Ng Mei Ying (0340563)
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14/11/19 (Week 12): Final Project / Culture Relationship
Final Project
For this project, students were encouraged to have an exploration trip within the KL area to produce a work of design that represents our relationship with culture. Ms Sherry said this was a new project theme for us so there would not be any reference project from our senior.
How Sociologists Define Culture: https://www.thoughtco.com
Culture is a term that refers to a large and diverse set of mostly intangible aspects of social life. Culture is one of the most important concepts within sociology because shaped social relationships, maintaining and challenging social order, determining how we make sense of the world and our place in it, and in shaping our everyday actions and experiences in society.
Culture consists of:
- Arts
- Values
- Beliefs
- Behaviour
- Knowledge/thinking
- Systems of language
- Communication
- Practices/habits that people share in common
Malaysia was a wonderful country that consisted of diverse culture and each culture had represented different values and inner cultivation. Culturally, most Malaysian Chinese have maintained their Chinese heritage, including their various dialects. I was from Cantonese ancestry, hence my dialect was actually Cantonese. However, there was a funny situation in my home, all of the family members were using different languages depending on the situation and circumstance. Because of this unique learning environment that only probably happened in Malaysia had allowed me to pick up diverse language communication skills. However, I knew that there was a downside too --- it was very challenging to master every language deep and well.
Research Trip at Thean Hou Temple
The Thean Hou Temple is amongst the largest Chinese temples in South-East Asia located in Kuala Lumpur. Goddess Thean Hou, the patron goddess of the Hainanese community, is the presiding deity in the holy shrine. It is believed that the original temple was constructed about 100 years ago in Kuala Lumpur.
My family will go to some Buddhist temple during the Chinese Festival to attend some meaningful religious activities like Thean Hou Temple. There would be thousands of devotees and visitors frequent the temple burning joss sticks, kneeling in prayer and placing offerings at the feet of the statues. Sometimes I would join some volunteer activity in the temple by helping them preparing food, clean up the environment and so on. The Buddhist religion was one the culture of mine that had brought me a better and wider life horizon with faith in integrity and goodness.
For this final project, I decided to visit there by this chance with my family to discover the beauty of Chinese culture in architecture and to gathered research through photography. When I reached the temple, I was greeted by a small statue of Guan Yin, set amongst rocks and falling water, is placed to the right of the prayer hall. Throughout the year, innumerable people visit the temple to offer prayers to the goddesses. The temple also features a Chinese medicinal herbs garden and a tortoise pond along with a well; besides the temple is a sacred Boddhi tree.
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| Fig 11.0.1 The Guan Yin Statue |
The main entrance of the temple boasts of a multi-arched doorway with red pillars. On the first level, one can check out some really interesting souvenirs at stalls and relish the delicacies at the canteen. While the second level addresses a multi-purpose hall, the offices are to be found on the third level.
Read More: Chinese Wooden Architecture
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Fig 11.0.2 The hip-and-gable roof consists of a hip roof that
slopes down on all four sides and integrates a gable on two opposing sides. |
Ancient Chinese architecture is mainly timberwork. Wooden posts, beams, lintels and joists make up the framework of a house. Walls serve as the separation of rooms without bearing the weight of the whole house, which is unique to China. As a famous saying goes, 'Chinese houses will still stand when their walls collapse.' The speciality of wood requires antisepsis methods to be adopted, thus develops into Chinese own architectural painting decoration.
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| Fig 11.0.3 The roof structure of Dou-gong bracket system. |
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| Fig 11.0.4 The roof structure with carving detail of the dragon. |
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| Fig 11.0.5 Chinese traditional bridge stone handrail carving detail. |
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| Fig 11.0.6 Wall painting art |
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| Fig 11.0.7 The pagoda roof structure. |
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| Fig 11.0.8 The building structure. |
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| Fig 11.0.9 The building structure. |
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| Fig 11.0.10 The pillar carving art. |
The front entrance has a multi-arched gateway with red pillars, to symbolize prosperity and good fortune. Also, the temple has dragon-inspired columns and pagoda rooftops, and an extravagant prayer hall with three altars.
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| Fig 11.0.11 The building structure. |
At the fourth level, it comprises the prayer hall and 3 tiers. The prayer hall has 3 altars, and each altar has a sculpture of one goddess. Tian Hou (the Goddess of Heaven) sits in the middle, flanked by Guan Yin (the Goddess of Mercy) and Shui Wei Sheng Niang (the Goddess of the Waterfront).
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| Fig 11.0.12 The exterior of the prayer hall. |
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| Fig 11.0.13 The facade design of the prayer hall. |
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| Fig 11.0.14 The ceiling design wit intricate roof frameworks. |
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| Fig 11.0.15 The altar decoration art. |
At the prayer hall, I could smell the pleasant scent of the incense. The use of incense appears to stretch back to the beginning of human history. Along with flowers, food, drink, and even garments, incense was a common offering made to a revered person, as a sign of respect. Commonly, incense is thought to purify the space, whether that space is a meditation hall or your own room. Incense can create a tranquil mood. In some schools, incense may have a particular symbolic meaning. Three sticks burned together might signify the Three Treasures, for example -- the Buddha, the dharma, and the sangha.
Besides, it also making an incense offering before your daily chanting or meditation practice is a good way to focus your attention and create a pure space for your practice. It has some psychological benefits as well. The aroma of the incense stick has healing power and soothing effect on the mind. The calming effect relaxes the mind and helps in performing rituals with better concentration. During the rituals, an incense stick is lit to remove unpleasant odours in the air. It creates the perfect setting for an auspicious atmosphere by filling the air with a pleasant smell. As they release smoke, they also act as an organic repellant that drives away insects.
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| Fig 11.0.16 The door decoration with the golden dragon. |
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| Fig 11.0.17 The front view of the main gate. |
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| Fig 11.0.18 The roof tile design. |
(Fig 11.0.15) Below was the picture captured inside the temple. It was the picture that I like the most as the dragon on the rooftop just aligned with the sun and the clouds in the sky and made a very interesting scene to be captured as if the dragon was spitting clouds.
This grand temple has elements of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism and indicates a great combination of contemporary architectural techniques and authentic traditional designs. It features impressive pillars, fabulous roofs, ornate carvings, intricate embellishments and murals. In fact, its imposing architecture has made it a well-liked tourist destination.
