Task 2 - Decision (Creative Thinking for Designers)

Task 2 - Decision

In this task, I have to analyze the idea in Task 1 and decide on the materials and how will it work and such.

In the end I chose to use Wood and Plastics as materials to create the artwork and with a little help of nails and other tools to make it workable.

I've separated the parts of the artwork and named them accordingly and will fix them up one by one instead of doing the whole thing from scratch. Like I said before the light source is an optional functionality that will or will not be installed depends on my skills with electronics, wiring and such.

The main functionality of the artwork is the board for drawing

This part is mostly influenced by the Light Box

Whereby artist, animators puts papers and draws upon, but instead of having the light underneath the light is outside and is movable.

The secondary functionality is the pencil case where the artist can put in the pencils, pens, brushes, or even charcoal. 

Pretty much similar to just a mug holding fork, knifes and spoons, the plastic bottles serves as the mug and the utensils are the fork and spoons.

The main idea of this artwork is that it doesn't required the artist to move from place to place between drawing utensils and the drawing paper.

In this artwork everything you need is there.

Optionally there is also a light source whereby the artist can use to create an additional light or give lighting when the artist feel is not enough

The idea of the light source is that this is a board where the artist draws characters, or sketches some ideas or props

Task 1 - Waste to Wealth (Creative Thinking for Designers)

Task 1 - Waste to Wealth

Create a permanent and workable art for your current allocated studio space

We were required to create a object/art piece/ artwork that can be used and shared by others. However that piece must be somehow related to my majoring subject which is Animation.

After sometime of thinking and planning I've created an idea for the task which is the combination of a drawing board and a canvas stand

The idea comes from watching the Disney animators clips where they show children how to draw some of the characters in the Disney world, they use a standing drawing board instead of a table and they have the papers hanging like how a canvas is on a stand.

With a little more of thinking, a light source is added to the stand as a secondary functionality for the object
(The light source is under discussion whether to add or not, due to my lack of electronic skills)

The artwork are influenced by a few objects like

A Canvas Stand

Light Box (for drawing)

Plastic Bottle Pencil Case

and finally,

Light Source

Task 2 - Optical Illusion (Basic Digital Skills)

Task 2 - Optical Illusion

Optical Illusion - an experience of seeming to see something that does not exist or that is other than it appears

We were required to analyze and do a little research on the works of Bridget Riley an optical illusionist. The use of lines and shapes to produce optical illusion. Using this as base concept we were required to using any vector tools to create and explore the options.

These are a few examples of optical illusion

Based on those examples I did a few sketch to try and experiment with lines, shapes, and space

Using lines to create a 3-D effect on type

Using lines to create a perspective view, making Cube out of lines

Using the space to create 2 picture in 1 image

Picture within a picture

The Final Design

In the end I chose the picture within a picture sketch and finalize the design

Using Photoshop I eliminated the white backgrounds and create a new JPEG image

Using Image Trace in Illustrator the image is turned into a vector based image

Final Design

This is the final design of the illusion, there is a picture within the pattern. The image is a Scorpion behind the patterns, 

With the alternating black and white pattern it makes it hard to see

Task 3 - What is a Curator? (Museum, Gallery & Heritage)

Task 3 - What is a Curator?

What are the difference between a curator in Museum and a Gallery?

Curator in a museum or a gallery shares the same responsibilities, most of their responsibilities are mainly collecting a specific collection of artifacts or artworks.

They do however deal with other stuffs like fundraising, public relations and even relation building between internal and external partners or shareholders.

Task 2 - Space and Visual Recording (Museum, Gallery & Heritage)

Task 2: Space and Visual Recording

Proforma for Photography / Visual Recording

Project Title: Documentary Gallery Space

Photography No:

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Date: 3^rd June 2014

Time: 11.00am

Key people / subject in the photo:

1)   Checking out the lights for the gallery

2)   The space inside the gallery

3)   The entrance of the gallery

4)      The main wall of the gallery

5)      The view from the outside into the gallery

Focus of the frame:

1)      The lighting power of the room (gallery)

2)      The space of the entire room, to allocate the space between artworks

3)      The entrance where audience or viewer will come from

4)      The wall where most of the artwork will be hanged up upon

5)      How will the gallery looked like from the outside (audience attraction)

The action/ event: Space Visit

Location: Gallery space inside the library

Why is the photo important/ significant?

1)      To ensure enough lighting is available for the audience or viewers

2)      This photo is important for allocation of artworks (enough space to fill)

3)      Entrance is important as this is the first thing they see when entering (keep audience interest)

4)      This is where the important or main artworks will be placed

5)      How the allocation of the gallery will attract more audience from the outside

Challenges faced:

1)      Height of the room (some artworks might be higher)

2)      The space between the artworks (the artworks might be closed placed)

Analysis of issue:

1)   The space can be used for a gallery space however only for a small scaled gallery

Color and Emotion:

1)   Bright and relaxing colours

2)   Clear colours

Additional comments:

Task 1 - The Sixth Sense (Basic Digital Skills)

Task 1 - The Sixth Sense

Basic Digital Skills

The Sixth Sense

Students are required to gather sounds of their environment, such as apartment, studio, and canteen. These sound should be listened to, and using digital tools images should be produced that describe the sound that you have recorded. Think about using lines and colours but avoid using recognizable shapes and images. Photo manipulation and illustration software would be good tools.

The sound that I have recorded in from the canteen of my college during lunch break. It contains many people conversing with each other and sounds or plates, tables and chair being pulled all around as I am at the center.

The artwork that I created from the sound clip I have gathered.

For the background, I used purple and orange colour as it was influenced by same colours used on the walls of the canteen in my college. As for the two sides of the abstract is mainly because of conversation, conversation cannot happen with only one party there must be at least two or more party to held a conversation the two sides are for that purpose.

The notes are the sounds from the clip, the noise from the multiple conversation from the people in the canteen. Different notes means different noise level as some are loud and some are softer than the others.

The random placing of the notes confers the random direction of the sounds as sound travels everywhere, the sound waves travels in every direction and the note random placing depicts that.