Final Assignment Submission

Topic 1: Depict certain weather or atmospheric condition

I reworked the perspective of the houses to be a bit more wonky to give it character. I think the overall colour harmony could have been better, I was trying to be a bit more spontaneous while referring to my colour tests but I think the colours of the houses can be less muddy looking.

Topic 2: Landscape painting

For this landscape painting I tried to focus more on achieving a range of warm greens and yellows with red/orange as the accent colour. I tried my best to redesign the angles of the slopes to have more variation after receiving feedback that the shape design was a bit repetitive. I also took note of the amount of detail I add so that I don’t overwhelm the viewer. Overall I am pleased with how this turned out.

I’ve compiled all of my works into a pdf for submission:

https://entuedu-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/clim101_e_ntu_edu_sg/ES3h02Zvf49OjIU5MqiJRzUBwSQuQCfWd7CgUZF2TfAORQ?e=t2qYkO

 

Final Assignment – Process Part 2

Landscape painting

This is my progress for the landscape painting topic  as I only just started working on it in my previous post. Did some value paintings to further explore possible compositions.

 

But I still prefer what I posted previously in terms of composition, so for my colour test I tried to incorporate what I liked from these compositions. This colour test one has more blue – cyan tint and has a cool tone compared to the previous colour test that I did. I think the previous test worked better in terms of colour harmony. I also feel that there can be a greater jump in values for the atmospheric perspective as now it looks very cluttered.

 

Comparison to previous colour test:

 

I also did a rough master study of Ivan Shishkin’s work to practice colour mixng. After working on it I realised how many layers he needed to paint over in order to achieve the density and richness and I was unable to replicate it in my quick study.

 

 

 

 

I further refined it digitally because I layered too much in some areas and couldn’t get the lighter colours to show.

Overall I think I got the shades of green slightly off as the original had more of a yellowish warmness to them.

It was still a much needed painting practice. 🙂

Will work on the final pieces after this!

Link to previous post: https://oss.adm.ntu.edu.sg/clim101/final-assignment-process-part-1/

Final Assignment – Process Part 1

Chosen topics:

  1. Depict certain weather condition or atmospheric condition
  2. A Landscape or Cityscape
Weather condition / Atmospheric condition

Thumbnail Sketches

Still deciding on subject matter but most likely urban with some buildings.

Master Studies

I want to try painting buildings with evening lighting. I did some master studies of Alvaro Castagnet and Frank Webb’s work. I think the main issue was that I was too scared to go in with more pigment and tend to dilute a lot of the colours with water, which fades after drying. And also because of the that the value structure is slightly off too after drying.

Colour planning

Have yet to decide on the composition but here are some colour variations that I tried out using one of my thumbnails. I tried to use Frank Webb’s approach of tinting the paper first but I think I layered too much for the colours to show through and also the base colours were weak to begin with.

Landscape painting

Thumbnail Sketches

Colour test

Only did one colour test so far, still figuring out composition and the mood that I want. Here I attempted atmospheric perspective with milky greens for the background.  I think there needs to be a greater jump in values for the atmospheric perspective to work. Have yet to do master studies.

References

Mainly for their composition.


Week 9 – Interior Space

Chi’s World – Self Portrait Motion Graphics

Task: Create a motion graphic piece that uses animated images, shapes or footages to express yourself. The piece can be a literal expression or yourself or a projected/imaginary self in the future.

Final Piece

Concept

What a lot of people don’t know is that under the reserved facade that I show, I am in fact a little bit crazy as my mom would like to call me, haha. I thought it’d be interesting to show that aspect in the form of animation. I used a plain container box to represent this facade. I would then open up the box to reveal colours spilling out, to represent the “inner” me that is often reserved for family/close friends.

Storyboards

The initial idea of colours spilling out was kept. However in the end I cut out the alien part (that was meant to represent an “external force”) due to time constraint (and also uncertain of solution). I added in scenes as I executed the shots, based on what feels right.

Inspiration

Besides actual motion graphic animations, I was actually inspired by Japanese poster designs. The colour schemes are extremely striking yet harmonised. The visuals of the posters also prompted me to think back on things that relate to me back then and now, which became the motifs included in the short.

PROCESS

I tried to visualise the final outcome through more detailed storyboards. The toughest part of this project was planning out the shots and transitions.

I created the assets in Illustrator (characters / motifs) and Photoshop (background). I animated them fully using After Effects.

