DA9012-MEDIA ART NEXUS (TUT) 2019/20 Sem 1

Silk was the main trade of the Silk Road and was mostly exclusive to nobility. To express the unreachable concept – being able to see but not touch, a disintegrating effect will be used to ‘decompose’ the fabric bit by bit.

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Mirrored to fit the entire Elbphilharmonie Read more →

Hello!

So I’m back again with some new renders after listening to the feedback about my work. I’ve added blue fish trails using Turbulence FD in Cinema 4D which I feel gives a certain touch of elegance and augments the flow for my piece. I am very happy with this result! 

This is a draft render as I Read more →

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More Research on Technique

This one could be used for the abstraction of the cloud.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bnOVV3EBC8

This technique could be used for the end and for the removal of the jade cup.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C913enLWYxE&list=WL&index=3&t=0s

This could be used for the transaction of the shapes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLd-5x5KhyA

In this video, what I noticed is the way they incorporated the Chinese traditional elements with very modern geometric shapes and colours, and Read more →

Beginning: Our mind map, with focused points highlighted

2. Write up and Inspiration

One thing that came to our minds while we were discussing different concepts was the idea of dragons that are very often used in Chinese folklore that both of us were extremely familiar with. Growing up listening to tales of flying dragons inspired us to materialise and make tangible Read more →

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The one thing that captivated me, out of all the research regarding the Silk Road, was Tyrian Purple, then, a symbol of power, authority and wealth. It was the first purple dye to not only produce such vivid range of pinks and violets but also said to be resistant to fade. It was harvested from Murex shellfishes, specifically the Murex Read more →

A collection of landscapes, architecture design, textiles along the silk road. 

My focus: Mosaics/design on minarets. The colours used along the silk road. Sepia tones and blues 

Samples with ELPHI dimensions

Layers edited in Photoshop

Frame animation created from a painting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxPsrnoamX4

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