Through the visit to the temple, I was so surprised that I had not appreciated every detail of the building before as normally I would visit this temple with my family members in a hectic schedule during the Chinese New Year Festival. Through future study into the traditional architecture of the temple, we would realise that each and every of the painstaking architecture components hid a symbolism meaning behind it. Thean Hou Temple is not only a nice place to visit and get the blessings of the Goddess but it also a great place to discover and appreciate our culture.
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| Fig 11.0 Sketching 1 |
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| Fig 11.1 Sketching 2 |
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| Fig 11.2 Sketching 3 |
To start with, I try to come out with the rough sketches to show my idea. I wanted to create a combination art of photography and drawing to showcase the beauty of both contemporary and traditional architectural designs. The Chinese dragon in the temple was my favourite legendary creature that was depicted as snake-like with four legs. They traditionally symbolise potent and auspicious powers, particularly control over water. The dragon is also a symbol of power, strength, and good luck for people who are worthy of it in East Asian culture. I always tried to imagine how would be the invisible dragon looked like if it really did exists in the temple? Hence, I wanted to place a dragon at the centre of the temple to unleash my fantasy imagination of the worship place.
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| Fig 11.3 Import the images into PS. |
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| Fig 11.4 Use magic wand tool to select the sky and create a masking layer for it. |
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| Fig 11.5 Clean up the edges of the image on the masking layer with the brush tool. |
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| Fig 11.6 Place a new image at the background to replace the sky layer. |
Below was the eye-catching dragon with the colour clouds I captured at the outside of the temple. Quick selection tool was used to do a selection and create a masking layer to hide to the unwanted part.
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| Fig 11.7 Select the dragon with quick selection tool. |
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| Fig 11.8 Create a masking layer for the dragon. |
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| Fig 11.9 Adjust the position and the brightness of the dragon above the building. |
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| Fig 11.10 Adjust the position of the new layer of sun with the clouds. |
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| Fig 11.11 Adding a blending mode and masking layer for the new sky layer. Oil painting texture was applied. |
To avoid the composition was too monochrome, I decided to apply the oil painting texture to the dragon and the building. Moreover, the outer glowing effect was applied to the dragon in creating a fantasy glowing effect. The golden tree was drawn at the lower part of the composition which was initially inspired by the ornament of the window. Some background gradient colour was added to allow the tree to stand out from the composition.
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| Fig 11.12 Adding the drawing of the tree with golden leaves that inspired by the window carving. |
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| Fig 11.13 Adding gradient colour and filter of oil paint. |
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| Fig 11.14 Blending mode was applied to the trees. |
The final masterpiece was not only showing the beauty of the Chinese traditional temple architecture and the Chinese mythological of the dragon but also aiming to demonstrate the Chinese religion as part of the culture played a crucial role in my life. It had deeply affected the way how I think and act. I always believed that God will always bless and help those who have the heart of gold. Dragon in the artwork that was spitting the clouds in the golden sun was implying the spirit of upbeat and never give up. The golden trees that were initially inspired by the red window design with the golden carving art were implying the message of wealthiness and auspicious. At the same time, thanks to the advantages of the diverse cultural environment in Malaysia which allowed me to have a greater tolerance, resilient and acceptance of different foreign cultures. The existing of the Chinese temple in Malaysia was symbolizing the resilience of Chinese culture.
Design Principle Applied:
- Texture: The oil paint texture was added for the building and the dragon.
- Asymmetry Balance: The composition of the building with dragon and the sky was creating an asymmetry visual balance.
- Harmony: The colour tone was limited within 3 colours of blue, red and yellow had created a harmony colour composition.
- Movement: The whole component was creating a visual movement from the left top of the roof to the right lower bottom golden tree. The was a energy movement appearing from the bottom and radially splitting in the both left and right direction.
- Hierarchy: Each of the element was arranged in the specific scale and distance the create a hierarchy. Blur effect was applied at the surrounding of the photo composition to clean up the unnecessary distracting details aiming to create a focus on the dragon.
- Symbol: Chinese dragon as a symbol of bringing good luck and power.
- Perspective: Aerial perspective photoshop editing technique was applied.
FEEDBACK
Ms Sherry minted out that the good compositing techniques had came out with a well arrange yet balance composition of artwork. The oil-painting effect had create a wonderful antique drawing masterpiece that was like telling a story of "once upon a time". Ms Jinchi said added that she could see the identity hidden behind the dragon, it implied the identity of the Chinese in Malaysia as the descendants of the dragon.
7/11/19 (Week 11): Project 2 / Self Portrait
Project 2
For this project, students were encouraged to have an exploration trip within the KL area. For this self-portrait project, I had to ask some question to myself to find out more about myself. The visit to the Ilham Gallery had given me some rough idea on how to start off my self-portrait. Below was the masterpiece that I like the most. It caught my attention in no time when I passed by because of the mesmerising and charming colour matching and the watercolour drawing approach was special and memorable. I love the watery bluish colour that applied to illustrate the hair which brought out the dreamy and mysterious sense of the ocean.
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| Fig 10.0.0 Artwork named S. Teddy by Kow Leong Klang |
However, I decided to go for a short trip to KL area as a meaningful self-discovery journey to find out more answer about myself. I went to KLCC with my friend after the Ilham Gallery visit. On the journey, I kept thinking about who I really am? How do the others see me and at the same time, how do I see myself? I started to discover the way I deal with people, the way I think and react. When I was in KLCC, I walked around the shop lot following my first intention. I discovered many things remained the same but at the same time, many things were changing without my knowledge.
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| Fig 10.0.1 The storefront design that I found interesting. |
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| Fig 10.0.2 MUJI Store |
The place I will definitely visit when I was in the KLCC which was the Kinokuniya International Bookstore. I always found myself very excited when I went to a bookshop or library. I really love the smell, the texture, the design and also the weight of a new book. I enjoyed walking around the book rack trying to discover something exciting and interesting, it could be a very eye-catching book cover design in photo editing or illustrating a method or it could be a very interesting content that told a great story. I always enjoyed the time being alone and read my favourite book at the corner at the bookstore of a library, it was the best time to focus on something I really into it.
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| Fig 10.0.3 The display area of a new Japan movie <Weathering With You.> |
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| Fig 10.0.4 The postcard illustration of the building structure. |
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| Fig 10.0.5 The Japan book cover design. |
The second place I went with my friends was Pavilion located at Bukit Bintang. Below was the Diptyque fragrance store with contemporary and decorative interior design. Diptyque was my favourite fragrance brand just because of the unique smell that would bring me a different experience that I felt like I was in a mysterious wonderland.
