Category: My Work

Exploring colours

Color is one of the most basic tools to communicate thoughts, feelings, and emotions. So, I’ll be exploring more about colours and colour theory.

Color wheel describes the relationships between colors. It shows primary, secondary, complementary and intermediate colors. 

The colour wheel is a basic but completely essential tool for combining colours.

Primary colours – red, yellow and blue02a

Secondary colours – mixing the primary colours02b

Warm coloursred, orange, yellow (vibrant and energetic)

Cool coloursgreen, blue and violet  (calm and tranquility)

Colour has three properties: hue, value and intensity (saturation)

02c

02d

And three basic colour concepts: tints, shades and tones

Now, moving on to the colour harmonies


 Complementary colors opposite each other on the color wheelImage credit: [TwoTales](http://twotales.org/)

 

Analogous – colours lie next to each other on the colour wheelImage credit: [TwoTales](http://twotales.org/)

 

Triad – colours are those that are evenly spaced out around the colour wheel

Image credit: [TwoTales](http://twotales.org/)

 

Split-Complementary a base colour, then uses the two adjacent colours as its complement. Image credit: [TwoTales](http://twotales.org/)

 

Last but not least, CMYK & RGB. 

CMYK is subtractive – add more colours it eventually turns black.

(cyan, magenta, yellow and black) For printing.

RGB is a additive, projected light color system.

(red, green, blue) For web design.

 

 

 

Images used

Moreno, C. (2017). A brief, animated lesson on color theory. Retrieved from https://www.freepik.com/blog/brief-animated-lesson-color-theory/

Cowan, K. (2017). Essential Colour Guide for Designers: Understanding Colour Theory. Retrieved from https://www.creativeboom.com/resources/essential-colour-guide-for-designers-understanding-colour-theory/

K, J. (2017). COLOR THEORY PART 2: EXPLORING HUE, VALUE, TINT, SHADE AND TONE. Retrieved from http://blog.knitpicks.com/color-theory-part-2-exploring-hue-value-tint-shade-tone/

Short Film : The Unspoken Suspicion

A girl,my best friend, whom I had lost in touch with ever since she transferred to another school. Her family moved to a secluded neighborhood and so she had to comply and transfer to the school within that area. This is the story that I came up with, in regards to her life journey after she has left my school…

Why did I choose this sound technique? 

It raises and built up tension, making the audience expecting something is about to happen. Exaggerated sound (eg. eating) makes the overall vibe seems unnatural and hence, creating a distorted/weird image which is intentional.

Design #01

Design #01 (other designs will be uploaded in next few days)

2 Days in Paris // Movie Synopsis

A European vacation was intended to repair the tattered relationship between American Jack (Adam Goldberg) and French native Marion (Julie Delpy). But, by the time they arrive in Paris to visit Marion’s family, it is clear the trip is not going well. The city brings out aspects of Marion that only alienate neurotic Jack further, from her in-your-face politics to her former boyfriends, who surface in every cafe. Thus the most romantic city in the world could mean the end of the couple’s romance.

Keyword: late, everywhere, stuck in my world

For the first draft, I make it really simple and straightforward. The idea of late is represented by the clocks. And these keywords: “everywhere”, “world” are both represented as globes.

The butterflies shown is the main character, Marion. These butterflies revolved around the globes, whereby she “was always late everywhere”. Whereas the clocks shows that the time is ticking away and waits for no one- including her. This explains why she was always late. I also had included the Paris Eiffel Tower to emphasis the title of this movie which is “2 Days in Paris”.

The main character, Marion, was involved in many complicated relationships in the past. Coincidentally, she kept meeting her exes and hence agitated her current boyfriend. She tried making up excuses along the way. This brings to my second draft of design #01. I tried complementing flowers with the Roman clock as these flowers refers to Marion. She was like a flower, attracting guys wherever she goes. Also, I inserted the Eiffel Tower, just like the movie title suggested.However, I am not really satisfied with the design as there is like 2 focus point in the whole composition, which are the Eiffel Tower and the Roman clock. So, for the third draft of design #02, I eliminated the Tower.

Personally, I liked this design the most, but it looks abit cluttered and packly dense. The idea of using flower here also might not be appropriate and does not really shows its hidden meaning behind it. The globe, which is inside the roman clock does not really shows and has a lack of presence. So for the fourth draft of design #01, the main focal point would be the globe.

Draft #4 is my favorite of all, hence it might be included in one of selected designs.

 

 

Movie Quotes

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

By the Joker- The Dark Knight

From a korean drama called “Flower Boys Next Door”

Harry Potter- “My master has given me a sock. Master has presented Dobby with clothes. Dobby is free!”

from Beauty and the Beast

from Inception movie by Leonardo dicaprio

Bad Teacher (2011)

Neighbourhood (task 2)

Neighbourhood. It is a place where we grew up and holds our childhood memories.

