nursery rhymes exploration,

nursery rhyme A:

humpty dumpty sat on a wall,

humpty dumpty had a great fall

all the king’s horses and all the king’s men

could not put humpty together again

(interpretation: from my understanding and imagination, humpty is a complicated being. despite being careless, he is a risk taker)

001//humpty dumpty sat on the wall

007design principles: symmetry in the curved brick wall and the black oval (little use of images, minimal)006design principles: contrast in size of the oval, repetition in brick walls, huge negative space

– different perspective of the wall > from the bottom-008design principles: direction – brings eye towards the sky due to the vertical lines, slight asymmetry from the shoe size difference, contrast of the foreground against the dark starry background (shoe was a little distracting)

010CHOSEN – design principles: balance, contrast in the blacks of the shoes as compared to the whites of the wall and the sky, asymmetrical due to the slight shoe size

– different perspective of the wall > from the top, shoelaces tied together –

010-5design principles: asymmetry, size of shoes, repetition in shoes, slight contrast in the colours of the shoes and the grey of the forest010-7design principles: asymmetry, size of shoes, repetition in shoes, slight contrast in the colours of the shoes

nursery rhyme A:

humpty dumpty sat on a wall,

humpty dumpty had a great fall

all the king’s horses and all the king’s men

could not put humpty together again

(interpretation: horses and men)

002//all the king’s horses and all the king’s men

001design principles: balance in each horse, symmetry in halves, contrast in negative space and shape of horse made of soldiers, repetition in pattern of soldiers

002design principles: repetition in pattern of soldiers and horses, movement in king’s and horses direction, slight contrast in the whites of the kind compared to the black background and alternate colours of soldiers, size of king is larger compared to the rest, divisions003design principles: balance in soldiers and horses (cut in the middle), repetition in soldiers and horses, size of king is larger compared to the rest, divisions004design principles: contrast in king and soldiers to the grey of the horses and the white background, unity in the pattern, symmetry except for the king’s face direction and the sword, repetition in soldiers, rhythm of the horses (big to small) and soldiers (big to small), size of king005design principles: symmetry except for the king’s face direction, repetition in soldiers and horses, size of king in the center (biggest), rhythm of the soldiers gradually increasing and the lighter contrast of the horses,

– slightly different in the usage of images > guns to represent the army/king’s men, horseshoe, horse feet, soldiers –

005-7design principles: repetition in soldiers in a linear pattern, gun mirrored, horse feet at all corners, contrast in blacks in the guns against the lined background, symmetry and balance in the overall composition, directional in the outer lines

005-5CHOSEN – design principles: repetition in soldiers in a linear pattern, gun mirrored, horse feet at all corners, contrast in blacks in the guns against the lined background, symmetry and balance in the overall composition, directional in the outer line (lighter background compared to the image above)

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nursery rhyme B:

hey diddle diddle! the cat and the fiddle

the cow jumped over the moon

the little dog laughed to see such sport

and the dish ran away with the spoon

(interpretation: cow is represented by patty in between the moon burger buns)

 003//the cow jumped over the moon

011design principles: repetition and rhythm in cows of different sizes and contrast, size of the two planets012design principles: diagonal balance, size of the biggest object is the moon, contrast in the grey of the planets and the white of the cow013design principles: contrast in the foreground compared to the dark background, size of the cow is bigger than the moon, scale of image is bottom heavy014design principles: contrast of whites from the cow as compared to the shadows of the trees and the binoculars’ frame, asymmetrical balance of the moon and cow on the right and the three trees on the left015design principles: contrast in the whites of cow and the black of the camera frame016design principles: harmonyrhythm in cow, highlight of the cow, contrast in the whites of the cow compared to everything else017design principles: size of the cow and the moon against the swirly background, contrast of the white, grey and black018design principles: harmonyrhythm, repetition, contrast in the beef burgers019design principles: harmonyrhythm, repetition, contrast and proximity in the beef burgers  020design principles: rhythmrepetition, harmony, contrast021design principles: rhythmrepetition, harmony, contrast 022design principles: asymmetrical, rhythmrepetition, proximity, harmony, size

023CHOSEN – design principles: asymmetrical, rhythmrepetition, proximity, harmony, size

nursery rhyme C:

there was an old woman who lived in a shoe

she had so many children she didn’t know what to do

she gave them some broth without any bread

then whipped them all soundly and put them to bed

(interpretation: worried look of a woman, symbolism that represent children and motherhood – clothes, babies’ toys, cooking utensils

 004//she had so many children she didn’t know what to do

 

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CHOSEN –  design principles: repetition, rhythm, harmony, contrast, scale