F2D 2 project 2: Gallery

The topic I have chosen is the food in Bukit Merah, I chose two food to explore: Xiao long bao and Hainanese chicken rice.

The difficulties I have is how to make a balance in visual hierarchy, and I also faced some printing problems.

The lesson I have learnt is that it is important to listen to other people’s suggestions, since we always have some room for improvement.

F2D 2 project 1: Gallery

My name is

1and I’m an astronomer

My name is

2and I’m a judge

My name is

3and I’m a cellist

My name is

4and I’m a chef

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Reflection:

During the process. I did face some difficulties for the idea forming and editing. So I made different drafts but luckily come up with the final. I am appreciate the process as it is a chance to improve myself.

F2D project 2: Zine Final

 

The topic I have chosen is the food in Bukit Merah, I chose two food to explore: Xiao long bao and Hainanese chicken rice.

The difficulties I have is how to make a balance in visual hierarchy, and I also faced some printing problems.

The lesson I have learnt is that it is important to listen to other people’s suggestions, since we always have some room for improvement.

 

 

F2D 2 Project 2: Zine Research

The first layout interested me because of the second image: the red color zone occupy very even in  space.

The second zine layout interested me because some picture in the layout are small but some are big, which gives more variety.

I like the third zine layout because the author write the paragraphy in pink paper then stick it on the other paper, which is cool.


I like the fourth zine layout, because they use colorful picture picture compare which black and white picture, which gives a contrast.

The last zine layout interested me because some words and picture across the boundary from one page to another page, which is bold.

F2D 2 Project 1: Final

My name is

1and I’m an astronomer

My name is

2and I’m a judge

My name is

3and I’m a cellist

My name is

4and I’m a chef

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Reflection:

During the process. I did face some difficulties for the idea forming and editing. So I made different drafts but luckily come up with the final. I am appreciate the process as it is a chance to improve myself.

 

F2D 2 Project 1: Process and Research

The future job I wish do are fragrance evaluator (given up),
astronomer, cellist, chef. So here are my sketches.

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0213_2My future job as fragrance evaluator was given up, because of some problems with the composition.

My first future job is: astronomer

0213_2The first draft of sketch was given up because the composition of the image is too messy.
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For the second draft of sketch, I tried to substitute my name into physics equation,(use physics equation to form my name), but my classmate said they would misunderstood that I am a mathematician. So I decided to use stars to form my name, which is the second image.


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But I found that a bit boring. Meanwhile, I noticed that the background couldn’t really remind people of starry sky. So I changed the background.

Large clouds of gas glowing deep in space
(Large clouds of gas glowing deep in space)
Group shot of astronomers stood in field viewing night sky through telescopes.
(Group shot of astronomers stood in field viewing night sky through telescopes.)

In order to give a hint that I am an astronomer, I looked for the image of astronomer with telescopes. Also the direction of the telescope will  guide the audience to focus on the physical equation.

Here is my first image.

1So the final image of astronomer include the symbol of starry sky, physical equation, man and telescopes.

 

My second future job is: judge

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Initially I wanted to hind my name inside some objects like gavel and balance, but it was not that obvious. So the first draft was given up.

I searched for image of judge, the judge’s wig gave me inspiration. Then I decided to use wig form my name, which is the second draft of sketch.

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I looked for some images online also.


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Here is my second image.

I chose the color of brown as background in contrast with the foreground white to make my name stand out.

2So the final image of judge included the symbol of wig, gavel, balance and book.

My third dream job is: cellist

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I decided to use music notes to form my name.

Here are some images I found online.

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free-abstract-sound-waves-hd-wallpapers-1920x1200For background, I wanted to use sound wave to give a hint that I am a musician.  The problem for using the first image is that the background is too bright, interfere the deliver of visual information. So I use the second image instead. But the problem comes again, the x and y axes are too black, and interfere the image. I did try change the background color. But finally find a way to solve the problem.

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Here is my third image. (Sorry I don’t know why but the color (especially background color) is weird when I upload it onto oss)

Anyway, the background color which is the cold color, in contrast with the foreground (cello) which is the warm color, to give more energy to the image.

3So the final image of cellist included the symbol of cello, music notes and sound wave.

 

My fourth future job is: chef

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I looked for image online also.

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Initially I wanted to use different food to form my name, but I felt that it was a bit boring. Instead of using English name, I decided to use Chinese name. I choose one Chinese character within my name, which is Jing “婧”. I looked for different version of “婧”.
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I noticed that the 篆体 version of “婧” seems to be more interesting than the 楷体 version of “婧”. It is more dynamic and it flows. It is curly like spaghetti. So I decide to make the image of a plate of food with my name “婧” hidden like spaghetti inside.

Here is my fourth image.

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So the final image of chef included the symbol of spaghetti, cabbage, broccoli and beef steak.

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Reflection:

During the process. I did face some difficulties for the idea forming and editing. So I made different drafts but luckily come up with the final. I am appreciate the process as it is a chance to improve myself.