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| Fig 10.0.7 The environment of the pavilion. |
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| Fig 10.0.8 Diptyque fragrance store |
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| Fig 10.0.9 Diptyque window display decoration. |
The third destination I went with my friends was Pasar Seni near the Masjid Jamek. This was the second time I visited the Pasar Seni, the following place I visited was the central market. It was a wonderful place that consisted of a mixture of traditional and contemporary elements and culture. Central Market provided us with the heritage experience with an amazing visual treat. It was a great place for us to appreciate the Malaysia heritage values and architecture design in a glance when we step into the doors.
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| Fig 10.0.10 Window decoration at Central Market. |
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| Fig 10.0.11 Interior of Central Market. |
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| Fig 10.0.12 Building design at Pasar Seni. |
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| Fig 10.0.13 The street at Pasar Seni. |
The more I tried to explore my inner world, the more I realised that I didn't know much of myself as I thought. I believed everyone did, life is the journey of discovering ourself, and the journey was endless. Ms Sherry also agreed with me, saying she was still also on the journey of self-discovering too. What I was grateful for was that I seem to know myself better through this KL journey.
To rearrange all of the ideas in my mind, I started to draw a brainstorm map base on my personality and values. My friends said that I was a meticulous and peppy person. They also agree that I was the person would feel anxious when facing the unknown. In my observation, I found myself a visual animal who is easily attracted by beautiful things. I am a person who longs for a tranquil life with freedom, although sometimes I feel anxious about the unknown future. Maybe because of the occasional anxiety, this made me realise the importance of maintaining peace of mind. I love freedom and always wanted my peculiar thought and idea to be unleashed. I was a person who longs for a peaceful life as I will try my best to get a good balance between study and life.
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| Fig 10.1 The Brainstorm Map |
Ms Sherry said that we were free to use any media to convey the idea, so I decided to use digital drawing technique to illustrate my self-portrait. I sketched out the rough idea for my self-portrait that showed the sense of floating and dreamy. The first sketching idea was more focus on the concept of balance. Meanwhile, the second sketch was focused more on the concept of serene, freedom and harmony. I decided to work on with the second idea as it illustrated my inner world better as I always prefer quiet solitude compared to the hustle and bustle.
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| Fig 10.2 The Idea Sketching 1 |
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| Fig 10.3 The Idea Sketching 2 |
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| Fig 10.4 Reference image |
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| Fig 10.5 Reference image |
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| Fig 10.6 Reference image |
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| Fig 10.7 My selfie as a reference image. |
(Fig 10.8) To start with the drawing, I create an A4 artboard in Clip Studio Paint with a greyish background colour. I use the normal pencil tool to draft out the sketchy outline of my face base on the photo of my face. To portrait the childish young heart, I decided to illustrate my face in a cartoonish and younger look.
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| Fig 10.8 Line Drafting |
(Fig 10.9) The solid black background colour was applied to ensure all of the line drawings were clean. I drew a pinkish base colour with some skin tone applied on top.
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| Fig 10.9 Base colour with some skin tone. |
(Fig 10.10 /Fig 10.11 / Fig 10.12) For the next step, the floating smoke effect was added layer by layer to ensure that I could change the colour for each layer later on. I match the colour with analogous colours. The concept is to stay within one colour family in order to achieve harmony like blue and indigo. Using varying shades of colours in the same family for my drawing will create a nuanced look that has a beautiful, pleasing effect.
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| Fig 10.10 Hair colour with some skin tone added. |
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| Fig 10.11 smoke effect added. |
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| Fig 10.12 More smoke effect & bluish background colour added. |
(Fig 10.13) I tried to enrich the colour of the hair and the skin tone according to the complementary colours which mean opposite colours. Using the opposite colour for the human figure and the background will help each other to stand out from the combination with a more appealing look.
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| Fig 10.13 Colour adjustment for the skin & hair. |
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| Fig 10.14 Colour adjustment for the skin & hair. |
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| Fig 10.15 Some floating lines added at the front. |
(Fig 10.16) A rich colour tone with varies tint and shade for the floating smoke effect which had created an exquisite sense of hierarchy. I drew a second layer of the outline to highlight the human figure especially the hair. Some skin colour sketching lines were drawn on the skin area to create a unique skin texture.
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| Fig 10.16 Skin contour texture and more lines effect added |
Design Principle Applied:
- Texture: Different drawing stroke with different texture effect is used to create visual texture.
- Asymmetry Balance: The composition of the drawing was not completely the same on the left and right.
- Harmony: All of the element like the colour scheme and the smoke effect was not equally the same but they were well-positioned to form a visual harmony.
- Movement: The lines and the floating smoke effect that was guiding the visual direction from the centre to the edge had created a visual movement.
- Hierarchy: Different layers of colours were applied to create a visual hierarchy that showed the depth in the drawing composition.
- Symbol: Bluish colour applied as a symbol of serene and freedom.
| Fig 10.17 PDF of the final outcome. |
FEEDBACK
During the class sharing moment, my friends said that the drawing was colourful and dreamy. They said that the scratchy texture on the face was nice to see. Ms Sherry said that it looked really dreamy and soft. She pointed out that the self-portrait did not look exactly like me and seemed a little boxy.
8/11/19 (Week 11): Trouble Makers' Manifesto Colloquium
https://www.facebook.com/Troublmak3rz/
During the early morning on Friday, Taylor's University had launched a meaningful first-ever design colloquium at Lecturer theatre 12. The name of the event was Troublemakers’ Manifesto that sought to provoke inner dialogue of people's beliefs in design and to create a recent paradigm shift through alternative viewpoints. Troublemakers often make others feel uncomfortable and tend to be excluded. They challenge the social norm, question establishments, rules and the status quo. It could not be denied that without the disruptive tendencies by the "trouble makers" unspoken ideas would not be made known, and innovations would not come to pass.
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| Fig 9.0 The wall of the manifesto protest placard. |
This colloquium had invited 5 speakers who had made a great influence on the society in Malaysia to share about their "manifesto". This event aimed to nurture young designers who are conscious of the use of their acquired knowledge and skills to enrich and bring more meaning to the world.
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| Fig 9.1 The Q&A session. |
One of the speakers that inspired me a lot was Mr Muthu Nedumaran, who was a font designer, typeface designer and a software developer that had a rich experience in designing typefaces for complex scripts. He shared his speech in a witty and interesting way which had me really enjoyed his sharing. The presentation highlighted some of the key milestones in his journey and how he overcame the obstacles. During the Q&A session, he claimed that he was a person who was not good at accepting "NO".
In my point of view, the reason that he was able to try every means and measure to tackle and to overcome tons of challenges because of his personality of unwilling to accept "NO" in a certain circumstance. I was really amazed at his perseverance in facing challenges and dealing with problems!
In the nutshell, it was a wonderful yet inspiring event which allowed me to think about what was my manifesto and how I going to utilize all of the knowledge and skills that I had learnt in school to bring a meaningful impact towards the future society.
Read more - https://contrastly.com
- Still image
- Volatile image
- Vector image
- GIF image
- Bitmap image
- Monochrome image
- Greyscale image
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| Fig 8.0.3 Example of words. |
Words: is the smallest element that can be uttered in isolation with objective or practical meaning. Its function as a tool to convey the message from the designers to the readers at the same time it worked as an extra element to enhance the design we had in hand.
Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, point sizes, line lengths, line-spacing (leading), and letter-spacing (tracking), and adjusting the space between pairs of letters (kerning).
Words VS Typography:
- Words are the finest elements in a sentence.
- Typography is the technique of arranging type (words).
EXERCISE 8
Materials: Adobo Photoshop & Photography
For this exercise, we were going to work with our phone and Adobe Photoshop. Ms Sherry wanted us to walk around the campus area to enjoy the campus environment by taking some photos. She said that it was better to use our own image rather than just getting some image from the internet as she tried to get us out of the internet and experience the process of taking our own photo. I was unsure what to create at the moment hence I decided to walk out of the classroom and take some photo with my friends. Below were some images I capture around the school campus and also some of the previous images captured by me.
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| Fig 8.1 My own image stock. |
After that, I scroll through the photo I had captured by using my iPhone to filtered out the suitable photo for this exercise. Some idea occurred in my mind while I was sorting the photos. I sketched out my idea on the paper although they were not complete. I wanted to try creating something really quiet and poetic. To further illustrate my idea, I went through the web and get one interesting inspiration photo. The photo below showed the photography technique of double exposure.
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| Fig 8.3 Inspiration image |
(Fig 8.4) To start working on it, I opened the Adobe Photoshop software import the files in a stack. I choose a statue photo that captured outside which was near my classroom as the main image to work on. I started to do a selection by in several ways to ensure that the selection area was clean. The first selection method was using the magic wind tool to select the unwanted area roughly. Then, I use the lasso tool to select and clean up the unwanted parts.
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| Fig 8.4 Stage 1: Open Photoshop & import photo. |
(Fig 8.5) After finish the selection, I clicked on the masking icon to create a masking layer for the photo. Pen tool was used to cover the residual parts with pure black colour on the masking layer.
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| Fig 8.5 Stage 2: Select the outline & add masking layer. |
(Fig 8.6) After cleaning up all the edges of the statue, I create a second masking layer of a building which was the photo of Ilham Gallery Building. Screen blending mode was added to create a transparent effect on the photo.
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| Fig 8.6 Stage 3: Create an extra masking layer of another photo. |
(Fig 8.7) The next step was to place a background photo which was the dreamy and watercolour-liked blue sky that I captured on the way I got back home. Soon I realised that the previous masking layer of the building was not suitable for this background photo as they did not seem to be matched. Thus I changed the masking layer with another photo which was a clear blue sky with some lovely clouds.
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| Fig 8.7 Stage 4: Place a background photo. |
(Fig 8.8) I felt that the photo looked quite boring if I end at this stage so I created the ton paper effect on my own by using the brush tool. I adjusted the position of the torn paper to the direction I wanted. The photo of the statue was now divided into three parts. (Fig 8.9) To make it more interesting, the greyscale effect was added to the upper and the lower part of the photo.
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| Fig 8.8 Stage 5: Add torn paper effect. |
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| Fig 8.9 Stage 6: Add greyscale effect. |
(Fig 8.10) I replaced the lower part with a new photo of lawn at the campus as to create the hierarchy in the relationship of nature. (Fig 8.11) Besides, I replaced the middle part with a new photo of Taylor campus with some greenery that could add some extra colour tone.
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| Fig 8.10 Stage 7: Change the background photo in the lower part. |
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| Fig 8.11 Stage 8: Change the background photo in the middle part. |
(Fig 8.12) Everything was almost done at this stage. The final thing to add was the text that functioned to enhance the overall design in the composition. I create a box right behind the English text by adding the invert colour effect as a highlight to allowed the text stood out from the background.
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| Fig 8.12 Stage 9: Add text with invert colour highlight. |
Fig 8.13 PDF of the final outcome.
In the nutshell, a clean colour tone was applied in the composition. The mixing photography editing technique of greyscale and coloured was well applied in the sense of balance and harmony. Words were added to enhance the design and further illustrate the core idea. There were some concept behind the three different layers if sections as a hidden symbol.
- The lower section of the statue / the beginning (Lawn): which represent my innocent and carefree childhood life.The whale of a time that full of laughter with all the meaningful people.
- The middle section of the statue / the present (School Campus): which represent my learning path in pursuit of knowledge in school. It was the crucial turning point that I would encounter numerous challenges and problems that awaited for my solid solutions.
- The upper section of the statue / the future (Blue Sky): We experienced setbacks and tests in order to see a higher and farther blue sky in a widened horizon. Never fear of failure and dream it big.
FEEDBACK 8
Ms Sherry said that it was a nice artwork with a story behind it. She mentioned that the top part of the artwork which was the monochrome sky that was actually giving the feeling of hopeless rather than full of hope. However, it was a nice composition, she noted.
24/10/19 (Week 9): Ilham Gallery Visit
24 October 2019 Thursday, we have an exciting off-campus activity replaced the ordinary class. Our lecturers had planned a visit tour to Ilham Gallery situated in Kuala Lumpur Ampang Park area. It was indeed an exciting as it had been a long time since I last visit to a gallery in KLCC. I started my journey from Serdang in the morning with a jumping step. I took the public transport Kelana Jaya LRT to Ampang Park which is merely one step beyond the KLCC and took a small walk to the venue. Soon, I was welcomed by an imposing and majestic architecture building of Ilham Gallery surrounded by various greenery.
ILHAM is known as a public art gallery delegated to supporting the development, understanding and enjoyment of Malaysian modern and contemporary art within a regional and global context. It is aiming to appeal to a diverse audience and serve as a resource and a potential platform for those who are engaged in the arts and especially those young artists. Through the exhibitions and public programmes, they seek to bring people into closer contact with the art, the artists and their ideas.
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| Fig 8.0 The environment of the gallery. |
It was past noon when I arrived at Ilham Gallery. After meeting with the lecturers and my classmates, we took the lift to visit the art gallery at level 5. We were greeted by an artistic chair at the entrance near the lift that kept us guessing what the untold story behind it was. Inside the hall, there was a wide art collection features 93 works of contemporary art by 45 artists that representing a wide array of voices from both Southeast Asia and South Asia artists. The exhibition surveys the innovative, yet inspiring ways artists have responded to the pressing social conditions of our time through a broad spectrum of practices and approaches.
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| Fig 8.1 Inside the art gallery. |
Art Gallery.
Fracture/Fiction invited students to reflect and study how artists address the fractures that exist in nowadays society and the age in which they live. These artists always engage with the subject matter and message from their daily lives, transforming them through their art to subvert and create fictions, often in unexpectedly beautiful ways.
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| Fig 8.2 Artwork 1: God Has Left My Place by Hit Man Gurung |
Artwork 01: God Has Left My Place by Hit Man Gurung
Artwork 01 This is the first painting that attracted me nearby the entrance of the art gallery. These figurative artwork series were reflecting on the impact of forced migration because of the ten-year Maoist civil war in Nepal. The minimalist imagery highlights the social and emotional price Nepalese labourers always must pay, in search of employment abroad, often with low wages and cruel conditions. These artworks had displayed the design principle of contrast and hierarchy in these life jackets in the aspect of colour and design. Two different colour hue of blue and vivid orange was applied to each of the differently designed life jackets had created a good visual contrast especially with the different weapon added in monochrome mode.
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| Fig 8.3 Artwork 2: Left-Wing Project by Alfredo & Isabel |
Artwork 02: Left-Wing Project by Alfredo & Isabel
Artwork 02 is a series of works that examine the complex socio-political struggles that contemporary agrarian societies face across Asia. It was made from numerous hand-forged sickles sourced and fashioned into the shape of left angle wing that was visual challenging as the art was shown in the play of tension between material weight and visual lightness in the gallery. The way that the artist arranged the hand-forged sickles was showing the design principles of movement in a direction that could literally create a visual movement in the design.
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| Fig 8.4 Artwork 03: Delicate Shell of Self by Utai Nopsiri |
Artwork 03: Delicate Shell of Self by Utai Nopsiri
Artwork 03 was one of the pieces that I love the most as it was creating a peaceful yet calming atmosphere which design principle of symmetry with form and texture was applied. It resembles a human figure was meditating cross-legged in a serene universe. The name of this artwork was very meaningful indeed which was “Delicate Shell of Self”. It was sculpted to be solid and geometric outside but hollow at the inner part which appeared to reference a famous verse from the Buddhist Heart Sutra: “Form is emptiness; emptiness is form.” This artwork had successfully created a wonder for me thinking about what was it that constitutes the self.
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| Fig 8.5 Artwork 04: Untitled Project by Sopheap Pich |
Artwork 04: Untitled Project by Sopheap Pich
Artwork 04 This peanut liked masterpiece was very familiar when I saw it for the first time as it was used as the feature propaganda poster for this season’s Ilham Gallery. It was an organic-form and biomorphic sculpture that was created by nature structures such as a plant. The masterpiece was created using an asymmetry design principle as both sides of the materials used was different with shape and form were maintained the same. The artist gathered seed pods from trees growing near his studio aiming to offer them a symbol of both resiliency and fragility of the Cambodian ecosystem.
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| Fig 8.6 Artwork 05: S. Teddy by Kow Leong Klang |
Artwork 05: S. Teddy by Kow Leong Klang
Artwork 05 This is the masterpiece that I like the most. It caught my attention in no time when I passed by because of the mesmerising and charming colour matching and the watercolour drawing approach was special and memorable. It was originally the artist’s large size portrait oil painting on the linen paper that featured best known Indonesian artist who named Stevanus Teddy Darmawan. If we observed closely, we would discover that there were merely 3 major colours tone were applied in a wealth level of tone and tint which were skin tone, earth tone and blue tone. Design principle of asymmetry was well applied to this portrait drawing at the same time the watercolour painting method had created a wonderful visual texture.
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| Fig 8.7 Artwork 06: Thailand Great Flood by Lampu Kansanoh |
Artwork 06: Thailand Great Flood by Lampu Kansanoh
Artwork 06 This painting is inspired by Lampu’s visit to Ayutthaya during the great flood in Thailand during 2011. The artist observed that people remained optimistic towards the nature disaster despite losing their home and all the belongings. The atmosphere delivered by this painting was full of hope and humour due to the rich and vivid colours used. One-point perspective with a birds-eye view was the drawing techniques that applied to this painting to allow viewers to investigate the story from an interesting perspective.
Photography Gallery.
The internationally acclaimed Kuala Lumpur Photo Awards (KLPA) is one of the most respected fixtures in the global photographic calendar and the only prominent contest based in Southeast Asia. The theme for this year photography gallery is Unyielding Gaze. Below was the photograph that I found very interesting for me.
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| Fig 8.8 Artwork 07: Thailand Great Flood by Lampu Kansanoh |
Artwork 07: Goyo & Holy Night Girl by Tim Franco
Artwork 07 This photography was very eye-catching which was shot to deliver a message about the nowadays Korean law made tattooing technically illegal in the country. However, this law did not hinder a growing number of underground tattoo parlours to open in people’s home and, in the secret hidden spaces elsewhere. There was a conscious struggle to be made if Korean youngsters were to express themselves beyond the strict confines of K-pop culture. The photo was shot in a monochrome manner and the overall composition was clear and focus due to the good grid applied.
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| Fig 8.9 Artwork 08: Focus by Lim Yaohui |
Artwork 08: Focus by Lim Yaohui
Artwork 08 The girl in the picture who named Wang Qian from China was giving her eye a break during the Women’s 10m air pistol qualifying rounds at the International Shooting Range. This photo was shot on 24 August 2018 during the Palembang Asia Games in Indonesia. This girl had eventually finished first out of 43 shooters with a high score and qualified for the finals. The vivid red cloth of the girl was creating a great contrast in the greyish-green background. The position of the human figure was well centred according to the grid system.
In a nutshell, I really appreciated that I was given this chance to visit the Ilham Gallery. As a first visit, it had widened mine horizon with more in-depth knowledge about art and photography. Other than just improved my aesthetic judgment, it also brought me a deeper understanding of the culture and social issue that occurred in the country. I hoped there would be more interesting off-campus activities awaited me in the future!
17/10/19 (Week 8): Rhythm, Harmony, Movement
LECTURE 7
Fig 7.0 Presentation slide by my classmate.
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| Fig 7.0.1 Example of rhythm. |
Rhythm: A visual tempo or beat. The principle of design that refers to a regular repetition of elements of art to produce the look and feel of movement. There are 5 different methods of showing rhythm:
- Alternating
- Flowing
- Progressive
- Random
- Regular
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| Fig 7.0.2 Example of harmony. |
Harmony: is the visually satisfying effect of combining similar or related elements. Harmony in a painting or design helps bring about unity. All harmony and no contrast, however, can become monotonous. A balance must be struck between areas of harmony and areas of contrast. It can be formed by:
- Adjacent colours
- Similar shapes
- Related textures
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| Fig 7.0.3 Example of movement. |
Movement: is the principle of good design which gives the artist control over what the viewer sees next. Using this principle, the artist can create the path our eyes will travel as we look at a work of art. Below are the 5 types of movement:
- Anticipated Movement
- Fuzzy Outlines
- Multiple Image
- Optical Movement
- Multiple Image
EXERCISE 7
Materials: Any Collage Materials
For this exercise, we were going to create a collage artwork by using any of the collage materials like newspaper, magazine, cloth and so on. I brought myself some old newspaper and also a back issue magazine (Fig 7.4). I was unsure and quite lost of what to create at the first moment although I had got some inspiration images (Fig 7.1 / Fig 7.2 / Fig 7.3). I decided to flip through the magazine to observe the image stock I had in the magazine in hand so that I could have a better idea for the composition for this exercise.
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| Fig 7.1 Inspiration 1 |
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| Fig 7.2 Inspiration 2 |
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| Fig 7.3 Inspiration 3 |
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| Fig 7.4 Materials prepared: magazine. |
After knowing the image stock provided by this back issue magazine, I proceed to sketch down some rough idea that came to my mind. (Fig 7.5) The first sketch showed the principle of movement and rhythm by the staircase arrangement of models figure. Various fashion items and some texts were scattered all around the roll of models to create a sense of harmony. (Fig 7.6) The idea of the second sketch was more focus on creating a centred focal point with a sense of harmony.
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| Fig 7.5 Sketching Idea 1 |
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| Fig 7.6 Sketching Idea 2 |
Firstly I started with the greyscale model image that I found in the magazine. The reason that I used it as a background image was due to its big size and also its clean black and white colour tone. Comparing using a scissor to cut out through the edges, I wanted to try out the other cutting method which was by using my hand to tear out the model following the edges to create an uneven edge. People might think that it's imperfect but I think it's beautiful.
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| Fig 7.7 Stage 1: Greyscale model as background |
I did not paste anything at the beginning but just place it on the paper to avoid that I might need to change my mind and move the element around to get the best composition. After placing the greyscale model in a suitable position, I tore off another two models with two totally different monochrome fashion attire.
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| Fig 7.8 Stage 2: Another two model added. |
On the next stage, the extra image elements were added into the collage art to enrich the composition. The image elements I added were the signboard above the red suite model, a human portrait image at the right top side of the greyscale model, a cat in front and a red background text at the centre of the composition.
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| Fig 7.9 Stage 3: Extra composition elements added. |
More text or words were added to enhance the design by adding a sense of balancing and harmonious. I used some pages with the blue colour tone from the magazine to cut out some small cross shape in different sizes and scattered them all around to create a connection with all the other elements.
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| Fig 7.10 Stage 4: Icon & words added. |
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| Fig 7.11 Stage 5: Bold words & Cross elements added. |
Below was the final outcome of the exercise. The difference between (Fig 7.11) and (Fig 7.12) was the location of the word "WA". The location of the word "WA" was located right beside the little human portrait but I made up my mind to relocate the location to the lower part right above the passage that was highlighted in yellow as there was too many information concentrated on the upper right corner.
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| Fig 7.12 Final Outcome |
FEEDBACK 7
Ms Sherry pointed out that there was a nice movement in the overall composition. She could see the fashion series was arranged in a nice order that had formed a wonderful composition.
10/10/19 (Week 7): Dot, Line, Scale and Size
LECTURE 6
Fig 6.0 Presentation slide by my classmate.
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| Fig 6.0.1 Example of dot. |
DOT: is the smallest element of graphic design. Depending on a distance point of various sizes can be perceived. Designing with dots or points can create a wide variety of visual effects. A single point in the centre of an area can convey calm.
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| Fig 6.0.2 Example of line. |
LINE: the arrangement of dots with a constant distance between them. “Every linear expression derives from a point set in motion” – Andrian Frutiger. The line is much more dynamic in character than a dot. The simplest form of a line is a straight line.
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| Fig 6.0.3 Example of scale. |
SCALE: Scale refers to the relationship between two or more objects, one that has a commonly known size. In most cases, the size of objects is compared to our own human scale. Humans judge the scale of something according to body size. Some of the most common adjectives that apply to scale include Life-sized, Miniature, Oversized, Enormous.
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| Fig 6.0.4 Example of size. |
SIZE: is simply the relationship of the area occupied by one shape to that of another.
Size vs Scale
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| Fig 6.0.5 Example of size. |
- Size is the actual dimensions of an element, often measured in px, pt, em, rem etc.
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| Fig 6.0.6 Example of scale. |
- Scale is the relative dimensions of an element, often measured by percentages or multiples.
Scale vs Proportion
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| Fig 6.0.7 Scale vs Proportion. |
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Fig 6.0.8 Real-world example Scale & Proportion.
Michelangelo's David: powerful in size; ideal in proportion |
EXERCISE 6
Materials: Pens & Pencils
To start with this exercise, I search through the web to get some inspiration that will spark me an idea. At this moment, I suddenly recalled my memories about a mesmerising dotted art in the past by a Japanese young boy when I saw some dotted art by the other artist. I found that his name was Toru, who is an artist who draws pictures in his unique ways. He was well known for his creation of Sumie-styled paintings, Pointillism paintings, and two-handed paintings. I fall in love with his art at first sight in the past due to the unique drawing method. https://www.torukn.com/
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| Fig 6.1 Inspiration 1 |
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| Fig 6.2 Inspiration 2 |
After I get my inspiration images, I continued to search for the reference image. Below was the image of Leonardo Da Vinci's self-portrait. He was one of my favourite learning models. I wanted to redraw his self-portrait by using another form of the approach ----- Dotting.
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| Fig 6.3 Reference image |
Firstly, I sketch out the outline of the portrait as a reference line. I drew it gently to ensure that it was light enough to be covered by the colour pen. I tried to erase some of the strokes that were too dark.
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| Fig 6.4 Draft sketching |
(Fig 6.5) Yellow was considered as the lightest colour among the other colour choices. Hence, I decided to start with the lightest colour as it would greatly reduce the chance of drawing incorrectly. After finishing the yellow dots drawing, a darker colour tone --- orange was applied as an overlapping layer upon the yellow dots to illustrate the contour.
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| Fig 6.5 First stage: Yellow & orange colour dotted |
(Fig 6.6) The red colour was applied at the facial area to further illustrate the details like the wrinkles and the window of the soul. More yellow dots were added to show the lines of the mustache.
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| Fig 6.6 Second stage: Red & pink colour dotted |
(Fig 6.7) More cold colours like purple, indigo, baby blue were added to create a rich and playful colour tone in the drawing. I realise that the slight differences in the relationship between dots will create a different visual effect; If the dots scattered evenly in a specific area, it would create a surface shape; If the dots connected closely in one direction it would create a line or a movement.
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| Fig 6.7 Third stage: Blue, indigo, purple colour dotted |
(Fig 6.8) Last but not least, I tried to modify the lines created by numerous dots in different colour pen to enhance the beauty of the drawing. The eye was the most important organ in this drawing as it was the window of the soul that could tell a thousand story. I used a darker colour to add some more dots around the eye area especially the eyeballs to make sure that both of the eyes stood out from the contour.
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| Fig 6.8 Final Outcome. |
FEEDBACK 6
Ms Sherry said it was a nice artwork that created with vivid colourful tone by using the dotted approach. She smiled and said that the head of Leonardo Da Vinci looked bald. Moreover, during the artwork presentation section, Dr Jinchi said that I had to put more attention on the composition of the artwork. I was very appreciated that my classmates commented that they really liked the way I paint it.
3/10/19 (Week 6): Alignment, Direction, Perspective
LECTURE 5
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| Fig 5.0.1 Example of Alignment. |
Alignment: is the placement of visual elements so they line up in composition. In design, we use alignment to organize elements, to group elements, to create balance, to create structure, to create connections between elements, to create a sharp and clear outcome.
Types of Alignment:
Alignment-principle-design
- Edge Alignment (Left / Right Alignment)
- Center Alignment
- Mixed Alignment
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| Fig 5.0.2 Example of Direction. |
Direction: is real or imaginary lines that point from one element to another or that connect different elements. The lines don't need to be visible. The lines connecting elements have direction. An eye gaze creates an imaginary line between the eye and whatever the eye is gazing at.
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| Fig 5.0.3 Example of Aerial Perspective. |
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| Fig 5.0.4 Type of Perspective. |
Perspective is a technique for depicting three-dimensional volumes and spatial relationships in two dimensions, as if from the viewpoint of an observer. The main characteristic of perspective is that objects appear smaller the further they are from the observer.
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FEEDBACK 5
Ms Sherry said the first attempt was nice and there an order in the alignment and arrangement although they were not totally having the same alignment. For the second artwork, She pointed out that it was better to have the hot air balloons without the clouds around them as to ensure that the composition had enough space to pop out the moving direction of hot air balloons.
26/9/19 (Week 5): Pattern, Repetition, Texture, Surface
LECTURE 4
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| Fig 4.0 Example of the pattern. |
Pattern as a principle of design may be defined as a regular arrangement of repeated same elements i.e. line, shape, colours over and over again. The pattern usually increases the visual excitement by supplementing surface interest.
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| Fig 4.1 Example of the repetition. |
Repetition simply means the reusing of the same or similar elements throughout your design. Repetition of certain design elements in a design will bring a clear sense of unity, consistency, and cohesiveness.
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| Fig 4.2 Example of the pattern. |
Texture is an element of design that defines the surfaces of shapes and forms. The texture that you feel with your fingers is called tactile while texture that the artist recreates on a flat surface is called visual texture. Tactile texture is three-dimensional because it has height, width and depth.
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| Fig 4.3 Example of the surface. |
Surface is the outermost or uppermost layer of a physical object or space. It is the portion or region of the object that can first be perceived by an observer using the senses of sight and touch and is the portion with which other materials first interact.
EXERCISE 4
Materials: Any stamping materials, thumbprint & paint.
For this exercise, we were free to use any king of materials to do stamping with the paint. Ms Sherry said that we could bring our own vegetables like potato, carrot, thumbprint and any materials we felt comfortable to use. I was considering to bring some leaves from my house compound but I afraid that the softening of the leaves would not easy to make a nice and clean stamp printing too...After thinking for a time, I decided to make use of the fallen leaves or in the school campus as I love the natural texture of the plant! Rather than just using the leaves, I planned to make use of my finger to create beautiful artwork of thumbprint too!
Below was the reference image I got from Pinterest to study the way how the artist applied the watercolour effect and also the drawing the leaves in indiscipline yet harmony way.
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| Fig 4.4 Reference image. |
Below was the first attempt of the paintings using my thumbprints. Firstly, I start with the green colour in the middle of the paper. Slowly, I create an organic flowing direction with my thumbprint printing various hue of colour that formed a rainbow flow.
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| Fig 4.5 Attempt 1 |
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| Fig 4.6 Final outcome. |
FEEDBACK 4
Ms Sherry mentioned that she really liked the natural pattern created by the greenery leaves. She said that the colour scheme was beautiful and pretty. Furthermore, Ms Sherry had changed another way for students to communicate and give comments. Rather than just pasting our work on the wide glass window, she wanted us to write some comment on the paper according to the artwork and leave them right beside the artwork. I really appreciated all the comments given by my classmate. Some of them said that they really like the wide range of colour applied by using the thumbprint; some of them said that they like the texture of the plant as a natural drawing medium. It was indeed a wonderful peer learning moment for me.
19/9/19 (Week 4): Class Cancelled Due to Haze
12/9/19 (Week 3): Symmetry, Asymmetry, Balance
LECTURE 3
Starting from this week, the lecture will be prepared and presented by the student in several groups. Group 1 student started their presentation in an exciting atmosphere.
Symmetry is a sense of harmonious and beautiful proportion and balance. There are a total of 3 types of symmetry which are: reflection symmetry, rotational symmetry, and translational symmetry.