 

I had trouble with this cat popping out sequence as I did not know how to go about animating swirly lines at first. I thought of using Stroke but the lines were too rigid for what I was going for. I decided to look around for tutorials and found that using Roughen Edges and Turbulent Displace helped achieve the soft liquidly feel. I was still dissatisfied with the look as the lines had uniform width throughout. So I installed a Tapered Stroke plugin to achieve the tapered ends.

 

I also tried using the Puppet Tool for simple fish animation.

 

 

The worlds that I created convey a childlike innocence and playfulness, which reflects who I am inside. The art style is pretty flat and hand drawn to go with the playful theme of the animation.

Takeaways

This is my first ever project done using After Effects. The main takeaway would be that projects using After Effects requires lots of planning. Surprisingly I did not face much problem with the actual execution since I could easily look for solutions online. I was mainly stuck at the transitions because I did not plan those well enough. I also underestimated how much assets I’d need to create.

Through the project I learnt how to use different effects, some of which were not taught in class like Turbulent Displace and Roughen Edges. Overall, I think I am now less intimidated by the software.

Movie Campaign // Cold Sweat

Task: Create an original movie campaign for a brand new film.

Ideation

In the beginning, I was stuck on what kind of movie poster I should do. I thought of working based off the fear panel from the previous assignment, which was a dog being afraid of baths, and create a movie poster for an animated film. I wanted the poster to “troll” people in a sense. So I looked into both animated and horror film movie posters. I intended to combine elements from both genres and find a balance that suits the theme that I was going for.

 

Process

After researching on movie posters, I drew some thumbnail sketches to decide on the composition. I tried to apply design principles such as symmetry, asymmetry, leading lines, framing etc in the arrangement of elements.

My criteria for selecting the final composition was that it had to be simple and yet stand out. I asked around for other people’s opinions too — some agreed that 2 stood out the most so I picked that one. I also liked 3 because of its asymmetry but I felt that it wouldn’t make a statement as compared to 1 or 2. I did not pick 1 because it was inspired from/similar to an existing film (Puppy! A Hotel Transylvania Short by Sony Pictures Animation) so I didn’t want to be too influenced by their film.

 

Featuring cringey movie titles.
Thumbnail 1 was too similar to this.

 

From the chosen thumbnail, I roughly figured out what sort of colour I want my poster to be. Following the horror theme, I knew it needed to be dark and not as saturated. I also decided to add a beam of light (supposedly coming from a bathroom door) to help with the composition in terms of values. 

I use these thumbnails as a rough guide, because the colours of the my final work are usually adjusted again based on my preferences after completing the painting then. Below are some of the edits that I considered using.

Left: The least colourful of the three — it works, but I preferred something with a bit more colour. Especially since it is an animated film.

Middle: Need more colour.

Right: The blue/green tones make the dog look cold instead of scared in my opinion.

Final work

I opted for a subtle purple tint in the end. Composition wise, every element is centralised, and I use the beam of light (coming from a bathroom door) to offset the balance a little. The font of the title is not following the horror theme — I did not want the poster to look like a full fledged horror film. From the references that I have, animation film posters had dynamic fonts so I picked a font that is spontaneous looking and not scary. I added water droplet and dirty mirror stains to keep to the bathroom element.

 

cold sweat
noun
  1. a state of sweating induced by fear, anxiety, or illness

 

 

Movie Campaign Shots

Most movie campaigns can be seen around MRT stations in Singapore, so I composited the poster into some of these boards.


 

I also modified the poster into a banner type so that it could be placed in MRT cabins.

 


Human Emotions with Digital Images.

Task: Conceptualize and present ideas with digital photography or digital painting.

Ideation

Initially, I wanted to do illustrations inspired by songs. However the idea wasn’t very concrete, and the visuals would be all over the place. So I thought about including a narrative. In the end, I decided to do an illustration series depicting snapshots of a dog’s life/emotion, which is inspired by my friend’s pet that recently died. I wanted to portray moments of an animal’s life and its emotions felt in different situations.

The emotions that I picked are happiness, saddness, fear and surprise.

I started off by doing sketches of whatever imagery that came to mind relating to the 4 emotions.


Mood boards / references

I researched into the relation between colours and emotions, then created mood boards to guide my illustrations. Surprise was the most difficult emotion to give a specific colour. I decided to use pink in the end, because I interpret it as a positive child-like emotion.

Yellow — Associated with happiness, energy and warmth.

Blue — Coldness, sadness.

Pink — Cheery, surprise.

