Typographic Portrait – Lew Min Hui

Mindmap

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My name is Min Hui and i behave like a mouse.

There seems to be too much empty space left around so i decided to use the composition below.

I decided to go with light colours on dark background as i did not want a normal illustrative style and i like the prefer the night to day time.

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My name is Min Hui and i am a Chemistry student.

I decided to do a flipping format as i am someone who likes to study. Behind the cover is some experimentation that i did.

Salting

Burning

Marbling

Using oil paints on water

Applying paints over after scratching paper surface with sharp object.

Wet-on-Wet Watercolour Technique

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My name is Min Hui and I am a sweets traveler.

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My name is Min Hui and i need to gain weight.

Final Work

My name is Min Hui and i behave like a mouse.

I always leave half-eaten food behind, just like a mouse.

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My name is Min Hui and I am a sweets traveler.

I have a sweet tooth and i would like to travel around the world to look at works of art. The child-like colours also depicts my child palate.

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My name is Min Hui and I am a Chemistry Student.

I used to be a Science student and i really enjoy studying chemistry. In the composition, i morphed the symbols into my name. The images can be flipped over like a book, showing the different experiments of art methods associated with science.

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My name is Min Hui and I need to gain weight.

Whenever, i visit my relatives on Chinese New Year, i am always told that i am too skinny and that i need to add more. Thus, my new year wish is to gain weight.

Here, i used collage of food images on transparency. The different layers of transparency suggests the idea of gaining weight. The black rectangle is the screen of he weighing scale.