Illustration for Designers – G1

Personal lessons I learned:

Ugliness can be effective if it’s accurately expressive Sometimes the simplest solution is the most direct one. (But subtlety is still beautiful; I’m still trying to get it right because it’s quite tricky) Even pink can be creepy if you curate it right. Curved upper lips make for a creepy character. It’s okay to distort a character’s opaque glasses to give Read more →

I started with an idea about an event of bus-hopping. And then it turned into an event of a bus tour of horror places in Singapore. And then it turned into an event welcoming you to hell, Asian horror style. Finally, I decided to turn it on its head into a happy-go-lucky ‘Welcome to Hell Party’.

In terms of audience, I Read more →

FINAL 

I feel that the transparent material really does bring the idea of trapping air and I really wanted a mockup that could present this. I tried to find new mockups to replace the ones I had. So here’s the new version, that presents the transparent materials of the posters and tickets.

AIR COLLECTORS MOVEMENT

Inspired Read more →

Choosing the topic

For our final assignment, we are tasked to create a series of 4 – 5 collaterals for our client that is from an events management agency. Immediately, I knew that I wanted to do something that was of my interest, which was animals!

Different ideas were then expanded from the overarching idea of working on animals. That is when Read more →

After that 15 min brain storming activity Ms Lisa had us try during class I felt was really useful, not only do i get to look around and have greater inspiration for ideas, i get to move around instead of sitting down!

From that walk, i generated this idea where i can do a fictional event like a Couch Potato Support Read more →

introducing the models

i’ve chosen three endlings as the models of my whole campaign:

there were a few other choices, but i deliberately chose these three because they had names and tragic backstories. i want my target audience to feel guilty (haha) and empathise with these endlings. thus by connecting them with a name, it feels as though they were humans (just Read more →

How I constructed my final design:)

So after having all the stamp I tried out using different paper and I realised by stamping on different paper the effect that the stamp gave out would be very different due to the absorbent of the paper towards the ink.

I tried using my own note Read more →

While researching for style I want to try I create a few mooodboard base on the different style I categories them 

Style in Color:

Style in Minimal Color:

Illustration Style:

THEN I COME ACROSS THIS THIS THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I fall in love with the packaging style on the left the stamp effect and simplicity color attracted me:) On the right Read more →

For this project in order to find the correct illustration and well as to set my direction, I have created and list out a few user persona that I thought would be appropriate for my illustrations:

Anti:

Also while discussing my topic with Ms Lisa, I told her that I am worry how do I simplify all the Read more →

HELLO!!

For our new assignment 3, our brief would be  to choose a happy occasion or sad event and create a series of illustration based on that event. Brainstorming on what event I should go with, Since I wanted to try some traditional chinese event. I immediately thought about the upcoming happy occasion that is happening in my family! and Read more →