assignment 1 & in-class-activity - 2D paper cut

2D PAPER CUT ART WORK .

IN CLASS ACTIVITY 

HAIIII!  this is another paper cut art work post.  slightly different then the previous one .

this is all about  2D .

things required for this activity are : pen knife , cutting mat,  lots of papers (colored ones) , amazing and creative patterns and FUN! 

this is my in class work . 

 I used  pink and yellow combination. as those were the only 2 colour papers i had in class.   i decided to make cheese like a design for pink and  flowers for yellow.  yes yes ! i know yellow colour  is for the cheese . but hey , playing safe isnt what designers do!  and instead of using black side of the mounting board, i used the other side of it . To see how it would look like with a white background.

  

however ,  my learning outcome from this activity was , freely experiment .pasting should have been abit more in alignment.  

ASSIGNMENT 1 - 2D paper cut art 

so we had an assignment to do , after the class activity . *oh nooo! 

since its the lover's month , i chose the theme ''hearts'' .

we are required the same materials as mentioned above.

This picture shows a  symmetrical art , it basically means, balanced on both sides.  I used red color in order to complement it with black . Also that , the design used is a random design in order to get the shape of the heart. 

 

This picture shows asymmetrical art work which means not balanced, I used green as it is a complementary color of red as per the color wheel and also to complement it with the black background . the design for it is very simple, something like hearts flying  away from a box , showing motion. 

My learning outcome was , before pasting any of your work , play around with the materials to get the best piece of work, can be done by placing them in different places on the mounting board and taking pictures which later can be viewed and best can be chosen . 

sem2 - Assignment 1 - self portrait .

This is my self-portrait, yes i have one already but this is my second one basically new things about myself,  i decided to stick up things on a plain paper and show everything that i like to do and everything that represents me , i know we cant put everything that we do or what  we are . but here is a  few things i mention,  lets start with the paint brush , this directly represents art. Art  is what i see  around me ,  the musical notes show music , drawing of nailpolish pouring out  and the fashion  mannequin totally represents fashion which is considered to be my first love.  Bus tickets and map shows travelling , going around new places, meeting new people , i get excited about stuff and do things at random times and thats why i used tshirt with peg to represent it, here im actually showing how doing laundry can get me excited at times  :P .  so basically thats me . :) 

DESIGN lecture by Dr. Leong Yap

Dr . Leong Yap is a professor of the Design at the school of Art and Design , He was trained as the industrial designer at Wellington polytechnic , New Zealand . He was also a member of the New Zealand Growth and Innovation Framework (GIF) Design industry Taskforce to advice the New Zealand Government on design stratergy and policy in using design as a key driver for the national competitiveness and enabler to wealth creation and economy growth .

It was a very inspirational lecture by Dr.Leong Yap

as he said , 

Design should be '' DIFFERENT OR DIE ''

he said , lets think new, new creations and innovations by using the blue oceans stratergy .  

he stressed on designing something new that does not exist , and not modifying something that exists . 

for instance , apple product took over the globe, all other products are no more in demand.  why ? because its a new creation . 

when you design a product make sure it satisfies the customers. 

he also mentioned a few places that has their products globally recognised, 
for instance ,: Finland , the whole economy of that place is just based on one  product that is '' NOKIA''
which is known globally . 

he insisted on thinking new, creating something new so that we do not have much competition . and our products would be a hit . 

it was a very interesting lecture , he did inspire us with his work .  and i am hoping  i will get there someday . 

The Pangkor Trip

The pangkor trip that was held on the 28th of november ,I was really excited for it and i was really looking forward to it . We took a bus to the ferry . on reaching pangkor we were assigned with tasks and each group got busy working on it .

It was a memorable trip as we had alot of things that we did together, solving each task was crazy but fun at the same time , the first day we had to crack a code which was a bit difficult at the start but we finally figured it , the very same day we also rode bicycle around the island which was amazing . 

The next day , we went to several bays  before going to the island where we had our next task .

To highlight a bit about these bays , very interesting part about it was that each bay had stones that resembled some still life or animal . 

we first saw this stone that looked like an ''APPLE'' 

Then we saw a stone that looked like a '' TURTLE ''

We also saw a stone that resembled a ''CROCODILE''

I found this very interesting , this is real beauty of nature . 

The ocean was amazing as always here are some photos of it . 

we also went snorkeling and it was a great experience . 

After this , we went to the island called '' the monkey island '' where there were alot of monkeys , 

we had our tasks to do , we had to make shelter using available natural materials , which was actually a fun thing , we used tree branches and logs to make a big shelter which could accommodate 4 people and more , we then had to make a raft ,and we had to make sure it was sustainable , which is we had to make one person float on the raft , we used 3 pieces of logs and held them together to make a raft . after all these activities we headed back home . 

everyone was really tired but we still went for something that was the best  , THE BANANA BOATING. 

the best part was the sunset was amazing during this ride , and it was fun too . 

the next day we went to do our other tasks, we went to several chinese temples, where there were quite alot of interesting things , such as painted carves on the stone. 

there after we went to the Dutch fort , its a very interesting site.  

there after we headed back home and every one was preparing for the final presentation for the night . after the presentation we achieved the second position .  and we were all happy . 

we also did some night photography . 

This was all about the pangkor trip . it was one of the best we had , and the memories will always be treasured. 

GrEetinG caRDs

Series of Greeting Cards. 

materials used is a hand made sisal strings paper which is put together in different colors, card boards not so thick not so thin which is shiny and  off -  whitish color. 

As for the envelopes are hand made as well , picked each color accordingly and ribbons and cotton wool  for decorations  .  first i cut them into the shapes , then using super glue i stuck them on the card board. in order to give it a 3D effect i doubled each papers.  additional decorations for the sock , i used cotton wool giving it that xmas look and blue slim ribbon for the birthday boxes . As for the  texts the fonts i used normal hand writing in order to maintain the theme of hand made.  simple colored pens can be used for texts.  

                                             Materials used for making the shapes 

 Example  :  christmas sock .

                                                  Making of the  envelopes

FINISHED ENVELOPES .

placing the shapes on to get a good composition . 

GREETING CARDS WITH HAND MADE ENVELOPES 

assignment 7b - group work - color wheel.

COLOR WHEEL.
A color wheel is an organization of color hues around a circle , showing relationships between colors considered to be primary colors, secondary colors , complementary colors etc. the wheel also shows more and more mixtures between the colors, such as red- orange , yellow - green and so on . therefore a color wheel shows the relationship between colors accordingly.
                                                 

                                                          INITIAL IDEAS.

we finally came up with this idea of making a ape man like and a bubble but with a zig zag pattern . 

and also to show our colour transition from left to right in a up to down zig zag way. 

we used wood and we sprayed it white in color to let the colors stand out. to give it a rough  texture we used rice . we first glued the rice and then painted them accordingly.  and we mounted it with a black frame to give the rectangle shape. 

COLOR WHEEL IN THE MAKING  

FINAL PRODUCT 

..

 RICE PAINTED COLOR WHEEL . 

colour - assignment 7A

COLORS

                           



I chose the subject matter to be a face. and i also decided to do it manually as i wanted to see what it would look like  when using cool colors and warm colors .
from this activity i learnt the hue concept . also the different shades of colors.
however , being more particular on mounting the work including spacing would give it much better effect. note: when mounting anything using spray glue is much preferable results to neat work without leaving any unstuck part of the paper.