inspired
was watching the academy awards just now and somehow it inspired me to do something different for the next assignment. this upcoming assignment is about using pictures to communicate a story - solely using pictures and nothing else. yes i find it very challenging but i guess that is what this mid term break is for! time to get my brain juice flowing..
till then!
"A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art."
-Paul Cezanne
Final product (Abstraction)
Here is my take on a coffee machine. I have decided to use this object because it is something i can relate to. Initially i wanted to do an abstraction of an activity because it is much challenging. I had in mind to illustrate a fashion show or a Thai cultural show but it proved to be too hard for me so i decided to stick to something familiar.
During the e-week tutorial, many comments were received from my peers about how i could improve on my abstractions. I will take into account each comments and make my work much better! Thanks so much for the comments mates!
Improvements to go!
"Art is literacy of the heart"
-Elliot Eisner
Abstraction under construction
it is funny how your everyday routine can turn out to be a source of inspiration. well, at least for me for the next assignment. and through this assignment, i have learnt how symbols have been derived through the process of abstraction and how important details are. using stereotypes could also help make a symbol more understandable. also, the fact that different cultures attach different meanings to one symbol so we have to take into account that difference when we are making a symbol.
alright back to work..
stay tuned!
"Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything."
-Eugene Delacroix
Final Product (Me, Myself and I)
finally i have completed the final product! thanks to illustrator and photoshop i have succeeded to create a decent work for our first assignment.
this is my "love" prototype. the first 3 letter of my name (Rah) is made out of a cd-player, wires and headphones. the "M" is made out of 2 cd covers and the last 2 letters (an) are made out of a microphone with wires. the staff lines and musical notes in the background are created using photoshop.
this is my "hate" prototype. the first letter (R) is made up of a picture of me whilst the rest of the letters are made up of a tomato, a leek, a capsicum, an onion and a pea-pod respectively. my initial "R" was actually an illustration of another vegetable but i changed it to a picture of myself looking disgusted and pushing the plate so that it communicates my hate for vegetables.
feel free to comment on my works!
"Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in."
-Amy Lowell
comments from alfred:
he said that the "hate" drawing was represented well.
did not say much about the "love" prototype.
comments from peers:
none.
Final Draft
this is only the first assignment and im getting the jitters! i learnt that using illustrator requires a LOT of patience..and time! still doing up the final draft and trying to be meticulous..hoping to complete this through the weekend!
hanging on!
"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes."
-Scott Adams
Week #3
this week we are looking at the developments of our first assignment "Me, Myself and I". we are supposed to portray our likes and dislikes through illustrations incorporated into the letters of our names. here are some of the preparatory sketches that i've done to reflect my favourite and my peeve.
my like: music
i love music so it naturally came to me about what to draw. i decided to give different themes to each concepts that i drew.
my hate : vegetables
im not really a fan of vegetables so i decided to portray that in this section. i actually find it hard to use the same idea of having a theme for every concept so i just drew whatever that came to mind. and i realised that not only i hate vegetables, i hate drawing them too!
choosing two concepts i further developed the form of the illustrations. i have mashed up certain elements from all four concepts and came up with 2. and now i just have to decide which concept i would like to have for the final draft and complete our first task!
comments that i received from my peers about my 2nd draft of this assignment are to change certain parts of my drawings to make the letters clearer.
back to work!
" If you want to have clean ideas, change them as often as you change your shirts."
-Francis Picabia
