poster designing is the next coming up assignment.. and well.. the theme is SAVE.
the first thing that came to me.. save MONEY, save WATER, save the EARTH.. heehee..
hence.. i thought of global warming and becos of the temperamental weather that we've been experiencing these past weeks and months.. i guess.. a 'save the planet' poster could be a brilliant idea.. and thus..
pen-ed down several points that may have caused global warming.. deforestation.. pollutions of human works.. aftermath effects of melting icebergs.. endangerment of animals species.. rise in water levels and many more.. did up a little research and off i went to design it on photoshop..
i suppose when there's the involvement of a technical machine like the computer.. i became really lazy to actually draft out sketches.. i did bits of the images then compiled everything together.. flipping.. rotating and every other thing i could do to ensure that everything fits nicely into one.. that's probably the wonder of photoshop.. HAHA..
and it was till a later point in time that i realised.. I FORGOT TO LEAVE A BORDER AROUND! haha.. and no worries.. computer works wonders you see.. a few clicks.. and yes.. i achieved the border.. heehee..
the text was added in later and becos my drawings were never professional nor formal.. i decided to target my poster to KIDS.. cute drawings.. colourful image.. everything there is to attract a child more than anyone else.. (:
and therefore.. after long hours of working on it.. my final product..
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feedbacks from the class was pretty good.. afterall.. it was a poster for kids.. heehee.. there were suggestions of me changing the fonts at the bottom to a more watery feel.. so that it feels like.. they are formed by the water melted from the icebergs.. but.. well..
TOUGH.
it was seriously hard.. and i jus couldn't achieve the effect.. and thus.. left with no choice and a total time constraint that i faced with.. i decided..... forget it.. =x
but it was really a good idea.. and nice visual element.. but it jus couldn't be achieved.. *sigh.
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coming up with ideas was easy.. but having to add a twist to it was pretty hard..
i was munching on pineapple tarts one of those days.. and the thought of photographing down the process of making them struck me.. but where can the twist come about?
and.. my cousin can tell me to take a picture of the toilet bowl when it has just been flushed..
MY GOODNESS.. sounds so disgusting.. when everyone currently is drooling over pineapple tarts.. i have to make such a 'DOTS' ending.. hence.. i abandoned the idea..
and thus.. i made do with this.. *just a very simple rough sketch.
i think the storyline is a little 'LAME' and 'RETARDED'.. and pretty 'SADIST' even.. i suppose.. but i couldn't think of anything else better already..
yupyup. (:
photos will be taken and uploaded soon. ^^v.
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i suppose when you have a model for any assignment.. time management between the people has to be properly managed.. the first time was easy.. cos myself had lesser commitments then.. and my 'model' too was freer then..
but now that i've gotten comments and feedbacks.. and it's time for reshoot.. GOSH! tell me it's just so hard to arrange.. and finally nothing could be done.. becos both our timings just couldn't match..
hence.. i had to make do with whatever was done for the assignment due.. NO EDITING DONE. sobx..
besides.. cos i ain't any professional photographer.. the pictures were.. hmmm.. how do i describe them.. WEIRD? it isn't just as what i kinda expected them to be like.. it's easy to picture.. easy to imagine.. when it has to be done.. it's hard to obtain.. well......
here it goes.. tell the story.. (:
got it? ^^
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classroom exercise.
a picture that tells a story..
can you tell what the picture says?
a picture that tells a story..
can you tell what the picture says?
yeah.. time for the second assignment.. and while i thought it's gonna be a simple task.. since it could just be any representative image of an object.. the process of abstraction became harder as i proceeded on..
i took up the animal - KOALA.. since it was abandoned in my first assignment.. (:
was pretty enthusiastic about the topic.. and thus.. went searching around on the net to find out more about koalas and found a picture as reference..
some information about koala.
koala (phascolarctos cinereus: meaning - pouch, bear, ash-colored)
three subspecies in Australia with different variations in hair color among each.
started off drawing detailed features of the koala.. naming its ears and its nose.. sketching was easy.. to do it on the computer posed a harder task.. did a simple version of my sketch.. and TA-DA,
down the process of abstraction.. i removed the complicated details of its fur.. and used simpler strokes..
then i removed the body.. as the size of the bodies kinda determine the species of it.. thus..
finally.. i dunno what else i can actually remove.. and therefore.. the eyes and nose disappeared..
and becos we needed like 5 steps.. i was stucked! and probably the pretty ridiculous thing i did.. heehee..
but then.. thanks to all your suggestions.. my steps were a little modified and my symbol became.. *drum rolls*
and thus.. the FINAL PIECE..
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classroom exercise.
we were asked to think of an object and draw the iconic and indexic versions of it.. and we did on a WATCH..
iconic was easy.. a watch with little details.. but the hands remained..
indexic was harder.. but yes.. the straps of the watch would be a symbol of the watch..
and yupyup.. DONE.
