Category: 2D Foundation – 7

Me, A Better Me, An Ideal Me and Me in 5 Years

Project 3: Ego

November 16, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Sketch book:

 

Final works:

Me, A Better Me, An Ideal Me and Me in 5 Years

Me, A Better Me, An Ideal Me and Me in 5 Years

Explanation:

1, Me

Bright Personality + Things I Love = All about me

(Bright Personality) I love bright coloured clothes and the curved lines that are connecting the items together shows that all these are interconnected, which shows about my own personality that is positive. Therefore, many colours are seen.

(Things I love) I love paper cuts, origami and nature. Hence, I incorporated all the things I love together. With the colours use shows the nature feel.

(All about me) I decided to add all the bright coloured clothes and things I love together with my name to show that all these depicts who I am. As a result, bright colours are used.

2. A Better Me

Patient – Distraction = Creativity Thinking

(Patient) I feel that I need to be more patient with anything I do and when I am with people too. I decided that paper cutting would show patience. The colours chosen shows that despite being impatient (red), there is a need to stay calm and composed (green).

(Distraction) Nowadays I’m distracted with all the gadgets and social media that connect me to the world. There are times that I need to be more focus to concentrate on what I need to do or even take a break. I decided to use a transparency of myself to show my distractions. The colours used are quite eye catching (purple, orange and green).

(Creativity Thinking) When I am more patient and less distracted, I can think more creatively and ideas just pops out. The overlaying of things with my face shows there there is more freedom in creative thinking. The colours I chose was to show that I need to stay calm (blue violet and green) and focus (red and yellow) for creativity to flow.

3. An Ideal Me

Enjoyment x Escape from the busy world = Rest/ Relax

(Enjoyment) I love desserts and one way of enjoying life is this. Even though I do not have a sweet tooth but sweet things makes me happy and joyful throughout the day. A wide range of colours are used to show how enjoying oneself can be.

(Escape from the busy world) Since there are so many things to do and many times rushing to meet deadlines makes me want to escape from here to somewhere more comfortable. The hot air balloon (red) depicts me wanting to fly away from the cold world (blue) even if the world seems bright (yellow).

(Rest/ Relax) I wish I can take a break from all the busy schedules and take a moment to enjoy myself by resting. My forms of resting is lying on the bed to have a good sleep and lying on the beach to hear the sounds of nature. The colours used are to depict rest (blue, green and purple) and enjoyment (orange).

4. Me in 5 years

Ideal Room + Designer = Travelling

(Ideal Room) I wished that I can decorate my room according to my own style and preference. A place where I can chill out, rest, do my work and anything I want. The colours chosen are about myself and a simple room decor would make me contented. 

(Designer) I see myself to be a designer in 5 years time. A work desk where all the necessary items are used by a designer. I would love to continue to draw, paint and using digital platform to create my own identity and style. The colours shown are to show that I need to be passionate (red), determination (yellow) and calm (blue) to produce the best design works.

(Travelling) I hope that I can travel to my dream asian country, South Korea, to enjoy the rich culture, food and scenery. They are also great in Interactive design which I would love to learn from them and the advancement in technology makes me tempted to work there. The colours used are to show how enthusiastic (yellow) I am to explore, confidence (blue) that I would be able to work there and my ambition (purple).

Project 2: Nursery Rhyme

October 31, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Sketch book:

Final Works:

Jack and Jill went up the hill

Jack and Jill went up the hill

Jack and Jill went up the hill

Jack and Jill went up the hill

To fetch a pail of water

To fetch a pail of water

To fetch a pail of water

To fetch a pail of water

Nursery Rhyme Final

The 2 phrases I’ve used are ‘Jack and Jill went up the hill’ and ‘To fetch a pail of water.’ 

For the first composition of ‘Jack and Jill went up the hill’, I’ve interpreted Jack and Jill as 2 animals (cat and mouse) combining with human anatomy. They are going up the castle, which is the metaphor for hill. I decided to do that as I felt that the layout should not be too direct as to them going up the hill but using something else to depict that.

For the second composition of ‘Jack and Jill went up the hill’, I’ve decided to use 2 objects to portray Jack and Jill that are ice cream and gummy bear. They are going up the candy land using a skateboard to show them going up the hill in an indirect way.

For the first composition of ’To fetch a pail of water’, I’ve thought of the layout as Jack and Jill as frogs in a water cave underneath a well. This shows that they are collecting water with nature surrounding the well.

For the second composition of ‘To fetch a pail of water’, I decided to go with 2 children with eyes of an amphibian or reptile was that children were transforming to amphibians due to the environment changes. The background shows a desert that have 2 cactus in the whole place. The 2 characters are in a cup with water that is shown as the last 2 survive. 

2D Project 1: Lines

October 11, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Research:

Lines project:

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The 3 expressions that I have chosen are sloven, aggressive and psychotic.

For sloven, I decided to use hair as lines because it depicts messy when I just place the hair is a way that it’s anyhow placed.

For aggressive, the lines used are thick and the medium I used is mono print. Through Franz Kline work, thick lines are used which depicts anger so I decided to use that idea on my work.

For psychotic, I see it as fingernails scratches on painted walls. Through my research of Emma Kunz, I see that the patients she deals with are those who are mentally unstable and through that I decided to linked it to psychotic. Not only that, the works done by Julie Mehretu also made me thought of psychotic. Therefore, I decided to combine them to create the line work as being scratched in a psychotic way. I used black and white paint with white glue and using a stick to show the line work.