I grew up in Yewtee-a district in Choa Chu Kang for the past 21 years. It became a place of attachment, where my primary and secondary school are situated at. It is certainly a neighbourhood whereby I have many fond memories of and probably will. I remembered playing catching and spending my afternoons at a playground just beside my block. My life was indeed carefree back then.

Below are the pictures that I took during late evening, which are intended to portray a reminisce feeling.

Close up shot of the HDB National Day decorations.

Long shot of the newly renovated playground in the corner.

Events at the HDB multi-purpose hall, malay weddings under the void decks and even the corridors that lined up with pots of plants, holds a personal and meaningful value to residents. Simply because these common areas are located near us and we create memories just by leading our normal everyday life.

Hence, my neighbourhood holds a huge significant meaning to me and it evokes a sense of belonging deep within me. Especially with these National Day decorations in place, it awakens our spirit of patriotism, right?

Taken from a lower vantage point.

A unique perspective of two different buildings. On left is the new BTO building, whereas on right side is the old HDB flat.

Mid range shot of the path that I frequently used, back when I was in primary school.

My most cherished memory were the journeys to and fro my primary school. I would always popped by the mini-mart near my school for instant noodles, buy ice lollies from my neighbourhood auntie downstairs or sometimes I would buy magnolia icecream from the uncle who came on his three-wheeled motorbike, which parked just right outside Kranji Primary.

Little things like this seemed nothing and normal back then. But as time passes, these memories creates a part of yourself and defines you as a person. The environment of where you lived in and the people- neighbours who you interacts with. It is the people and the familiar surrounding environment that makes this neighbourhood exclusive to me.

My neighbourhood is not just mine alone. And that’s exactly what makes it so special.

Diane Arbus and her portraits

Diane Arbus was best known for her square format photographs. She was also famous for her grainy, intimate voyeuristic work which mostly consists portraits of marginalized people- person or group that are considered insignificant or of lower status. Her works were mostly controversional and were heavily critiqued.

https://www.jessefreidin.com/blog/2016/10/31/diane-arbuss-exhibit-at-the-met-in-new-york

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/23/b9/c7/23b9c7f076226e92e29b6377737a24c1–diane-arbus-photoshoot-inspiration.jpg

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/jul/12/diane-arbus-rare-unpublished-photos-met-breuer-in-pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/jul/12/diane-arbus-rare-unpublished-photos-met-breuer-in-pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/jul/12/diane-arbus-rare-unpublished-photos-met-breuer-in-pictures

Most of her portrait shots are close-up shots, intending to create a sense of intimacy with her subject. As well as the details can be clearly seen. Below are my process photographs for task 1, attempting to take shots of different vantage points and subject distance.

Here’s a close up shot of the object on a neutral background.

A close up shot of me carrying the bike up the stairs. From a slightly lower vantage point.

Full figure shot with the object.

A mid range shot, interacting with the object.

Attempt in cropping unnecessary details.

Cycling is freedom (task 1)

If I were to choose just one object that represents myself and has a significant value to it, I choose my own personal foldable bicycle.

I usually went for a ride around my neighborhood when my mind was overflowing with useless thoughts. It helps to clear my mind about school work, life issues and to be away from the busy civilization. At the same time, it improves my state of well-being. Sometimes, I cycle at the nearby park as it is a good way of interacting with the nature. I believed that regular exposure to greenery helps to improve our mental health. What I liked when cycling surrounding with nature, is the refreshing smell of trees and morning dews. This is what had kept cycling over the past few years, since primary school.

Happiness is when you ride your bicycle downhill. The refreshing feeling of wind going against me, evokes a sense of freedom. For me, cycling gives a sense of freedom that nothing else can.

Previously the destinations of which my old bicycle went to, is limited within my surrounding neighbourhood area. It is quite troublesome to go to further places with my previous old bicycle, as it is heavy and unfoldable. With this new foldable bicycle that was bought recently this year, I am able to travel further away from my neighbourhood with a much portable, slimmer bike. It can be easily folded into the vehicle. I do sometimes cycle at the East Coast Park during public holidays. Other places includes Sungei Buloh, Woodlands Waterfront, West Coast, Chinese Garden and etc. Cycling in nature helps to alleviate things off my mind, as though the bicycle is powered by positive thinking.

Mid-range shot, showing the “exhausting” emotion

However, there is one downside to it. It gets pretty exhausting carrying the bicycle up the stairs, when there is no ramp seen nearby.