23.5.2022 - 30.5.2022 (Week 9- Week 10)
Loh Qiao Yin / 0348923
Design Principles / Bachelor of Design in Creative Media / Taylor's
University
Project 2-:
[Sense of Place]
LECTURES
The skill of being observant
- attention to details
-
being analytical
- utilise your senses (taste, hearing, sight,
touch, smell)
- be empathetic
Fig 1.1 A quote by Neil Gaiman, 22 May 2022
INSTRUCTIONS
- Observe your surroundings, people, vehicles, buildings, activities etc. Select visuals that are relevant to the place/ surrounding you find interesting to be translated into a design work that reflects your interpretation of a place. Remember to apply design principles in your work.
- Design process:
- idea exploration and
description
- final outcome in PDF and short
rationale
- feedback given by the
lecturer
- reflection on the particular
exercise
Composition styles and artistic choices on how I can convey the interpretation of the place I will choose into a design.
Fig 2.4 Artwork by Twig on Twitter, 30 May 2022
Fig 2.5 Artwork by Park Sunga on Flickr, 30 May 2022
IDEA EXPLORATION & DESCRIPTION
Fig 3.3 Rough sketch #2, 30 May 2022
iii) Line art Stage
Fig 3.5 Version 1 of digitalised line art, 7 June 2022
iv) Colouring stage
- Colour pencils
FINAL OUTCOME
VISUAL RESEARCH
Composition styles and artistic choices on how I can convey the interpretation of the place I will choose into a design.
Fig 2.1 Artwork by yamasakki2 @ yamasakki2.exblog.jp, 30
May 2022
Fig 2.2 Artwork by Minna Sundberg, 30 May 2022
Fig 2.3 Artwork by psofimi on Tumblr, 30 May 2022
Fig 2.2 Artwork by Minna Sundberg, 30 May 2022
Fig 2.4 Artwork by Twig on Twitter, 30 May 2022
Fig 2.5 Artwork by Park Sunga on Flickr, 30 May 2022
IDEA EXPLORATION & DESCRIPTION
i) Documentation of my observations
ii) Planning of artwork
I chose my comfort places -- home and the park that is less
than one minute away from my house. Ever since I moved to a
new area, the park nearby has always been a place for me to
spend some personal time and recharge myself.
Fig 3.1 Mindmap, 30 May 2022
ii) Planning of artwork
I went with home as my idea and sketched out a bit to
figure out what I hope to present. The food, the smell,
the sound of wok clanking and the knife chopping onions
etc.
Fig 3.2 Rough sketch# 1, 30 May 2022
However, I changed my mind and went with the park instead. I
roughly sketched out two orientations, landscape and portrait to
see which suits better. The reason I did not use a scanner to
scan the sketches is that my scanner creates a very harsh
outline in return for a non-shadowy image, I do not think it was
worth it.
Fig 3.3 Rough sketch #2, 30 May 2022
Fig 3.4 Rough sketch #3, 30 May 2022
Imported the sketch to do a digitalisation of the line art
because I want to have more freedom to explore during my
colouring and shading phase. I plan to print a few copies of the
line art so I can experiment with different mediums on it
without worrying about ruining the only one original copy. There
are 2 versions, one being the panels are in the foreground, the
other one being in the background.
Fig 3.5 Version 1 of digitalised line art, 7 June 2022
Fig 3.6 Version 2 of digitalised line art, 7 June 2022
Chose the first version, lowered the opacity to 30% and
coloured the outline. This allows me to blend more easily
compared to a greyish colour
Fig 3.7 Digitally colourised line art, 7 June 2022
After that, I printed one copy and
did colouring using the good ol' colour pencils. The style I went
for is to play with complementary colours (Green is opposite to
purple). I used monotonous colours for the background whereas
vibrant colours are used for the subjects in the panels.
Fig 3.8 Traditionally coloured, 7 June 2022
Then, I started to get overwhelmed by hesitation, so I
figured out it is time to transfer back to digital to work
on certain areas like the sky and some touch-ups.
Fig 3.9 Progress in digital, 7 June 2022
I made two versions for the panels, one is just a white blank
space, the other is filled with patterns to convey a fun,
light-hearted feeling I always get when I am at the park.
Fig 3.10 Another variation of coloured progress, 7 June 2022
- Ink brush pen
This is to fulfil my own wants of using my forgotten brush pens. Just to have some fun and see how it goes.
This is to fulfil my own wants of using my forgotten brush pens. Just to have some fun and see how it goes.
Fig 3.11 Ink coloured, 7 June 2022
v) Feedback development
Ms Jinchi suggested going with the ink coloured version but
introduce colours to certain focal points. However, when I
take a look at it, the combination of B&W with coloured
version in my artwork looks incomplete. Thus, I decided to
colour everything while still making sure that there is a big
difference between what is the focal point and what is
not.
Fig 3.12 Progress after feedback, 8 June 2022
Fig 3.13 Final work, 8 June 2022
FINAL OUTCOME
Sense of Place
I was 11-year-old when I moved to my current
neighbourhood area and since it was newly developed at
that time, I watched this neighbourhood park grew. It
grew from a lifeless, just grass and empty paths, to
full of park equipment, flowers and mini sustainable
farm built by the community. Despite enjoying my
personal time, I actually like listening to the
children's laughter and the sight of uncles and aunties
who come regularly for almost a decade. I am more into
people watching so I like keeping my distance with them
but I do enjoy their presence in the park. Oh, I almost
forget to mention about the sky and the clouds, they
make a beautiful live image, ever-changing.
Fig 4.0 Final submission for Project 2- Sense of Place , 8 June
2022
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Fig 4.1 Final submission of Project 2- Sense of Place in PDF,
8 June2022
FEEDBACK
Week 11
The coloured versions are a bit too light. The ink version is
better because it has more contrast. You can add in some colours for
variation such as infusing the background with sky blue, and certain
focal points with colours, e.g. the frog, some of the flowers and
the puppy.
REFLECTION
It was fun connecting the bridge between traditional and digital art
for this artwork. I was doing both back and forth depending on the
situation but my main focus was still on traditional since it still
gives the most rawness especially when I hope to convey a feeling I
have towards a place. That feeling did not convey much for my
previous self-portrait artwork as that was done completely on
digital, and I was kind of upset about it. Overall, I appreciated
this opportunity for me to realise how many years of attachment I
have towards this park, or more precisely, this space. Whenever I
get burned out from assignment this would be my go-to place to clear
my mind and pick myself up again. It is my safe space.
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