Evaluation

What

For the end of this project, in order to aid the development of my final major project in which I use elements of exaggeration for a comic, I have carried out a series of different experiments that explore the many different ways that people and artists represent facial expressions through exaggeration which are mainly used in comics and animation. Out of the many experiments I carried out, I felt that my investigation was ultimately quite successful, and aided me well when developing final artwork for my final major project. I also learned brand new techniques to represent the art of exaggeration, which will thus further the development of my stories when I continue to develop them after I graduate.

Why

I decided to carry out this investigation for my research project in this way due to the fact that I thought it would compliment and help in the development of my final major project and further my skills throughout the process. Because I aim to carry on creating more the stories from my final major project in the same way after graduating, this seemed like the ideal concept to focus my research project on.

How

To start out with, I began with researching into exaggeration of facial features and caricatures of people like looking at exaggeration of presenting certain famous figures. I then decided to narrow down the subject matter to just facial expressions as I figured that this would benefit the development of my final major project more than looking something that didn't have anything to do with my project like caricature. After I made this choice, I looked into how artists and animators are able to portray exaggeration in their fields without having people wonder what they were trying to achieve. With the research I found, I found I was able to implement some of those techniques into my final major project.

How

To start out with, I began with researching into exaggeration of facial features and caricatures of people like looking at exaggeration of presenting certain famous figures. I then decided to narrow down the subject matter to just facial expressions as I figured that this would benefit the development of my final major project more than looking something that didn't have anything to do with my project like caricature. After I made this choice, I looked into how artists and animators are able to portray exaggeration in their fields without having people wonder what they were trying to achieve. With the research I found, I found I was able to implement some of those techniques into my final major project. 

In conclusion, I feel that my research project has overall been most successful in teaching me new techniques into how to display how a character is feeling using different media in alternative ways such as using different colour, use of shading, and depth of lines. These techniques I have investigated will no doubt benefit my continuing practise after I graduate, as I aim to continue to create more stories from my final major project with the same exaggerated style. Something that will continue to grow thanks to the research and experiments from this project.