Additional Images

The first paper cut sample I did. I was going for a floating girl with ripples effect but that didn’t work out.

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So I attempted another paper cut and attempted to make it look like the girl was floating, this time with the use of ‘weaving’ the figure through another piece of paper. img_0025At this point, I came across this artist (Sonia Alins) reference on pinterest and really liked the effect of using a paper of different opacity.

7229745259bcfeff0590431d4053f14cMaybe doing something like this could help me achieve the effect I want, I thought. So with some make shift tracing paper (baking paper) I went ahead and tried it. Nah, not really… I thought to myself.
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Maybe it will work if I tried to add some water-like shapes below. But nahhh.
img_0028 Tried it with the acrylic piece I had, and realise it really didnt fit. Firstly, the acrylic piece’s shadow couldn’t really be seen because it’s too near to the plane. Secondly, composition is shitty. Thirdly, it’s really difficult to match with my other panels, though i really wanted to use this at the start. Oh I also tried to add some layering (note face and hair)img_0029

And a photo with flash on:img_0030At this point, i decided that I shall go with paper cutting for most of my projects. Despite only experimenting on this one panel at the beginning, I was simultaneously developing the rest of the panels (as seen in journal) and making sure they all have some sort of continuity and style.

I came across this artist (Ceres Lau) reference:58207ae447ebd88b8bf52bf2de3e9adc

And liked how she did the water. (Ok I did it again it looks way too similar now, just like what happened for the silk screen project >: )
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I decided to properly give it a shot to see the outcome of layering the water, especially in such a thin figure. Welllll the layering looks okay, maybe even considered quite nice. But what failed here was probably the composition. Overall, I think it’s no good. img_0032

How will it look like if i had an acrylic droplet on it? Bad. img_0033

In the shower, I somehow conjured up this image in my mind. A girl cocooned in a fetus position underwater. I felt like it really gave off the vibes of the characteristics of the Water element (as in the Tetramap) – that they are emotional, peaceful, sensitive.

Also finally came to my senses and decided to draw something mildly cartoony/cute, as I have done before, but never in 2D. After all, this was supposed to represent me anyway. Also, the deliberate brush strokes, something I’ve always loved.

As I was assembling it together, I thought it looked good this way too. Minimalistic, black and white aesthetics.img_0034

Even in a different composition, it looked good. img_0035

And putting it together, finally! I really liked it. This is one of my favorite panels.img_0036

And then I saw my middle pieces lying around, they looked pretty good! And I wondered what I could make out of them. It’s always cute to add eyes into things, so I did. With the eyes carrying the traits of each of the characteristics (forgot to mention this in the journal).

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Placing everything together to see how it looked like as a whole. Then I realised the last panels of the second and third equation both had something to do with hands. So why not, I figured, to have hands in all of the last panels. It helps me generate ideas and also tell my story with simplicity and continuity.

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I think this is cute, so here are a few pictures of it, the making of:img_0039 img_0040 img_0041 img_0042

Experimented with different layouts for the background
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Experimentation and comparing colors for another panel:

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The water droplet panel, tried various ways to composite it before finally settling on the final one, with the droplets going in circles, much like the water cycle. I felt like it conveyed the message well too. img_0045

The complementary colors looked very nice when put together. I probably could have explored more of this.img_0046 img_0047 img_0048 img_0049

In Her Head

Given the restrictions of 6 lines we’ve come up with, we were tasked to make a short film.

Our lines were

What do you see?
I see red.
I don’t want to do this anymore.
Fuck.
I’m sorry.
It’s too late.

After much development, I chose to tackle ‘red’ as a name of a character, referring to schizophrenia where patients commonly see hallucinations, hear voices and fail to understand what is real.

Did you know? Bipolar, schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorders are three different mental disorders.