Purple — Fear, mystery.

 

Final work

The illustrations express human emotions portrayed by a non-human character— a dog. Other than colour choice, I took composition, facial expressions and gestures into consideration.

For happiness, I opted for a low angle camera view slanting upwards to give the impression of energy and cheerfulness. I made sure that the gestures convey the emotion even without the aid of facial expression as it is a long shot.

Happiness

 

My interpretation of surprise in this illustration resembles a child-like surprise. I portray the energy of the emotion through the motion blur of the butterflies.

 

Surprise

 

Fear is a very overwelming emotion, which is why I included harsh lighting in the illustration. The light creates a drama — a reflection of the dog’s emotions — and at the same time frames the characters.

 

Fear

 

Here, I wanted to suggest that the dog was either abandoned, or lost. I use a train going away into the distance as a visual representation of abandonment. Rain is another visual cue for sadness. I attempted to convey sadness without showing the facial expression of the dog.

 

Sadness

Ego In Different Settings | Process and Final

Process

For this assignment, we are required to apply our understanding of colours and colour theory to visually represent the multifacted nature of our personality. I decided to start mind mapping the many sides of who I am. This alone was interesting because I see how different I am around different groups of people.

Mindmap

Based on the above mind map, I tried to represent myself using various objects. Below are the things that used for my final pieces.

 

 

Sketches

After doing the mind map and coming up with the situations, I started sketching out my ideas. I found that using colours in my sketches helped me to visualise my final pieces better. Even if I did not stick to the colour schemes, they served as a guide.

 

Some of these panels are rejected. Some were used but the colours and composition changed drastically!

 

I find that the sketches helped people understand my ideas better too. Ideas that people were skeptical about became clearer once I showed them the sketch.

From there, I chose and adjusted the colours for the final pieces as I worked on them. The colours that I use are generally bright and bold because I love vibrant colour schemes. I tried out some of the colour schemes covered in class — triadic, complementary, analogous and monochromatic. Below, I describe the my process according to the order that I did the panels.

 


The Shy Fox

The fox represents the shy side of me. Also, people have pointed out that I look like a fox. The situation I picked for the fox is a group of robots. The robots represent the uncomfortable social situations that I sometimes face. I’d then put on a facade, so the fox blends into the surrounds by pretending to be a robot.

I started on this set first because I had a clear idea of the style and working steps! Since I am from animation, I am influenced by animation drawing styles and our way of designing. But I’ve never tried photoshop’s pen tool to illustrate before so I decided to try it out! I watched a youtube tutorial on noise and grain. The person who made the tutorial shared with us his working steps which was very helpful! I find that I work faster by blocking out silhouettes. The lines appear much cleaner and I can edit without wasting time!

 

 

Me: A fox

 

 

The colours used here are complementary. Since the fox is a warm orange-red, I decided to make it stand out by using a cool blue.

 

Setting: An uncomfortable social situation.

 

 

I used Dice Tsutsumi’s painting as a guide for this panel. His colours seem to blend and create this really nice harmony even though some colours are contrasting. The colour scheme used here is triadic. The purple background contrasts nicely with the subject.

 

Reference image

 

The third panel below is more of a analogous colour scheme with a hint of the fox’s red fur peeking out of the paper and boxes.

 

Outcome: Blend in.

 


The carrot with another face

Carrot represents me because it is slender yet firm. I think everyone including me behaves differently in their home vs. outside, so I depicted a carrot lazing on a couch in its home, with its orange peel hanging on a hanger to reveal its true self — its purple self.

For this set I tried to use gouache, but I found that I didn’t like the outcome of the paintings. I lacked the patience and time to work on them (oops) so I improvised and edited the panels digitally on photoshop. On photoshop I had more freedom to control colours and clean up any edges that I don’t like. I like the final outcome. I played with a more muted colour scheme for this set.

 

Me: A carrot

 

 

Colour scheme used is clearly complementary. I made sure to retain the texture of the paint on paper — something that might be difficult to replicate digitally. Added the shadow to give the carrot more contrast too.

 

Original scan with edited edges. Colours unedited. Oh the power of technology.

 

Setting: My home.

 

 

This panel had a drastic change in colour scheme from the original painting because I decided I didn’t like the sky to be so dull. Colour scheme is triadic. Also, masking fluid is hard to work with. I need more patience!!

 

Scan of original painting. Again, with edited edges.

 

Outcome: Comfortable and relaxed.

