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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Assignment 3: Extreme Emotions


Name: Nur Sharain binti Mohd Sharil

ID: 1112700885

Title: In The Corner

Artist Statement: In this artwork, I am trying to portray the feeling of loneliness. I chose a kid as my subject because in the modern society, whatever a kid does, gives more impact to us. Also, kids are known to never get lonely since they are always running around and making new friends. However, a kid can get lonely when they lack attention and love mostly from their parents or siblings. I chose dark colors in this artwork to portray the sad and lonely emotions. As for the typography, I chose the font "Impact" because the font is easy to read and when bolded, it gives a much better impact.

Artist Treatment:  Digital painting mounted on a board.

Work in progress: Assignment 3

As shown below is my work in progress for my final artwork.

First, I copied my sketch into the Photoshop application.



Then, I re-sketched the artwork, repairing the a few flaws here and there.



After that, I removed the original image, and add in some other details.



In this step, I scaled down the picture, changed the perspective slightly and added in the backgroud color.



And in here, I added in the shadows, and a layer of gray gradient with minimal opacity to give it a gloom feeling/mood/atmosphere.



Later, I added in the color of the skin and pants.



And I continued on with the color of the shirt and the hair. Also I added in some highlights to the hair and skin.



After that, I added in more multiple layers of gray gradient with medium opacity, to give more of a dark, sad and abandoned feeling.




And lastly, I added in the typography for this artwork, choosing bright colours, but not that bright, as a contrast to the gloomy background

Ideation process: Assignment 3

I tried to come up with a few sketches to show the idea of loneliness. Below are some of the sketches I did.

This was my first idea. I drew this to represent loneliness because as the meaning suggest, loneliness is to be cut off from society.


This was my second sketch. I drew this to show loneliness because I remembered reading in a book titled "Torment" by Lauren Kate, it quoted there,

"Loneliness in a crowd of people was the worst kind of loneliness, but she couldn't help it"

For more information on the book, click here and here.

And lastly, I sketched this to show loneliness, mainly because of a kid as the main subject. Usually kids are the type to socialize with whoever they meet. And usually whatever happens to a kid, the mass always ended up making a big deal out of it, thus dramatizing that factor to give more impact.

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Idea Research: Assignment 3

For Assignment 3, we are asked to do  Extreme Emotions in A2 size. The emotion that I am going to choose for this assignment is LONELINESS.

But first of all, what is loneliness?

According to Merriam-Webster dictionary

Loneliness is taken from the word "Lonely" and according to Merriam-Webster dictionary, lonely means "being without company" or "cut off from others"

However, Wikipedia explains that loneliness is a  complex and usually unpleasant emotional reponse to isolation and lack of companionship. For more information on loneliness, go to the page HERE

These are example of loneliness as visualized by some people:

"Solitude" by Jean-Jacques Henner

"Loneliness" by Javier Ideami

"Unknown" by Riki Shah

"Uncovering Loneliness" by Thomas Benkendorff



















Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Ideation Process

Motivation

The motivation I used for this artwork is as follows:

Kana Uemura- Toire no Kamisama


shou san no koro kara nazedaka
o baachan to kurashi te ta
jikka no tonari datta kedo
o baachan to kurashi te ta
mainichi otetsudai o shi te
gomokunarabe mo shi ta
demo toire souji dake nigate na watashi ni
o baachan ga kou itta

toire ni wa sore wa sore wa kirei na
megami sama ga iru n ya de
dakara mainichi kirei ni shi tara megami sama mitai ni
beppin san ni nareru n ya de

sono hi kara watashi wa toire o
pikapika ni shi hajime ta
beppin san ni zettai nari taku te
mainichi migai te ta
kaimono ni dekake ta toki ni wa
futari de kamo nanba tabe ta
shin kigeki rokuga shi sokone ta o baachan o
nai te seme tari mo shi ta

toire ni wa sore wa sore wa kirei na
megami sama ga iru n ya de
dakara mainichi kirei ni shi tara megami sama mitai ni
beppin san ni nareru n ya de

sukoshi otona ni natta watashi wa
o baachan to butsukatta
kazoku tomo umaku yare naku te
ibasho ga nakunatta
yasumi no hi mo ie ni kaera zu
kareshi to ason dari shi ta
gomokunarabe mo kamo nanba mo
futari no ma kara kie te tta

doushite daro u hito wa hito o kizutsuke
taisetsu na mono o nakushi te ku
itsumo mikata o shi te kure te ta o baachan nokoshi te
hitori kiri ka hanare ta

joukyou shi te ni nen ga sugi te
o baachan ga nyuuin shi ta
yase te hosoku natte shimatta
o baachan ni ai ni itta
' o baachan, tadaima ?!' tte wazato
mukashi mitai ni itte mi ta kedo
chotto hanashi ta dake datta noni
' mou kaeri? ' tte byoushitsu o dasa re ta

tsugi no hi no asa o baachan wa
shizuka ni nemuri ni tsui ta
marude marude watashi ga kuru no o
matte i te kure ta you ni
chanto sodate te kure ta noni
ongaeshi mo shi te nai noni
ii mago ja nakatta noni
konna watashi o matte te kure ta n ya ne

toire ni wa sore wa sore wa kirei na
megami sama ga iru n ya de
o baachan ga kure ta kotoba wa kyou no watashi o
beppin san ni shi te kure teru ka na
toire ni wa sore ha sore ha kirei na
megami sama ga iru n ya de
dakara mainichi kirei ni shi tara megami sama mitai ni
beppin san ni nareru n ya de

kidate no yoi o yomesan ni naru no ga
yume datta watashi wa
kyou mo setsu se de toire o
pikapika ni suru

o baachan
o baachan
arigatou
o baachan
honmani
arigatou




Good Charlotte-Chronicles of Life and Death


You come in cold
You're covered in blood
They're all so happy you've arrived
The doctor cuts your cord
He hands you to your mom
She sets you free into this life
And where do you go?
With no destination, no map to guide you
Wouldn’t you know
That it doesn’t matter, we all end up the same

