TYPO.
When this project was briefed, I never expected it to push me as much as it did. But at the end of it, I am truly glad that it did.
Throughout this project, I had many many ideas, some were alright, while others were mediocre at best and the remaining few… lets just say they will never see the light of day.
As mentioned during my presentation, this was my first attempt at dabbling with Photoshop, and looking back from the start of the project, I have really learnt a lot. People mention that the fastest way to learn is to get straight into it and learn as you go. Personally it held true for this project and I really learnt a lot. And i have this project to thank for that.
I attached a few ideas and compositions of mine that didn’t make it to the front-lines of critique day but nevertheless they helped me along the way.
So here they are, in all their unabashed glory.
These were the few test runs I had before I decided on my final piece. These sushi pieces served as a launching pad for me to play around with Photoshop. It as the first idea that set of a chain reaction that inspired the other 3 pieces of my final submission.
This idea was based on the line of "I am a shipping yard" where i explored the possibility of using the shipping container of different colors to form my name.
For this composition, I played around with water and "painted" water on a piece of acrylic to form my name in an organic look. I added my pet terrapin at the corner to make the composition more interesting.
The original intended line for this was: "I am transparent."
I didn't use this composition as try as i might I couldn't come up with the desired effect that I was looking for. I was trying to make the scales form a pattern naturally occurring in fishes. but in the end it just looked like someone was shinning a light on the fish to form the words. so I decided not to use the idea.
This composition almost made it to the final critique. Actually, it could have made it to the final composition. But I was under the impression that we only could put 4 up on the wall and the rest were to be put up on OSS. If not for that, with a bit of editing and touching up this would've made it to the final critique.
The idea of this composition was a play on the fact that I like running and sports in general, hence the use of a sports shoe. A rather direct link that might not have gelled well with the final 4 in terms of concepts,
This was one of the most subtle ones. which is why I chose not to use it in my final submission. I considered using a different colour for the dots on the faces of the die that had my name but it still didnt stand out that much.
This was one of my initial favorite compositions. unfortunately it did not come off too strongly in terms of concept and didn't fully fulfill the design brief. I attempted to work on the further for quite a length of time due to how much i liked this composition. But i could not come up with anything that would fit well.
The original line was: "I am and mountain"
I worked quite hard on this composition and had every intention of using one for my final submission. But somewhere along the line after i did the sushi piece, i decided to go with the over arching concept of a solid colored pastel back ground. So sadly this piece was pushed back into the shelves of forgotten work. The original line for this was: "I am chinese." With the use of chinese porcelain and painting.
