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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

I kind of enjoy Design Trend class. =)


i was thinking at
12:11 PM
Finally after 3 weeks of Desti and 5 Exercise with all the online Class and few in class, the blog is finally up! finish!

6reflections to go.. 2 more days.. Pcomd Done.. and yea man.. HOlIdAE! like finally.

Mark

Last final was rejected. Finally this is the final updated one that he accept! hahaha.

Done my final
Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Yes i done my final art piece.. yet to write the rationale.. will do it later in the afternoon then. hahaha..

Verlirth~


i was thinking at
1:40 PM
yes. i have updated on my style and yoju's style. Left rationale for Final.. haha.. Jia you everyone. Please comment..

Mark

Wow
Monday, September 3, 2007

Yes the background is up. use 1 night to do it. haha. Quite happy with it. baby colours! haha. had problems with the links for 2 days and i think i fix it already. haha.

Content will be update soon. hopefully by tonight.

Yes arh. ex3 finish le.

in class now don't know what to type le.

Verlirth~


i was thinking at
12:01 AM
idea
Wednesday, August 29, 2007

my fushion will be taking a photo of the nature and sketch it out like Yoju style


i was thinking at
4:51 AM

[F]inal

The Shot of Nature




This is my final art piece for Design Trend. I uses both my photography and illustration skills and her nature and texture skills, I did this illustration.

This illustration shows a full bloom flower in the natural environment.

I uses colour as the main focus of the picture. Red stands out among the whole picture.

Depth of field is another option that i use, but following the photo, I blur the background of the illustration to give me a depth of field look.

My illustration was all traced out using the pen tools and adding colours in photoshop.

For her style, I uses nature as her concept and giving it texture to the picture.

Development



As I like to take photos, I went out to botanic gardens and shoot. This is one of the photo that I shot. I decided to use this photo and make an illustration out of it. as it have colours, the depth of feel and we can see the texture of the background too.



This is the first draft that i did but was rejected by my lecture as he explain that it does not really look like my style. The stroke lines and tracing of the pictures are all different from my other illustration style. I realise my mistake and came up with the final.

Other Photos







These are some of the photos I took during my Botanic Garden trip. I did not choose them because they do not really stand out of their picture and there are not much focus in some of the photos.



These 2 photos plus the final piece are the 3 photos I had chosen out of all the photos I took during my trip.

Reasons why i choose that picture for my final are the flower of the picture stands out from the 3 photos. The red colour clearly catch our attention and the background of it give us a lively look. These 2 picture also catch our attention but they do not shine as bright as the final photo. That the reasons why i chosen the red flower over these 2 pictures.
[W]ords
[Y]oju

Yoju
Artist
Hokkaido
Japan


Her Style

In her vibrant artwork, Yoju takes familiar, everyday objects and makes them richer and more vibrant; larger than life.

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"My inspiration stems primarily from my practice of the Buddhist philosophy. I like to chant the sutra 'Hannya—shingyo,' which deals with the wisdom of living from day to day. Through this I learn to think freely and not be constrained by any particular view or fixed idea. My outlook is always changing and I am ever looking for new things to observe and express."-Yoju

A simple fish, a common apple: each becomes a celebration of form, pattern and color. Strong, graphic lines create a woodcut effect, and striking hues give each work a vivid clarity.

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She made a significant shift from oil to her current medium which includes gouache, water soluble pencil and crayon, pastel, China ink, suminagashi (water prints), and collage.


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1- pictures taken from Yoju Art



[C]lassmates

Fiona
Nicolas


August 2007
September 2007
[A]bout Me

Mark Toh
Temasek Design
Moving Image
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My Style

I think that my style for now would be the richness of colours and small macro shoots. I like to take photos in my free time or do some illustration. I will do anything for the love of music and thus some of my year one's work are related to music or instrument. Most of my portfolio are photography as my drawings are not that good. I like to edit my photos and bring it to it mood.

The Macro Shoots

I like to take super close up photos of nature, it give me a different view of the plant itself.

1.inner flower

Depth of field

Depth of field gives the blur effect of the background and I like the effect. It gave me a distance feeling. This bring out the item that I am focusing.




1.white flowers
2.Orange
3.Disneyland HK
4.drums

Colours

I also like to bring out the colours of my picture. To make the colour rich and colours make picture looks happier for some reason. Happy pictures are nice.



1.seeds
2.bell
3.cat
4.clips

Things I shoot.

I will shoot anythings that come in my way, be it nature or scenery.



1.leak out of basket
2.plant
3.hotair balloon
4.tower

Beside Photography, I like to do illustration too.

I like to smudge my illustration to give it a sketch and painting look.

1.gluttony
2.kings of heaven