Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Artist Presentation: Kan "Reives" Gao

Kan "Reives" Gao:  A Bird Story


A Bird Story is an Indie video game created using the RPG maker software. The game is unique as it uses no voice or text communication besides the title screen. The entire story is told through visuals and musical accompaniment.

Saturation

At the beginning of the game, the color scheme favors the neutral core of the colors. As the game progresses the colors begin to move away from their neutral cores and become more saturated and rich.
Beginning
Ending



















Chroma

During this change, the game goes through a variety of various tonal shifts.












Shades & Tints of Red

Value

The Game also navigates along the third and final axis of the color wheel with a wide range of value
Value Section








Depth Illusion

Although Predominantly flat with a semi top-down view of the player, the game still attempts to create depth in their background art through the uses of atmospheric perspective, overlapping, and variances in size.

Background Art Depth

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Project 4

Magic Tricks:







Vector Tracing:

Original Photo

Vectored Photo


Vector Photo w/ Optical Mixing of Colors:







































Final Project Edited:



Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Project Three

Text w/ Design & Saturation Changes:






Project 3 Exc.



Movie Still:

Seabiscuit (2003)

Grey Scale Version




Movie Still Colorized:



digital mock up
paintedMockUp

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Project Two

Top Section:

Background: Blue 1
Foreground: Blue 2

Middle Section:

Background: Purple 1
Foreground: Blue 2

Bottom Section:

Background: Purple 1
Foreground: Yellow 1








Exercise For Project Two: 



Finalized Project Two:

Completed Project 2


Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Project One

Color & Value

Project One, Step One: Grey Scale Version


Original Painting
Vector Portrait

Project One, Step Two: Color Scale (Analogous) Version