illustration

FINALISED

Below are the finalised compositions:

Watermelon Farmer

For this composition, I used complimentary colours to represent that to be a farmer, it can tend to be tiring and demanding, but however, on the other hand, to be able to have a good harvest will even out the toughness of the job. Just like the colour wheel, although green and red, which is just nice the colour of watermelon, are on different spectrum of the colour wheel, they compliment each other well aesthetically.

Also, I have my text as LEE which is my surname as this job tends to be less interpersonal, hence, it is more common to address farmers by their surname. The text is tilted upwards to express that one needs to have a positive outlook and mindset to be able to handle the job well due to it’s physically tiring nature.

Having the stripes of the watermelon skin as a background mimic the scene of a plantation. Having the stripes down will countereffect the upwards facing text to create a balanced dynamic flow.

Cup Noodle Designer

I used illustration for this as designers will normally create an illustration of their designs before sending it in for publishing on the real object. I used triad colours here to represent the infinite possibilities and ways of designing or coming out with a design just like the three spectrums which covers the whole colour wheel. This also creates a balance in colour in the whole composition.

The utilisation of the decorative font type here is so that this can capture the attention of the viewer immediately due to the quirkiness of it and entice people to buy the cup noodle.

I used my English name, JAE, as cup noodle is very much international now and it will suit the international theme with an English name than my Chinese name, Yi Jie. However, I kept the essence of it being originating from Japan and using sakura flowers as my design on the cup noodle. Also, I transformed the chopsticks into paintbrush to further emphasize on the designer part and a “create your own’ concept. At this point, I felt that the colour scheme was abit unbalance hence I added watercolour(complementary with the paintbrush) as background with pink and blue to balance out the composition’s colour scheme.

Doctor

Using a cotton mattress(to signify patient) and a stethoscope as semiotic signs, this represents the doctor-patient relationship and hence letting the readers interpret that the job is being a doctor.

I used serif font here as serif fonts are normally associated with professionalism, formal and prestige which is also normally associated with being a doctor.

As the name tags of doctors are normally initials of the doctor, like E. Lim, I used this concept and have my initials Y.LEE. Adding on, we normally read from left to right, hence I have the letter panning from left to right. To further emphasize the reading pathway of the letters, I have Y in yellow as this is the colour which can grab the attention of viewers immediately followed by using red which will capture the secondary attention of the viewer. Thereby, this will force viewers to read all the letters Y L E E in order.

Plant Sculpture Artist

This is actually an experimental work for me other than normal techniques like photoshop and illustration. By having my name YIJIE, this evokes the sense of familiarity and closeness like how a plant sculpture works- to connect with the viewers so that they understand the whole form. The letters might be hard to see but I guess this also links to the sculpture industry where people tend to overlook in real life. San serif fonts are normally like to young, less formal and for personal use only. I feel that using san serif will create more impact with the viewers as this is more interpersonal and it creates more flow when viewers read the text (something to ease the difficulty in reading from the flower petals).

Reflection

This project gave me a good platform to try out different techniques and experiment new compositions that I have been wanting to try. Although some of them failed, but this gave me more exposure and experience nonetheless. Through this project, it really forces me to research more on the colour schemes and font types and how to relate them to your aim. I am also more sensitive to the orientation and dynamic of the whole composition after this. I also realised that I need to focus more on learning illustration as this is my second time using adobe illustration.

THEME: LIFESTYLE

I went with the idea of my lifestyle which forms the bits and pieces of my personality.

FASHION (PHOTOGRAPH)

For this strip, I am making a social commentary about how people conform to societal norms in order to fit in the society now.

1) The style here is what I have always wanted to walk on the streets with. I used a pink shade as it has a dreamy tone to it and the uniform colour here signifies the imposed conformity of the society. The stanza, “conformity fashion”, is a sarcastic remark here.

2) The city photo here I took is to show the society. Blue and yellow are complementary colours. Blue signifies a quaint environment and while yellow her signifies the potential danger in people. What I want to portray here is that in our society, although everything seems peaceful, people are bound to judge one another if we dress out of the norm.

3) The photo here is me in clothing deemed normal by people. Green is normally used as a grotesque colour. I used monochrome green here to emphasize the imposed conformity again.

Therefore, my style + society = society’s style

WORK (ILLUSTRATION)

For this strip, I wanted to show how school work is making me lost my sleep.

1) I am someone who does not really like to face reality and like to dream alot. I used pastel analogous colours here to represent the dreaming element and my wide spectrum of ideas.

2) Here I wanted to represent school work. Inspired by the starter pack trend. I created an anatomy of an art student. I used complementary colours, yellow and blue here as they are normally the few primary colours used by schools hence it can represent more of a school feeling.

3) The owl is to represent no sleep and the skull represents the haunting workload. >w< I used monochrome brown here to show my mundane life. 🙁

Me + School = No sleep

FRIENDS (PHOTOSHOP COLLAGE)

Life without friends for me is a sad thing for me.

1) This composition I want to represent life. Hence, I included different elements of life like earth and grass. I used triad colours here to show all elements of life like how the colours are at different spectrum of the colour wheel.

2) This composition I want to show friends. Carebears are the epitome of friendships and yellow roses meant friendship in flower language. I used RYB colours here to show different friends I have.

3) Here, I want to show the fear of not having friends in my life. Being an only child, I am grateful towards all my friends for their companion. Hence, I am afraid of not having friends in my life which is what I want to portray here. I used monochrome blue here as blue can mean sadness too and the red here is to signify the sense of wariness and danger I experience. The wilting flower also portray a sense of sadness too.

Life – Friends = Sadness

FOOD (WATERCOLOUR)

1) Here I used triad colours to show the wide variety and endless amount of food around the world.

2) I used mainly warm colours like brown and red here to represent my comfort food like fried chicken and bubble tea.

3) Cold colours like purple, green and blue, used here is to represent sadness without my favourite food or food in my life. The watermelon here represents me as it is one of my trademarks that I love watermelons. Basically, it signifies a sad me(watermelon).

If given more time, I would like to explore more on watercolour like joy suggested during critique and also try different styles like line art. I really want to explore further on one stroke painting too. Also, the regret for this project is that I wished I could have done the workmanship better this time.

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