Assignment 4 - Final Prototype

Added more accessories for the last shot. I hope that one looks more tech savvy now. Also, retook the third shot so the ascending height is more apparent.

Assignment 6 - Final Prototype

Changed some parts of the poster according to feedback! I hope it looks better now.

Assignment 6 - First Prototype

LAST LAP TO CHIONG!!! :D This last assignment was pretty interesting since the topic is pretty open to a wide range of ideas (other than the fact that the infographic has to be a system). So here's the first prototype below.. kind of incomplete without the scoring part and with a bit of the words sliced off accidentally (oops).

Concept
An instruction poster teaching people how to play the game Dai Di (Big Two). It'll prolly be placed in Cafes with board games and stuff. Idea is to show step-by-step instructions in a quirky manner.

Feedback
Generally alright with the correct fonts and all. Illustration is comprehensible. Some things needed improvements:

1. card ranking should be from lowest to highest
2. card combos should be in sequence
3. rotate five cards combo clockwise to make it more vertical
4. take note of "bleeding"

Will change as according to feedback!:)

Look out for the final prototype yoooooohooooooooooooo!

Assignment 5 - final prototype

Before reading the following, you might wish to refer to the previous entry for the first prototypes!

Concept
Colourful Asia. I was just pondering over the meaning of that and I guess it's a challenge to put all the elements of Asia onto one postcard. Outcome would prolly be messy. So instead, I thought about all things common about Asia. First thing that came to mind: FOOD. And in particular, rice.

I played around with the colours, hoping to suit the taste of Asia. After a few tryouts, Orange really had the best match. It brightened up the postcard, and simultaneously, made the rice look tastier.

Feedback
The concept and graphics were all fine. Thank goodness! I was qualmish about the plain background because I thought it was too simple. But on the other hand, I was afraid of complicating the subjects in the design. I left it plain, and it seems the audience was okay with that. Only thing changed; The fonts for the word "for". Comments were that "f" looked like "l".

So here are the final pieces after changing the letters to caps.




Gotta brainstorm more for the next assignment. yikes.

Assignment 5 - first prototype

Colourful Asia postcard.

Colour Palette

Selected Design

Back of Postcard

details up after thursday's tutorial!

Assignment 4 - First prototype [edited]

finally, blogger is working. damn this web host. There's this throbbing pain in my head. Gotta update more about the feedback and stuff only tomorrow. Rest is what I need right now.

:) :) :) :) :)

Early morning of tuesday, and here I am blogging away. Yikes.

Anyway, some description of my work to finish this off.

Concept
iN2015 poster. If you're quick to catch the theme, you'll know it's a spoof of the famous human evolution photo. Instead of apes, I'm focusing on the evolving technology instead. I was just thinking that the best way to portray futuristic technology was to see the transformation from the past so the impact is felt. But i don't know, the outcome didn't quite blow me away.

The emphasis here is on education. I mean, there are so many aspects that technology has changed me, but I guess I can relate to the education part of it best.

Person 1: The old school boy with only a sling bag.
Person 2: Getting too overloaded with the various textbooks.
Person 3: The overloaded textbooks are replaced with a laptop.
Person 4: School bag and laptop are all replaced with a PDA.
Person 5: Nothing needed. I don't want to restrict the audience in interpreting this because the tagline is "Imagine your world". It's really up to them to decide what this last person is doing. For me, it's installing microchip in the body, and some commands for the virtual screen to appear.

Feedback

1. Make Person 1 look like he was doing something instead of just tying shoes laces
2. Shift the bags of Person 1 and 2 so that the sizes match Person 3's.
3. Bend Person 3 like he's hunching over so the height progression is smooth.
4. Perhaps use different people for the shots. Growing up from a toddler to an adult.
5. Accessorise Person 5 to have the tech feel. E.g. wear headphones, bluetooth device..

Great feedback they've got there. I really like the fifth suggestion because I initially wanted my model (the little brother) to wear headphones, but I thought it would be too distracting. So with some backing opinions, I think I will go ahead with it. The third suggestion might need a bit of planning there before I execute it. It's odd for a person to be bending over with a laptop, though it's definitely going to improve the overalls for the poster.

Ah useful tutorial session yesterday. Now some time dedicated to assignment 5 in my next entry maybe.

Assignment 3 - feedback, Class Acitivity C

Class Activity C
Some CGs drawn up from the class activity yesterday. They speak for themselves.




Assignment 3
Now for the visual story. (REFER TO PHOTOS IN PREVIOUS ENTRY)

I think it's pretty straight forward what my pictures were telling. This girl draws stares from a passerby, who thinks she is smelly. The protagonist can't seem to find the source of the smell. Turns out, she stepped on shit...

I wanted to punch in the rule of thirds in my photographs, but I guess a few were overdone because some unnecessary subjects distracted the audience.

Feedback
The class got the message almost immediately so i guess it fulfilled the assessment criteria. That's good news. Now on the other hand, there were some nitty gritty details they wanted changed.

1. change the colour of the shirt the girl was wearing because it blended in too much with the deodorant she was holding.
2. zoom in to the protagonist for picture 5 because the tote is distracting
3. use another passerby for picture 6 to emphasise that she is really smelly.
4. idea questioned: why did the passerby bother about the smell coming from the protagonist when she is so near the toilet. (??!!!)
5. Why did the passerby conclude she is still smelly when the protagonist is still spraying deodorant.
   

Point number 1 and 2 taken, those are pretty constructive. But point no. 3, 4 and 5... uhm. ever heard of 鸡蛋里挑骨头? How could they tell it was the toilet when no signage is put up? Just because I mentioned it I guess. If the assignment criteria didn't constrain us to any rules that the story we're telling have to make sense in real life, why doesn't it work? Thank goodness I wasn't alone. A fellow course mate finally spoke up about it. Phew. I didn't want to look like I was against their suggestions. It's just that I couldn't digest a few of their comments.

Anyhow, still some good stuff learnt in tutorial.

The finalised photos will be in my portfolio after a bit of cropping. Expensive A3 folder, oh my tian.