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Editorial Illustration ( research and inspiration )

Research on Illustrators and editorial magazines.

  1. Joanne Poon

This was a poster designed by Joanne Poon for a circus event! I love how all the colors helped to make the event look inviting and fun! The poster along with the other information templates looked unified and belonging to each other too. I think that it is a very successful poster not only because it managed to grab the audiences’ attention but it  also managed to accommodate important information into the poster yet not making it look  overcrowded and messy!

2. Marta Leshak

Martha Leshak is a designer and illustrator that is passionate about children’s book and folk topics! These are some of the plots from a  series of paper cutting illustration she created to  reflect children’s representation of incomprehensible sayings and phraseologism. I love the color that she chose for her target audience that are very pastel and baby-like colors! She managed to create another world of its own in her illustrations and I find that it is a very important element to incorporate into the cover of a magazine design in order to captivate the eyes of the viewer!

3. Hee Eun Lee

POSTER2017 제 6회 대한민국 도시농업 박람회The 6th Korean urban agriculture Expo[농작물음악제 포스터_ 딸기 콘서트 / 감자 콘서트]  contact_hikikomolee@gmail.cominstagram.com/hikikomolee

농작물 음악제 포스터 - 브랜딩/편집 · 일러스트레이션 · 파인아트, 브랜딩/편집, 일러스트레이션, 파인아트, 그래픽 디자인, 일러스트레이션

POSTER2017 제 6회 대한민국 도시농업 박람회The 6th Korean urban agriculture Expo[농작물음악제 포스터_ 딸기 콘서트 / 감자 콘서트]  contact_hikikomolee@gmail.cominstagram.com/hikikomolee

The design of this illustrator is very pleasing to the eye as she uses muted colors and rounded edges to create her designs! The right way to welcome people to the concert! 🙂

4. The New Yorker Magazine

New Yorker August 2nd, 1958 by Arthur Getz

New Yorker August 2nd, 1958 by Arthur Getz

Ilonka Karasz : Cover art for The New Yorker 1710 - 23 November 1957

Ilonka Karasz : Cover art for The New Yorker 1710 – 23 November 1957

Constantin Alajalov Christmas Store New Yorker Cover (December1949) Back in the day, stores actually gave you boxes that were boxes and you didn't have to line up in some obscure corner of the store to get them either.

Constantin Alajalov Christmas Store New Yorker Cover December 1949

May 6, 1939 (Ilonka Karasz)

May 6, 1939 by Ilonka Karasz

The New Yorker - Saturday, May 30, 1931 - Issue # 328 - Vol. 7 - N° 15 - Cover by : Barney Tobey

May 30, 1931  Issue # 328 – Vol. 7 Cover by Barney Tobey
 After looking through quite a number of The New Yorker’s Magazine, ( especially the older issues, as seen above) I am in awe of how the artists managed to create  and compose complex pieces of cover magazines yet not overcrowding the whole page!

Feedback after presentation and final self-portrait

Feedback and comments to better artwork:

  • the layer of glass was taking away the details and vibrancy of the interesting objects in the hair. Hence, there were suggestions to lower down the opacity of the outer layer and to choose a lighter color (eg: light blue or pink) to go above it.
  • The egg earring was too overpowering in proportion to the face. And it would be better to flip the egg around to avoid repetitiveness of the egg on the head.

Personal reflection after assignment 1

  • This was quite a fun assignment to work on as I had to think of what was really important in my daily life and constantly trying of ways to make the whole composition work together as one.
  • It was also a fun challenge to try to incorporate elements that i love and at the same time give the whole self portrait a more in depth meaning.

 

 

Process to creating my self potrait

Process of illustrating my self portrait  

A list of words that describe me/Things that I adore

-rice and eggs

-matcha latte

-soulful music

-journaling

-typography

-christmas

-nature (flower and greens)

-patterns

-bandana and high bun

-french fries

-sushi

-pizza


I chose to take a picture of my neutral looking face to show no emotion because I wanted the viewer to have their own interpretation and perception of what the whole portrait is trying to convey. So the first step that I did was to take pictures and finally chose an of angle that I can better work with and illustrate my face.

The main concept that I was trying to go for is to portray me as an” observant” person, always being aware of my surroundings. The first sketch above was me wearing many glasses, arranging them  from my chin to the back of my head to suggest that I have “many eyes”or “always on the look”.  The second sketch is me peeping through a glass window. And the flowers and leaves growing and creeping out gives an idea of wanting to be free or to “come out”. Composition wise, I feel that this is much stronger than the others as the tip of the hair balances out the chin and an earring at the ear gives character to the whole picture. It also shows movement and allows the reader’s eyes to flow through the portrait.

Although I do like the previous sketch and the message behind it. I still find that it still loses some edge and character to it. So rather than just having a garden over my head. I tried to incorporate some of the elements that best describe myself. I find it more visually intriguing and it allows the viewer to want to find out what is exactly IN the hair. However, I find the composition and arrangement was very still and gives off a feeling of solitude and I didn’t want that so I decided to use the composition of the previous sketch because it shows more dynamism .

These two are just sketches of the same concept. One trying to come out of a paper box and another trying to peek over the fence.

The last idea was to incorporate fireworks and hair curlers but I chose the previous idea at last because it had more narrative and visual interest.

Composition of final self portrait

At first I was just playing around with the composition. Trying to figure out how to better portray depth and combine all the objects together without making it look too messy and at the same time remain its elegance.

 

At this point, i wanted the french fries to mimic a crown. However the keyboard behind although added depth doesn’t look as cohesive as I wanted it to be with the self portrait.

Problems : Struggling to make objects look clear after placing a layer on top of it even after opacity is reduced.

Although this may seem clearer but it fails to use the glass window to give off the message because the objects (flowers) looks as if they are on top of the glass rather than behind it.

 

Concept for Installation

Source of inspiration: The Human Spine

 

Observations:
1 / Only serves its purpose if the individual bones are connected together.
2 / It does not work if there is no main component.
3 / It is a source of strength, support and stability.
4 / A healthy spine keeps balance, and it also had to be balanced.

What we aim to produce (meaning behind installation, description of installation)

-Like the spine , the students (connected elements) form the school/community (body) not as individuals, but as a whole.

-Without a part, the whole spine cannot function healthily ( Without the active contribution of the students as a community, the school wouldn’t be able to perform at its best )

-Through this sculptural installation we would like to question students the importance of community, using the spine as symbolism.

Ideation

– A sculptural installation that can only work if they are put together.

– A design the requires the dependency of each element to form a whole sculptural form.

Source of inspiration

1) Woven Installation by Studio 400

2) Ernesto Neto’s Woven Installations

3) Tomás Saraceno’s Biospheric Cloud Cities

4) Crocheted Playgrounds by Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam

Possible locations for Installation

NTU’s School of Medicine

Assignment 1

grace

How did the activity made me feel? 

This activity made me feel a little nervous at first because I knew that it was timed and I had to stop drawing after a few minutes later.

Why do you think this was so? 

I think I felt a little nervous because I was afraid that it was unrecognizable by the person I drew and it would show no similarities. Part of me didn’t want to disappoint her and make her look less charming than she is.

What would you change about your illustration?

If I were to change my illustration, I would have drew her features more similar to her real ones and make her have a friendlier smile in the drawing! 🙂

Do you think your illustration is a good likeness of the person you drew?

I think that there are elements in the drawing that made her look recognizable like her winged eyeliner, rounded spectacles, clothes and accessories but her features like her nose, mouth and the distribution of her features could be improved!


Research on 3 portrait artist that inspires you 

  • what do you find inspiring?
  • How do they use color? How do they use line?
  • How do they use texture?
  • What medium/s do they use?
  1. ANA SANTOS ( INSTAGRAM ARTIST from Spain)

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The reason I find her artworks inspiring is because the artist has composed her artwork in a very attention seeking way where she does not only draws beautiful portraits, but includes a narrative on the faces. She has used the fine lines of the pencil and soft watercolors to bring out the femininity of the girls. There is a feel of translucency when the watercolor is overlapping the face, giving off a feel of gentleness and a part of the girl’s identity.

2. TITO MERELLO VILAR ( INSTAGRAM ARTIST )

Tito Merello Vilar (@titomerello) on Instagram: “Portrait of @micarganaraz

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The work of this artist is bold and vibrant (bold strokes and colors). By using mediums such as pencil, pen, watercolor, papers etc, it brings character to the portrait by giving it a more edgy vibe to it.

3.  LIUDAS BARKAUSKAS

Rabbit Digital illustration 2015

Designers of tumblr

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TOTEM on Behance

By using contrasting colors of different pen lines. The artist is able to convey his message in a minimalistic way. The use of pastel colors also makes it soothing for the eyes to view and together with the fine pen lines, gives a delicate feeling to it.

Day to Day Data by Georges Perec

What we understood from this reading was that he wants us to divert our attention from things or situations we find ‘abnormal’, which is what we usually miss out because they’ve become so familiar that we don’t see them as inspirations, and also to appreciate and be aware of the mundane.

Therefore we would like to focus on the shuttle bus routes in NTU, where most of us take them everyday to get around the school.  It is because of this system that we are able to live our lives easily without a second thought. Nobody is interested in this system but it is because of this that helps us to live our lives more systematically and with at ease. We only see one perspective of the routes when we take the bus so this time we would like people to see the routes in another perspective, that is why we did this sculpture of the 3 shuttle bus routes in NTU.

We envision this sculpture to be a recreational space or park for people to relax and enjoy their time there.

Scale is 1:5.


 

Nodes that influence the aesthetics or form of a product

There are three factors to be taken into consideration when designing a product, that is

Function, human factors and emotion.
FUNCTION-BASED AESTHETICS/FORM:

To my understanding, function-based products are straightforward and easy to use even without reading any given instructions.

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Classic Muji School Bag

This is a simple backpack that everyone knows how to use. It fulfills the needs of anyone that needs to carry something. However, as you can observe, the stripes of the backpack are slim and thin and there isn’t any padding at the back of the backpack. Hence, it does not take into consideration the ergonomics of the user.

HUMAN FACTOR-BASED AESTHETICS/FORM

This factor takes into consideration the ergonomics of the product. How it is going to be held, handled, carried and so on. It emphasizes on how to provide users a more efficient and comfortable use of the product.

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JanSport Odyssey Daypack

This backpack takes into consideration of the users ergonomics, adding padding at the shoulders and back of the backpack for comfortable usage.

EMOTION-BASED AESTHETICS/FORM

This factor evokes the emotion of the user, causing the user to feel a certain way.

 

Backpacks by Dabbawalla

These designs of bags are illustrative and are able evoke a sense of cheerfulness into the users’ feelings especially kids and teenage girls.

 

Naoto Fukasawa

Noato Fukusawa

One of the designers that I can best identify with is Fukusawa. I find most of his designs soothing for the eyes as it embraces the beauty of minimalism yet not causing it to look boring by adding pops of colour to his products. I love that he often uses earthy tones and round edges to present his work.