- Reflection symmetry: mirrored around a central axis, horizontally, vertically or both.
- Rotational symmetry: Everything rotates in a centre, no matter the angle or frequency.
- Translational symmetry: Elements are repeated in different locations for space.
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| Fig 3.0.1 Types of symmetry. |
Asymmetry is the absence of symmetry of any kind. By using asymmetry, we will be able to draw attention to areas in the design to convey dynamism or movement. We use symmetry when we want to achieve more order and structure with a simple idea as symmetrical layouts are inherently stable and balanced. We use asymmetry when we ready to spend extra time arranging elements to achieve balance at the same time seeking the more playful layout to convey user interest.
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| Fig 3.0.2 Symmetry VS Asymmetry. |
Balance means both sides are equally the same create a wonderful and harmonious visual art. There is a total of 4 types of balance which are a symmetrical balance, asymmetrical balance, mosaic balance, and radial balance.
- Symmetrical balance: Both weights are equal to both sides of the composition.
- Asymmetrical balance: Unequal weight from both sides with the dominant element.
- Mosaic balance: Results from balance chaos, the composition lack of distinct focal point.
- Radial balance: Elements radiate from a common centre.
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| Fig 3.0.3 Example of Symmetry. |
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EXERCISE 3
Materials: Pastels or Watercolour
Rather than create a perfect symmetry artwork, I would prefer asymmetry and balance as my direction to create an artwork as I think it would be more interesting and more fun. I did some research and my first idea was to create an asymmetry artwork with balance by using organic shape and patterns.
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| Fig 3.1 Reference Image. |
The first attempt Fig 3.2 seemed not that satisfied as the overall elements were separated and lied scattered. Soon I developed a second version Fig 3.8 which contain richer colour and curve lines.
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| Fig 3.2 Attempt 1. |
The artwork Fig 3.3 was interesting and wonderful, and it was able to display the design principle of balance. To make the composition cleaner, maximum of 9 colours were applied in the drawing.
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| Fig 3.3 Final Outcome. |
FEEDBACK 3
Ms Sherry said that it was quite interesting that I was using the organic shapes to create an artwork with the pastel vivid colour tone to showcase the design principle of balance. However, she also reminded me that I should be careful about it as it was quite challenging to create a nice visual balance drawing with organic shape; at the same time, different colour with creating different visual weight too.
5/9/19 (Week 2): Gestalt
LECTURE 2
Definition of Gestalt:
A gestalt has two or more parts (like figure and ground) that are so integrated together that we perceive them as one object.
What are the Gestalt Principles?
The Gestalt Principles are a set of laws arising from 1920s’ psychology, describing how humans typically see objects by grouping similar elements, recognizing patterns and simplifying complex images. Designers use these to engage users via powerful -yet natural- “tricks” of perspective and best practice design standards.
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| Fig 2.0.1 Gestalt. |
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| Fig 2.0.2 Types of gestalt. |
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Fig 2.0.3 Example of gestalt. Your brain sees a dog walking,
but it’s nothing more than a series of moving dots. |
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| Fig 2.0.4 Example of gestalt. |
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| Fig 2.0.5 Example of gestalt. |
EXERCISE 2
Materials: Pencil, Pen & Marker
For this exercise, I idea was sparked by the movie of "The Little Prince", written by a French writer Saint-Exupéry. I did some research on the poster and the final poster I had to choose was the title prince sitting together with the fox on the field which full of stars.
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| Fig 2.1 Reference Image. |
I had a lot of idea on the sketching and I try to make it a little tricky and playful, but when I show my sketches (fig 2.2 ~ 2.4) to Ms Sherry and Ms Jinchi, they said that my sketches were a bit too complicated and they couldn't really discover the three main characters which were the little prince, the fox, and the rose. They suggested me to make it simple and clean.
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| Fig 2.2 Sketches 1 |
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| Fig 2.3 Sketches 2 |
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| Fig 2.4 Sketches 3 |
Thus, I came out with the final idea as below (fig 2.5) I sketch it with a pencil in a clean line to show the outline of the rose at the same time the little fox and the little prince was hidden inside the rose. After pencil drafting, I just coloured it with a black marker to create a figure-ground gestalt artwork. At the final, I erased the pencil drafting and did some modification.
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| Fig 2.5 Final Outcome |
FEEDBACK 2
During the critique, Ms Sherry said that she was able to recognize the characters as she had been read the book of the little prince. She said it was a nice book to read as the story was amazing and wonderful. Ms Sherry said that I had done a good job on how to deal with the furry hair of the little prince. On the other hand, she commented that I could just leave the connection part of the scarf and the tail unconnected to make it more simple and interesting. She told the class that the gestalt principle was all about clean and simple, we had to make sure that we did not make it too complicated.
29/8/19 (Week 1): Contrast
LECTURE 1
Mr Sherry and Dr. were introduced as our class lecturers. Before Mr Sherry starts the lecture, she gave us a clear briefing on the course module and the future assignments. After that, she started an interesting ice-breaking self-introduction activity, rather than just introduce the classmate, we have to draw their face in a piece of report paper given by Ms Sherry. The first lecture for the first class was about one of the design principles - contrast. She showed us several example pictures and wanted us to analysis the element of contrast. Furthermore, She showed us the senior's blog which was aiming to give us some direction to create our own blog.
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| Fig 1.0.1 Example of contrast. |
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| Fig 1.0.2 Example of contrast. |
EXERCISE 1
Materials: Black and white papers
I had come out with several ideas for this exercise, but I decided to pick the strongest idea which creates a panda character named “Po” from the Animation Movie Kung Fu Panda. I adore the inspiring story and concept that brings by this Animation which is telling people to try everything and be who you’re. Moreover, I want to create something funny and joyful for this exercise and I think Kung Fu Panda will showcase the principle of contrast well.
I had come out with 2 drawing ideas, the first idea was a panda standing in between the bamboo, the second idea was the panda standing on the other panda. I chose the second idea to apply in my exercise as it was more playful and lively.
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| Fig 1.1 Reference Image. |
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| Fig 1.2 Sketches 1. |
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| Fig 1.3 Sketches 2. |
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| Fig 1.4 Final Outcome. |
FEEDBACK 1
Ms Sherry said that I was able to catch the character of a big fat clumsy panda, and the overall outcome of the contrast was quite good. I felt quite satisfied and happy with my artwork which was able to describe the principle of contrast well.
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