Project 2 – Zine (Development)

First Draft

After consultation, I should look more into the fonts and have a better layout.

 

Second Draft

Printed out for the mock up, some spelling errors was found.

For page 2-5 the lower section can be shifted up as the centre looks too empty.

Layout and font can still be improved.

 

After the final edit, I will go and print my final Zine

 

Project 2 – Zine (Inspiration)

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work by Miguel Filipe Ferreira.

I feel that the layout by Miguel Filipe Ferreira is very neat. Although there are pages with a lot of text, he arranged in a very near and clean manner which I can learn from.   

Work by nuclear lab 

Very interesting Layout for the images. I may follow one for two of the layout for my own Zine.

Found this work from pinterest.

The pictures and feel is kind of what I actually want to do. Buildings in the front, sky, clouds, landscape at the back.

Project 2 – Zine (Concept)


So before I went down to Serangoon for the 2nd time, I did some research, Serangoon road is not in Serangoon at all, so at first i was kind of confuse, Serangoon Road is where little india is. So I focus my research on Serangoon garden because Serangoon is very big, (upper serangoon, serangoon north, serangoon central)



So after research, i went down to explore Serangoon garden.


When i was there, HEY! the roofs are indeed red However, most of them are not made using Zinc metal anymore, they were replaced with red tiles.


So I went and do a quick google earth, as you can see the red square is Serangoon garden and on the left is Ang Mo Kio. So I believe red roofs is a unique features in Serangoon. Which leads me to my THEME.


Roofs makes me think of shelter, and shelter represents…


Home. When i was brainstorming on the idea of home, the Chinese character “Jia” came to mind. And very interestingly, the character has a “roof” too. Which is how I came up with this visual representation of my theme.



I drew a very simple diagram to represent. So as I have explained earlier, roofs is my main inspiration for this zine. You have also heard about how roofs relates to home. And I find that the concept of home can be very wide. It can very literal e.g. physical home and houses. At the same time, it is a very abstract concept. What makes a home? Personally and I am sure many others will agree that your family makes a big part of your home. Home is where the family is 🙂

Hence my zine will be split into these 3 sections.



Here are some roof photos I took when i was exploring.





I also chatted with a few people when I was there to ask them about places in Serangoon they always go to and where do they think is the most like “home”. And these are some answers:


Their primary school, Mcdonald’s, community park, playground, Serangoon garden. So maybe I will go find these places then take a photo and do a illustration of the location.


I went to Serangoon on a weekend once and I saw many families hanging out and enjoying a meal together. Some are big families, some are smaller like a mother-daughter pair. But no matter what, they all seem like they are enjoying themselves. Some of these scenes are heartwarming, some could be funny. Which further confirm my idea of home is where the family is. I hope to be able to capture these scenes and add in my own interpretation of what I see.


Here are some photos, maybe I can add my own dialog in the photos.



I will be using illustration and photography for my zinc with minimum text.




Project 2 – Zine (Exploring Serangoon)

Before I went Serangoon, I did some research about what are some interesting things in Serangoon. All I found was FOOD FOOD FOOD, CHOMP CHOMP and CAFE. Hence I went down to Serangoon and went to try as many unique foods that can be found in Serangoon.

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However, After consultation, we realized that food is a boring topic for the project and it is too “commercialized”. So I’m going down to Serangoon again soon to get more photos and hope to get a new concept from there.

Project 1 Que Sera Sera (Final)

Product Designer

(Currently working towards)

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So my first occupation is I’m a product designer. So when I was doing this concept, I was thinking that how do I differentiate product design from the other designers. Then I realized only PD have exploded view, so I created my name by exploding them one by one. And why blue colour? It’s to show blueprint.

 

Burger Seller

(Dream job)
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So my second occupation is a burger seller, so before I got this idea, I used the McDonald’s logo and flip the Letter M upside down to show W & M. But after I consulted with Mimi, she said McDonald’s identity is too strong, as it will overshadow my identity. Hence I come up with my current idea. I make use of the ingredient in a burger to create my name. So first I sketch the idea then I take a photo of it and then trace it in illustrator.

 

Toy Collector

(Retirement)

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My third occupation is a toy collector, so currently I collect legos, Dragonball z figurines, and Gundam. So I make use of the model kit to create my name. I shuffle my name in the design just like what you find in the Gundam models, so I actually place the numbers on each letter, and if you follow the number/instructions you will know my name.!

Loan Shark Runner

(If I didn’t Study hard enough)

2d-final-editted-04My final occupation is the loan shark runner. For this it’s very straight forward, loan shark they spray the O$P$ sign on the wall, and also splash paint or throw paint bombs on your door if you owe them money. So my composition has both of them in it. Actually, just by looking at the O$P$ sign you already know it’s a loan shark runner.

Project 1 Que Sera Sera (Process)

After doing a lot of sketches for each of the jobs I pick a few of them and trace them out in AI.

Product Designer

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Idea 2process-02

Idea 3 (chosen)
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Development of idea 3process-04Thicken the outline of the “exploded parts” to make the letters more visible.

Feedback:

  • Remove the numbers as it is redundant.

Toy Collector

Idea 1process-10Idea 2 (chosen idea)process-11

Feedback: 

  • Make it look more 3D (shadow)
  • Each letter should be in different sizes
  • Whole composition smaller

Burger Seller

Idea 1process-05

Idea 2process-06

Idea 3process-07 Idea 4 (Chosen)process-08

Development of idea 4
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Changed the “M” to a red tomato instead of the brown bun. (to show more colours too)

Feedbacks:

  • consistent typeface
  • have more colours on the “G” bun

Loan Shark Runner

Idea 1process-12 Idea 2process-13 Idea 3 (chosen)process-14

Feedback:

  • Change to a more free hand font
  • Use a brighter red
  • add paint bomb

So I continue to develop the chosen idea and finalized all my design.