changed the colours for the
gas mask.
My character was now complete.
I did not however add a face as this is
only a test character to get to grips
with drawing in illustrator and using
Photoshop. My final character is next
where I use an image of my self and
edit it. The final piece uses a lot of
items and drawings from the example
character as they all fitted in quite
well.

24. Progress –
Actual character
Then, I began to draw the legs and
boots again as well as the belt.
After the lower area, I began to finish
up add more detail such as the smoke
and creases on the pants. The pistol
was also added.

25. Progress –
Actual character
Finally, I decided to change
the colour of the top. I
wasn’t sure about the colour
green, so I duplicated the
file 3 times and changed
each characters top so every
file had the same character
with a different coloured
top. Here are the final set of
characters

26. Progress
Background and Final Image design

27. Progress –
Background
At first, I decided I
wanted to use the image
on the top right to use as
my back ground. I found
the image on google,
took it to Photoshop and
began to edit the sky.
After this, I started using
the clone stamp tool to
remove the people,
however, I then decided
that I did not want to
use this image as the
image I have on the next
slide would be much
better.

28. Progress –
Background
I firstly began searching
Google for images of
London. After I found the
image on the top right, I
took it to Photoshop to
edit the sky.
In Photoshop, I began by
separating the sky and
ground/buildings. After
this I used a filter effect
to change the colour of
the sky to red. The
Neon Glow effect.

29. Progress –
Background
After I sorted the background in Photoshop, I
began editing the image illustrator. I started by
drawing the main building here which is Big Ben.
After I drew the tower I added detail.
After the tower, I began drawing the smaller
towers on the left. After this, I again added
detail.

30. Progress –
Background
After the houses of parliament, I then moved on to the bridge. I drew a
basic shape of the bridge with walls first, then I decided to use the
direct selection tool to manipulate the points to make the bridge look
broken. After this, I added detail.

31. Progress –
Background
I then changed some colours on the building on
the right, made it look more destroyed and then
added a helicopter (which I edited in Photoshop
and drew in illustrator) to the roof to make it
look crashed

32. Progress –
Background
After these buildings, I began to add
detail and objects to the bridge. The
first thing I added was the pile of
sandbags to the left to make it look
like the military were once here. Then
I added a radiation sign to indicate
that the area is radioactive. After this I
began to add my first enemy by
creating a zombie.

33. Progress –
Background
After this, I created another pile of sand bags
and then added my actual character to the
scene.
My character and background are now together,
however I am not finished. I later decided I
wanted to add a lot more detail as it did not
look much like mutants had taken over the city.

34. Progress –
Background
To start, I firstly created a
destroyed car. I found an
image on Google and edited
the image by drawing it in
illustrator. Next, I added
ammo and health boxes next
to the sand bags to make
them look more militaryinvolved. Finally, I added
another zombie with large
claws climbing over the
sandbags.

35. Progress –
Background
To finish up, I changed and added a few
more things:
•
A banner was added to the building to
state human life may still exist
•
Another version of my character
replaced my green-clothed character
•
Blood was added to the car
•
A new zombie was created – the one in
front of the car
•
An ash pile with limbs in was added to
show death and destruction.
•
Rubble was place on the bridge and
more cracks were added to buildings

36. Progress –
Background –
Final image