Reserved + Uncomfortable Social Situations = Suffocation
Nature-lover + Surrounded by Nature = Zen
Head in the Clouds + Fantasy Fiction = Triumph
Go with the Flow + Disruption = Anxiety
Reserved + Uncomfortable Social Situations = Suffocation
Nature-lover + Surrounded by Nature = Zen
Head in the Clouds + Fantasy Fiction = Triumph
Go with the Flow + Disruption = Anxiety
Hello!
At the start of this project, I wrote down on how I should go about with my thought processes as shown below:
…Something like that.
Well then, let’s get started.
Personality Traits
I took the 16 Personalities Test (also known as the Myer-Briggs’ Test) and thought about my personality for quite a while.
I am an INFJ-Advocate:
Some key personality traits (that I’m very conscious of):
I like happy things, and I enjoy being happy!
Personal Symbolism and Image References
Nature-lover + Surrounded by Nature = Zen
Wisteria – A Calming Sight
Reserved + Uncomfortable Social Situations = Suffocation
The Great Egret – Observation and Judgement
Goldfish – A symbol of death.
Go with the Flow + Disruption = Anxiety
Water – Flow
Skeletons and Ribcages – Death
Head in the Clouds + Fantasy Fiction = Triumph
Video Games – An interactive storybook
Color Analysis
I first picked color schemes that I liked via colourco.de ; This is a website that I use when I want to play around with colors.
Here is my chart of color schemes:
I didn’t go with mood boards because it’s rather distressing; I’d come up with too many color schemes. Listing the colors I found appealing would be better in terms of organization.
I grouped the numerous color schemes according to their similarity and got 4 distinct groups of colors. [C – complementary, M – monochrome, A – analogous]
Afterwards, I added a few more color schemes in order to balance my colors (after the lineart)
The Color Decision
Analogous Colors – Personality Trait (First Row)
I personally feel that my character traits are strong and weak at different times – I react differently in different settings. Analogous colors hence represent this fact; my personality is not toned in one color, but similar colors/colors side by side.
Monochrome Colors – Setting (Second Row)
An environment or situation, to me, is dyed in one color, but of different tones.
Complementary Colors – Outcome of Me (Third Row)
Settings influence my behavior, and how I react to people’s actions and the stimuli around me; that’s why I see it as not just one color, but different colors.
Sketches
After pinning down the settings, symbolism and colors, I put them together:
Final Outcome
Head in the Clouds + Fantasy Fiction = Triumph
Head in the Clouds
Fantasy Fiction
Triumph
Personally…
I’m always told by people that I’m “in my own world” and things like that; and I agree wholeheartedly. If you catch me staring into space, I’m probably thinking about fantasy fiction and very often, video games.
Triumph is a depiction of what I feel after I play a video game/read a book — I feel that I’ve won and conquered; I have control over the character in video game, and when I win a battle, it of course feels triumphant.
With regards to colors…
I chose the pastel pink color scheme group for this equation as it best represents fantasy to me; it brings out a very pixie feel to it.
Go with the Flow + Disruption = Anxiety
Go with the Flow
Disruption
Anxiety
Personally…
I am a person who is very easy-going, and people do say that I’m accepting and very open to other’s opinions. But when others come into conflict with my moral values/ actions, I tend to get very perturbed and then, anxious. (I have no idea why, it maybe the consequences of being an INFJ-A).
With regards to colors…
I chose the deep blue and red color scheme group for the equation. Red and blue are my favorite colors, and the dark tones of the blue and red really bring out the melancholy of the “Outcome” panel. Deep red is the color of blood, and the analogous blue-green colors have this calming feeling to it.
Nature-lover + Surrounded by Nature = Zen
Nature-lover
Surrounded by Nature
Zen
Personally…
As a christian, I really appreciate the people around me, and especially nature. I love flowers, trees, and animals! I feel a huge sense of peace within when I’m surrounded by nature.
With regards to colors…
This time round, I went with realism over the choice of colors – green and blue for leaves and flower colors respectively and the color of purple for the wisteria flowers.
