Nasuha's Computer Graphic Progress: September 2008

Final outcome

The final outcome of my poster

For this assignment, i use a water level ruler (dunno the exact name of it) for the main subject of this poster(subject matter). It suits my area of choice, which is the sea level rising.

Why did i choose this thing??because it relate to 'sea level', it shows the level of the sea. What i'm trying to show here is regarding the 'sea rising' issue. My message is to tell the people about the sea level which is rising now without us even noticing it.

My statement@tagline is 'Stop it from getting worse' is meant to aware and remind people about the global warming problem which is on its right track to get worse without any prevention steps taken. I'm also trying to tell on how each of us should act and play our role.

Don't wait for the solution from the higher authority such as government to solve this for us. Let us, the citizen of this earth act on our own, individually. There are lots of efforts can be done individually. For example is as what i've wrote on my poster.

Let's step forward and practice a few simple steps to prevent global warming from getting worse day by day. If all of us contribute a little of effort on this problem, yes, together we can make a difference :) .

The process - part 3

Now, for the ruler reflection on the surface of the sea. First i copy and paste it then rotate it upside down and finally reduce the opacity.

Then i add a background to my poster by creating a rectangle and fill it with gradient as shown above.

The only thing's missing is the 'Text'. I added text and apply a few effects on them.

For this text i duplicate the layer an move it a bit to the right and apply a blur effect. Next i reduce the opacity. This gives me a shadow effect to the text. I also made a border surrounding it by using rounded rectangle tools and use charcoal brush for its stroke.

For this one, i used a 3D effect on it. I also apply drop shadow to it.

Finally, the last step is placing my global warming symbol on the poster and it's done!

The process - part 2

Next is for the water texture. i duplicate the sea layer and place it in front of the original layer then change the fill to white and remove the stroke.

With the layer still selected, i apply the stained glass texture under 'Effect' menu.

Under the 'object' menu, i apply the 'expand appearance'

Next, choose the tracing option, set it as shown above, press ok and then trace it.

After tracing it, i expand it again.

Then, simplify it and use the setting as shown above.

After simplify it, i set the offset path and use the setting above.

So wat's left is the color. change the colour from black to a lighter blue.

Then i adjust its color and opacity a bit until it satisfies me..i also made a copy of it to make it looks better.

The process - part 1

So this is the pic which gave me the idea of water level ruler (i dunno the name of this thing >.<)

By using Pen tools i draw back the ruler by following the reference pic..but i didnt draw it 100% exactly the same..i manipulate the shape a bit. i use gradient for it's fill and brush style stroke.

Then i add the ruler scale using the pen tools. after completing the 5th line, i copy and paste it for a few times to fill off the whole ruler with the scale
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