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Theme: Terrorism in Singapore Recently, there have been a lot of terrorist attacks all over the world. This year, we heard of rumors that we have terrorists in our neighboring country, Malaysia. On 5 August 2016, Indonesian police arrested five members of a terror cell in Batam. Their leader, Gigih Rahmat Dewa, was in contact with an ISIS militant and planned to hit Marina Bay with a rocket. After this incident, the Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam addressed the […]
3 Little Pigs and a Big Bad Wolf Once upon a time there were three little pigs. One pig built a house of straw while the second pig built his house with sticks. The third little pig built his house with bricks. A big bad wolf saw the two little pigs and decided to eat them. He then went to their houses and destroyed them. The 2 pigs fled in terror and ran to the third pig’s house that was […]
Raden Saleh (b. circa 1811, Indonesia; d. 1880, Indonesia) Merapi, Eruption by Night 1865 Oil on Canvas Collection of the Tan Family Initial Response: When I first saw this painting, I was attracted by the active energy the volcano is giving out. Although volcano eruption is a kind of natural disaster, the painting did not bring out the negative emotions. Instead, it sorts of give off the positive vibe from the bright lava flowing down the volcano just like the […]
Idea: When I was constructing the still life, I was captured by the beauty of the triad harmony combination in my photo. Its yellow red and blue which is the superman combination colour. The patterns on the table top form good lead-ins to bring the focus to the middle of the photo frame. Concepts applied: Complementary hues: Blue (on the pencils in the red box) & Orange (on the scissors) Yellow (colour on soap) & Purple (colour on the […]
Inspiration: First day of school Storyline: I woke on early in the morning (Box 1) and had breakfast (Box 2) before heading to school (Box 3) for lecture (Box 4). As I settled down in the lecture theatre, I started foreseeing myself graduating (Box 5). Not long later, I fall asleep (Box 6). Suddenly, I heard the lecture scolding me “Why did you do so badly for the quiz?” (Box 7). I took back my results slip (Box 8). Out […]
Draft 1: I wanted to draw the scene at the bus stop. For example, people running after the bus, people frustrated face while waiting the bus. However, I realise it didn’t really bring out the meaning I want after sketching. Draft 2: I like the position of the school boy standing at the bus stop because he shifted the picture plane towards the right. Also, as I was waiting for the bus, I witness his brisk foot steps towards […]
Final Piece: The ant is eyeing on the two bowls of dish on the table. As it approaches them, a black shadow is casted (which is shown as the black shadow image in the drawing). It seems like a hand of a human. As the poor ant inches towards the bowls, the shadow increases in size. Desperate in need for food, the ant gambles its life and dashed for the food. Eventually, the ant squeezed thought the hand […]
