[DESIGN PRINCIPLES] PROJECT 1/SELF-PORTRAIT
DESIGN PRINCIPLES / PROJECT 1
18.01.2023-3.3.2023 (Week 2- Week 4)
SHO KEH LI 0351373
Design Principles / Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Interior Architecture
Project 1: Self-portrait
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LECTURE
In this project, we were asked to compose a self-portrait by utilizing one or more principles of design.
About what?
-Who I am
-How other see me
-What I love
-What I do not like
-Interests
1. Briefing and Recap
A self portrait is a picture or image that you make which expresses the depth of personality. Artists and designers make self portraits as exercises in expression and character portrayal. Self portraits can tell a story (narrative). They can express a fantasy side to a person's alter ego. Exercise of self-exploration (how I see myself, what I'm feeling, and what I want to be seen by others)
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INSTRUCTIONS
Timeframe 3 weeks
Deadline Week 4
Description Create a portrait of yourself by applying the various principles that you had learnt through these weeks. The self-portrait allows the student to investigate both historical and contemporary forms of self-expression and also to review the design principles covered and thus better inform their particular direction. They are also now free to use any media and to even consider working 3D or digitally. As with the first weeks of class, the classroom is a lab for interaction, experimentation and critique. Students explore a range of possibilities and are able to better determine an outcome through the critiques either individually with the teachers and/or with the class as a whole. They also are encouraged to look both critically and historically at the work of other designers and artists.
PROGRESS: On the week you are working on this project, discuss and show your progress to your lecturer during class.
Requirements Contemplate on your life experiences, which includes your culture, your family, your friends, your schooldays, your favourite hangouts, your favourite music, food, musicians, etc. Observe your surroundings – people, vehicles, buildings, plants, signages, nature, and activities. Record these in sketches, photography and/or video recording. Study all the visuals that you had collected. Select visuals that you find relevant and interesting to you, which you can translate into a design work to create a portrait of yourself in A4 sizeRemember to apply design principles in your work. For materials, you may use any of your choice, but do consider their suitability to best express your idea. In your PROJECT 1 – SELF-PORTRAIT post in the blog, include:
1. a recap of Project 1 brief
2. your design process:
2.1 visual references (designs that have inspired your own)
2.2 2-3 idea exploration with short descriptions
2.3 final outcome in JPEG (A4 size) and a rationale
2.4 feedback given by the lecturer
2.5 a reflection about what you have learnt and discovered from Project 1.
If you have any photographs as final submission or idea exploration, make sure that they are clear, taken from various angles and properly cropped.
Submission 1 Submit PROJECT 1 – SELF-PORTRAIT blog link and JPEG image (A4 size) of the final design to Microsoft Teams.
Learning Goals 1. To practise the knowledge of design principles.
2. To express a message through a work of design.
3. To identify suitable materials and composition for visual communication.
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2. DESIGN PROCESS
2.1 VISUAL REFERENCES
First of all, I searched the photo of self-portrait from Pinterest to know about what is self-portrait clearly. I like these four self-portrait photos because these photos represent to self-portrait clearly.
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| Figure 1.0 from Pinterest https://pin.it/7JmK2Df |
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| Figure 1.2 from Pinterest https://pin.it/2zqkKC1 |
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| Figure 1.3 from Pinterest https://pin.it/SaazHv6 |
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| Figure 1.4 from Pinterest https://pin.it/1e4eAbL |
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| Figure 1.4 from Pinterest https://pin.it/3DwGNVL |
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2.2 IDEA EXPLORATION
MIND MAP
Idea 1- "I love painting"
I like to draw and paint since childhood. I never giving up drawing and painting because it's my hobby and painting is an indispensable activity in my life. Therefore, I am studying interior architecture in university. So, I decide to apply drawing and painting in my self-portrait to prove that I really like to draw and paint.
