And here it is, the digital wall art is up at North Spine, NTU! I am so glad to have taken this class. I have never imagined my art could be exhibited this way 🙂 Thank you Ina for your guidance and faith in all of us. I can see the belief in your eyes that we can do our best with our own style and preference.
Next will be the swatches and patterns 🙂
Somehow, the banner works in horizontal composition as well, and interestingly, the negative version of it looks so good O.O a slight regret: why didn’t I find this negative version earlier and could print it as banner T.T
The difference with the previous design is the presence of multiple colors. Thanks to Ina’s guidance, the banner looks more alive than it was initially :). I always had this fear of using too much colors, because I tend to use too much colors, so I preferred to reduce the number of colors used to keep it not too ‘noisy’ or disturbing. However, Ina used color theory and yeah, color works!
Click here to see previous design
Time flies extremely fast! Together with Yoosh, we printed our banner, and that was a really smooth process: one-time printing and it’s successful. Then, we all have put up our banners at the ADM Lobby 🙂
The moment everyone’s banners were up there, I gasped and told myself, “the best banner is everyone’s because every banner complements each other. No one banner would look better stand alone!” And i’m truly proud as a part of this class.
Can’t wait to see our artworks on the Media Wall Nexus XD and in the form of Swatch Books.
So, I decided to not just re-resolution-ize each element that I have drawn as motifs, but also to change the composition of my banner. Because I feel that the last banner I have shown to Ina and the class has no feeling.
Ina also said that there was a lack of tiny details or texture in the micro level in order to entertain the viewer’s eyes when they look at the banner closely. So I was thinking, what should I do? if the banner is done in illustrator and in vector form, the texture might be needed to be in vector form as well. The flatness of digitalized image is not my cup of tea. I always like the touch of something hand-drawn and traditional.
So I decided to almost ‘re-do’ the banner by creating high-resolution hand-drawn images so I can retain the sketchy element. To add something more but subtle, I photoshopped the important elements such as the head, skeletons, and crown to have ‘dots’ in the shaded area. I hope it looks okay when being printed in original size.
I play with only two colors because…I don’t know what else to add in order to maintain the seriousness of it. I don’t want it to be as cheerful as my previous banner because in this new composition, there is an eye that is very sharp and full of emotion.
The process that I took is very traditional, almost like a photomanipulation + digital painting. Each element is manipulated and composed one by one. Then in order for my laptop not to crash, I flatten them after I’m satisfied the black-and-white composition. Coloring is the last step, and each element and corner of the banner is colored differently. It’s almost like a painting. I don’t know, I think this is my cup of tea even though it’s a lot of work.
Below is the progress. I hope it’s fine…
I was working on more detailed and high-res motifs that can be added to the banner as well as swatch books.
And I did try some coloring and motifs too! I have a feeling I would actually change the whole style at the end of the day.
In week 5, I made progress in the banner composition and color choices and IÂ came out with these.
Ina has approved of the second draft and hence I’m working on the final high-quality version for the final print. It is approved because it’s more interesting and detail-full compared to the first one. Well, I learn the importance of a good “macro view” and “micro view” from this process.
