This is a rather personal project.

#1

[Luck]

“I am the kid who got kicked down from heaven but landed on a big bird. ”

– Grandma

My grandma always tells me I am the luckiest unlucky person. I never understand what that means until I find out that my mom had a serious incident when she was pregnant which nearly got both of us killed. But wicked things happened, we both survived.

Ever since,  I always remind myself I’m that lucky bastard who had a second chance no matter how bad things can get sometimes. I am always the lucky one. The design is pretty self-explanatory for this one.

 

[Quirkiness]

I celebrate my strangeness and my odd perspective of the world.

In this design, the ballet dancer in music box is posing in a nonsensical and hilarious way. I create a misaligned print effect to give out a sense of motion. I use pink as background colour as the colour pink represents the sweetness and innocence of the child in all of us. It is the colour of uncomplicated emotions, inexperience and naiveté.

[Me!]

“Have I gone mad?”
“I’m afraid so. You’re entirely bonkers. But I’ll tell you a secret. All the best people are.”

If you know me, I am a combination of whimsical thought and random craziness. I take having fun very seriously. To me, life is all about experiencing joy and bringing joy to others.

I use green as background colour for this design as green is the colour of earth and energy.

 

#2

[Fearlessness]

I migrated 5 times in my whole life. There’s no one place that I can call home, because home is everywhere. Adaptation is like a speciality of mine. I embrace movement, change, and adventure. I still have fears in me, but they never limit me.

In the following design, the lady is relaxed and care-free. She’s enjoying the bizarre looking red sea. The use of red in the design is associated with war, danger, strength, power, determination. 

[Over-Thinking]

I was always the “new kid”; the “foreign-looking girl with strange accent”. When i was younger, the comments from other people really bothered me. I often felt excluded and outcast because of the language or culture differences. But as I grow older, I come to the realisation that commenting and gossiping is just human nature. So I care less and stop overthinking over words, from the other’s mouth.

I take inspiration from the movie “Mean Girls” to use hot pink as background colour. The lady in this design is looking worried and stressed because of the “wall of mouth” behind her. The partition lines on her face implies that she is being judged like a piece of meat.

[A Better Me]

I want to have an indestructible positivity. A better me is someone who sees good in every situation.

 

#3

[Double Life]

On a typical Tuesday, from 830-1230 I am a full time year-one student; 130 onwards I am a business owner. Juggling between business and study sometimes can be really chaotic. I have masks to put on even on a bad day. I have so many decisions to make and directions to take. Sometimes i wonder which one is the real me. 

[Inner Peace]

Inner peace and resting time are the most important things to me right now. I try to remind myself of how far I’ve come from time to time. Little steps like making a cup of tea and reading a book before i sleep are really helping me with finding inner peace when I am living all by myself. 

[An Ideal Me]

An ideal me is someone who gets everything in controlled. Focus on being productive instead of busy is what i really need to work on.

 

#4

[Knowledge]

I will probably pursuit a higher education in the future. For me, knowledge is the best investment for myself as it controls access to opportunity and advancement.

[Next Destination / Clearer Vision]

I hope i can have a clearer vision in 5 years time. To know what i really want and where i really want to go. I long to find my sense of belonging somewhere.

In this design, where the two person stand represents my present (plain, monochrome, a little depressing). What’s outside of the spaceship is my future, somewhere vivid, somewhere full of flowers and happiness.

[Me in 5 years]

Independence in every aspect is my number one goal to work on for the next 5 years. Personal growth is my top priority now.