Design Principles: Project 1 Self Potrait

28/09/2021 - 05/10/2021 (Week 6 - Week 8)

Metta Angelica (0349095)

Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media

Design Principles 

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LECTURE

Week 6: Self-Portrait

This week, we are going to learn about self-portraits. From the youtube links provided in Times, a Self-portrait can be said to be a depiction that represents yourself, whether it is abstract or not. 

Fig. 1.1 (Source: Lecture)

For this project, we need to think about what defines ourselves, and the how do we want to express it.

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INSTRUCTION

Project 1: Self-Portrait

Before I start sketching, I first look at a few examples in pinterest.

Fig. 2.1 (https://pin.it/5BWM4S9)

Fig. 2.2 (https://pin.it/3TeTp2F)

I like how in the picture above did a half and half, but I am not to confident to choose this as a reference for my self-potrait.

Fig. 2.3 (https://pin.it/2OqQsWg)

Before, I start do the sketching, I first think how do I see my self as and then how do I want to express it.

For my first sketch, I base it from how I would often think my self as. I often jealous at how other people are more talented than me espelialy when it comes to illustrations. So I did a sketch with lemons as decorations, the reason why I use lemons is because lately I have been hook up with Chinese novels and have learn many slang? like feeling sour means jealous or envious, or they would use other terms like sour grapes or squizing lemons to describe that they are jealous.

Fig. 3.1

and the reason why there's an X at the mouth is because I won't say that I am jealous.

Next for my 2nd sketch, I want to express my different self, so I did the most common thing that people would choose, that is mirror.

Fig. 3.2

To make it more discernable, I plan to make the reflections have their own color, for example in the picture above, the right woulb be colored blue to express cold and indifference, then the left will be red to show how impatient and short-tempered I am.

But I feel that the perspective is not right so I change the composisions.

Fig. 3.3

Because I feel it's to lacking, I want to add more characteristic expressions, but change it again. I try the most common one that being used which is half.

Fig. 3.4

I did a few more sketches to expressdiferent things, which is below.

Fig. 3.5

For the picture above, I want o express how different I am in front friends and my parents.

Next I did another sketch.

Fig. 3.6

I want to express that I am scared to show my face to others, well the reason was because some people around me are to judgemental which cause me to be an introvert person and make me think that I am ugly.

To make this better I plan to express it by using an anime as the references for it.

Fig. 4.1 (https://pin.it/RQ9CNwd)

Fig. 4.2 (https://pin.it/760C5KL)

I really like the illustrations of the picture above, the anime "Houseki No Kuni" tell the story of people who are made of gems, and I think that this gems are very much have a different personality, what's more, since they are made of gems, it shows the fragility of each characters, which why I think that this anime have a really amazing way to express oneselves.

Fig. 5.1

For the next sketch, I plan to make a character using a mask, and then with festive background.

Fig. 5.2

Next, I did a sketch that express my curiosity towards things, I don't know when this happen or start but it had became a habit of mine to keep things that already seems to be useless or no longer had its purpose, for example plastics bottles, papers, shiny things like wraps, decorations, etc. Well not only did I like to keep things, but I also curious about things like events and stuff like crismast, food, culture, etc. This also make me want to travel to see what more can I find.

So I make my character use a pirate like costumes because pirate often travel to look for treasures and sail to gain more what they could laid their hands on. Before I plan to combine with crow, since crow like to collect things especially shiny ones, but that's that the focus I want to express.

I was thinking that I should use Fig. 3.6, but realize that my coloring skill are to average and it won't be express as I want it to be, this is because I am to used using bright colors that I don't know what to when using dark like colors. So I opted to Fig. 5.2.

below is my progress.

Fig. 6.1

Fig. 6.2

Fig. 6.3 Final Design

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REFLECTION

I think I am too much expressing my depression self and have to much negatives things in mind which cause myself to unable to decide which one do I want o express, because I stuck to much with the think "which one is me?" but then I soon realize, why should I stuck to it, I could just express my other self, for example hobby, habits, or the ones that I want to be. Thinking back, I am to opinionate on myself which cause me to be muddle headed.