The 4 jobs that I have chosen are all imaginary jobs. Due to the many shows I watch, I become interested in taking up different kinds of weird jobs. The final 4 jobs are:
- Shrinker – Due to my love for miniatures, I have always thought how nice it would be to be able to shrink things and people
- Warlock – Inspired by a tv show I watched and my fascination with magic
- Demon Slayer – Also inspired by a tv show I watch and also because I like mythical animals
- Time Traveller – Inspired by a movie I watched and also my love for period dramas
Original sketches for the shrinker and demon slayer job:
Initial compositions:
The concept behind this is that my job is a Shrinker. I like to shrink people and things. The name spelled in this composition is Min. Putting into context, I always wondered how nice it would be to be able to shrink my room and my house. That way, when going on a holiday or somewhere far from home, I will still get to sleep in my own bed and also store my things in my room. For every composition, I decided to put a mini me in the composition to give sort of an adventure feel. Also, I feel that the reason why all my jobs are imaginary is because I feel that by imagining such jobs, I can escape from this ordinary real world for a while. It helps me to relax and also I find such jobs fun. Also, since all my jobs are imaginary, non-existent, I wanted to bring out the unreal feeling, hence the mini me. Overall for all the compositions, I am going for a more fun and playful look.
For the second composition, my job is a demon slayer. I wanted to put it into context so I decided to use my everyday struggles as a student to represent these demons. The pencil to signify school work, the camera to represent responsibilities ( because I am in my hall committee), and a WhatsApp icon to represent socialising. Me as a demon slayer in this context would be that everyday I am always engaging in one or more of these events and it can’t tiring because there is just so much to do, almost like a battle. I chose the battlefield to be my bed because these activities take up most of my sleep time and it is like I am battling to save my home ground (basically me wanting to sleep but also have to handle other stuff). The name in this piece is Maine.
In the third composition, the name is Charm and my job is a warlock. I have always thought how nice would it be to be able to conjure things out of nowhere. For example, if I wanted food, I can just make it appear. Following this thought, I decided to put some everyday items into potion bottles to represent ingredients for potions and spells. For example, the clock hands for a speed to extend time, burgers for a spell to conjure food. Also continuing the thought on the first composition of a fictional job, I also put a mini me in this composition.
However, after consultation, I realised that the compositions did not make use of each letter’s unique characteristics and the letters are quite forced. Also, the message of the job and the job scope are not clear enough. hence, I decided on new compositions. The order of the jobs are as follow: Shrinker, Warlock, Time Traveller, Demon Slayer.
Overall, these jobs are imaginary, which means that they do not exist in real life. These compositions are supposed to look unreal, to bring out the idea that this is a fictional job. It is like me in my own world, I want to illustrate this idea by putting a mini me in every composition. After revision and turning the sketches into actual compositions, these are my final compositions.
Shrinker:
The first one is I am a shrinker. The words are MIN. The main idea is to shrink things and put them into boxes for convenience and to carry around. I choose to depict a room because I have always hoped of shrinking my bedroom so that I can carry it around. Hence I chose capital letters for all because the rigidity and angular properties of the letters fits in with the idea of furnitures.
Demon Slayer:
The second one is that I am a Demon slayer. The words are MIN. This job arise because of me wanting to escape the mundane reality and go on a thrilling unimaginable adventure. For this, I chose to use cap for the M because the angular tips resemble and can act as the mountains. The capital I is because I wanted a continuous long line to form my monster and the curvy part of the dragon can help to act as the spine of the I. For N, I chose to use capital N also because it resembles the action of someone raising a sword and jumping in mid air. In this case, it helps to show me jumping and taking a plunge at the creature.
Warlock:
For the third job, I am a warlock. The words are charm. This job stems from the idea of me being able to make potions/spells that will grant me the things I want. Hence using regular normal things like food and clock hand stop represent the ingredients. The scene is also that of the potion being in the midst of cooking. I chose to use the small case letters because they are more free form and organic, more natural looking for ingredients.
Time Traveller:
For the forth job, I am a Time traveller. The name is CHAR. This job arise due to the fact that I want to escape from the mundane , busy, hectic reality and also explore life in other time periods. Since this idea stems from my love of watching shows, I want to show the time travelling into the phone instead of a time machine. The letter C is represented by the organic shape of the charging cable, which is suppose to represent the idea of everlasting battery, because I don’t want this time traveling fantasy to stop. H is represented by me stepping into the phone and the line of the phone screen. A is represented by the building entrance and the angular rigidity of A allowed me to use architecture in my composition. R is formed half by the tree and half by the stone lantern.
I AM CHARMAINE. And these are my jobs.
