The Darkness 2

The Darkness 2

The Darkness 2 is a gritty comic-book based videogame developed by Digital Extremes for Xbox 360
and PlayStation 3. Mainly this image is a long shot of a fun fare at Coney Island which is used as the
main scene of the game. The general colour scheme includes bright colours and an exposure of lighting
which are applied to give more detail to the environment. Putting the Carousel in the middle, gives it a
spinning e ect enabling on how the audience’s attention to be kept on the Carousel itself. This is
followed with the blurriness of the lights.



The practitioner, Jonathan Lax’s intention
was to reveal one of the most
exciting new area of the Darkness 2’s
campaign known as “The Carnival”.



These kind of concept arts encourage me as a student to continue my studies on graphic designing since such works show that with programs like Photoshop and 3Ds Max perceived imagery can be designed.

Smoking Photo Manipulation

Smoking Photo Manipulation


This incredible example of a Photo manipulation was taken with a Canon 450D on a balcony on
white paper, the ash and the smoke man is a composite of a 3D rendered man and hand painted
details. Containing an illustrative element and displaying a realistic approach, the colour scheme
used and layout of this image shows how a single cigarette can start the end of an individual’s life.

The practitioner wanted to send a message to

all cigarette smokers, stating that the
consumption of cigarettes harm both the ones
consuming cigarettes and the ones in society.

Combining certain elements to create a unique
image shows a creative set of skills were the
practitioner is involved.

The manipulation of this photo gives a realistic view of an unreal picture and this will surely help me in my
creativity when designing images.

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Tips taken from Advanced Photo Shop magazine

 

Taken from : Advanced Photoshop

Pro Panel

Layer Locking is a great way to paint in masses of detail without having to worry about going outside the lines.

Eye on Design

Project Focus

Wapping Typography

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“The Spherize filter used with soft edged selections was useful in getting a nice transition of the type gradually around the man’s head and body.”

-          “Extra care had to be taken to not lose the man’s facial features when creating the shading and distorting the lettering of the face.”

-          “Making the lettering on the man’s body get gradually bigger as it get close really helps to bring it forward and of the page.”

Unit 6 : Critical Approaches to Creative Media Products

Editing with After Effects

Firstly I did a a basic 3D design of a Hidden Blade  from the Series Assassin's Creed with Auto Desk. After that I imported the rendered .mov file into After Effects and changed the Back Ground from black to an Assassin's Creed image. I did that by using Keylight from the Effects Control.

Unit 17 : Audio Processes and Techniques

Because of the amount of reverb we had with our recordings on location, we had to do some voice overs so the quality will be better. We firstly recorded the actor's voices using an M-Audio Vocal Studio voice recorder and than we synced the recordings with the footage in Premiere.