DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGING - Week 1

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30.3.2022 (Week 1)
Loh Qiao Yin / 0348923 
Digital Photography and Imaging / Bachelor of Design in Creative Media / Taylor's University
Week 1

LECTURES

Week 1:

  • General briefing about the importance of photoshop
  • Previous student work examples to show the outcome expectation
  • Tips on improving design skills                                                                                                                               

INSTRUCTIONS

  • Play Bezier Game from https://bezier.method.ac
  • List down 3 favourite graphic design composition work from Pinterest. Explain the reason for liking the designs.


BEZIER GAME
It was frustrating at first because I was not familiar with the tool. However, I got the hang of it afterwards, and I still hate using it HAH. My friends are quite competitive at this game as they kept trying to break their personal records by redoing again.

Fig 1 My score in the Bezier Game, 30 March 2022


PINTEREST BOARD

We are required to search for designs that have captured our attention. This is to allow Mr. Fauzi understands what are our respective preferred art style so he knows which direction to assist us in our own designs in the future.

Design #1
Fig 2.1 Design by Ubisoft Entertainment for Watch Dogs 2, 31 March 2022

I have always admired the modern cyberpunk aesthetics and game design for all Watch Dogs series which incorporates grungy and techy cyberspace elements. There are so many more amazing and captivating designs of graffiti, character art and posters with a dystopian theme and gritty feeling shown in the game's art book - The Art of Watch Dogs. In terms of design-wise in this poster, I think it is very difficult to achieve the level of complexity and chaos while making sure the composition is readable, which is why it is impressive to me.

Design #2
Fig 2.2 Design by Tomer Hanuka, 31 March 2022

I am also a sucker for film posters. The composition, perspective, everything -- can be so different from each other yet they hold their own interesting point. For this, I really like the horizontal lines to express a sense of dynamic as well as using a limited colour palette to strike a bold impression in the viewer's mind. The visual impact it gave me is more straightforward but effective.

Design #3
Fig 2.3 Design by Jamie Hewlett , 31 March 2022

I rarely pay attention to album cover designs but this definitely caught my attention because of the combination of similarity and variation. The arrangement of the side profiles, the structure of the composition, the character designs and colours that are different from each other yet they feel like they belong together under the same theme. I do enjoy looking at more simplistic and organised designs too when I hope to take a break from looking at more complex designs like the other two examples shown above.

FEEDBACK
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REFLECTION

The Bezier game allowed me to understand using the tool more in a fun (but torturing) game. I think it does a good job of introducing the tool to students like me who want to learn about something but is too lazy to search for a tutorial on Youtube. It also provided me with a chance to get to know other new friends when helping them out with certain levels. 

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