2D Assignment 3: Ego – Let the research begin!

WE FINALLY GET TO WORK WITH COLOUR???

And I just figured out how to change the font on OSS. Good job Louisa. After 13 weeks of school and only now you find out you are able to change the font. Still not able to change the really wide leading though hmm. 

In any case, let’s talk about the research done for Assignment 3: Ego!
I was quite excited to start on this project because it seemed like such an interesting project. And finally, we have to use colour in this project, which makes it both easier and a little bit tougher at the same time. This assignment started off with a little bit of self-reflection: What could I possibly use to represent myself? Then I went on to think about the colours I could potentially use to further emphasise my point. More about the thought process on that in my process posting. For this research posting, I will be talking about my adventures on Pinterest. 

Ah Pinterest, how easy it is for one to get lost in the wormhole that is this community-based platform. I started off my research process by going on to find the type of illustration style I would like to adopt for this assignment. I know that I am not able to produce very realistic drawings or illustrations. I tend to go for flat vectors: simple and minimal, bordering on the edge of being too simple and minimalistic. I wanted to go for something with very simple lines but with textures to make it more interesting. Or since we were able to use colours this time around, maybe playing around with different coloured lines. Below are some of the inspiration I found off Pinterest.

http://nimuradaisuke.tumblr.com/post/114382237058/lovers-hymn-2

http://nimuradaisuke.tumblr.com/post/95748917948/neck-n-neck

http://nimuradaisuke.tumblr.com/post/71783616647/あけましておめでとうございます-2014-①

The above illustrations is from Japanese illustrator Nimura Daisuke. I like the fact that his illustrations are clean and minimal yet have so much character to them. #goals
His illustrations uses a limited colour palette, usually sticking to mainly black and white or at most, two to three colours. This is something I can think about and could possibly try to apply in this assignment. As someone once mentioned to me, it is always easier when you are given complete creative freedom to do whatever you want. However, true creativity is when you are given a set of restrictions and yet be able to find a way to create something that fits or even go beyond the client’s expectations and satisfy you as a creative individual at the same time. Or something like that. [Shoutout to Ms Eve Loh at this point, thank you for giving us the opportunity to go to DDB for your module. It was really fun and I really did learnt a lot from all the mentors that you had assigned to us but the McDonald’s assignments kind of scarred me for life :’)]

 

https://dribbble.com/shots/2987172-Our-Team. Illustration done by Alberto Saenz, Art director and Animator based in Mexico City.

An example of what I meant when I mentioned the use of coloured lines to introduce colour into the illustrations. Once again, the illustrations are not the most detailed but each illustration captures the essence of each of the people he was illustrating. The colours that he used is interesting as well, with the red contrasting with the green but both colours working well together with the blue. 

“The warmth of my body”, a part of The Rest series by Elda Broglio

Her illustrations in this series is beautiful. Especially so in this particular illustration. I love the minimal use of lines and just how she uses colours and textures to differentiate the different objects in the piece. 

Current state of my inspiration board on Illustrator

There are so many other illustrators that I really admire but for now, these 3 works (or technically 2 works and 1 illustrator) are the ones that I feel the most inspired by for this particular assignment. It is time to move on to the drawing of my illustrations woohoo. 

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Louisa Lek

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