Assignment 4- Face Cutouts! :)

For the color, I get my inspiration from one of my Facebook friend, she took a picture with many clowns and that where I get my inspiration. However, I still pick the color that I like because I don't wish to copy the object that has been made by others. Besides, clown needs to be very colorful and funky so just added lots of color will do. Here's the picture of it. :)

Credits: the owner, one of my FB friend.

We need to build a mock-up of the face cutouts structure before we build the real size one. We had spent about 3 hours to build this little thing and we thought it looks pretty good even if it was in small size. I had drawn this little clown for the mock-up. Since it called clown, I mixed several colors on it so that it would give a cheerful look. Besides, it can either hold the balloons, colorful umbrella or juggler ball. (It's so hard to choose)  :)

My Sketch :)

I changed the clown a little because it will be too tall if my clown standing on the ball. So when I draw it on the mock-up, it looks like this,

Mock-up shorty clown? :)

And when all combined together, our mock-up looks perfect! :D

Full view mock-up :)

Can't wait to see it in life size, 6 feet tall! BRING IT ON! Teehee :)

No More Ticket Booth!?

Unfortunately, our previous object, ticket booth which will be built for the Carnival day was sadly put aside because Ms. Lisa and the class decided to make them more functional rather than just a decorative structures. Then we changed to face cutouts after long consideration.

The plan is using lots of huge cardboard and different pieces of board combined together like a hamburger and draw the carnival characters like clowns, magicians, and others on the mahjong papers. Then cut out their faces so it allows people to place their heads there and take pictures. Well, I think this are more functional compared to ticket booth but I do think ticket booth is the ART and a design student should build out. Lastly, no more cookie for everyone. :(

Edited by me :P

By the way, here's the last thing we should remember for our ticket booth...

                   TEEHEE :)

credits by me.

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Assignment 4- Color Theory!!

So basically after we had learn and understand about color terms, we need to apply the color theory into our practice. As usual, my pretty lecturer, Ms Lisa asked us to build a sculptures that apply with the color theory. We thought of many themes like food, desserts, carnival, body parts, mechanisms, and even pokemon! :D

But in the end, we had narrowed it down to two and that is Carnival theme or Desserts theme. (No pokemon :'( sob*)

Banana Splits and Doodle Train :)

Actually there's one more which is marshmallow but i forgot to draw it out. Teehee~ :)

At last, we chose Carnival over Desserts, even though I felt wanna do BOTH! However, when Ms. Lisa asked us to vote for which theme we will go for it, the situation when voting for Carnival theme was like...

sources: http://solidgroundblog.wordpress.com/author/marcybowers/

THIS!!!!

So obviously Desserts theme doesn't stand any chances at all. After this, we are going to build out and make it BIG, LARGE and AWESOME! The class has divided into 6 groups with 5 or 6 members each and we will start this project. Basically our group will be doing the ticket booth, without selling tickets but maybe would handling out cookies.It will be about 6 feet tall for the ticket booth because we wanted people to go inside that booth and just to make it an interactive exhibition.

Things are getting really interesting since we'll gonna build a HUGE objects. There's one group had to make a Ferris Wheel which is about 10 feet tall. Hmm.. I wonder if they're able to make it or not since it was a huge object but design student never easily giving up! :)

Right now, we will need to think about the materials to construct it and also the entire structure of the ticket booth. :)

Life is Full of Colors!! :)

Definitions

Hue
- Hue is another word for color. 
- Typically described the name of the color
- Example: red, blue, yellow, green, orange
- It is the colors which is out of the light spectrum.
- Without adding tint or shade on it.

Hue = Color :)

Value

- Value is important in art because we see object and identify the object by how dark or light of the object. 

- Value is the element of art that associated with darkness or the lightness of the color.

- Value also included shadows, darkness, contrast and light.

Value from light to dark

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Example of the values

Credits to: Ansel Adams, The Tetons and the Snake Rivers(1942)

sources: http://blog.teamtreehouse.com

Credits to: http://dazzle-textures.deviantart.com

sources: http://thevirtualinstructor.com.html

Saturation

- To purify or intensity of the color from bright to dull chromatic purity.

- Bright means full saturation, dull means low saturation.

- The vivid color means high saturated color and the dull color means low saturation color

- The higher the saturation of a color, the more pure the color will be.

