Lim He Yu (0340423)

26/9/2020 - 18/10/2020 / Week 6 - Week 8 Lim He Yu (0340423) Bachelor of Mass Communication (Advertising) / Illustration & Visual Narratives Project 2 / Decisive Moment  Lectures  Week 6 Movement can apply to a single component in a composition or to the whole composition at once. Visual movement is dependent on the other elements and principles of art. Rhythm, line, color, balance and space are all examples of elements and principles of art that can play a major role in developing movement in a work of art. Week 7 Types of Comic Transitions: Moment-to-Moment Action-to-Action Subject-to-Subject Scene-to-Scene Aspect-to-Aspect Symbolic  Rolling Transitions Non Sequitur Week 8 No Class.  Instructions  The gist of what we were required to do is to pick a moment in history or fiction.   Idea Exploration  Idea #1 "A Diamond is Forever" Back in 1989 to 2003, De Beers Consolidated Mines was charged guilty of funding conflict areas in Africa, in retur...

 Rhythm and Movement (Week 6) Figure 1.0: One Punch Man Manga The comic strip above is from One Punch Man and it shows the usage of rhythm and movement. Movement is the path the viewer's eye takes through a work of art. Movement can be directed along lines, edges, shapes and color. Rhythm is created when one or more elements are used repeatedly to create a feeling of movement. Figure 1.2: Artwork Analysis The comic strip above is an analysis of how movement and rhythm is evident. The motion of the lines going outwards, shows the force of the explosion comes from the person in the middle. Not to mention, it emphasizes on the focal point which is the person standing amidst from the explosion. 

 16/9/2020 - 25/9/2020 / Week 3 - Week 5 Lim He Yu (0340423) Bachelor of Mass Communication (Advertising) / Illustration & Visual Narratives Exercise 2/ Vector Landscape Illustration  Lectures  Week 4 A good composition is one where the artist controls the movement of the viewer's eye to a beneficial result. We can do this by a number of means, such as reinforcing the focal point with the Rule of Thirds, implied lines, contrast of value and selective colour saturation. Week 5 .Understanding perspectives will make artworks look real and in proportion. Learning how to use perspective to add distance will give depth to your artwork and make it so much more interesting.  Instructions  The gist of what we were required to do is a vector illustration landscape with a narrative.   Idea Exploration  Drafts I was inspired by the song I've been listening to on loop for the past several weeks, 'Over the Moon' by The Marias. So, I decided to make a space...

 2/9/2020 - 16/9/2020 / Week 1 - Week 3 Lim He Yu (0340423) Bachelor of Mass Communication (Advertising) / Illustration & Visual Narratives Exercise 1/ Vormator Challenge  Lectures  Week 1 Principles of character design: Triple emphasis on shapes Colour Emphasis and contrast Harmony (shapes, lines, colours, patterns) Expressions and poses Week 2 Chiaroscuro refers to the use of light and dark to create the illusion of three-dimensional volume on a flat surface. The term translates to "light-dark"; chiaro meaning bright or clear and scuro meaning dark or obscure. Week 3 No class.   Instructions  We were given a set of 8 vormator shapes to create a character to be put on a trading card design. The 8 eight vormator shapes are shown below. With the limited freedom to draw the shapes we want, I am grateful that we get to merge or subtract the shapes.   Idea Exploration  Drafts Coming up with a character using those eight shapes wa...

26/6/2020 - 17/7/2020 / Week 11 - Week 14 Lim He Yu (0340423) Bachelor of Mass Communication (Advertising) / Design Principles Final Project: Visual Analysis Any medium  Task  In this final project, we're required to choose an artwork to understand and analyze the design principles in the artwork. After that, using the information from the analysis, we're required to design something new inspired by the chosen artwork. Before designing the artwork, we first have to complete the analysis part of the project is carried out in 3 phases (Observation, Analysis, Interpretation).  Part 1: Visual Analysis  Figure 1.0: Chosen Artwork (https://go.distance.ncsu.edu/) PHASE 1: OBSERVATION At first glance, the artwork layout is in portrait format and the overall colours used are red, yellow, blue, pink and green. From the bottom up, there are large and miniscule illustrations drawn with organic lines, accompanied by really small Japanese text. After that...