Reserved + Uncomfortable Social Situations = Suffocation
Reserved
Uncomfortable Social Situations
Suffocation
Personally…
As an introvert, I dislike being in uncomfortable situations. I’d feel very suffocated if I was forced to speak to a crowd that I’m not familiar with.
With regards to colors…
I wanted to bring out the white colors of the great egret, so I selected a color scheme group that would allow for the whiteness of the egret’s feathers. One of the color white’s symbols is safety, which also brings out the idea of being “reserved”; being careful and cautious.
Final Presentation and Mounting
Reflections
This project was… even more tiring than the last. I had fun exploring color schemes, but it was tough trying to analyse myself and thinking about life. I did have fun doing something that I was familiar with; to be honest, it takes a lot of courage to print out my own digital art and even present it to the whole class. I’m glad that this project gave me the opportunity to step out of my comfort zone and show what I love to do to the class.
Artist Inspirations
Toi8
Toi8’s a Japanese artist which I’ve been inspired by for a very long time. He mainly does art for games, manga and animation. I love the colors he uses for his compositions, and I especially love his lineart.
Loika
Website: http://www.3daysmarch.net/
Loika’s natural compositions are beautiful, and the colors Loika chooses are very natural; which I enjoy very much!
Amei Zhao
Website: http://seventypercentethanol.tumblr.com/
Amei’s series of original art, The Nameless and the Scientist, is a favorite of mine. Amei does many beautiful concept and environmental art.
Here are the movie quotes, synopsis, as well as the dialogue leading up to the quote. The quotes are in bold. (Quote breakdown — keywords and ideas associated with them are also included).
I have also placed the design drafts under each movie section.
NON-STOP (2014)
Synopsis:
Bill Marks, a former cop dealing with his daughter’s death by drinking, is now a federal air marshal. While on a flight from New York to London, Mark gets a text telling him that unless 150 million dollars is transferred to an offshore account, someone will die every 20 minutes.
Dialogue:
Jen: Are you asking me if I saw someone else go in, or if I killed the captain?
Bill: did you see someone else?
Jen: …No
Bill: Then that’s the question.
Jen: You’re a dick.
(Bill starts to suspect Jen, talking about how she possibly choose the window seat right next to Bill and asked him a personal question. Jen gets exasperated, and says that she was the only one who stood by him the entire time; then she starts to share about her heart failure and how she might die anytime. She walks out, and Bill pours her a drink, then apologizes.)
Bill: I hate flying.
Jen: Really? I’ve always kinda liked it. You know, six hours in the same spot. Nobody get to you, nothing to do but just be present.
Bill: There’s no control.
Jen: Control is an illusion. There is no control. Over anything.
QUOTE BREAKDOWN:
Design Draft:
Symbolism:
The controller represents the perception of control. The cord connecting the controller to the heart is broken, suggesting the lack of control. I decided to add in the context of the movie here, in which Jen Summers is unable to control her lifespan, thus the human heart represent Jen’s own heart/life.
KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE (1989)
Synopsis:
Kiki, a young witch-in-training, has reached the age of 13. According to tradition, all witches of that age must leave home for one year, so that they can learn how to live on their own. Kiki, along with her talking cat Jiji, fly away to live in the seaside town of Korico. After starting her own delivery service (using her broom as the delivery vehicle), Kiki must learn how to deal with her new life, especially after she loses the power to fly.
Dialogue:
Ursula: Magic is like art. I, too, don’t paint very well sometimes.
Kiki: Really? What do you do then?
Ursula: don’t look this way.
(Kiki goes back to her original pose.)
Kiki: Before, I could fly without giving it a thought. Now I can’t even begin to remember how I ever managed to do it.
Ursula: All you can do when it gets like that is struggle. Draw and draw again.
Kiki: But if I really can’t fly…
Ursula: I stop drawing… I take a walk… Look at the scenery… Take a nap… Or even nothing at all. Then all of a sudden I want to draw.