There are 2 types of saturation:

• Saturated colors: Intense or high- intensity. The color is sharp and usually straight out of the paint tube.
• Unsaturated colors: Low-intensity and the color is smoky and muddy.

sources: http://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com

Secondary Colors

- Secondary color is the color which created by mixing 2 primary colors together. 

- The secondary colors are green, orange and violet. 

Red (Primary) + Blue (Primary) = Violet (Secondary)

Yellow (Primary) + Blue (Primary) = Green (Secondary)

Red (Primary) + Yellow (Primary) = Orange (Secondary)

Primary and Secondary Colors

Tertiary Colors

- Created when a primary color mixed with a secondary color.

- The tertiary colors are red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow green, blue-green, blue-purple and red-purple

Red + Orange = Red-Orange

Yellow + Orange = Yellow-Orange

Yellow + Green = Yellow-Green

Blue + Green = Blue-Green

Blue + Purple = Blue-Purple

Red + Purple = Red-Purple

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Analogous color
- A group of colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.
- Examples: yellow, yellow-orange, orange

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Tint

- Color which has been added white color to the hue color to make it lighter.

- Example: Pink color is the tint of red color, light blue is the tint of blue color.

Shade

- Color which has been added black color to the hue color to make it 

- Example: Maroon is the shade of red color, Navy is the shade of blue color.

Tone

- Mix the white and black color to form grey.

- Color which has been added grey.

- More complex and sophisticated

Examples for Tint, Shade and Tones

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Monochrome color

-Only one color of different values in a paint or pictures.

sources: http://top1walls.com

Colors have temperature too!! They can be known as cold and warm depending on the colors. :)

Color Temperature

Warm colors

Colors that are vivid, energetic, heat, warmth and the relative of visual temperature that makes them seem warm

Examples: Red, orange, yellow

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Warm color in Art

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Warm color in Interior Design

Cold colors

Colors that give impression of calm, soothing, cold and relaxing to viewers.

Examples: Blue, green, violet

 sources: www.logicult.com

credits: Iris Scott

Cold Color in Art

sources: http://www.decor-photos.com

Cold color in Interior Design

Color Representation

1. Royalty and Regality

Purple color- Because purple elite status stem from the rarity and cost of the dye originally used to produce it. During the Ancient Roman Times, purple fabric used to be so outrageously expensive that only King, Queen and other rulers could afford it. Besides, Queen Elizabeth forbid anyone to wear it except close members of the Royal Family. So the color reflected  as the regal status

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2. Freshness

Green color- Because green is the nature's color and nature gives us freshness and harmony. By seeing the green color, you can also feel relaxation and it's good for your eyes too! :)

sources: http://www.hdwallpapersinn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Green-Nature-with-sunrise-wallpaper.jpeg

sources: http://wallpaperpassion.com/upload/11080/green-nature-image.jpg

3. Passion

Red color- Because red associated with energy, war, power, strength,  passion and desire. Red color is also a very emotionally intense color.

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Assignment 3- Paper Cutouts Final Results :D

When I was cutting these, I was nearly faint due to the thick of the black paper that I bought are quite hard to cut and it had caused my blade blunt and my hand were twisted. However, I had to complete two of my paper cutouts with the theme 'Garden' with my twisted hand and I did it!! :D 

Fig 1- 1st paper cutout: Asymmetrical Cutout

This is the garden which I had added a classic or a vintage garden bench and two cats. To make it more mature, I drew the cats tail joined together and make it a love shape. I also try to design the branches and leaves to be more classic and details just to challenge myself. By the way, there's a squirrel on the tree. Spot it! :) 

Fig 2- 2nd paper cutout: Symmetrical Cutout

This is the symmetrical cutout which I basically added the cats.. AGAIN!? Besides, I decided to put the white color fences at the back to make it look more like gardens style and I added the swing which tied on the branches. I followed my pretty lecturer'suggestion and that is put the background color as baby blue or peach color. So I chose baby blue as the background color and it looks perfectly matched thanks to Ms.Lisa. Moreover, I feel that is not enough design on it so I added a speech bubble with a quiver music note inside of it and put it on top of the cat. I chose red color for music note just to make a little stand out for my design and to be honest, I got this idea the day before presentation. :)

On the presentation, most of my friends really done a fantastic job for the paper cutouts and compared to their works, I feel like mine was a little simple so I was't really happy for my work. I think I could done better than this. 