 

 

Colour scheme use is complementary. I used warm colours to show how comfortable and cosy home is. Again, this panel was edited and cleaned up digitally.

 


The scared mango

I’m a mango because I’m soft and sensitive! And I enjoy watching movies alone. But not when it’s a scary film! So I depict the scared mango peeing on the ground. I think I enjoyed doing this set the most, especially the first panel with its bright vibrant juicy colours.

I used pixelpchan’s work as reference for this set. I used vibrant colours to depict the mango, and used a much muted, darker colour scheme for the cinema panels to create the scary mood. Colour dodge was used for the cinema movie screen glow for a more dynamic look, as opposed to using all dark colours. The colours for this set was pretty much restricted due to its dark setting but I tried to work around that.

 

pixelpchan’s work as image reference

 

Me: A mango

 

 

Colour scheme for first panel is largely analogous, with the blue and green as accents (does that make it triadic?!). Made sure that the lines were not black as that would make the look of the illustration “heavy”.

 

Setting: Alone at a horror movie.

 

 

This panel was difficult to execute because I didn’t like that the colours were so dark. But to create the setting / mood, it had to be dark colours. So I used colour dodge for the Sakako coming out of the screen. The bright blue stands out against the dark purple / red tones. Thank you Yan Ran for suggesting: “Draw Sadako, but cute.” ? My original Dracula idea did not match the cutesy theme so I changed to Sadako. I am pleased I asked for her opinion!

 

Original Dracula idea.

 

Outcome: I’m scared!

 

 


The dependent stick insect

My poly friends used to call me a stick insect (how mean!) and I love jogging so I merged the two ideas together. I also think that I’m a dependent person, so that is how I came up with the idea of a stick insect who loves jogging but in the end clings on to someone else instead of running itself.

I deviate from dark colours and used brighter, pastel colours. The style of this set is a fusion of the previous fox and mango style. It ended up looking very graphic design-ish. For this series I had a mood board as reference for the colours.

 

MOOD BOARD. Artwork from pinterest, and some pieces from Kiyomi Aritake.

 

Me: A stick insect

 

 

For this first panel, I tried to go for a dynamic composition because first panels tend to be a bit more static. I thought about what pose the stick insect should have and whether should it wear shoes or not.

 

Setting: A marathon.


 

Since the first and last panels are a bit more dynamic, I stuck to a static composition for the second panel for overall balance. The colours used are triadic.

 

Outcome: Clinging on to someone.

 

 


Final

Overall, I made sure that as a series and as a whole, the colours have a sort of unity and harmony. I find it interesting that some people pointed out that even though they understand that I attempted different styles, they still look “unified” or “the same” in a sense. Probably because of a particular style that I already have.


Thoughts

I’m happy that I was able to apply the things that I’ve learnt throughout the entire semester. I feel that the course has added on to what I have learnt previously and I am a bit more satisfied with the outcome of my work this time! This assignment was the most fun to work on for the entire semester for me personally.

Difficulties

Interpretation – Initially I was a bit confused about the assignment but by the second consultation I was much clearer about what I needed/wanted to do. I talked to some of my classmates too and bounced ideas around with them.

Painting – I was rushing for time and had no patience. This was resolved with the help of photoshop.

Takeaways

I discovered new painting steps through watching youtube tutorials which I am thankful for because I am going to incorporate those steps into my future animation concept art work in the future! This shows that things we learn in one field can be applied in another.

Combining traditional medium and digital medium produces an interesting look with texture. In future I might want to start illustrating traditionally first, and then edit the piece digitally. It has a great “handmade” yet professional look.

Even though I did not use Adobe Illustrator for this project, I still learnt some skills that I can apply in future. After showing people my sketches, including Shirley, they taught me how the same effect can be achieved in Illustrator. Things like the Line Weight function is quite useful even as a animator when I want to do line art for my work so I might actually use that personally! Image Trace is also pretty useful.

 

 

Project Ego | Research

COLOURS

I found this chart from Canvas.com, I think it summarises the colour harmonies simply and clearly!

Taken from https://designschool.canva.com/color-theory/

 

This chart shows the different moods and words associated with each colour, which can be useful when choosing which colours to use. I know my panels will incorporate a lot of orange and yellow hues because I am a cheery person!


ME + SITUATION + OUTCOME

Mindmap

For this assignment, we are required to apply our understanding of colours and colour theory to visually represent the multifacted nature of our personality. I decided to start mind mapping the many sides of who I am. This alone was interesting because I see how different I am around different groups of people.

