VizCom

As usual, I am starting with an image of the completed product because the Blogspot template that I am using does not allow me to choose which photo I want as the thumbnail, but will arbitrarily decide on the first photograph in the blogpost as the feature picture ): I guess that’s one of the downside of having a online journal, even though it does come with many of advantages! Over the recess week break, we were tasked to use the techniques we have learnt in the collage workshop to Disturb, Abstract and/or Make Strange (the meaning and original message) of our images, and create imagery that is enigmatic, paradoxical, playful and imaginative. As I had just learned about the unscrupulous advertising methods and unhanded means of the Tobacco Industry in the early 20 th century in another module that I am taking, I knew I wanted to do something related to the vintage smoking campaigns of the past. When the threat of tobacco prohibitions and health concerns started to surface in...

For this exercise, I repeatedly subtracted elements from the photograph and replaced it with negative space. I wanted to see the degree I can push it to until the image ‘fails’. The 3 images I have selected for this exercise are, in the order of presentation: Image Reference: (2017). BTS Spring Day . Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEeFrLSkMm8 Image Reference: Bettman, J. (2017). Motorola . Retrieved from: https://www.behance.net/gallery/56755945/Motorola Image Reference: Huang, U. (2017). Ballet in the Sky . Retrieved from: https://www.behance.net/gallery/56039569/Ballet-in-the-sky Image 1 By removing crucial elements of the photograph, such as the human faces and figures, it creates an illusion of being hidden away. I first cut away their faces, followed by their entire bodies which heightens the sense of anonymity since the entire human figure is now shrouded. I guess it makes sense in the context of a laundromat as even thoug...

Before we started on the main discussion of this week proper, we did a recap of Week’s 3 lecture, on Golden Mean and the Golden Ratio. Again, we are reminded of how these ratios are so ubiquitous they are like a fundamental measure of everything, whether it’s in the arts, science or nature. This week, we focused on Visual Elements and Principles, as well as Positive and Negative spaces. Visual Elements and Principles Points Depending on the visual configuration of elements, can make space (in which the points are contained) look stable, heavy, or crowded Line Series of connected points in a single dimension Can be Open-Path Lines and Closed-Path Lines (all vector points are connected) Lines can be gentle and soothing, or angry and energetic too, depending on the intensity, texture, and movements of the line Shape/Plane Flat Has area but no depth Form Single figure reduced to essential mass, shape and contours Provides general information abou...

After learning about Semiotics and Abstraction in this week’s lecture, we put the skills and knowledge we have gained into practice in the tutorial workshop. Initially, I had done up a collage in tutorial but I wasn’t satisfied with it. I had a lot of fun doing the initial collage, but I realised in the midst of the activity that I 1. Did not take any progress shots, which wasn't that major of an issue compared to 2 2. Was not meaningfully participating and reflecting over the techniques I had applied. I did not examine the effect that applying scale, deconstruction and repetition had on the images in isolation or as a whole. I was too absorbed in making the final image look good and that the elements look harmonious that I can't believe I overlook such an important part of the process. Bad Si Jia!! Still in the spirit of mistakeism, I will be attaching an image of the failed experiment here: Thus, I decided to explore more in terms of scale, repetition, and deconstr...