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| Figure 2.0 from Pinterest https://pin.it/6ygvM0X The colorful water color are drawn on the girl's face, it looks cool and special. I would like to apply this idea in my self-portrait. |
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| Figure 2.1 sketch #1 I want to show that I was drawing with water color on my face by using brush. It is looks creative and special in a design. |
Idea 2- "Always love myself when looking at myself in the mirror"
*I like selfie and looking myself in front of the mirror because it make me feeling more confidant. I will feeling rediscover myself and self-affirmation when I looking myself in the mirror as this is my daily life. Therefore, I would like to apply 'looking myself in the mirror' in self-portrait to show that I like to looking myself in the mirror.
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| Figure 2.2 from Pinterest https://pin.it/1mzr8ux The girl looking herself on the mirror |
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| Like to take photo in the mirror so much so I will use this idea on my artwork |
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| Figure 2.4 sketch #2 When I drew myself looking in the mirror, I don't know what facial expression to put because I want to try something special and weird. So I just drew a simple smile but I haven't decide yet. |
Idea 3- "Cheerful Girl"
I am a cheerful and thinking positive person. This is one of my characteristics. It want to use it in my self-portrait. When I see cheerful and positive, SUN is immediately popped out from my mind.
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| Figure 2.5 from Pinterest https://pin.it/1mzr8ux What a happy girl |
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| figure 2.6 from Pinterest https://pin.it/1mzr8ux A sun looks simple and clean, that is suitable for background. I consider to apply the simple SUN as the background. |
Idea 4- "No music no soul"
I love music so much, I cannot live without music. I also like to singing and playing guitar. I would like to apply singing or playing guitar to prove that I like 'them' so music.
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| Figure 2.7 from Pinterest I play the music on my phone every moment |
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PROGRESS
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| I want to show that my face and lip are paint with water color by using brush since I like to paint so much. Therefore I drew 'I' painting my lip with color. Besides, I decide to put a no facial expression to make it serious. sketch #3 to apply the principle of emphasis |
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| Another then that, I apply taking a photo of myself in front of the mirror to show that I like to selfie in the mirror. sketch #4 |
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| I am using the SUN and the mountains as my background because for me SUN represent cheerful and thinking positive. After drawing the background out, I quite like it because it looks cool. sketch #5 |
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| After sketching, I color on it using digital drawing which is Procreate. I color 'me' first. I colored some different color on 'my' face and green color on lip because it looks fashion. Besides, I also drew a music playlist on that show I like music a lot. sketch #6 |
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| I used grey color as my background because I want to show that the contrast and emphasis in my work. BUT it seems like a bit weird so I consider to change the color or the background. sketch #7 to apply the principle of contrast and emphasis ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
FEEDBACK
Week 3: I didn't do any of the tasks that given by Dr. Yip because I celebrating Chinese New Year on that times. TT But thank you so much Dr. Yip for forgiving me and keep encouraging me.
Week 4：Sketch #7 as the final idea. Dr. Yip said sketch #7 is interesting and have a good exploration. BUT the only thing is the background is a bit confused and unclear so Dr. Yip recommend me to change the sun become smaller. Besides, Dr. Yip asked me try to brighter the background or change the grey color to yellow color because its not outstanding enough.
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FINAL OUTCOME
I fixed all 4 ideas together in my final design. My final outcome is repetition, harmony and emphasis.
After getting the correction from Dr. Yip, I change the background to many lines of circles and some sky and also a guitar. I applied repetition to the repeating stars and the lines of circles. Besides, The guitar that I had added to show that I really like to play guitar. I used the outstanding color such as red, purple, yellow, orange to form a visual harmony in this artwork. After that, I emphasized myself by using the lighter color and the lighter circles and darker background.(emphasis）
2.5 Reflection
It was incredibly difficult for me to complete this job because I had never before drawn a human. I'm delighted I exerted the effort to force myself to draw a genuine likeness of myself as opposed to a cartoon. I'm also fairly pleased with it considering how much effort I put into making it look more realistic, but I think there is still a lot of space for development. Since I didn't have much confidence in my notions or my images, I also appreciate Dr. Yip's constructive criticism of my work very lot. That greatly fueled my motivation.
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