2D - Final Outcome

Lining

​Continuing from last week, I carried on with the lining process, ensuring my lines were smooth and clean. This process did take a while, yet I believe it paid off in the end. Even looking at the linework alone, I was able to see clearer what things were meant to be due to the smoother lines. In addition, playing around with line width was also a key part of this process, as I needed thicker lines for the larger pieces, such as the characters, but also had to ensure smaller details still stood out as much as the larger, clearer pieces. 

Once I had completed the lining process, I began to cut off the details I didn't need, and then, had a piece that was ready for colour to be applied to, as was to be my next step; figuring out colour schemes for the different aspects of the piece. 

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Colouring 

To begin tackling the final colour scheme, I began by looking at the characters as these would be a central point of the recipe, and focus would be drawn to them more than the pans and cups. In addition, there were more options when it came to the what colours I wanted each of the characters to have. 

To begin with I decided to stick with the cooler colour for the female rabbit, however changed the cape to contrast the colour of her fur. This worked fairly well on it's own, however would run into troubles later on when it came to choosing a background. It is for this reason I changed the cape to being blue, to work with the rabbit, and instead work against the softer background instead of working against too many different colours in so many different places. 

For the younger rabbit, I wanted to contrast the cooler tones of the first and so settled with the sandy colour initially. When looking back on the the design it looked plain, too plain when both rabbits stood side by side. I decided to add some darker patches to break up the lighter tones of what was no it's base colour. Both changes made to their initial designs worked well in the end, making them more interesting with a combination of softer and darker tones present in each design. 

Background colour was something else I tackled early on, for the utensils were going to be almost the same colour as the two rabbits; with pans being cooler toned, and spoons being warmer toned. With the similar colours of the rabbits going to be present throughout the recipe, I decided to try and find a colour that would make them stand out. Not wanting to chose red or blue due to them tones being present in the rabbit's designs as well as the connotations of gender with the colours, I decided to go with either a yellow or green background as to keep things neutral. 

It became clear that I preferred the yellow tone due to the green clashing with the younger rabbit. Instead I thought the yellow worked well with the smaller details of each rabbit, and keeping it a softer colour would work well for the main background, and a darker border would make the whole piece stand out, framing it nicely. 

Flat colour

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Shading 

Due to the more childish and simple feel I wanted for my recipe, I decided to go for a simple style of shading, using one shadow and one highlight to make the individual aspects feel childish and as clean as the linework. This also worked well when looking at all the pieces together, feeling like a whole set as opposed to different elements, as this was something I wanted to replicate when looking at the varying set of sprites from my initial research and inspiration. 

Once I had decided on a shading style, it was again a case of repeating the process to cover all the different components of the recipe which did become rather time consuming - but again, proved effective in having everything feel like a group. 

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Finalising the piece 

Once the shading of the whole piece was complete, I took a look back at the thing as a whole, and could see that there was still something missing, as the background looked plain despite the border and busy instructions present on the piece. To tackle this I decided to give the recipe a background, in the form of shapes that would be faint enough to ensure they didn't mess with the instructions. Again, I tried to steer away from things that could be associated with either gender, as I wanted something neutral to make the audience wider. It was for this reason I decided to go with soft stars, making a simple shape that could be used to make a pattern and then placed in the background and on the border to make the recipe more interesting and fun. 

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Final piece

All in all I am proud of my final outcome, and the way I went about it. Although it was time consuming and repetitive at times, it looks coherent and part of a parcel - working well together. Given the time and being unsure on how to tacking this project in the beginning, I am happy with the outcome, and if I were to do it again, wish I could have had more time to put some more shading into the piece to make it a little more complex. 

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