Illustration Assignment 3 State of Mind Screenshots and progression

 After I had the basic idea and my sketches I decided it was time to bring it to Photoshop. Here are some of the screenshots

I know I probably should have taken more but I tended to forget ._________. This was as many as I remembered to do.

The song i'm using for the animatic is Runnin' by Adam Lambert~

Here are the lyrics

Steel to my trembling lips,
How did the night ever get like this?
One shot and the whiskey goes down, down, down
Bottom of the bottle hits
Waking up my mind as I throw a fit
The breakin' is takin' me down, down, down

My heart's beating faster, I know what I'm after.
I've been standing here my whole life,
Everything I've seen twice, now it's time I realize
It's spinnin' back around now, on this road I'm crawling
Save me cause I'm falling, now I can't seem to breathe right
Cause I keep runnin', runnin', runnin', runnin'
Runnin', runnin', runnin', runnin'
Runnin' from my heart.

'Round and around I'd go, addicted to the numb
Living in the cold
The higher, the lower the down, down, down
Sick of being tired and sick of waiting
For another kind of fix
The damage is damning me down, down, down

My heart's beating faster, I know what I'm after.
I've been standing here my whole life,
Everything I've seen twice, now it's time I realize
It's spinning back around now, on this road I'm crawling
Save me cause I'm falling, now I can't seem to breathe right
Cause I keep runnin', runnin', runnin', runnin'
Runnin', runnin', runnin', runnin'
Runnin' from my heart.

Woah ohhhhh,
I'm coming alive.
Woah ohhhhh,
Wake up now and live oh!

Woah ohhhhh,
I'm coming alive.
A life that's always been a dream,
Wake up now and live oh!

I've been standing here my whole life,
My heart's beating faster, I know what I'm after.

I've been standing here my whole life,
Everything I've seen twice, now it's time I realize
It's spinning back around now, on this road I'm crawling
Save me cause I'm falling, now I can't seem to breathe right
Cause I keep runnin', runnin', runnin', runnin'
Runnin', runnin', runnin', runnin'
Runnin' from my heart.

Cause I keep runnin', runnin', runnin', runnin'
Runnin', runnin', runnin', runnin'
Runnin' from my heart. 

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Also the main character in my story is him:
Here are a few pictures of how he looks like (if you don't know)

Illustation Assignment 3: State of Mind (Sketches + Ideas)

After doing the research I came up with a few sketches:

 The setting for this one is in the forest:
At first the forest was brimming with life but then everything started to change. A man walked in the forest and was happy with what he saw at first but soon enough the animals became rabid and started attacking him. He gets lost in the forest, never able to find his way out. So he hangs himself.

Euphoria: The beautiful forest gleaming with life
Dysphoria: The dangers and horrors in the forest that caused the man to take his life.

This has more of an abstract approach to it. It starts out with a very happy person that enjoys drawing, but they soon see that there are better artists than them. The person gets depressed and soon begins to rot inside their own little world.

This is based off Adam Lambert's song Runnin'

It starts off with a man drinking bear because he can't handle real life any longer. But soon the alcohol starts kicking in and his world changes. The people turn into monsters. He turns away and runs, he soon comes across a DEAD END sign. With the monsters chasing him he has no where else to go. The floor beneath him cracks and he freefalls until he lands on a road. A car comes and hits him. He soon awakes in a beautiful place, a serene place. He finds himself standing in front of his own beating heart.








I decided to go with the last one. Runnin'.

I developed more on the sketches:

Concept is basically the same; just developed more on the sketches.

I also had an idea for how the monsters should look like.

At the end I decided for them to just have red eyes. The long/forked tongues were quite disturbing....

At last; The final sketches!

I am also considering doing a rose wilting and coming back to life. It shows rebirth and hope.

Technically this is what red roses represent:

Love, Beauty, Courage and Respect, Romantic Love, Congratulations, "I Love You", "Job Well Done", Sincere Love, Respect, Courage & Passion

Illustration Assigment 3: State of Mind RESEARCH

For this assignment we were supposed to choose a mental condition and a direct opposite of that condition and do some story boarding along with it. We were also supposed to include an animatic (Done in Adobe Premiere Pro)

After looking  at the list of Psychological States, I found the following quite interesting:

• Antisocial
• Nervous/ High strung
• Dangerous
• Sad
• Insecure
• Dysphoria
• Secretive
• Enthrallment

But the Three I was stuck between were Sad, Dysphoria and Enthrallment

Dysphoria

A mental and emotional condition in which a person experiences intense feelings of depression, discontent and indifference to the world around them.

Mood disorders can induce dysphoria with a heightened risk of suicide, especially people with bipolar disorder who are in a depressive phase. Experienced in response to ordinary life events such as great illness or grief.

Basically: Restlessness, Dissatisfaction and anguish

It is different from the typical sadness because it often includes a kind of jumpiness and some anger.
Might have experienced it coming down from a stimulant (eg: Chocolate or coffee)

This psychological state is basically in response to distressing situations, extreme boredom and depression.

Sadness

This is quite straightforward. I'm pretty sure almost everyone knows what Sadness is. It is basically emotional pain associated with feelings of disadvantage, loss, despair, helplessness, sorrow and rage. Usually negative feelings.

A sad person is usually unresponsive, less outspoken, less energetic and emotional. [Crying is an obvious indication]


From the research I gathered Dysphoria is basically a very ENHANCED feeling of sadness.

Here are some research pictures:

After looking at all this pictures, I came up with a variety of 'strokes' that would represent this negative state (both Dysphoria and Sadness)

(Sorry for the blurry-ness )

Enthrallment

A subset of "joy". A state of intense rapture (Ecstatic, ecstasy ) it's not the same as love or lust.

Experience it when you see an incredible spectacle (A concert, a movie , a rocket taking off) captures all your attention and elevates your mood to tremendous heights.

Euphoria

(Opposite of Dysphoria)

It is the mental and emotional condition in which a person experiences intense feelings of well-being, elation, happiness, ecstasy, excitement and joy. An overwhelming sense of contentment. It can also be defined as an "Affective state of exaggerated well-being or elation" . Euphoria is considered to be an exaggerated PHYSICAL and PSYCHOLOGICAL state, sometimes induced by the use of PSYCHOACTIVE drugs. Euphoria  has also been cited during certain religious or spiritual rituals and MEDIATION.

Happiness

(Opposite of Sadness, DUH =~= )

This is also quite straight forward. Happiness is a mental/emotional state of well-being characterized by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.

A few references:

After some research I did a few 'strokes' of my own:

An artist that inspired me

>> Agnes Cecile @ Deviantart   <<

 

 And this concludes the research.

Digital Design poster edit 3

Newest Edits:

-Change the title font
-Edited the Dragon and Phoenix in her hair to make it look like blood.

FINALE~

Digital Design poster edit 2

Okay so the dragons in the hair weren't so prominant.

Fixed it, even added a phoenix too!!

I made the position of the dragon and phoenix in the hair as if they're about to battle. The battle of fantasy vs reality.

I really like it this time


*fingers crosses that the lecturer likes it as well*

Digital Design Assignment 3 edit

So when I showed my final to Mr Hafiz he wanted a few changes

1. The eyes closed
2. She lying on the floor with a peaceful look on her face
3. Take away the scar and just add blood
4. Added snow or debris

After contemplating awhile of how it should look like I begun re-doing the whole poster

This is what I came up with:

Lets start with the screenshots:

Main concept here: She lays lifeless in the snow but there is still a smile upon her face as she can finally be in the fantasy she always dreamt about.

Final number 2