These are the chronicles of life and death
And everything between
These are the stories of our lives as fictional as they may seem
You come in this world
And you go out just the same
Today could be the best day of your life

And money talks, in this world, that's what idiots will say
But you'll find out, that this world
Is just an idiot's parade
Before you go
You've got some questions, and you want answers
But now you're old, cold, covered in blood
Right back to where you started from

These are the chronicles of life and death
And everything between
These are the stories of our lives as fictional as they may seem
You come in this world
And you go out just the same
Today could be the worst day of your life

But these are the chronicles of life and death
And everything between
These are the stories of our lives as fictional as they may seem
You come in this world
And you go out just the same
Today could be the best day of
Today could be the worst day of
Today could be the last day of
Your life
It’s your life
Your life



Assignment 2: Typography Expression


Name: Nur Sharain Mohd Sharil

Id: 1112700885

Title: A Breath Deeper

Artist Statement:
This artwork represents about Life and Death. The artwork emulates the heart monitoring machine that is usually found in hospitals. I chose Black to represent Death and Green to represent Life. The typography element in this artwork is the letter "M" which in this artwork represents Miracle. This artwork is basically about a tense situation in the hospital where a person is in a life and death situation. Suddenly the heart monitor line goes flat. Doctors are trying to revive the person, and the family members watching are praying for a miracle. When they think all hope is lost, a heart beat was seen on the monitor. The prayers were answered and they had their miracle. Just then the family members and doctors can take a breath deeper knowing that the patient is still alive.

Artist Treatment:
Digital Artwork mounted on a board.

Idea research: Assignment 2

For assignment 2, which is Typography Expression, I am going to do an artwork that represents Life and Death.

What is LIFE?

According to Wikipedia,
Life is a characteristic that distinguishes objects that have signaling and self-sustaining processes from those that do not, either because such functions have ceased (death), or else because they lack such functions and are classified as inanimate. Biology is the science concerned with the study of life.


Newborn Baby's Hand that signifies new life


What is DEATH?

Also according to Wikipedia,
Death is the permanent cessation of all biological functions that sustain a particular living organism. Phenomena which commonly bring about death include biological aging (senescence), predation, malnutrition, disease, suicide, murder and accidents or trauma resulting in terminal injury. Bodies of living organisms begin to decompose shortly after death. There is no evidence that consciousness survives the death of an organism.

A human skull widely used as the symbol of death


Color Studies

The colors that I am going to use for my artwork is basically Black and Green. Why Black and Green?

The explanation of The colors Black and Green.


Thursday, July 4, 2013

Work in Progress 02

Work in Progress 01

These are my work in progress in doing the finalized artwork.

Motivation

I used this song as a motivation as I did my artwork.
You, I wanna take you to a gay bar
I wanna take you to a gay bar
I wanna take you to a gay bar
Gay bar, gay bar
Let's start a war
Start a nuclear war
At the gay bar
Gay bar, gay bar
At the gay bar
Now tell me do you
But do you have any money?
I wanna spend all your money
At the gay bar, gay bar, gay bar
[ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/gay-bar-lyrics-electric-six.html ]
I've got something to put in you
I've got something to put in you
I've got something to put in you
At the gay bar, gay bar, gay bar
You're a superstar at the gay bar
You're a superstar at the gay bar
Yeah, you're a superstar at the gay bar
You're a superstar at the gay bar
Superstar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbdxDDM2Kco&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Design Process

Here, I have attached my mind map I did in order to do my artwork and the ideation process.

Assignment 1: Visual Expression

Name: Nur Sharain bt Mohd Sharil
ID : 1112700885
Title: The fallen flowers
Artist Statement:
I have decided to choose this artwork to relay my opinions on Gay Marriage in Malaysia. I have chosen Sakura flowers to represent love to give it a more asian approach. I chose the flowers to be pink and purple to represent the love and romance associated to marriage and gay couples respectively. The tree in my artwork represents the society and the dirt/rough surface in my artwork representa hardship and obstacles. In thia artwork, I want to show how the gay couples in Malaysia are looked down upon and how society in Malaysia do not approve of it.
Artist Treatment : Monting board, dried twig, paper, sand, and glue.

Idea research

I am going to do an artwork that symbolizes gay marriage in Malaysia. And for that, I did a few research to support the item I used to symbolize the situation.


First, I decided to use flowers. Flowers are known for it's symbol of romance. This can be verified here.



Next, for the color of the flowers, I decided to use pink and purple. 
Pink, is normally associated with love and romance. I am going to use this color to symbolize the heterosexual couple's love, since this color is commonly used for lovely and romantic event. To read more on the symbolism of the color pink, click here.


Then, to symbolize the gay couple, I decided to use the color purple. First of all, the color purple is usually used to show support of the gay (or LGBT in whole). According to this website, this started during the world war II, Nazi uses a purple/pink triangle to distinguish people that they persecuted as gay, lesbian or sexually questionable. To read more, click here and here