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A bit too early to be in holiday mood now... 11 days left til Winter Holidays!

Brochure: How To Create the "Music" Typographic Portrait

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Kinda wish we had more time to do this... 

Typographical Portraits

CD Cover - "My Love"

Created this cover for this music project for someone online over the summer. The song was called "My Love" and it was going to be a single with 3 versions of the song - the original song, a piano version, and an instrumental. I made the front and back covers for the potential Maxi single.

History of Graphic Design

CMYK (Post 2)

Font-themed piece with CMYK

reverie ~ (Part 2)

Here's an extra one that was made for the concert. The overriding theme in this poster is "silhouettes", but it is considered to be part of the set of posters I made earlier (see previous post). 

reverie ~

My poster submissions for the charity concert at my school, titled "Reverie". Special thanks to Liam Brown and Kevin Schreiber, who took these amazing photos and the musicians for helping me out with the photo shoot!

Banners for a Website (1)

Just recently made banners for a fan site for a music artist (Utada Hikaru). The user has used the first one for the site and the third one for the site's discussion forum. The other two have not been used. The site was called "Crystal Utada" and had a slogan of "Bringing Hikaru Utada into a New Light". Personally, I liked the first two banners. Below is one of the signatures I made as well of the same artist that was not for the site.

Formative Video Assignment - Moment in Time

Summative 2 - Polaroid Joiners

Going to my pleasure ground (revised)

dreaming

I'm already dreaming about the winter holidays XD 5 weeks left!

Tied Up In Music

CMYK-obsessed? @.@

Arts Divider Page + New Layout

Thought I'd dig out this piece of work because it wasn't realized in its full glory in the Yearbook last year. (It came out black and white...) So, here it is, the Arts divider page, in full colour!

Also, changed the layout of the blog ~ 

Project 2 - Polaroid Joiners: Formatives

Digital Artist Canvas - Summative

Final Version

Version 2

Original Version

1. What is the theme you have chosen and why have you chosen it?

The theme that I have chosen is "futures". Often, people think about their futures; they think about who they want to be, what they want to be, and how to achieve these goals. The composition's message is basically to "choose the right path to the right future". Early in life, one stands at the centre of "good" and "evil" and observes the conditions. Everyone establishes values in their lives - of what is good for them and what is bad for them. Futures is a topic that has a great impact on my personal life currently, as I am in the midst of choosing my career. 

2. Explain the use of two of the elements of design you have used in your composition and two principles of design. Why do you focus on these elements and principles?

I have used the elements of design of colour and texture throughout the piece. Colour is used to bring out the visual appeal as well as the actual reality of the piece (contrast is applied by using the colours to differ between what is good and what is bad). The texture throughout the piece is smooth, as the multiple pictures blend into one another smoothly. The smoothness of the piece is used to bring the effect of a dream or a vision of a future. 

I have used the principles of design of contrast and balance throughout the piece. Contrast is used through colour and value, as they are mainly used to differ between good and evil. In the case of value, it is mainly used to contrast between the subject (the person thinking about his/her future) and the background (the dreamy future vision). The black and white of the person makes the person an unaffected person out of the picture currently, and is affected by the colourful dream. Equal balance is established throughout the piece, as the person stands in the centre of the piece, as of now, unaffected by either side of his future.

These elements and principles of design have been used to bring out the visual image of the message written on the piece: "Which future will you choose?"

Is It Real? Formative

Summative Poster - Original Facial Montage