Based on the above mind map, I tried to represent myself using various objects. Below are some examples that I thought off that I’d likely use for my final pieces.

Situations

Through the mind map and a bit of imagination, I came up with a few situations to pick from.

  • In a robot social gathering
  • At home after a long day
  • In the deep blue sea
  • Chilling on a leaf in a pond
  • At the movies
  • Cycling with friends

From here, I mix and match the different characters and situations to see what sort of interesting or funny outcome I can think of.

Artist References

1. Andy Harkness

He is a visual development artist at Disney. This particular piece is produced using watercolour/mix media. What I like about his work is his use of monochromatic colour schemes.  It is interesting how he used different shades of blue – greens, which gives the the piece a very calm and “quiet” — yet dynamic — feel. The lighting of his piece really catches my eye too. The shapes in the painting is stylised and designed using simple shapes which in my opinion is simple and appealing!

2. Dice Tsutsumi

Artist at Tonko House, he also plays with monochromatic colour schemes. His work is done digitally. There is no outline, just a play with light and shadow with fantastic saturated lighting, similar to Andy Harkness’s. We can see that he uses other colours like purple and green (local colours) for the environment, except that they are bathed in a red tint to convey the mood of this particular scene.

Adobe Colour CC helps to identify colours in photos and you can also check your colour schemes through here!

3. @pixelpchan on instagram

He is an artist that I follow on Instagram. He paints using gouache. All of his paintings uses blocky strokes which gives a very interesting look. I also like the fact that the colour payoff of gouache is usually very good and vibrant — perfect for this assignment. I have been wanted to try out his painting style so I think I’ll attempt it in this assignment!


 

He also has this other “jelly” style that I like. Colours are vibrant and the weird jelly look would definitely make illustrations stand out.

 

4. Ira Sluyterman van Langeweyde | @iraville on instagram

She uses gouache for her illustrations, and simplifies complex shapes in an effective manner. The colours that she uses are generally on the muted, darker side, but there is good contrast. I love the texture produced by the combination of paper and paint.

 

 

Gaia’s Ikebana

生け花とは Ikebana is…

It is the Japanese art of flower arrangement. Ike meaning ‘alive’ and bana meaning ‘flower’. A form of creative expression, following certain rules of construction. Originated in 7th century when Buddhism was introduced to Japan. Formalised version of ikebana begun in the Muromachi period in the 15th or 16th century. Intention of the artist is shown through a piece’s colour combinations, natural shapes and graceful lines.

Characteristics of Ikebana:

  • Asymmetrical form
  • Use of empty space (void)

Two main styles: Moribana & Heika.

盛り花 Moribana

Materials are arranged as if they are piled up in low flat containers with a wide surface area of water. There are 3 different styles.

Upright Style

  • Standard floral style
  • Principle stems are positioned to evoke a sense of movement.

 

Slanting Style 

  • Expresses the beauty of branches and grasses that grow slanting down.
  • Evokes even greater sense of movement.

 

Water-Reflecting Style

  • Subject is placed in a slanted position over the container such that you can see its reflection on the surface of the water.
  • Arranged such that a wide surface of the water is visible.

 

Taken from https://www.ftd.com/blog/design/ikebana

 

Water-reflecting style

 

Other forms:

  • Colour scheme moribana – colour harmony and contrast are of importance.
  • Landscape moribana – representing natural landscapes / scenic beauty in the flower containers.
瓶花 Heika

Literally means “vase flowers” . Created in tall, deep containers, unlike Moribana. The three establish floral styles resemble Moribana methods, but there is a difference in the way the branches are placed.

Slanting Style

  • Basic floral style in Heika.
  • Expresses beauty of branches that reach out horizontally.
Taken from http://www.ohararyu.or.jp/english/form_heika.html

 

Upright Style

  • Expresses beauty of branches that rise forward.

 

Cascading Style

  • Expresses beauty of lines that flow gracefully downwards.
Taken from http://hanamai-theikebanablog.blogspot.sg/2013/01/ikebana-living-flowers-living-art.htmlheika

Sources: 

  • https://www.ftd.com/blog/design/ikebana
  • http://www.ohararyu.or.jp/english/form_moribana.html
  • http://www.ohararyu.or.jp/english/form_heika.html

 

食感  Taste

For my taste research, I decided to research on something a bit different. Instead of research how we taste, which everyone is doing, I wanted to find out what factors change our sense of taste. I found my answer on this website called Popular Science. I have included the relevant points below and summarised some parts.

