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Due to a bad case of flu last week, I wasn’t able to attend the weekly tutorials ): Hence I did the stencil cutting and paper cutting exercise on my own free time. These were the 3 images I used for the exercise: Image Reference: Coppens, P. V for Vendetta . Retrieved from:  http://philipcoppens.com/vforvendetta.html Image Reference: Barn Swallow . Retrieved from:  http://www.pbase.com/smacomber/image/149499154 Image Reference: Pinterest. Retrieved from: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/0e/4b/4a/0e4b4a4e81af8eb880e8e444da6718a6--whale-illustration-whale-art.jpg Stencil Cutting First, I tried to dial up the images to a higher contrast. Looking back, I should have exaggerated the effect further, because when I printed it out the contours weren’t as distinct as I thought. Tracing of the Guy Fawkes mask With areas shaded in I traced the outlines of the Guy Fawkes mask using a tracing paper. Instead of focusing on the lines/outline...

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...