OUIL406- Greetings From- Test Images

After finally deciding what I wanted to focus on for the brief I decided to test out how I wanted the images to look. I set off looking at simplifying the image, and because we are working with vectors I wanted to embrace this and try and my the images feel as geometric as possible.

I created some simple test images to try and figure out how the images would be made up. For me, one of the biggest limitations of using vectors is the inability to be able to implement tone and shade properly. This was something I wanted to challenge with this brief. I really enjoy working with shape and see this brief as a great opportunity to be able to really focus on improving my use of it, and light/shade was for me one of the things I really wanted to push.

I have decided I want to use a lot of artificial light in the images to really push myself with the lighting, giving the somewhat cold feeling vectors some life.


I like the overall look of the test images I made, and will probably implement a lot of what I used in the final images.

Personally one of the biggest changes I made is also one of the most subtle ones. Adding a slight amount of noise to certain components on the image gave them a much less glossy look and made it look more natural. I vaguely remember Matt telling us to avoid textures in the briefing but I think this really does make a difference.

The tests definitely need some more development but I think they're definitely on the right track.