Kiki: Does that really happen?
Ursula: Sure it does! Now, look sideways.
About Ursula…
QUOTE BREAKDOWN:
Design Draft:
Symbolism:
The swallows represent Kiki, who is struggling to fly again, thus the repetition of movement in the swallows. The feathers represent the struggle, whereby feathers often fall off birds when they take flight. The feathers and the swallows are continuous in a circle which shows repetition and highlights the attempts of “trying and trying again”.
THE LION KING (1994)
Sypnosis:
A young lion prince is born in Africa, thus making his uncle Scar second-in-line to the throne. Scar plots with his hyenas to kill King Mufasa and Prince Simba, thus making himself King. The King is killed and Simba is led to believe Scar that it was his fault, and so flees the kingdom in shame. After years of exile, he is persuaded to return home to overthrow the ursurper and claim the kingdom as his own, thus completing the ‘Circle of Life’.
Dialogue:
Adult Simba: I know what I have to do. But going back means I’ll have to face my past. I’ve been running from it for so long.
[Rafiki hits Simba on the head with his stick]
Adult Simba: Ow! Jeez, what was that for?
Rafiki: It doesn’t matter. It’s in the past.
[laughs]
Adult Simba: Yeah, but it still hurts.
Rafiki: Oh yes, the past can hurt. But from the way I see it, you can either run from it, or… learn from it.
[swings his stick again at Simba, who ducks out of the way]
Rafiki: Ha. You see? So what are you going to do?
Adult Simba: First, I’m gonna take your stick.
[Simba snatches Rafiki’s stick and throws it and Rafiki runs to grab it]
Rafiki: No, no, no, no, not the stick! Hey, where you going?
Adult Simba: I’m going back!
Rafiki: Good! Go on! Get out of here!
[Rafiki begins laughing and screeching loudly]
QUOTE BREAKDOWN…
Design Draft:
Symbolism:
The rabbit represents Simba (heir to the throne, thus the crown), who is timid and afraid of facing his past (where he blames himself for his father’s death). The clock shows the essence of time/Simba’s past and how long he has been running from it. The past can hurt, as shown by the blood splatters on the clock. The swords symbolize Simba learning from his past.
HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE (2001)
Sypnosis:
Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary boy celebrating his eleventh birthday, but hs is far from right. A giant named Hagrid appears and gives Harry the all important news — He is a wizard. Now Harry’s journey in life gets more intense as he travels to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to learn the trade of being a wizard.
Dialogue:
Dumbledore: It does not do well to dwell on dreams, Harry, and forget to live.
QUOTE BREAKDOWN…
Design Draft:
Symbolism:
The figure reaching out from the top right hand corner represents Harry, who is staring into the Mirror of Erised. The vines represent the living world/reality in which Harry is in. He is reaching out to his parents, represented by the two fox figures who are together. The fox figures are treading on the ground with graveyards, representing the dead/the underworld. Also, take note that only the figure’s arms are beyond the area of vines — it represents the part of the quote “forgetting to live“.
In short,
ARTIST INSPIRATIONS
Biography
Melbourne based Illustrator & Designer Ken Taylor works primarily within the music industry and is predominantly well known for his striking rock posters. Ken started in Perth Western Australia doing posters and album artwork for local bands. In 2001 He moved to Melbourne and slowly started to create a name for himself within Melbourne’s music scene. In 2006 he went out on his own and started to work full time on music based artwork.
Personal Opinion
I personally enjoy Ken Taylor’s artworks and they are an inspiration as they include huge amounts of detail, and the layouts, use of space and colors are very striking and pleasing to the eyes.