My pretty lecturer, Ms.Lisa reviewed my paper cutouts and she said she preferred my figure 2 cutout because it's cute. For the figure 1, she said that is very nice yet the cutting skill at the bench was poor because the cutting wasn't clean and clear due to my blunted blade. 

However, through out this assignment, I know how to use and control the blade more efficiently now. Maybe I should try using knife and do fruits cutout or vegetables cutout since I'm a little good to handling blade, I might able to control knife as well. 

How I cut my Symmetrical paper cutout:

1. Draw half of your design on the black color paper

2. Cut out your design

3. Draw the outline of your design at the butter paper

4. Flip your butter paper's back to the front. It will end up become your design is below

5. Using pencils and shade the back of your design which is at the butter paper

6. Put the shaded butter paper onto the back of your black color paper

7. Follow the outline and trace it at the back of the black color paper

8. Then cut out both side of black color paper and you'll get a symmetrical design :)

I used different method to do this because I don't wish to fold my paper into half and leave a deep line on my products. :)

Lessons of the Assignment!!

I learnt how to be more Patient with my assignment. Honestly, I accidentally cut off many of my tree leaves for the figure 1, Asymmetrical cutout. Basically, you can see that my tree was a bit bold. Teehee :) 

Next is Time Management. Never ever do your assignment at last minute because it'll just make your paper cutout looks horrible and incomplete. Time management really are important. I need to calculate how long I need to take to complete one product. If you didn't analyze or manage your time well, it really drives you crazy in the end and you'll go simply cut it. 

Determination is also the key in this assignment. During sketching, I just draw what I want in the sketchbook without determine it. I did not realize and didn't ask myself, " How am I suppose to handle the branches and leaves?". In the end, I had wasted my precious time thinking on it.  sob* :'(

Well, after completed my final products, I only feel like half satisfying because I think I can go further than this. 

No Pain No Gain.

JUST FOR FUN :) 

 I used my products and added some pictures effect just for fun. By looking at this, makes me wanna try sketch or paint out my products.  Teehee :)

Assignment 3 has begun!!- Paper Cutouts

THIS IS SPARTA!! Oopss.. I should write it, THIS IS AWESOME! :)

This is just the beginning for the Principles Of Design. After we had presented our assignment 2 last week, the assignment 3 arrived. This assignment is about the Paper cutouts. Ms Lisa showed us some of the design done by our seniors and it was freaking awesome!! Then, Ms Lisa has gave us a talk about the Principle of Design and we should always remember and take note of the Unity and Variety, Balance, Scale and Proportion, Rhythm and Repetition in our designs.

Actually, the paper cutouts are quite similar to the steam punk art movement. Ms Lisa asked us about the Themes and Concept and we have to do a mind map to create a themes for our paper cutout designs. Urghh~ To be honest, I'm suck on doing a mind map.

Then, we have to do an assignment where basically have to choose one of the theme which you preferred the most and make it on the paper cutouts. :)

ASSIGNMENT 3- NOTES

1. Create 2 different artwork(A4) using paper cutout and collage techniques
2. It can be in any color you wish
3. 1 artwork should represent Balance and Symmetry.
4. 1 artwork should represent Dominance, Space and Weight.
5. Dateline: 8th October 

I chose Gardens as my theme for the paper cutouts because I like the style of the British gardens. I don't know why but it always gives me some unique feels on it. And of course, I do like the garden styles of other countries too. Anyway, I think it will look awesome if it can turn out to be successful cutouts. :)

So, here's what I done on the day. I did 5 sketches based on my theme, Gardens. By the way, please forgive me for my awful sketches.

Sketch #1,  Sketch #2

Sketch #3,  Sketch #4

Sketch #5

Ms Lisa chose sketch 5 as my asymmetrical and for the symmetrical, I need to work more on it. So, I decided to use sketch 1 or sketch 4 as my symmetrical cutouts and add more details on it to make it look more mature and not childish anymore.

Ms.Lisa also told us that after this assignment, we will feel comfortable with handling with blades. Oh yeahh~ teehee :)

Assignment 2- Video Presentation! :)

A Date With The Pooh's Family

Today we had presented our movie. I'm so happy that Ms. Lisa enjoyed my movie and this is all thanks to her too. :) Through this process, I had learned more about the Rules of Third and also the concept of the composition. Besides that, I also learned on how to use the movie maker software and this is so enjoying. Teehee :)