Design Principles / Final Compilation & Reflection
31.8.2022 - 30.11.2022 (Week 1- Week 14)
Loke Yan Ling / 0344602
Design Principles / Bachelor of Design in Creative Media
Final Compilation & Refection
Exercises:
Contrast
Figure 1 Jellyfish
Gestalt Theory (Principles of Figure/Ground)
Figure 2 Cow with Milk Bottle Theory
Movement
Figure 3 Hourglass
Emphasis
Figure 4 Ladybird eating leaves
Repetition
Figure 5 Wishes Lantern
Project 1: Self Portrait
Figure 6 Observe and Communication
Project 2: Sense of Place
Figure 7 My Childhood, Tokai
Final Project: Visual Analysis
Figure 8 Embrace Hope
Final reflection
1. What have I learnt in this module?
Good artwork is a combination of multiples design principles. I have learn and apply the principles into my design after the exercises and projects and understand process work is important to show what phase you are in now. Observation and research are important steps before start to illustrate any design. Last, I also learn how to visual analysis design step by step.
2. What did I enjoy the most?
I really enjoy the drawing process and keep improve the overall composition to make the artwork better. However, sometimes, I not even noticed the parts that need improvement. Thus, feedback and suggestion from others are necessary to me. The another things that I would enjoy are appreciate other people design and progress in tutorial session, it always makes me feel so glad and amazed. We all in a same phase lets me feel we are moving on together and all of us are individual unique so that will elaborate different ideas with different styles.
3. What did I not enjoy the most?
Express emotion and feelings through facial expression. I have the image in my brain that how to express the emotions, when it comes to the drawing part, everything is different. I love to digital draw by hands but I can't control well the thickness of every lines which need practices. Additionally, picking colors also the hardest part for me.
4. What have I learnt about myself through this module?
I turned out to be a nostalgic person and would remember the little details. I could design better if I know how to make all those details appears in the artwork. I also found out I have discovered my drawing styles which are more likely an abstract and cute? I'm not so sure how to describe but It is the styles is shows consistently in my artwork except drawing people because I'm still discovering on how to draw a person.
• What has changed and what has not in my learning journey?
Before this module, I would definitely just stay on line and do works without critical thinking skills. For now, I would like to challenge myself, first draw better every next time. So, I have to practice drawing basic skills with the online resources such as YouTube and Pinterest and even participate some drawing classes. The next thing would be understanding the history of arts because I found out I didn't have any basic knowledge about designing and a good way to start is to study the history of it first. The thing that haven't change is I am still moving on to learn different skills to make improvement on my design or artwork such as lights and shadows, learn application of texture brings difference.
• What could be improved in this module?
Visual analysis and apply the design principles well in design. In the final project. I realized that I didn't visual analysis any artwork before. I just appreciate how good the artwork was, but can't describe how good the artwork in detail. Only visual analysis on more and more designs, then you can observe how good artist play arounds with the elements and improve your own artwork. There still a space for improvement to apply the principles and learn to use visual elements into design with practices.
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