What's Your Square? ( Final Presentation)

Finally, after almost one month..today is our presentation day! :)

Presentation was suppose to start at 2pm.. but Ms Lisa decided to give us an extra 90 minutes to do some preparation.. . However, we eventually the presentation at 4pm because Ms Lisa had something else to settle before that. I was the 3rd to present my artwork..and I think it went pretty well..thank god for that :)

Some pictures taken during the presentation

 

Managed to spot my artwork??? hahaha....anyways..here is what you all have been waiting for..

PRESENTING TO YOU..MY WONDERFUL AND FABULOUS LOOKING ARTWORK!

Asymmetrical cutout

 Symmetrical cutout

Some of my coursemates artwork

There's a lot more of artworks to be shown...but then again..XP..I'm too lazy to post them all up...tehehehe.

anyways..from this assignment..I have learned a lot of things..For example, PATIENCE!!.. It was definitely not nice knowing that your sketches are being REJECTED by your lecturer..honestly..I was really impatient cause I had to do TONS AND TONS of sketches which were constantly being REJECTED..but nevertheless..I still stayed patience enough and managed to get my sketch APPROVED by Ms Lisa.. Besides that, cutting the design out was really another CHALLENGING task..It really required me a lot of patience..as the paper easily tears apart all the time...I then decided to buy a slightly thicker piece of paper which made it a little easier to cut :) *smart decision*...hmmm..TIME MANAGMENT was also a big issue during this assignment...as I only got my sketch approved 4 days before the presentation day..It was rather a rush to finish up my assignment..I tried my hardest to finish it on time..and indeed..I MADE IT!! *HOORAY*..and last but not least..I have also learned about composition and how to use a pen knife in a proper way..tehehe..thank God for no cuts on my finger/hand during this assignment :P.. Anyways, our artwork ( FID Sem1 & Sem2 ) students will be displayed at the Coda Gallery,Taylor's University Lakeside Campus for a whole week starting from 11th of November :)..Do come and drop by at the gallery to take a look at some of our wonderful display of artworks ^_^...Sayonara peeps! :D

What's Your Square (Progress)

Here are some of the sketches I did back at home for the paper cutout assignment :)

Tutorial -24 October 2013

However,Ms Lisa only approved one of the sketches I have drawn..which is the in the 4th picture ( bottom right ) ..She asked me to cut it out and try experimenting with it..and this was the outcome XD

Ms Lisa said it was nice and even mentioned to me that It looked like a mask..LOLS..I do agree with what she said..It somehow looks like a tribal mask or something XP.

Tutorial/Practical - 28 October 2013

 So, for this week's tutorial/practical class..I've decided to try out something different.. I added some details and changed the pattern according to the previous sketch I did :).

-The outcome after cutting/pasting-

 After getting approval from Ms Lisa. I then started to do my final paper cutout design at home :)

Asymmetrical design 

(Before cutting)

(After cutting / before pasting )

Symmetrical design

(Before cutting)

 (After cutting / before pasting )

Where's the final outcome you ask?? XP...well...stay tuned for my next post to find out then..MUAHAHAHA

Ideation Sketches #3

Here are some of my ideas that I've come up for our Noir Film

                         

 So, after having our tutorial session with Mr Charles,We decided to change the whole concept of our "Cult". We changed our mind and decided to go with a "Teddy Bear" cult instead. Why a teddy bear you ask? Well, the appearance of a teddy bear seems friendly and nice but it actually has a mean intention. It was created to destroy the young generation because they are the ones building up the country.Our main objective is to recruit members to join in the "Teddy Bear" cult.

Who made the first toy bear called teddy bear?

Well there are several stories, below is the most popular one:

Morris Michtom made the first official toy bear called the teddy bear. Michtom owned a small novelty and candy store in Brooklyn, New York. His wife Rose was making toy bears for sale in their store. Michtom sent Roosevelt a bear and asked permission to use the teddy bear name. Roosevelt said yes. Michtom and a company called Butler Brothers, began to mass-produce the teddy bear. Within a year Michtom started his own company called the Ideal Novelty and Toy Company.However, the truth is that no one is sure who made the first teddy bear,

 

Reference : http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/Teddy_Bear.htm

Design References

Here are some design references I've done for the Noir Film we're going to create

A homeless girl sleeping at a park bench...

  A homeless girl wondering around the street hoping to find a miracle in life

  Reference

http://blogrestandplay.com/2011/08/08/the-a-team-ed-sheeran-white-lips-pale-face-breathing-in-snowflakes/

Ideation Sketches #2

This was a brief storyboard that we've created for our Noir Film.It's basically talking about a homeless girl who is left alone in the streets. The only thing she has left is her teddy bear which has been with her since young. She goes around the streets begging for money and longing for miracle to happen one day. Her bear got snatched away by someone and ever since then..she started losing hope in life. She wonders around the street everyday desperate to seek for a better life. An incident happens to her one day where she almost wanted to take her life by suicide.In the end, she decided to not give up hope in life and continued living.One day, she stumbles upon a poster at the street sides.It's about an organization which can help the homeless people. She was so happy that she finally found the way out of her "homeless" life. Upon arrival at the organization, she was greeted with warm smiles.Many homeless people can be seen queuing up to claim free help from the organization. What made her extremely shocked was that they handed her back the teddy bear to her. It was then, she said to herself, "Many things in life don't come the easy way.But with a little bit of "Hope", we are bound to have happiness in life". After joining the organization, she became much happier then she ever was before :).

Inspiration

This was a music video that we've got inspired from for our Noir Film

The music video is about a homeless girl which is related to our Cult..

Not only that. I've also noticed that it's somewhat like a "Noir" style video

                               

Meaning behind the video                                                                                                 

The song is about a prostitute who gets beaten up, and takes drugs and ends up passing away.
but those lines:
The worst things in life come free to us
- the violence shes getting is free, and its sort of ironic because she gets paid for because shes a prostitute.
And we're just under the upper hand
- also a symbol for violence and neglect, and the fact she is overpowered by her pimp.
Go mad for a couple grams
- this is about the drugs, and the fact she doesn't have much of a meaning to her life so she will go mad if she gets a few grams of drugs because they'll make her feel better.

Ideation Sketches

This is what my group members and I have discussed for our "Noir" Film cult.

My group members consist of me,Kim and David

So basically, this is a simple visual mind map that we've created

p/s : Sorry for the low quality picture..

Anyways, we've decided to have our Cult as "Believe in Yourself" or in other words " Hope".

Basically, every success or achievement starts by an individual having hope and believing in themselves.

I personally believe that any goals in our life can be achieved if we just "Believe". During our group discussion, we've decided to list down our aim/goal of this cult and also the Manifesto involved in this.

 AIM/GOAL

-Stop poverty

-End the big gap between the rich and the poor

-Create awareness

-Improve living standard

 MANIFESTO

-Seeing is believing

-There's enough for everyone

- You can make money without doing evil

-You can be serious without soup

 -Great isn't good enough

 -2 pieces of 50cents is better than 20 pieces of 5cents

- Just a brief idea for our storyline-