Final Project: process

Process My inspiration came from the movie poster of UP. Initially I have something like this in mind.     I replace the house with a brain. To portray a picture of the balloon carrying the brain above the cloud and hence the pun in my value “not cloud by others”                     However, I feel that the cloud is too bright and is diverting our attention away from the brain which […]

Final Project: Research

Getting my ideas for values I initially had a hard time to choose a suitable value for my poster. However, the issue is not that I do not have a good value in mind, but rather there is too many values that I want to convey and is having difficulty in picking one. Hence, I decide to do my research of other simple shape poster while looking for inspirations and a suitable values My Research I started with researching on simple […]

Linocut: Research

My Story I want to tell a inspirational story with my linocut and I decide to base it on one of my favorite novel, “The Old Man and the Sea” by Ernest Hemingway, which tells a story of old man and his battle with the sea. In my version, a young boy living by the sea chance upon a blue whale one day. Awe by the whale’s giant size, the boy decide to spend his life chasing after and catch the […]

Mark Making(process)

My Mark Making Journey: Not sure what to bring at first, so here was my tools. Marks I made with the tools   Run of ideas, so I go around borrowing tools from others. After gathering more tools I tried to create meaning out of the marks I made.                                                               […]

Mark Making (Research)

A single mark creates a dot. An extended mark becomes a line. A cluster of marks become a shape. A series of repetitive marks become a pattern. What is mark making? “Mark making is a term used to describe the different lines, patterns, and textures we create ​in a piece of art. It applies to any art material on any surface, not only paint on canvas or pencil on paper.” Mark Making Tools: Almost anything can become mark making tools Some interesting mark making tools found […]

Final Assignment: My Journey of Life

WARNING: the following images do not represent what exactly happen in my life. Please do not attempt, believe, judge or reenact any of the activities in the images. Viewer discretion is advised.   Every protagonist has a story. And as the protagonist of my own story, I present to you the story of my life!!   Just like most people, I arrive in this world by bird (those unlucky few who weren’t , were picked up by their mother at […]