Language

  • The description of the food affects how we perceive it. For instance, “Succulent Italian Seafood Filet” sounds more appetising than “Seafood Filet”.

Temperature

  • Warm beer tastes horrible, and so do cold rice.

Colour

  • The colour of the food matters. From Popular Science website: Forty-eight percent of participants thought soda in a blue glass was more thirst-quenching than in other colors, likely because they associated blue with cold.

Environment

  • The environment in which people taste the food plays a part in our sense of taste too. From Popular Science website: People were asked to describe the qualities of the same Scotch whisky in three rooms themed as grassy, sweet, or woody. (For example, the first room smelled of grass and played recordings of bleating sheep.) They largely responded with “grassy,” “sweet,” or “woody,” respectively.

 

Source: http://www.popsci.com/article/science/7-things-affecting-your-sense-taste

夏と言えば… Summer: Season Mind Map

For my season mind map, I am a little influenced by Japanese summer so some visuals and elements are very specific –– like fireworks and watermelons –– though they can be considered universal too. Summer can be interpreted in two ways to me. Either fun-filled, or peaceful.

Which is why for colour schemes, I put two different types below. One is a more muted colour scheme, to show the calmer, more peaceful sort of summer. Whereas the colour scheme on the right is more pop and dynamic to show the fun, wild sort of summer. Colours are generally bright and colourful.

Though we aren’t using actual flowers, I still included them to serve as a visual guide.

A lot of foods are cold and could melt, so for my final model I will try to find drier types of food instead. 

プロッセス Process

We were to play around with the different types of balance for this assignment –– independent, dependent and precarious balance. I did some models before getting my theme, and then made changes to them after I knew about the theme.

Sketch Model 1

I experimented with precarious balance for this sketch model. I tried placing the SD and SO one-third at the edge of the D. By placing the elements at the edge, it sort of “explains” why the cone is almost toppled over. The D, SD and SO can be seen from almost all angles. However, I did not think this model was aesthetically pleasing, hence I did not choose to work on it. 

Sketch Model 2

This model borrows similar elements from the first model in the sense that I place the SD and SO at the edges. It plays around with independent balance. It looks very zen and calming, as the line of action is a curve. It would have been nice to further play with this model. But I thought that it looked a bit too calm for summer, hence I did not choose this model.

Sketch Analysis

Sketch Model 3

This is the sketch model that I based off my final model from. I felt that the inverted cone at a diagonal best represents summer because it is very dynamic. D, SD and SO can be seen from most angles. The cone is leaning onto the SD –– dependent balance.

Sketch Analysis

最終作品 Final Model

 

Composition

I chose my third model to be my final model. Since I was relatively happy with my composition, I decided to leave it as it is. A small transparent acrylic piece is used to hold the structure in place. I chose an acrylic piece so that It would seem that the composition is standing on its own.

A wooden base was chosen as it is the colour of sand. It matches with the warm browns.

Choice of branch

The hardest part of the assignment for me was to find a suitable branch. A lot of branches that I saw were pin straight and did not have aesthetically pleasing line of action. I initially thought of choosing a curved branch to juxtapose the vertical composition, but I felt that a curved branch conveyed calmness/lethargy so I opted for a straighter one instead. One thing that I would have done differently in my final model would be to adjust the placement of the branch, as I’m not entirely happy with the placement of the branch.

Choice of food

For the cone, it was very obvious to me that I had to use an ice cream cone. It fit my theme nicely so I did not think much about it. I wish it was possible to bring actual ice cream (or ice shavings) to fill the cone but I think it would have gotten really messy so I filled it with some cotton candy and jelly beans instead to help illustrate the concept that I was going for.

I used Pretz sticks for the cylinder part, because I imagine that if the cone had actual ice-cream, you can dip the Pretz sticks in it.

The jelly bean which is the SO / sphere element to the composition was just an accent.

Taste

There is a mix of salty and sweet taste in my final model. The cone is salted-caramel flavour which is very summer, and the Pretz sticks are salted flavour. The jelly beans that I used taste like tropical fruit. The accent jelly bean taste like strawberry, which is a summer fruit. If you included the ice cream / ice shavings you would have the refreshing taste too.

Colour

I knew I wanted a pop sort of colour scheme to go with the dynamic composition so I chose warm colours like pink, orange and yellow jelly beans.

 

My ideal final model haha.