CIND3510 Professional Project

  I've started adding in some more vibrant colour onto the pineapple illustration, working on the yellows and starting some of the blue and purple in the top left. I've put the rock drawing tutorial I found into practice and have found it really helpful in creating believable geometry. I've been working on my report and presentation in the mean-time so the illustration hasn't progressed as much as I would like. I have had to revisit some editing skills when creating my presentation in iMovie, as I have not created videos in a while. I will continue to work on this infographic project outside of this course and am really excited to finish it. It has pushed me towards the unfamiliar in my skill set and I've acquired so much interesting knowledge about our Palaeontological history of Australia.  Time for creating report, presentation, and further drawing: 20 hours

 Just a little update on the illustration process: Added in the other base colours of the pineapple and have started adding depth and variety in some of the yellow stones. I have also drawn in some textures with a white coloured brush so it can be used as a layer mask at a later stage and have different effects applied to it. Not really liking how it is turning out so far, but I need to remind myself it is only in the beginning stages and will come together as more detail will be added.  Note: I was a little uncertain on how to approach drawing this type of crystal structure so most of it has been experimenting on to go. I came across this post (   https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ6US0ahXpY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link  )  on my instagram feed by chance on how to draw rocks, which went back to basics on breaking down shape and value. Looking at this guide gave a little 'a-ha' moment, so I'm excited to give it a go and put these value methods into practice. Drawing time: 5.5 ho

I've finished the Plesiosaur, and worked on incorporating it into the water in the background. Full time-lapse of illustration below: Light and shadow play a keep part in how believable the Plesiosaurs integration is into the habitat. It took a little bit of experimenting with different brush presets in Procreate to create those thin bands of light. In the end I resorted to the standard airbrush I had been using for everything prior. I think it needs some refining around the neck and those two bright spots on the underside of the belly. The neck needs some softer reflective light, as the contract between the ray highlights and shadow is very stark - (the light doesn't follow the contour lines of the neck). The sharp light under the belly also doesn't make sense, will need to soften, and smudge out the ends of the rays. From here the next things to do are populating the sea floor with rocks, coral, seaweeds, and opal pineapples. (Could also add some smaller fish/sea creature