2D I Foundation, G7, (AY2016/17 Sem 1)

Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke (Japanese: もののけ姫 Hepburn: Mononoke-hime, “Spirit/Monster Princess”) is a 1997 Japanese epic historical fantasy anime film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.

The story follows the young Emishi warrior Ashitaka’s involvement in a struggle between forest gods and the humans who consume its resources.

I love this movie. The forest spirt, Read more →

After much advices from Ms Ina and the people around me, here are the final designs!

“Do you really believe that one man can bear the full burden of sin?”

The meaning and intentions of each piece is different,take your time to interpret it and form your own conclusions!

Design 1

A man representing humanity in a dartboard that has demons Read more →

“Do you really believe that one man can bear the full burden of sin?”

Here is a video of how it is done!!

https://youtu.be/bd5ryPMmmrU

Enjoyed trying out something new. Being in the room and setting the ink on the silk screen was the most memorable part for me!

Our second project for Foundation 2D requires us to create a visual narrative that expresses a quote from our chosen movie using only symbols,  symbols, pictograms, dingbats (ornaments), icons and engravings.

I decided to do it based on the movie Passion of Christ (2014). It feels meaningful to work on something that I am passionate in and to express my feelings towards my Read more →

My movie quote is from the movie The Chorus, the movie is about how a music teacher influenced his “bad student” with love and music.

Initially I wanted to use the quote ” Those flying paper planes are our respect for you.” However, I realized that paper plane is not going to create good effect for visual image. So I decided Read more →

Forrest Gump Process and Final Compositions

I am using two quotes based on my favourite movie, The Princess Diaries 2001.

The first quote that I’m using is: “A Queen is never late. Everyone else is simply early.”

Composition 1A

I wanted to show that time revolves around the Queen. Initially, I planned for the Queen to be the huge emphasis and the clocks would Read more →

1: Silk Screening Process and Totebag

Our class tried out silk screening to print our designs on our totebags.

After exposing our prints in the dark room, we applied paint on the top part of the silkscreen as seen below.

Placing a paper underneath the screen, we smeared the paint down across the screen using a squeegee.

Lift the screen and we produced our Read more →

Here are my final designs after the thought processes which I have mentioned in my previous post! Ciao!

SILKSCREEN

Before we finalised our designs for printing, I got to try printing with silkscreen on tote bags. I learned how to prepare the screen from the printed transparency of the design, expose them to get the stencil. This process was new experience and I finally understood how the artists used silk-screening for their works.

Before I printed on the tote bag, Read more →

http://issuu.com/veda5/docs/2d_forrest_gump_process/1

Silkscreen process:

https://youtu.be/_istvv77j1o

Final Compositions: