Thursday, March 20, 2008

Final Product (LOVE Greeting Cards)

for this week we are taught about the colour palette, the various colour schemes and the concept of colour contrast and colour harmony. We are also exposed to the psychology of colours and how each colour has its own meaning. with that in mind we are supposed to create a greeting card with a love theme, playing around with the concepts that we taught.

i have different layouts using the differing concepts but i have decided to narrow down to two layouts.

first card
i have decided to use the warm colours for this first card.

second card



comments from peers : most preferred the first card because of the placement and simplicity of the card. they commented that the background colour of the first card should be changed as it looks like a cheap paper. however most commented that the second card is a bit weird for a love card as blue was used. some mentioned that they like the design and playing with elements but added that it would be better to use the warm colours. also i received the suggestion of not using the orange highlights around the wordings.



***IMPROVED VERSION***

i have decided to do the first card and work on it. i have changed the background with a pink gradient. i have also changed the colour and the font of the word "LOVE".


yup that's my take on this assignment.
pls comment!


"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it"
-Frank Zappa

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Final Product (Poster Design)


this week we learnt about visual principles, namely about visual elements and interaction. it is a large concept that covers about unity and contrast, visual harmony.We also learnt about controlling the attention of our viewer through proper placement of our elements.

with that in mind, this assignment is about designing a poster that surrounds around the theme of save, prevent or kill. i have pondered about doing themes on global warming or health issues but i have decided to do the theme of child abuse after i watched this documentary about domestic abuse. as i was doing research for this issue, im appalled by the fact that such acts still exist in Singapore. so here's my take on this assignment.



i decided to do something different with the orientation of the layout rather than the conventional linear orientation. the red streaks around the abusive father silhouette represent the blood and aggression of abuse. the lego bricks are used to construct the barrier as the theme is about children. the butterflies around the little girl silhouette represent a sense of happiness and freedom.

comments from peers: they like the way i used a different orientation. some mentioned about taking away the red streaks of the abusive man as it is quite distracting. i also received comments about making the enclosed space more obvious to show the difference in space. a friend added to improve on the alignment of the text. another mentioned about using red butterflies for the girl so that it would show a sense of freedom and happiness.
comments from tutor : he said that it is a modern take on this issue. he added that i could possibly add a child inside the enclosure with the abusive man to emphasise the point of child abuse.


*** IMPROVED VERSION***

i have decided to make the enclosure more obvious to show the curbing of the abuse and at the same time the freedom the child gets. i have also changed the colour of the butterfly and added flowers to show a more vibrant mood.


what dya think of my work?
comments most welcomed!

"A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world."
-Edmond de Goncourt



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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Final Product (U C what I C)

this week we learnt about the concept of perception and the rule of thirds, relating to the golden mean and the Fibonacci numbers. using these concepts, we are assigned to do a photostory using no more than 10 pictures with no words. the catch is that we must have a twist.

i have searched online for possible stories with twists. some are about judging things on the surface which turn out not to be what it seemed so i decided to use that concept for my story.

here's my take on this assignment. inspired by independent films and my morbid life. haha! hope these pictures narrate the story im trying to bring across. look out for the twist!







i hope you enjoyed that. for this assignment, we are required to do a twist in our stories. as for those who didn't get it, my twist is that the girl is actually in a relationship with the other girl. story goes like this :
1. Girl A saw her "boyfriend" with another girl.
2. Girl A confronted the "boyfriend".
3. Girl A was pushed to the floor.
4. Girl A quarreled with "boyfriend" over phone.
5. Girl A cried badly.
6. Girl A decided to jump down.
7. Girl A died with a picture in her hands.
8. (Twist!) All along she was having problems with the girl, not the guy.

the pictures are made to be dark to depict the dark story of how love can lead into a tragic ending.

comments by tutorial peers: most did not get the twist, due to the last frame being not that clear that the two girls are lesbians. i think the girls can be more intimate in the photograph. and put the focus more on the photograph.
comments by alfred : he said that the story is quite weak. that the novelty of the story is not there although my pics do tell a story.


***IMPROVED VERSION***

taking into account the comments from my classmates and tutor, i have improved on the last two pictures.

i have added pool of blood as suggested by my peers to show the dramatics of the dead person. also i added a photo in her hands to link to the last frame.


for the last frame, i have changed the picture of the lesbian couple into a more obvious one that depicts their relationship as comments came in that it wasn't obvious. i have thus used a kissing lesbian couple picture.


"Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications,
offer an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution."
-Ansel Adams



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