2D Design: September 2012

Movie Poster -ass3.photoshop

-Behind the scenes photoshop work.

*SHOUT OUT TO ZAIDANE FOR BEING AWESOME!*

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Movie Poster -ass.3.sneakpeek

Sneak Peak- When stereotypicals come togther...

Have your mind blown away..literally.

-Behind the scene footage of 'Ghoul Patrol'

Getting into Character.

First couple attempts.

My favourite shot of Marissa.hehe

Chillin

Movie Poster -ass.3

Our first group assignment for the semester where Stereotypes were born!

Kanchan, Marissa, Zaidane and Amal!

As we huddle up to plan our next up coming movie. Our brilliant ideas flow endlessly yet we finally managed to decide on a genre.....

Horror/comedy.

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We noticed that zombies have experienced a resurgence in popularity in the early 21st century, a 'return from the dead' you can say.

Here are some of the movie posters that we've looked into and were inspired by:

Expanding your square -ass.2.update.

Expanding the square some more..Unfortunately, I wasn't able to present my square in front of the class:/

Anyway, heres my progress..Trying my best to keep

the design balanced and somewhat simple.

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Expanding your Square -ass.2

This exercise helps develope an understanding of the division/contrast that is necessary to create Notan. A term my classmate, Jie Yan, mentioned during her presentation of 'The Expanded Square'.

So what is Notan?

It's a Japanese design concept involving the play and placement of light and dark next to each other in art and imagery. The use of negative and positive space transforms shapes and structures into flat shapes on a 2 dimensional surface. These are a few of my favourites :

After being inspired by these great pieces, I got straight to work!

My Expanded square.

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My design is based on Islamic architecture which is very geometrical, yet I added some organic elements to give it a feminine touch.

I must say this assignment was very time consuming and quite challenging as you need to get all the exact measurements so your design wont look distorted, especially since my design is symmetrical.

I chose a crescent moon as my dominate figure, an Islamic symbol, to match my whole theme. As well as hidden Arabic calligraphy on the sides of the square which reads 'god'.

Notice how the mirror effect on the bottom 2 shapes create 2 symmetrical flowers when you tilt your head either way.

I know I could've chosen a coloured paper for this exercise, but I just love the contrast portraying elements of yin and yang.

And voila!

-For a step-by-step on how to make your own expanded square, check out this very helpful link below :)

http://www.artclothstudios.com/userfiles/file/Expanded%20Square%20revised.pdf

Enjoy!

Self Portrait -ass.1

Fingerprints are an impression used for identifying individuals because each one of us has our own unique patterns of whirls and lines that no one else in the world possess. So, I thought what better way to paint a self portrait than by using my very own fingerprints for a one of a kind outcome;)

I am surreal with a little mixture of abstract. Some might call me psycho, although I prefer the term genius.

I tend to hide a lot of my emotions..so I split my face into two, portraying my Gemini traits. Feeling blue on one side, yet bright red and pink on the other.

I like to dream, having my head in space, thus I left both eyes closed with the blackness of space on my mind.

I used my favourite colours, 'cotton candy' colours, to paint an abstract flower just below my face. A flower that symbolizes femininity, purity, innocence.

Purposely, I left lots of white area around my portrait because I have yet to learn more about myself, therefore I'm incomplete.

.Your Stoner from heaven.

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Hello 2 dimensional world.

Super excited for this new semester, new subject, new lecturer, oh the joy!:)

We were required to research art movements for our first class so straight to the library I went where the books for the history of art were huuuge. Nonetheless, I grabbed the thickest one and found myself lost for hours in the ages of art.

I try my best to apprieciate all kinds of artworks, but I must say my first two loves have always been surrealism and abstract. Despite their emphasis on the subconscious, these two movements include works that were well-thought out and logically perform. Truly mind blowing.

The list of art movements just goes on and on, but here's a few I've looked into: