ASSIGNMENT 5 - My notion of colorful Asia

POSTCARD~! COLOURFUL ASIA!

Dance was the first thing that came to my mind. Plus the fact that different countries had different traditional costumes, I though it would be a good idea to do on their traditional dances. Also, to add on to the notion of Asia, I used the map of Asia to serve as the background for the dancers and they are in fact standing on their own country's mark!

Color scheme

9 different colors and I finally chose "FRESH". The colors blend well and brings out the aspect of colorful Asia with the different colors and costumes. A map of Asia serves as the background to further emphasize Asia.

Final artwork: POSTCARD

CLASS EXERCISE TWO

Using basic elements to create 2 abstract images conveying the meaning of words




even basic elements like dots or shapes are able to powerfully convey meaning if properly used..

CLUTTER

WEAK

ASSIGNMENT FOUR - Save, Prevent, Kill

Thumbnails


Initially, I wanted to do posters on environmental issues but I thought it might be too common so I moved on to try on other ideas. Then from nuclear war, I developed my idea further into depression, then to self-mutilation.



Roughs
From the thumbnails, I further developed into these 2 roughs:


However, cartoon posters made the poster unrealistic and unconvincing. The ideas and messages are not being sent out effectively as well. The impact is just not there.
Rough 2 although uses a real hand but is too skinny to balance the text on the right. It also made the whole poster look empty.


Therefore, after much thought and improvement, ..............

Final Poster: Prevent Self-mutilation




Please leave your comments :)

ASSIGNMENT 3 - U C what I C (visual story)

Thumbnails Description: Four ladies were on their way home after shopping happily. A robber then sees them as his target and attacks them. However, the robber was being captured by the four ladies instead.

Description: A lady finds her wallet stolen after coming out from a crowded lift and immediately pointed to a man who is poorly dressed. However, after a search on the man, nothing was found. The pickpocket was in fact a lady who is well-dressed. Therefore, never judge a person by his/her appearance.

PHOTO STORY - U C what I C

Putting one story into eight shots and breaking the shots to fit the story is not easy. Had to really sketch and sketch and sketch and try fill all the eight shots.. but sketching thumbnails really helps alot in generating ideas and fasten the process when taking photos.

Oh well.. my friends are all very cooperative and does whatever i tell them to the best they can! thanks to all! :) and seriously i think they can act really well.. i had a hard time filtering the photos lol cheers to all!

anyway, i think this is quite a cliched story >.<

Individual shots:

ASSIGNMENT TWO - Abstraction and Pictogram

PICTOGRAM!!!

coffee maker~! - A pictogram for pantry at the CNM Department.

Degree of abstraction (1)

Degree of abstraction (2)

FINAL - Degree of Abstraction

The first pictogram is basically just a line diagram of the image i googled. It consists of all the little little details similar to the coffee maker. Then I started to cut down on the details and keep it super simple.

FINAL PROTOTYPE

Please gimme your comments! whoosh~!! :)

ASSIGNMENT ONE - Me, Myself and I

Designing my name to fits me is a really difficult task cuz i don't even know what exactly represents me.. After asking around for opinions, I've come up with different sketches on the different side of myself......

(1) Optimistic, happy and colourful

errmmm.. its meant to be a rainbow connecting my name from S to E so please use your imagination and fill it with colours!

(2) Fierce dinosaur~
(3) Dancing Queen (definitely not cuz I know how to dance very well but cuz I love to dance!)

Teamwork and confidence!

After drawing and drawing and drawing and thinking and thinking and thinking.... I've finally decided on the representation of dance! Oh well......

The manipulation here is by the spins and swirls that the ballroom dancers did on the dancefloor, leaving the trail of my name "LING"

Oh well... after showing the class my artwork the other time and seeing how the others work, I AM DEPRESSED! hahahahahaha i think i need to improve on my work badly!! Shall post the final piece up here as soon as possible! meanwhile please comment! thanks:)

and after familiarizing myself with illustrator and photoshop...........

Roughs

And FINALLY~~!

My outlook of life is like dancing - the need to be confident yet graceful :)

CLASS EXERCISE ONE

A machine that enhances my creativity 100 times!

Hi all.. this is my class exercise one :)

I kinda got this idea from hypnotization and human subconscious mind..
The chair is for the user to lie on and relax and the headset will "hypnotize" the user and "open" his subconscious mind..
All his/her creative juice will then start to flow hohohohoho
The pen tool automatically start working and draw whatever creative stuff the user has in mind..
This design kinda "opens" the user's subconscious mind to bring out the creative side of him/her!


One can be super creative and out of the box if there are no limitations. Anything is possible!