Character 1 The first character that I chose to create is a female nerd, as I was inspired by my sister, who games and reads a lot. I chose this pose as I felt that it was more reserved and withdrawn, which is how I wanted my character to be like. I was also inspired by a character… Read more →
Category: My Work
Drawing on Location
Drawings made on Location Drawings I Improved on I tried to retain the poses of the people, and looked for references with similar poses. I added backgrounds and foregrounds, and tried to add depth by varying the darkness of my lines. I also made the focus area more detailed and darker, and everything else lighter and faint, so it… Read more →
5 Drawing Portfolio
What I liked and Areas for Improvement This is an early practice drawing I did to observe the boxes and their shadows. I felt that this was one of the more successful ones as I was still having trouble in observing the box shapes in the human body at that time. I liked how the shading shows a light source… Read more →
The “Breathing” Self-Portrait
password: proj4 1. A detailed description of your Artist Statement/Concept (if you are revisiting a previous assignment, what else did you add to strengthen your concept? Did you enhance anything else?) For this project, I wanted to create a work with a brighter and more innocent theme, as my previous projects were quite dark, and decided to focus… Read more →
Tech Dystopia: Characters, Beatboard and Storyboard Process W10 & W11
Beatboard These are my beatboards after last week’s consult, sorry it took so long!! (it’s mostly the same just that I tried to add more detail and adjusted some of the angles) Board 1: Owner comes home with a new virtual pet Board 2: Old cat gets neglected as its owner gets distracted by the new pet (will be longer… Read more →
Tech Dystopia: Research and Ideation W9
Research and Ideation Alienation Lack of privacy Rise of robots and AI Premise The story is about an old, dying and obese male cat that tries to regain the attention of his owner, who has recently acquired a virtual pet, in the form of a hologram, controlled using a device. The new pet can do tricks the… Read more →
The Narrative Self-Portrait
1. Please give a title for your work if possible. Title: My Safe Haven 2. Please include a Before and After image of your work. Before After Final 3. Please include your artist statement/concept (What compelled you to make this image) When I was younger, I was a very introverted person and mostly kept my… Read more →
Untitled 3
Password: untitled3 (for copyright reasons) 1. Explain your method of documenting time. In Untitled 3, I wanted to use the medium of video to capture the idea of transience. Transience is the state of a moment in time that happens for a very short while. However, I wanted to drag out this moment and make it something memorable… Read more →
Untitled 2
1. Your decision making (why did you choose that image/text? Why did you piece the various sounds together?) Sleep is something that is precious to me and in this work, I wanted to capture the discomfort of being interrupted while in deep sleep, and the dread of needing to wake up to reality. This image was created as… Read more →