[Assignment 02: Refugees] Progress & Final

In the attempt to complete this assignment, I actually had to go through the decision-making process of: whether or not, to use the method of mixed digital methods (of vectorized elements and digital painting) or to fully complete the illustration as a digital painting. I firstly settled down for a mixed digital illustration. Here's how I went through it! 

So first thing's first, I had to go through Mr. Hafiz's one-on-one (more like a short one-on-one) tutorial, in which he had preferred my exposition illustration as my main illustration. I led myself to search for Kip Tial's image. The image shown below is what I was provided with at chasingthewinds: 

Later on, I decided to make a brief research on how myanmar refugees (mainly in the area of Chin State). Seeing how simple their clothing is (girls, mainly dressed in simple clothing or with patterned - with festivities being the main reason to wear them) I decided to design Kip Tial as the one below:

Which led me to the digital version of the sketch (inclusive of her aunty, which I'd done spontaneously): 

I then worked on Kip Tial's cousins:

The final product I'd come up with is as shown below: 

BUUUUUUT Mr. Hafiz didn't fancy this. He insisted that I go with my original sketch, either scan it and retrace it or redraw it. This is due to the fact that (I have to agree to this, really) the above illustration seems a tad bit.. big. Too much space, the vectorized clouds didn't match, there were too many colours, the stoned pathway didn't make the cut either. Welp, back to the drawing board it was, for me. 

I suppose the result is acceptable: 

[WEEK 09: Digital Drawing] Colouring & Brush

Mr. Hafiz randomly drew a worm as an example of how to draw using the tablet, and colouring it in later on. I tested the waters of colouring using the basic (preset) brush: 

Mr. Hafiz also taught us how to make our own brush! Firstly, make a new layer on a new file and draw something in: 

 Then, head over to Edit > Define Brush Preset: 

 Have the brush named (Excuse the weird name I decided to give it): 

 And tada! A new self-made brush! (Pats own shouler)

[WEEK 09: Digital Drawing] Pear

Hello! This week we worked on digital drawing, in which Mr. Hafiz taught us how to use and draw the pear in Photoshop.

Mine turned out this way! 

[WEEK 08: Exercise] Vormator & Clipping Mask

Hey Hi Hello there!

This week, Mr. Hafiz introduced us to something that's rather exciting to us design students: The Vormator! Now what's this 'vormator' thang that we speak of? Well, it's a creativity challenge in which a set of elements (consisting of 8 vector shapes) are used altogether, creating an absolutely new and foreign image. The goal, obviously, is to prove how a foreign, magnificent and intricate design can be created within these limited shapes.

The above shapes are referred to as the Elements of Vormator. By tracing over these shapes and copy-pasting them into layers of shapes/colours that differ, a new image/graphic could be simply created! Take this image down here that I'd actually come up with by using the Vormator.

Of course though, this doesn't really count as a graphic that has been made by 100% vormator, since I'd used the circle shape as a background. Ah! Speaking of this circle shape, Mr. Hafiz taught us how to use the clipping mask (which I had applied onto the circle and the monster's ribbon). Basically it goes in this manner:

^ Firstly, place the texture/pattern that you'd like to clip onto the shape done, and make sure the shape is placed in front of the texture. Make it into a compound path.

^ Later on, click both the texture and the shape before heading on to make a clipping mask out of the two. Voila! A vectorized shape with texture applied onto it! All thanks to the clipping mask!

Anywho, I'll prolly try to experiment with the Vormator more often and update this particular blog post with any in which I would be creating in the future. Till then, toodles!

[Assignment 02: Refugees] Beatboards

[Assignment 02: Refugees] Brief & Character Research

[WEEK 02: Hide & Reveal] Product

[WEEK 02: Hide & Reveal] Cut-out Session

[ASSIGNMENT 01: Illustration & Visual Narrative] Presentation

Presentation at last! On such a short notice, Mr. Hafiz informed us about the presentation of our IVN assignment we'd be having a day after, therefore we were all in a rush to complete our works. It's a different sort of presentation, I'd have to say - the one that we were introduced to this time, that is; Mr. Hafiz chose six of us in groups to come out and paste our artworks onto the whiteboard, and lined six chairs in front of each artwork, having owners of each to sit in front of their own work. Later on, the person next to us were to give out their comments and interpretation of our artworks. A really new approach for us newbs, really. 

We were later on asked to comment on Mr. Hafiz's collection of everyone's photos with their artworks, with the title of our works, and the comments of those who'd sat beside us: 

Glad to know that the whole presentation (for each and everyone of us) was a complete success! 

[ASSIGNMENT 01: Illustration & Visual Narrative] Digital Processing

[ASSIGNMENT 01: Illustration & Visual Narrative] Progressive Sketches

[ASSIGNMENT 01: Illustration & Visual Narrative] Ideas

Hello! Our first assignment finally swooped in, pressuring each and every one of us to get our heads in the game! Anywho, Mr. Hafiz had given us the assignment on the very first day of class itself, actually, but we were only briefed about it on Week 04. The brief is as shown below: 

Most of all basically had difficulties trying to storm ideas out, but I guess it turned out so-so in the end. Here are the initial sketches I'd shown to Mr. Hafiz:

More sketches to be posted later on!