19 Sep 2022 - 02 Oct 2022 / Week 3 - Week 5
Christine Tan Yuen Yan/ 0344039
Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media/ Illustration and Narrative
Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media/ Illustration and Narrative
Task 2 Digital Triptych
INSTRUCTION
Weekly Exercise
Fig 1.1, Chiaroscuro exercise using an image of a man.
Fig 1.2, Four Chiaroscuro exercises using a trace of a pear.
VISUAL RESEARCH
figure 1.1, source from: https://www.chinafetching.com/chang-e-hou-yi
My idea is about the Cultural Celebration of the 'Mooncake Festival,
and when we talk about the mooncake festival the character is about the
goddess which is Chang'e, the Chinese goddess of the Moon. The legendary
story about her is that she was the subject of several legends in
Chinese mythology, most of which incorporate several of the following
elements: Houyi the archer, a benevolent or malevolent emperor, the
elixir of life, and the Moon. She was married to Houyi.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the full Moon appears on the night
of the eighth lunar month, an open-air altar is set up facing the Moon
for the worship of Chang'e. Her story is commonly used as a cautionary
tale from older generations to warn young girls about the dangers of
following selfish desires.
figure 1.2, source: https://www.italki.com/en/post/exercise-471233
My inspiration is actually when I'm doing my research, most of the
art showing Chang'E leaving earth and flying to the Moon, the very
minimum design that is about the afterlife of Chang'E when she entered
the zone on the Moon, hence I decided to create a design that is about
'What is Chang'E doing when she's on the Moon.'
DESIGN PROGRESS
figure 2,1, sketch #1
My first attempt was not perfect due to the Chang'E being too flat
and the body of her is not well proportioned I would say it looks
odd on it as at first my attempt for Chang'e body is casually drafty
thus the body shape is in shape of a circle and it not a nice
design, but it did remind me of a traditional Chinese dessert which
is Tanghulu a dessert that combined sugar and any types of fruits.
However, I do fancy the colour of the layout and the shape of the
rabbits. Most of my work uses pen tools and ellipse tools.
figure 2.2, sketch #2
For my sketch #2 is like to present the house of Chang'E on the
Moon, and the mountain-like shapes are like the wave of the sky.
Most of my work uses pen tools and ellipse tools.
figure 2.3, sources: Anxiong Qiu, The New record of Heaven and
Earth
A book recommended by my friend, in the book has numerous
marvellous designs in it, and this image captures my eyes as it's
amazing how the artist; Anxiong Qiu combined the past and present
together in art. If pays attention to the details of an
important field of modern civilisation, from a deeply-entrenched
perspective of traditional Chinese culture, but also a container and
presenter of its results.
figure 2.4, sketch #3
My idea of sketch #3 is that Chang'E is very casually playing her
instrument on the moon however to make it more interesting the moon
it's shaped like a 'traditional Chinese tea cup', and the circle
below is representing a 'cloud'. Moreover, based on figure 2.3, I
liked the idea of combining the past and present elements
together. Most of my work uses pen tools and ellipse tools.
Final Design
The idea of the Mooncake festival is from Chinese culture hence my
design by adding more of the east elements in it and the colour as
well.
Fig 3, Final design (zoom in for details)
Fig 3.1, Final design, (zoom in for details)
Fig 3.2, Final design, (zoom in for details)
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Fig 3.3, Final Outcome (Whole look)
Fig 3.4, Final Outcome
(The whole look on Honor Talents competition's phone wallpaper)
Fig 3.4, Final Outcome
(Whole look on the Honor Talents competition's personalized
card)
FEEDBACK
On week 5 the week of presenting our final work to our lecturer Mr
Hafiz before submitting it to the HONOR Talents Global Design
Awards,
before adjustment
This is the suggestion layout from Mr Hafiz
REFLECTION
When I first heard that we only had around 3 weeks to complete 3
designs in one, it is a huge challenge for me as I was not a very
creative person or a person that can instantly think of an idea and
draft it easily. I was nervous that I might not make it on time,
moreover, the very first attempt of my idea was to present three
different cultural celebrations in Malaysia which are Chinese New Year
for the race of Chinese people celebrate their new year, Hari
Raya for the race Malay people to celebrate for their new year, and Deepavali for the race of Indian's people to celebrate for their new year. As
Malaysia is a country that is known as a multicultural, multi-religion
and multilingual country. However, I believe my mind was empty for
several days as I am out of ideas to draft it out.
However, when I was dozing off I noticed a package of my mooncakes and
on top of it is a picture of a rabbit and a moon but without Chang'e I
was wondering why there was not Chang'E in it, as the iconic character
for the Mooncake festival. I believe that was the very first inspiration
for creating the final art of Chang'e. Throughout the design progress I
am so thrilled I make a wonderful decision that I changed the theme from
the Diverse Cultural Celebration in Malaysia to the Mooncake
festival.
The project is full of nervosity and excitement, although, in a
particularly short frame of time, the project allows me to enhance my AI
skills, creative thinking and decisions.
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