Any Forty
Bon Iver — Austin, TX
Sigur Ros — North Charleston
Biography
Kara Walker is known for creating black-and-white silhouette works that invoke themes of African American racial identity. Her subjects, often scenes of slavery, conflict or violence, are rendered in a style recalling traditional African illustration and folklore of the pre-Civil War United States; the works preserve and draw critical attention to these earlier cultural epochs. Working in collage, Walker cuts out and affixes black or white paper directly to gallery walls, and utilizes light projectors to cast viewers’ own shadows into her silhouetted narratives, creating a deeply engaging experience. Despite the oftentimes sombre nature of her subjects, Walker relies on humor and viewer interaction. “I didn’t want a completely passive viewer,” she has said. “I wanted to make work where the viewer wouldn’t walk away; he would either giggle nervously, get pulled into history, into fiction, into something totally demeaning and possibly very beautiful.”
Personal Opinion
I am astounded by how impactful Kara Walker’s artworks are — the silhouettes are void of color and facial/bodily details, yet the dynamism of the poses brings the message across very strongly.
Untitled (Tomato Patch Girl)
African/American , 1998
Auntie Walker’s Wall Sampler for Civilians, 2013
Biography
Dot Dot Dot is a pseudonym for a mysterious Norwegian stencil artist. Like Banksy and many stencil artists before him, he prefers to remain annonymous, this has as much to do with his long graffiti career as it does with the allure of anonymity.
What we do know is that he was born in Oslo, Norway and first started graffiti in 1997. He has operated under several pseudonyms, but when he successfully shifted to a more conceptual and figuratie style, settled on Dot Dot Dot.
He began focusing on stencil work in 2007 and in the last few years has become regarded as one of the country’s leading street artists.
Personal Opinion
Similar to Kara Walker, these works of Dotdotdot below are very miminal and just contain silhouettes, but they bring the message across with a huge amount of impact.
Toxic Thinkbell (Yellow)
Weapon of Choice (Black on White)
I drew 5 key images for a movie trailer of Ignite.
TOOLS USED: Paint Tool SAI
TRAILER SEQUENCE
We had to design characters for the 4D assignment using the techniques of add, subtract, substitution and superimposition that we learned the other lesson.
PROCESS: I drew my images then superimposed textures to the garb of my characters.
TOOLS USED: Paint Tool SAI, Photoshop CS6, textures
TEXTURE SOURCE:
http://blaxbla.deviantart.com/art/Vintage-texture-set-3-192008546?q=boost%3Apopular%20vintage%20textures&qo=52
and
http://texturesource.tumblr.com/post/31216910645/ofabeautifulnight-deactivated20-11-hq-floral
IGNITE
STORY SYPNOSIS
In a world where magic and dragons exist lies a flourishing kingdom of three nations that have been united a century ago by the Hero King. The Hero King possessed the great power of control over time, and this power was passed down to the following generations of kings. As time passed, the power weakened and in this present day, the king can only predict the future of a person with the touch of their hand. The king of the present time called forth the next generation of representatives to validate their candidacy and bestow upon them the blessing of the Hero King. However, on that fated day, the flames of darkness engulfed the palace, killing the king. With his final breath, he commanded the three young rulers to find the person whom he had passed on his power to, and ultimately, confront the enemy of the kingdom.
CHARACTERS
Amr
Next Great Knight-in-Command of the land of mercenaries, the Clockwork City. Her father, Arthur, is the current Great Knight-in-Command. At 18 years old, she is the first upcoming female Great Knight Commander to be appointed. She wields two swords, and is famous for her Defensive Sword Arts. Nicknamed as the “Unbreakable Shield”.
[Extra: When she was 13 years old, Amr adopted an orphaned baby phoenix sparrow when she was out training in the outskirts of town at dawn. She named it Aurora.]
Campana
At 10 years old, she is the youngest witch to be appointed as the next Head Magus of the land of the Magi, the Great Tree. A complete genius — high affinity with all elements of magic, excellent in her theory, but still has much more to learn.
Taiyo
Next clan head of the Blue Kitsune which is the current leading clan of the land of the Ninja, the Bamboo Grove. The Blue Kitsune are known for their humorous but perceptive nature. 21 year-old Taiyo is no exception, and he is famous for his peerless stealth and handling of the Fukiya and Fukibari.